Re: [OT] Ownership of words

2012-01-09 Thread Weaver
> On Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:08:41 -0800, John Jason Jordan wrote: > >> I wake up every morning with only a limited allotment of energy for >> arguing. I find I must save this arguing energy for issues that are >> worth arguing about. This one didn't make the cut. > > But I paid for the full half-hour

Re: [OT] Ownership of words

2012-01-09 Thread Walter Hurry
On Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:08:41 -0800, John Jason Jordan wrote: > I wake up every morning with only a limited allotment of energy for > arguing. I find I must save this arguing energy for issues that are > worth arguing about. This one didn't make the cut. But I paid for the full half-hour. -- T

Re: [OT] Ownership of words

2012-01-08 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Mon, 9 Jan 2012 01:22:19 + Lisi dijo: >On Monday 09 January 2012 00:11:09 Joel Rees wrote: >> (Although I have to wonder why this topic is okay, but some others >> are not.) > >I get the distinct impression that some people think that it isn't! I wake up every morning with only a limited

Re: [OT] Ownership of words

2012-01-08 Thread Lisi
On Monday 09 January 2012 00:11:09 Joel Rees wrote: > (Although I have to wonder why this topic is okay, but some others are > not.) I get the distinct impression that some people think that it isn't! Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "uns

Re: [OT] Ownership of words

2012-01-08 Thread Joel Rees
Heh. On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 10:38 PM, Lisi wrote: > On Sunday 08 January 2012 12:18:17 Tony van der Hoff wrote: >> I'm sorry to learn about your affliction, Lisi, but if you tell people >> you're allergic to nuts, I'm sure they wont confuse it with a dislike >> for people with oddball ideas, alth

Re: [OT] Ownership of words

2012-01-08 Thread Tomasz Kundera
Have you ever heard about metaphors? You are going to kill all the poetry... Languages live, change, evolve. You cannot stop it. Only dead languages does not change at all. But it doesn't mean that they are understood exactly the same way all the time. Regards, Tomasz On 1/8/12, Lisi wrote: > O

Re: [OT] Ownership of words

2012-01-08 Thread Lisi
On Sunday 08 January 2012 12:18:17 Tony van der Hoff wrote: > I'm sorry to learn about your affliction, Lisi, but if you tell people > you're allergic to nuts, I'm sure they wont confuse it with a dislike > for people with oddball ideas, although they may kill you. On the contrary, that is exactly

Re: [OT] Ownership of words

2012-01-08 Thread richard
On Sun, 08 Jan 2012 21:06:15 +0800 lina wrote: > On Sunday 08,January,2012 08:18 PM, Tony van der Hoff wrote: > > On 08/01/12 10:05, Lisi wrote: > >> On Sunday 08 January 2012 09:15:35 Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: > >>> Yes, sorry, I am allergic to Windows, > >> > >> Please don't misuse words in

Re: [OT] Ownership of words

2012-01-08 Thread lina
On Sunday 08,January,2012 08:18 PM, Tony van der Hoff wrote: On 08/01/12 10:05, Lisi wrote: On Sunday 08 January 2012 09:15:35 Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: Yes, sorry, I am allergic to Windows, Please don't misuse words in this way. It makes life even harder for those of us who are seriously

[OT] Ownership of words

2012-01-08 Thread Tony van der Hoff
On 08/01/12 10:05, Lisi wrote: On Sunday 08 January 2012 09:15:35 Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: Yes, sorry, I am allergic to Windows, Please don't misuse words in this way. It makes life even harder for those of us who are seriously allergic to things. You are using the word to mean "I don't