I'm sorry for going off on you. I was the ignorant one.
Regards,
Bob...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jody" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 3:26 AM
Subject: Re: Asahi vs Honeywell. OT, sorry.
> --- Bob Blakely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Where the hell are you coming from?
>
> New Zealand of course. And where are you coming from?
>
> > Were you ignorant of this?
>
> Yes.
>
> > Were you ignorant of this?
>
> Also, yes.
>
> > Were you ignorant of this?
>
> Again, yes.
>
> > Were you ignorant of this?
>
> Obviously, yes.
>
> > Were you ignorant of this?
>
> Inexplicably, yes.
>
> > Were you ignorant of this?
>
> I guess so.
>
> > > Colour ~ Color
> > Early in US history, a fellow named Daniel Webster
> > was obsessed with
> > removing what he believed were useless letters from
> > American English. He
> > also attempted to correct what he believed was the
> > result of a British
> > national Dyslexia (though that specific word didn't
> > exist at the time). Thus
> > "centre" became "center", etc. To this end, he wrote
> > the first dictionary on
> > this continent. Here is your American conspirator!
> > Go get him! He's been
> > dead almost 200 years. His grave is known. Go there
> > and shout your insults.
>
> Right, I'll stamp on his grave then. Or maybe you
> could do it for me, please :)
>
> > > Plough ~ Plow
> >
> > Both of these words are perfectly acceptable in both
> > American and British English
>
> Yes, both were in my Concise Oxford ("plow" being US
> arch), but no it doesn't say I can use that spelling
> in Britain. I don't think the Queen would approve. I
> would certainly not use that spelling in NZ. However
> if I do happen to go to the US, you can be sure I will
> use the correct spelling (except when I am ignorant of
> that).
>
> > Were you ignorant of this?
>
> Definitely, yes.
>
> > The deal is: You are ignorant. Don't worry. Unlike
> > stupidity, ignorance is curable.
>
> Thankyou for going some way towards curing my
> ignorance. I guess sometimes there is just not enough
> room in one's head for all that information. I already
> have an entire education crammed in there, including a
> 4-year university degree.
>
> Now I will cure your ignorance as to where I was
> coming from. It was just a silly thing that I wrote
> because I was tired and overworked, and wanted to rile
> a few people. Looks like I succeeded. Please stop
> taking me so seriously. I learnt a long time ago to
> stop taking myself so seriously. So have most of the
> people around me :)
>
> Jody.
>
>
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