Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 16:49:49 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: pgreen <polytarp@m-net.arbornet.org>, Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@online.fr>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Language in danger: Language loss Message-ID: <20020527164949.L71831@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <3CF1DC1E.D59053CA@mindspring.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0205261919370.49175-100000@m-net.arbornet.org> <3CF17486.F06F3E6A@mindspring.com> <20020527104558.B43610@wantadilla.lemis.com> <3CF1D271.321A6B21@mindspring.com> <20020527160337.H71831@wantadilla.lemis.com> <3CF1DC1E.D59053CA@mindspring.com>
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On Monday, 27 May 2002 at 0:11:26 -0700, Terry Lambert wrote: > Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: >>>> Imagine you're driving down a crowded freeway and a car in front of >>>> you suddenly stops. You have to avoid it. How do you do it? "Well, >>>> if I veer to the left, I may hit the gravel on the side of the road, >>>> if I veer to the right, I may hit the central reservation, but there's >>>> not enough space between the lanes for me to get through, so maybe the >>>> gravel's the least risk"? Of course not. Putting thoughts into >>>> language is too slow for your own thoughts. >>> >>> Personally, I would avoid it by stopping, since I maintain at least >>> 1.5 times my reaction time in distance between myself and the car in >>> front of me. I rather imagine that stupid people smack into the car. >>> There's a reason that, in the U.S., the driver who rear-ends another >>> automatically gets the ticket. 8-). >> >> But you're missing the point. And the driver behind you won't miss >> you. > > She did. She smacked into the car I avoided by changing lanes, thus > avoiding me. Even though I threw on my brakes while changing lanes > to give her a visual indication that she should hit her brakes, too. It looks like you avoided it by changing your story. Above, you said that you would avoid it by stopping, not by swerving. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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