Hi James, "James Osbourne, Holmes" wrote:
> Hi Bob, > > A normal tangent is at 90 degrees to the radius. Right, and a "normal" is perpendicular (90deg) to the tangent at the point of the curve. In other words it (the normal) is an extention of the radii past the point of the tangent. :-) Also am against the one world New Order. Bless you Bob Lee > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tai-Pan <[email protected]> > To: James Osbourne, Holmes <[email protected]> > Cc: silver-list <[email protected]>; Tai-Pan <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, May 11, 2000 8:39 AM > Subject: CS>Re: OT, Word play, was CS>Computer virus warnings... > > >Hi James, > > > >"James Osbourne, Holmes" wrote: > > > >> Hi Bob, > >> > >> I think you will enjoy looking up "nice". Definitions range from "wanton > >> foolishness", apparently its earlier connotation,[am I using that word > >> correctly?] to "exact". Track it through "normal", "correct", etc. I > >> found it amazing. > > > >Well the old usage of "nice" as ignorant and foolish was "Old French", > which we > >don't use anymore. At least I haven't heard anyone speaking Old French for > a > >couple of hundred years. > > How did we get on to the word "nice", wasn't used in any of the previous > posts? > > > > I do like the usage of lewd or wanton, but that is also obsolete now. > > Personally I like "nice" as discriminating the very good from the good, as > a > >synonym. > > Or pleasing and agreeable. :-) > > > > > >> > >> > >> Today, most people associate "normal" with sort of run-of-the-mill > ordinary, > >> but it meant "to the very highest standard". The word comes from the > "norm" > >> which is a synonym for a carpenter's square of exactly 90 degrees. > > > > Right, "normal" did ,or use to mean a high standard, not now though, its > "just > >average". > > The French way back used the word "norma" to mean a carpenter square. They > also > >used it to mean a wooden ruler. > > In geometry the "normal" is a line or plane perpendicular to the tangent > of a > >curve, at the point of the curve. Has nothing to do with a carpenters > square. > > > > > >> > >> > >> Thanks again for all of your wonderful dissertations. > >> > >> Meaning so so dependent on context.... > > > >Your right, and we have had our fun for now. > > Your the "MOST". Don't look it up. Guess what it means (I mean) in this > >context. :-) > >Could be that folks like you and I keep things from getting dull and > >boring.He-He > > > > > > Bless you Bob Lee > > > >> > >> > >> James Osbourne Holmes > >> > >> FTNWO > > > > For The New World Order ?? > > > >Didn't use the spell checker, tired of it telling me my address is wrong. > :-) > > > > -- oozing on the muggy shore of the gulf coast [email protected] -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
