Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] mpv upgrade warning
On Sunday 20 September 2015 22:20:36 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sun, 20 Sep 2015 22:46:35 +0200, Paul Klos wrote: > > >It's main use is for dealing with would be pedants ;-) > > > > Since we're being pedantic, that would be "Its main use" in this case ☺ > > There's no escape from that one :( > > That could jeopardise my membership of The Apostrophe Protection Society. You and 10,000 greengrocers. :) -- Rgds Peter
Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] mpv upgrade warning
On Sun, 20 Sep 2015 22:46:35 +0200, Paul Klos wrote: > >It's main use is for dealing with would be pedants ;-) > > Since we're being pedantic, that would be "Its main use" in this case ☺ There's no escape from that one :( That could jeopardise my membership of The Apostrophe Protection Society. -- Neil Bothwick MUPHRY'S LAW: The principle that any criticism of the writing of others will itself contain at least one grammatical error. pgpReJe2zJOLr.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] mpv upgrade warning
Neil Bothwick schreef op 20 september 2015 18:40:05 CEST > > [snip] > >I have a proper printed OED, all 1800 pages of it. It's a few years old >so doesn't include words like selfie or twerking, but I get by with it. >It's main use is for dealing with would be pedants ;-) Since we're being pedantic, that would be "Its main use" in this case ☺ Cheers, Paul
Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] mpv upgrade warning
On Sun, 20 Sep 2015 19:10:49 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > I have a proper printed OED, all 1800 pages of it. > > If you don't have it in the morning anymore, it's because I broken into > you house and stole it. > > You lucky bugger you. I've wanted such a dictionary for years I picked it up from a market stall for, I think, £7. It was brand new but 2-3 years old. That sentence should bring the pedants out in force :) -- Neil Bothwick "We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." (Albert Einstein) pgpIKB8WvRmKH.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] mpv upgrade warning
On 20/09/2015 18:40, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sun, 20 Sep 2015 13:45:18 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > >>> One of the OED definitions of readable is "interesting or pleasant to >>> read". I stand by my original statement, argumentative pedants >>> notwithstanding. :P >> >> I agree with you. It's Alan I called a pedant for trying to split hairs. > > I know, a wonderful case of the pot calling the kettle black :P > >> I had a trial version of OED* on my mobile, but it was not good so I've >> reverted to Chambers, which includes "legible" as its first definition >> of Readable, and "clear enough to be deciphered" as its first >> definition of Legible. > > I have a proper printed OED, all 1800 pages of it. If you don't have it in the morning anymore, it's because I broken into you house and stole it. You lucky bugger you. I've wanted such a dictionary for years -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] mpv upgrade warning
On Sun, 20 Sep 2015 13:45:18 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > One of the OED definitions of readable is "interesting or pleasant to > > read". I stand by my original statement, argumentative pedants > > notwithstanding. :P > > I agree with you. It's Alan I called a pedant for trying to split hairs. I know, a wonderful case of the pot calling the kettle black :P > I had a trial version of OED* on my mobile, but it was not good so I've > reverted to Chambers, which includes "legible" as its first definition > of Readable, and "clear enough to be deciphered" as its first > definition of Legible. I have a proper printed OED, all 1800 pages of it. It's a few years old so doesn't include words like selfie or twerking, but I get by with it. It's main use is for dealing with would be pedants ;-) -- Neil Bothwick Top Oxymorons Number 37: Sanitary landfill pgphGj3klmRph.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] mpv upgrade warning
On 20/09/2015 14:45, Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Sunday 20 September 2015 10:19:14 Neil Bothwick wrote: >> On Sun, 20 Sep 2015 09:34:57 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > Strictly speaking, you don't have to do that with UUIDs as you can > change it to match the old one. That big advantage of labels is that > they are human-readable. Well I can read UUIDs, they are hex gibberish but still readable. Labels are human *understandable* >>> >>> Well, it isn't often I can call someone else a pedant, but now's my big >>> chance so I'm taking it - pedant! >> >> One of the OED definitions of readable is "interesting or pleasant to >> read". I stand by my original statement, argumentative pedants >> notwithstanding. :P > > I agree with you. It's Alan I called a pedant for trying to split hairs. I guess that's what I get for trying to be excessively clever! > > I had a trial version of OED* on my mobile, but it was not good so I've > reverted to Chambers, which includes "legible" as its first definition of > Readable, and "clear enough to be deciphered" as its first definition of > Legible. > > * Actually I think it was the ODE (the Oxford Dictionary of English), which > has been criticised widely and is not their best dictionary. > -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
[OT] Re: [gentoo-user] mpv upgrade warning
On Sunday 20 September 2015 10:19:14 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sun, 20 Sep 2015 09:34:57 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > > Strictly speaking, you don't have to do that with UUIDs as you can > > > > change it to match the old one. That big advantage of labels is that > > > > they are human-readable. > > > > > > Well I can read UUIDs, they are hex gibberish but still readable. > > > > > > Labels are human *understandable* > > > > Well, it isn't often I can call someone else a pedant, but now's my big > > chance so I'm taking it - pedant! > > One of the OED definitions of readable is "interesting or pleasant to > read". I stand by my original statement, argumentative pedants > notwithstanding. :P I agree with you. It's Alan I called a pedant for trying to split hairs. I had a trial version of OED* on my mobile, but it was not good so I've reverted to Chambers, which includes "legible" as its first definition of Readable, and "clear enough to be deciphered" as its first definition of Legible. * Actually I think it was the ODE (the Oxford Dictionary of English), which has been criticised widely and is not their best dictionary. -- Rgds Peter
