From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 29 21:59:14 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17BDA37B401 for ; Thu, 29 May 2003 21:59:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [204.213.64.2] (firewall.tiadon.com [204.213.64.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 165B043F3F for ; Thu, 29 May 2003 21:59:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from rmc.tiadon.com by [204.213.64.2] ESMTP; Thu, 29 May 2003 23:59:13 -0500 Received: from applications.tiadon.com (mail.tiadon.com [172.16.18.172]) by bcec01.tiadon.net with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2653.13) id LQ2N6S46; Thu, 29 May 2003 23:59:12 -0500 Received: from firewall.tiadon.com ([204.213.65.36]) by applications.tiadon.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.197.19); Thu, 29 May 2003 23:59:14 -0500 Received: from [204.213.65.36] by firewall.tiadon.com via smtpd (for mail.tiadon.com [172.16.18.172]) with ESMTP; Thu, 29 May 2003 23:59:10 -0500 Message-ID: <00ae01c32668$2ff5ad70$2441d5cc@nitanjared> From: "Kevin Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." To: "Bill Moran" , "Stephen McKay" References: <20030520203225.GA30587@thyrsus.com> <200305221613.h4MGDNLR016491@dungeon.home> <3ECD3A8C.1040506@potentialtech.com> Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 23:58:59 -0500 Organization: DaleCo, S.P.---"the solutions people" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: grammar (was Re: Fwd: ESR/OSI's Unix/Linux-history-ladentreatise on SCO vs. IBM) X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Kevin Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 04:59:14 -0000 From: "Bill Moran" To: "Stephen McKay" Cc: Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 4:01 PM Subject: Re: grammar (was Re: Fwd: ESR/OSI's Unix/Linux-history-ladentreatise on SCO vs. IBM) > Stephen McKay wrote: > > On Wednesday, 21st May 2003, brian@planetshwoop.com wrote: > > > >>On Tue, 20 May 2003, Gary W. Swearingen wrote: > >> > >>>What's worse is that y'all apply the same old propaganda about gifts to > >> ^^^^^ > >> > >>You commend his grammar and then stick that whammie in there? > >> > >>You, not "y'all". Please. > > > > No! No! It is merely artistic flair! > > > > Once he's established his impeccable grasp of grammar he is permitted to > > bend it in order to demonstrate his grasp of the vernacular, hence showing > > he not only knows the Official Grammar, but also a Dialect. It's a solid > > points scorer. > > > > This isn't the same as the 99% of Internet users who believe a valid > > contraction of "you are" is "your", or the other new percent who know > > about "you're", but believe it is a possessive pronoun. > > > > Salt with :-) as necessary, and enjoy your language! > > Are you talking about the people who don't know the difference between > "then" and "than" and think that "sux" is spelled properly? > The spelling of this word as "sux" is permissible as a visual rhyme during religious flame wars, e.g. "Tux sux!" Kevin Kinsey grammar-nazi-in-training