RE: Today's exercise in misunderstanding English
Forsooth, and if thy language dost ne'er evolv'd, henceforth thee wouldst speaketh as the ancient Bard. Verily, the words of man must changeth and groweth as the seasons change -- looketh upon all the wordings which the Bard hast introduc'd into our speech. Woulds't thou changeth all that? -Carla (with apologies, but since yesterday was Talk Like Shakespeare Day in Chicago...) -Original Message- From: techwr-l-bounces+cmartinek=zebra@lists.techwr-l.com [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+cmartinek=zebra@lists.techwr-l.com] On Behalf Of Handy, David Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 7:02 AM To: Gene Kim-Eng; techw...@lists.techwr-l.com Subject: RE: Today's exercise in misunderstanding English Buck it, Gene - buck it! This isn't just a matter of a new word gatecrashing the dictionary. This is key grammar. The number of people who think that legalized bad grammar is a portent of a crumbling civilization is kinda small, but it includes me; and if we writers don't jump up and down about this, nobody will. Grammar = expressivity. Replace sensible grammar rules with ok, whatever and you limit people's ability to say *exactly* what they mean. By the way, I'm not jumping on Gene here, or whoever wrote the original sentence - gramnmar is tough, time is short, and jargon happens. But remember Gandhi - be the lexical change you want to see in the world! - CONFIDENTIAL- This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential, and may also be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not review, use, copy, or distribute this message. If you receive this email in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply email and then delete this email. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: Today's exercise in misunderstanding English
Sigh... Selected the wrong list email when I sent this!!! Sorry, everyone. (FWIW, this was all about someone finding the word updation in some outsourced programming files. And the fact that the word has been around and in use for the past decade or so... ) TGIF is all I can say. -Carla -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Martinek, Carla Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 10:31 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Today's exercise in misunderstanding English Forsooth, and if thy language dost ne'er evolv'd, henceforth thee wouldst speaketh as the ancient Bard. Verily, the words of man must changeth and groweth as the seasons change -- looketh upon all the wordings which the Bard hast introduc'd into our speech. Woulds't thou changeth all that? -Carla (with apologies, but since yesterday was Talk Like Shakespeare Day in Chicago...) -Original Message- From: techwr-l-bounces+cmartinek=zebra@lists.techwr-l.com [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+cmartinek=zebra@lists.techwr-l.com] On Behalf Of Handy, David Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 7:02 AM To: Gene Kim-Eng; techw...@lists.techwr-l.com Subject: RE: Today's exercise in misunderstanding English Buck it, Gene - buck it! This isn't just a matter of a new word gatecrashing the dictionary. This is key grammar. The number of people who think that legalized bad grammar is a portent of a crumbling civilization is kinda small, but it includes me; and if we writers don't jump up and down about this, nobody will. Grammar = expressivity. Replace sensible grammar rules with ok, whatever and you limit people's ability to say *exactly* what they mean. By the way, I'm not jumping on Gene here, or whoever wrote the original sentence - gramnmar is tough, time is short, and jargon happens. But remember Gandhi - be the lexical change you want to see in the world! - CONFIDENTIAL- This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential, and may also be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not review, use, copy, or distribute this message. If you receive this email in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply email and then delete this email. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as cmarti...@zebra.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/cmartinek%40zebra.co m Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Today's exercise in misunderstanding English
I must have missed an email somewhere. A woman without her man is nothing. Oh, wait. I think I meant: A woman: without her, man is nothing. Happy Friday! On 4/24/09, Martinek, Carla cmarti...@zebra.com wrote: Forsooth, and if thy language dost ne'er evolv'd, henceforth thee wouldst speaketh as the ancient Bard. Verily, the words of man must changeth and groweth as the seasons change -- looketh upon all the wordings which the Bard hast introduc'd into our speech. Woulds't thou changeth all that? -Carla (with apologies, but since yesterday was Talk Like Shakespeare Day in Chicago...) -Original Message- From: techwr-l-bounces+cmartinek=zebra@lists.techwr-l.com [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+cmartinek=zebra@lists.techwr-l.com] On Behalf Of Handy, David Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 7:02 AM To: Gene Kim-Eng; techw...@lists.techwr-l.com Subject: RE: Today's exercise in misunderstanding English Buck it, Gene - buck it! This isn't just a matter of a new word gatecrashing the dictionary. This is key grammar. The number of people who think that legalized bad grammar is a portent of a crumbling civilization is kinda small, but it includes me; and if we writers don't jump up and down about this, nobody will. Grammar = expressivity. Replace sensible grammar rules with ok, whatever and you limit people's ability to say *exactly* what they mean. By the way, I'm not jumping on Gene here, or whoever wrote the original sentence - gramnmar is tough, time is short, and jargon happens. But remember Gandhi - be the lexical change you want to see in the world! - CONFIDENTIAL- This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential, and may also be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not review, use, copy, or distribute this message. If you receive this email in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply email and then delete this email. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as deirdre.rea...@gmail.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/deirdre.reagan%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Today's exercise in misunderstanding English
I'm completely in agreeance. Updation strikes me as a perfectly cromulent word. Will White Monrovia CA On Apr 24, 2009, at 8:35 AM, Martinek, Carla wrote: Sigh... Selected the wrong list email when I sent this!!! Sorry, everyone. (FWIW, this was all about someone finding the word updation in some outsourced programming files. And the fact that the word has been around and in use for the past decade or so... ) TGIF is all I can say. -Carla -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Martinek, Carla Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 10:31 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Today's exercise in misunderstanding English Forsooth, and if thy language dost ne'er evolv'd, henceforth thee wouldst speaketh as the ancient Bard. Verily, the words of man must changeth and groweth as the seasons change -- looketh upon all the wordings which the Bard hast introduc'd into our speech. Woulds't thou changeth all that? -Carla (with apologies, but since yesterday was Talk Like Shakespeare Day in Chicago...) -Original Message- From: techwr-l-bounces+cmartinek=zebra@lists.techwr-l.com [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+cmartinek=zebra@lists.techwr-l.com] On Behalf Of Handy, David Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 7:02 AM To: Gene Kim-Eng; techw...@lists.techwr-l.com Subject: RE: Today's exercise in misunderstanding English Buck it, Gene - buck it! This isn't just a matter of a new word gatecrashing the dictionary. This is key grammar. The number of people who think that legalized bad grammar is a portent of a crumbling civilization is kinda small, but it includes me; and if we writers don't jump up and down about this, nobody will. Grammar = expressivity. Replace sensible grammar rules with ok, whatever and you limit people's ability to say *exactly* what they mean. By the way, I'm not jumping on Gene here, or whoever wrote the original sentence - gramnmar is tough, time is short, and jargon happens. But remember Gandhi - be the lexical change you want to see in the world! - CONFIDENTIAL- This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential, and may also be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not review, use, copy, or distribute this message. If you receive this email in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply email and then delete this email. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as cmarti...@zebra.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/cmartinek% 40zebra.co m Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as whitefam...@mac.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/ whitefamily%40mac.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ++ First Soviet Citizen: Comrade, what kind of a day is it for you? Second Soviet Citizen: Average. Worse than yesterday, better than tomorrow. ++ ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Today's exercise in misunderstanding English
It's OK...I can see you have done the needful to make amendments. --William Martinek, Carla wrote: Sigh... Selected the wrong list email when I sent this!!! Sorry, everyone. (FWIW, this was all about someone finding the word updation in some outsourced programming files. And the fact that the word has been around and in use for the past decade or so... ) TGIF is all I can say. -Carla ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: Today's exercise in misunderstanding English
Chicago, eh? Be put in a cauldron of lead and usurer's grease, amongst a whole million of cutpurses, and there boil like a gammon of bacon that will never be enough. The Earl of Oxford was a Celtics fan. Your turn. http://www.pangloss.com/seidel/Shaker/index.html :-b Reid From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com on behalf of Martinek, Carla Sent: Fri 4/24/2009 11:31 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Today's exercise in misunderstanding English Forsooth, and if thy language dost ne'er evolv'd, henceforth thee wouldst speaketh as the ancient Bard. Verily, the words of man must changeth and groweth as the seasons change -- looketh upon all the wordings which the Bard hast introduc'd into our speech. Woulds't thou changeth all that? -Carla (with apologies, but since yesterday was Talk Like Shakespeare Day in Chicago...) -Original Message- From: techwr-l-bounces+cmartinek=zebra@lists.techwr-l.com [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+cmartinek=zebra@lists.techwr-l.com] On Behalf Of Handy, David Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 7:02 AM To: Gene Kim-Eng; techw...@lists.techwr-l.com Subject: RE: Today's exercise in misunderstanding English Buck it, Gene - buck it! This isn't just a matter of a new word gatecrashing the dictionary. This is key grammar. The number of people who think that legalized bad grammar is a portent of a crumbling civilization is kinda small, but it includes me; and if we writers don't jump up and down about this, nobody will. Grammar = expressivity. Replace sensible grammar rules with ok, whatever and you limit people's ability to say *exactly* what they mean. By the way, I'm not jumping on Gene here, or whoever wrote the original sentence - gramnmar is tough, time is short, and jargon happens. But remember Gandhi - be the lexical change you want to see in the world! - CONFIDENTIAL- This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential, and may also be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not review, use, copy, or distribute this message. If you receive this email in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply email and then delete this email. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as rg...@interactivesupercomputing.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/rgray%40interactivesupercomputing.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
