Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: 07 R320CDI with Ameriglish distance covered

2012-01-27 Thread OK Don
We feel it's a moral obligation to correct the language -- -

On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 9:34 PM, Hendrik  Fay heni...@ozemail.com.auwrote:

 Well one would suppose that a nation that has been butchering the Queens
 English for a long time, would have no qualms about making up words to suit
 itself.

 Hendrik
 who has finally changed the spell checker to recognise Oz lingo

 WILTON wrote:

 Zackly

 Wilton

 - Original Message - From: Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net
 To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
 Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 9:43 PM
 Subject: Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: 07 R320CDI with yottamiles


  You can use k to abbreviate kilo, meaning a 1000 and you can use km to
 abbreviate kilometers but a kilomile would be 1609.344km, so if that R320
 has done 199kilomiles, it has in fact traveled.well..**lots


 One can rate many things in kilos.  Kilobuck, Kilowatt, etc.
 Why not Kilomile?

 -- Jim





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Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: 07 R320CDI with Ameriglish distance covered

2012-01-26 Thread Hendrik Fay
Well one would suppose that a nation that has been butchering the Queens 
English for a long time, would have no qualms about making up words to 
suit itself.


Hendrik
who has finally changed the spell checker to recognise Oz lingo

WILTON wrote:

Zackly

Wilton

- Original Message - From: Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 9:43 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: 07 R320CDI with yottamiles


You can use k to abbreviate kilo, meaning a 1000 and you can use km 
to abbreviate kilometers but a kilomile would be 1609.344km, so if 
that R320 has done 199kilomiles, it has in fact 
traveled.well..lots


One can rate many things in kilos.  Kilobuck, Kilowatt, etc.
Why not Kilomile?

-- Jim







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Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: 07 R320CDI with Ameriglish distance covered

2012-01-26 Thread WILTON
I don't consider it the Queen's anymore, nor have I since that bunch of 
rebels in Philly told George what he could do with it.  ;))


Wilton

- Original Message - 
From: Hendrik  Fay heni...@ozemail.com.au

To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 10:34 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: 07 R320CDI with Ameriglish distance covered


Well one would suppose that a nation that has been butchering the Queens 
English for a long time, would have no qualms about making up words to 
suit itself.


Hendrik
who has finally changed the spell checker to recognise Oz lingo

WILTON wrote:

Zackly

Wilton

- Original Message - From: Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 9:43 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: 07 R320CDI with yottamiles


You can use k to abbreviate kilo, meaning a 1000 and you can use km to 
abbreviate kilometers but a kilomile would be 1609.344km, so if that 
R320 has done 199kilomiles, it has in fact 
traveled.well..lots


One can rate many things in kilos.  Kilobuck, Kilowatt, etc.
Why not Kilomile?

-- Jim







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Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: 07 R320CDI with Ameriglish distance covered

2012-01-26 Thread Dieselhead

Swik, swick, swich  (sharpening my butcher knife)  bring on the English!


Well one would suppose that a nation that has been butchering the 
Queens English for a long time, would have no qualms about making up 
words to suit itself.


Hendrik
who has finally changed the spell checker to recognise Oz lingo


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