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 ☺
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> There's no escape from that one :(
>
>
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 Societ
Neil Bothwick schreef op 20 september 2015 18:40:05 CEST
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> [snip]
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>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 pedan
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 u
On 20/09/2015 18:40, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Sep 2015 13:45:18 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote:
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>>> 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'
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 ha
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 la
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-readab
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