From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Apr 12 4:34: 5 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from moo.sysabend.org (moo.sysabend.org [209.0.55.68]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B88FE37BBFA for ; Wed, 12 Apr 2000 04:34:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ragnar@sysabend.org) Received: by moo.sysabend.org (Postfix, from userid 1004) id 098CB7556; Wed, 12 Apr 2000 04:34:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by moo.sysabend.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 066741D89; Wed, 12 Apr 2000 04:34:07 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 04:34:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Jamie Bowden To: Jay Nelson Cc: Brad Knowles , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSDCon East In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Approved: yep X-representing: Only myself. X-badge: We don't need no stinking badges. X-obligatory-profanity: Fuck X-moo: Moo. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, 11 Apr 2000, Jay Nelson wrote: :On Tue, 11 Apr 2000, Brad Knowles wrote: : :>At 12:56 PM -0500 2000/4/11, David Scheidt wrote: :> :>> I agree with most of this. English syntax is decidedly odd. The :>> construction "Would that Y X", though, is perfectly normal subjunctive :>> usage. Nevermind that, were I to quiz my cow-orkers, 80% of them wouldn't :>> know that. :> :> You want that I should quiz my cow-orkers over here? ;-) : :I don't know about there, but, here in Texas, most folks called that :would be insulted. That's kind of the point. Jamie Bowden -- "Of course, that's sort of like asking how other than Marketing, Microsoft is different from any other software company..." Kenneth G. Cavness To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message