Re: words (and commands) that I learnt because of Branden

Hi John, Nate wrote: > > > Actually, "horde" and "hoard" are homophones > > > > I keep getting those spellings mixed up. > > It's a penchant of collectors to hoard a horde of whatever interests > them. If you want a mnemonic, affect hoard effect horde -- Cheers, Ralph.

Re: words (and commands) that I learnt because of Branden

* On 2022 10 Dec 07:56 -0600, John Gardner wrote: > > > > Actually, "horde" and "hoard" are homophones > > > FFS, I keep getting those spellings mixed up. Thank you. :D It's a penchant of collectors to hoard a horde of whatever interests them. - Nate -- "The optimist proclaims that we live

Re: words (and commands) that I learnt because of Branden

> > Actually, "horde" and "hoard" are homophones FFS, I keep getting those spellings mixed up. Thank you. :D On Sat, 10 Dec 2022 at 21:29, Robert Marks wrote: > Actually, "horde" and "hoard" are homophones, but one is a noun and the > other a verb: > "I use to horde definitions" > > Robert

Re: words (and commands) that I learnt because of Branden

Actually, "horde" and "hoard" are homophones, but one is a noun and the other a verb: "I use to horde definitions" Robert Marks, a colleague of John Quiggin's. -- https://www.agsm.edu.au/bobm 0407665644

Re: words (and commands) that I learnt because of Branden (was: preferred /proc//xxx style?)

At 2022-12-09T22:10:34+, Deri wrote: > On Friday, 9 December 2022 21:09:57 GMT Alejandro Colomar wrote: > > $ dict deriliction > > No definitions found for "deriliction", perhaps you mean: > > gcide: Dereliction > > wn: dereliction > > moby-thesaurus: dereliction > > > > And yes,

Re: words (and commands) that I learnt because of Branden (was: preferred /proc//xxx style?)

This thread made my morning and I fully agree: Love to read the elaborate delicately humourful e-mails. In Dutch there's a saying: Schrijvers zijn blijvers, which can be loosy translated as: Who writes, will be remembered. True in this case. Regards, Hans John Gardner wrote: > > > > Your

Re: words (and commands) that I learnt because of Branden (was: preferred /proc//xxx style?)

> > Your emails are the reason I know and often use dict(1). Lol. Branden's e-mails are the reason I consult the Oxford English dictionary far more often than I'm comfortable admitting. Either I'm learning obscure words I know I'll never remember when I need them,[1] <#snarky-footnote-1> or

Re: words (and commands) that I learnt because of Branden (was: preferred /proc//xxx style?)

On Friday, 9 December 2022 21:09:57 GMT Alejandro Colomar wrote: > $ dict deriliction > No definitions found for "deriliction", perhaps you mean: > gcide: Dereliction > wn: dereliction > moby-thesaurus: dereliction > > And yes, dereliction has a definition compatible with your use. > >

words (and commands) that I learnt because of Branden (was: preferred /proc//xxx style?)

Hi Branden! On 12/9/22 22:03, G. Branden Robinson wrote: Hi Alex & Mike, Alex, you beat me to this one... At 2022-12-09T20:43:21+0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote: personally i find that jarring to read because it's using italics for the whole path except for the pid which has no styling at all.