Let's see, that would be a goon and an umbrella. ----------------------- Sent from my Treo(r) smartphone
-----Original Message----- From: L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sunday, Nov 25, 2007 8:51 pm Subject: Re: txt shorthand in emails (was "Re: [Treo] Using my Treo as a portable player") To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [email protected] Haha ... i figured. When these things come up I always reference english2american.com. For example ... whenever I listen to soccer call-in shows. Until this past week I had no idea what a wally or a brolly were. On Nov 24, 2007 5:27 PM, Roger Prokic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Asking someone for a fag in some parts of the US may get you pretty beat > up. :-) > --- > Roger Prokic > Baltimore, Maryland USA > > -=[ This email was sent from a Palm Treo 680 palm computer using > SnapperMail Enterprise Edition v2.3.7.01 ]=- > > ...... Original Message ....... > On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 12:37:08 -0500 'colin.fletcher' > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >As a Brit living in the US I get totally confused at times but I am working > >on being bi-linguini English English & US English. > > > >The usage of me & I differs from how I remember being taught, but there > >again I was always popp8ing out of school for a fag. > > > >Must be off - Treo's ringing. > > > >_____ > > > >From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Vishal > >Sheth > >Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2007 12:11 PM > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: txt shorthand in emails (was 'Re: [Treo] Using my Treo as a > >portable player') > > > >In the normal what you say is correct. But the correct english is ' it's > I'. > >This is available in wren & martin english grammer book. > > > >Vishal > >----------------------- > >Sent from my Treo(r) smartphone > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: 'Colin McGrath' <mccolingrath@ <mailto:mccolingrath%40gmail.com> > >gmail.com> > >Date: Saturday, Nov 24, 2007 9:29 pm > >Subject: Re: txt shorthand in emails (was 'Re: [Treo] Using my Treo as a > >portable player') > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.comReply-To> comReply-To: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.com> com > > > >Vishal, at that door, you should reply, 'It's me'. > > > >On Nov 24, 2007 4:45 AM, L <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:ldouglas%40gmail.com> > >com> wrote: > > > >> well, this is just one of the threads going on. I don't think > >> addressing protocol in a message group is that bad. It's just an > >> question of style. remember - no one here is under an obligation to > >> help. But I would interpret it as ... some will respond better if they > >> do not have to decode the message first. > >> > >> I've posted a bunch of messages (usually regarding atypical usage) > >> that havent been responded to
