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zakiah25
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Location: Oman
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 Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2003 5:47 am Post subject: Thanks Dave, R and et-al |
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| This Newbie forum is proving to be very useful and interesting. As an "old hand", I've even learnt a few things. |
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R
Joined: 07 May 2003
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Location: United Kingdom
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| Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2003 3:13 pm Post subject: |
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Maybe I shouod change my name to et al? It would certainly add more weight to my posts.
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xnihil
Joined: 06 May 2003
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Location: Egypt
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Not to be persnickety (I'm to young to qualify for the curmudgeons' club) but et means and. So "R and et al" means "R and and all"
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johnslat
Joined: 21 Jan 2003
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Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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| Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2003 5:30 am Post subject: And so on |
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Dear xnihil,
You don't have to be a curmudgeon to be persnickety, you know ( although it helps ). You can be a young - a) wise guy; b) twit; or c) twerp.
And I agree wholeheartedly with your correction. So, what say we change it to:
" and etcetera ".
Regards,
John
P.S. Ron, you don't have to add " weight " to your posts. They're heavy enough reading as is.
Curmudgeonly.
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Richard
Joined: 30 Jan 2003
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Location: Taiwan
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| Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2003 12:50 pm Post subject: Tell me more |
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Dear Mr.Slat -
I'm a relative newcomer to this forum, but I was just curious about what distinctions you make between wise guys, twits and twerps. I enjoy deprecating classifications of this nature. (I hope this enjoyment doesn't lump me in with any of the three).
Curmudgeon-novice,
R. |
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