On Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:34:34 -0500, you wrote: >On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 10:51 AM, Nick Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On 2008-09-29, at 07:58, David Chelimsky wrote: >>> ... >>> >>> I'm not sure why that is offhand, still waking up this fine Monday >>> morning, but I'd recommend throwing this question to the rails mailing >>> list if nobody responds here. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> David >> ... >> >> I'm not sure what you meant by "why that is offhand"... > >That's a common US expression meaning "without looking into it" or >"off the top of my head".
I think it's a parsing problem, rather than an idiom problem. I think he read it as if "offhand" were the object of "that is offhand," which doesn't make much sense. How about this: "Offhand, I'm not sure why that is true (still waking up this fine Monday morning), but I'd recommend throwing this question to the rails mailing list if nobody responds here." -Steve _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list [email protected] http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
