From: Joseph McAllister
On Jan 18, 2009, at 13:42 , John Graves wrote:
> John Sessoms wrote:
>> From: Joseph McAllister
>>> On Jan 18, 2009, at 03:27 , Derby Chang wrote:
>>>
>>>> >
>>>> > Apropos of Adam, I genuinely laughed out loud at the end of
>>>> Adam's > presentation on dodos and the Maltese Falcon. What a guy.
>>>> >
>>>> > http://fora.tv/2008/12/12/MythBusters_Co-Host_Adam_Savage_on_Obsession
>>>> >
>>>> > D
>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you for pointing us in that direction, Derby. I was very
>>> pleased to explore that website after watching Adam's
>>> presentation. I get the impression that not only Adam, but many
>>> of the presenters at the conference highlighted were able to
>>> achieve their place either because of ADHD or in spite of it. My
>>> view may be biased, but it's mine, and I'm stickin' with it.
>>>
>>> For instance. Why don't spell checkers like it when I drop a final
>>> 'g' and replace it with a ' ? It's a common form of denoting
>>> pronunciation. Gotta talk to someone about that. Oh, 'it' doesn't
>>> like gotta either. Who must conform? Joe, or his spell checker?
>>
>> All you have to do is add them to your spell checker's dictionary.
>> I guess you do have to add every word endin' in 'g' where you drop
>> it, but you only have to add it once.
So in other words, I must conform to the software. I hate it when that
happens!
I may have phrased it inelegantly ... You COULD, if you so desire, add
them to the dictionary ...
Or, just ignore what the spell checker tells you.
I do either as the whim overtakes me.
I prefer to think of it as making the software conform to me.
>> Don't they break when you drop them?
>
> John Graves
> WA1JG
No, it's always a soft 'G'. They either bounce or go splooosh.
Omelets - eggs ...
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