From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Apr 18 17:36:40 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA10184 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sat, 18 Apr 1998 17:36:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from darius.concentric.net (darius.concentric.net [207.155.184.79]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA10172; Sun, 19 Apr 1998 00:36:28 GMT (envelope-from jasonc@concentric.net) Received: from mcfeely.concentric.net (mcfeely.concentric.net [207.155.184.83]) by darius.concentric.net (8.8.8/(98/01/20 5.9)) id UAA14740; Sat, 18 Apr 1998 20:36:27 -0400 (EDT) [1-800-745-2747 The Concentric Network] Received: from k6-200 (ts001d01.lan-mi.concentric.net [206.173.98.13]) by mcfeely.concentric.net (8.8.8) id UAA09480; Sat, 18 Apr 1998 20:36:18 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <001001bd6b2b$6b83afc0$023aa8c0@k6-200> From: "Jason" To: , "Alok K. Dhir" Cc: , , , , Subject: Re: Correct English style Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 20:37:56 -0400 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 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org And all this has to do with FreeBSD in what way? :) Jason (with a Midwestern American Accent) -----Original Message----- From: Tim Vanderhoek To: Alok K. Dhir Cc: danny@panda.hilink.com.au ; jak@cetlink.net ; peter@netplex.com.au ; des@FreeBSD.ORG ; chat@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Saturday, April 18, 1998 6:02 PM Subject: Re: Correct English style >On Sat, 18 Apr 1998, Alok K. Dhir wrote: > >> On Sat, 18 Apr 1998 danny@panda.hilink.com.au wrote: >> >> > When someone who learnt English as a second language corrects English >> ^^^^^^ >> >> That's "learned". :-) > >Not in my dictionary. :) > >Exceptions, special-cases, varied tenses, etc. are signs of >cultural sophistication within a language, and I will not have >English brought to the level of a four-year old! "Learned" vs. >"learnt", of course, probably depends partly on which dialect's >dictionary you are checking. > >Incidenctally, I happen to believe that the past-tense of "to >fit" is "fat" (one of several ideosyncracies in my own personal >dialect). Consider yourself warned. :-) > > >-- > tIM...HOEk >OPTIMIZATION: the process of using many one-letter variables names > hoping that the resultant code will run faster. > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message