All that while riding the tube. :-) --- 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 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:50:32 -0500 "colin.fletcher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >If its raining the wally would need his brolly so he didn't get his fag wet >while talking to the trouble and strife on the dog & bone. > >Maybe in a fortnight it will quit raining cats & dogs so he can open the >bonnet and check his oil, but if its like what mine is under the bloody >bonnet there ain't no room to swing a cat. > >_____ > >From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of L >Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 8:51 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: txt shorthand in emails (was "Re: [Treo] Using my Treo as a >portable player") > >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] ><mailto:rprokic%40mac.com> com> 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" >> <colin.fletcher@ <mailto:colin.fletcher%40sbcglobal.net> sbcglobal.net> >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:treo%40yahoogroups.com> com >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.com> com] On Behalf Of >> Vishal >> >Sheth >> >Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2007 12:11 PM >> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.com> com >> >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. I think people will respond if the >> >> question/problem hits a subject they've dealt with. The easier it is >> >> to read as well as the closer it hits to home, the more responses >> >> you'll get. >> >> >> >> >> >> On Nov 24, 2007 2:23 AM, Vishal Sheth <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> ><mailto:vusheth%40gmail.com> com<vusheth%40gmail.com>> >> >> wrote: >> >> > is this an english literature class? why is the subject deviated from >> >> treo? The very purpose of the group is treo and palm, not english >> language >> >> or litrature. Everyons has his/her own way of working with things. If >so >> >> then why do people reply inbetween the mail/message of the other >person? >> I >> >> don't think this comes under an english grammer or litrature. I guess >> this >> >> is more irrirating to read those mails than the shorthand once. >> >> > if one is quoting someone than that has to be in quotes like >> "........". >> >> why is that not happening? Just because someone is in a different mood >so >> >> just replies to any topic other than the subject. >> >> > There people in the group who reply without their names or don't know >> >> who has posted. Where are the english masters here? >> >> > I guess all parents & people who talk about english language & >> litrature >> >> should ask others to follow who don't. >> >> > If something is not clear then ask for clarity to help. All are not >the >> >> same. All are not experts on treo or palm or wm5 or litrature. I think >> the >> >> moto of this group is to help people who need it, exchange different >> >> informations. My experiences would differ from others. Share your >> >experience >> >> & learn from others. >> >> > All respect to different types of editors in the group, they also >> >> function & make their comments differently. I guess it's important to >> >> respect others means of communication. If something is not clear, then >> ask >> >> for a clarification to help not correct english. >> >> > A question to english professors: >> >> > You hear a knock on the door. So you ask is it? What should be the >> >> reply? >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > Awaiting Reply, >> >> > >> >> > Vishal >> >> > ----------------------- >> >> > Sent from my Treo(r) smartphone >> >> > >> >> > -----Original Message----- >> >> > >> >> > From: "Don Ferguson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:don%40ferguson.us> us >> ><don%40ferguson.us>> >> >> > Date: Saturday, Nov 24, 2007 12:12 pm >> >> > Subject: RE: txt shorthand in emails (was "Re: [Treo] Using my Treo >as >> a >> >> portable player") >> >> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.com> com >> ><treo%40yahoogroups.com>>Reply-To: >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.com> com >> ><treo%40yahoogroups.com> >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > There is, of course, the deterioration of the English language to >> >> > consider here. >> >> > >> >> > Now, I only cringe a little at expressions like 'my bad' (which, >> >> > curiously enough, really doesn't have a short equivalent in real >English >> >> > - at least not one I've found), but the use of U and UR for You and >> >> > Your/You're, have, I think, contributed to the aforementioned >> >> > deterioration. >> >> > >> >> > I may have recounted a tale of my son, who has a grammatical >curmudgeon >> >> > as a father, and who attends a school that still cares about proper >> >> > grammar, and who, upon seeing the words 'Your Incredible' in that >> liquid >> >> > chalk that all the high school seniors use to write 'Go Class of >2008' >> >> > and other such on each others' cars, said 'Your Incredible WHAT?' >> >> > >> >> > I bought him something immediately. Good boy! >> >> > >> >> > That said, I can certainly see the reason for shrt msgs whn txting: >> >> > most people who send text messages do it by typing on a 10-key keypad >> of >> >> > a cell phone. I'd work to type fewer letters were I so afflicted. On >> >> > the Treo, I think it's not as excusable! >> >> > >> >> > Cheers, >> >> > Don >> >> > >> >> > -----Original Message----- >> >> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.com> com >> ><treo%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto: >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.com> com >> ><treo%40yahoogroups.com>] On Behalf Of >> >> > Craig Froehle >> >> > Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 4:58 PM >> >> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.com> com >> ><treo%40yahoogroups.com> >> >> > Subject: Re: txt shorthand in emails (was 'Re: [Treo] Using my Treo >as >> a >> >> > portable player') >> >> > >> >> > On Nov 23, 2007 6:48 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> ><mailto:jmesseder%40comcast.net> net<jmesseder%40comcast.net>> >> >> wrote: >> >> > > When I'm writing, I have to remind myself to use the shorthand it >> >> > > when I'm texting or IM-ing. >> >> > >> >> > If you're at a full-sized keyboard, why would you resort to that? I'm >> >> > not the fastest typist, but it actually slows me down trying to >> >> > remember to type 'ur' instead of 'you're.' In fact, 160 characters is >> >> > enough for me to get fully spelled-out messages 90% of the time (I >> >> > usually only txt-type when I run out of space in a single message). >> >> > >> >> > I'm sure it's mostly the initial on >> > >> >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> >> Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> >> > >-- >============================== >War Eagle > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > >
