On Oct 20, 6:07 pm, "Morris Dovey" <[email protected]> wrote:
> The3rd Earl Of Derby (in
> [email protected]) said:
>
> | Could someone kindly explain to me whats meant by this below?
> |
> | "If you like extra work but a better finish, then rout a 12mm dado
> | in the one piece"
> |
> | You see in the UK a *Dado* is the term used for a wooden rail that
> | goes around the walls in a living room of a house.
>
> US Dado => UK Rebate
I use rabbet for rebate pretty regularly, and I may use a dado stack to
cut one, but I don't call a rebate (or rabbet) a dado.
JP
The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:
> You see in the UK a *Dado* is the term used for a wooden rail that goes
> around the walls in a living room of a house.
A dado is also a cross-grain groove. Long-grain grooves are just
grooves.
It's not a rebate (or rabbet) -- they're removing one corner, so as to
make an open-sided groove.
On Oct 20, 6:22 pm, "Andy Dingley <[email protected]>"
<[email protected]> wrote:
> The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:
>
> > You see in the UK a *Dado* is the term used for a wooden rail that goes
> > around the walls in a living room of a house.A dado is also a cross-grain groove. Long-grain grooves are just
> grooves.
Or plows.
JP
Jay Pique wrote:
> On Oct 20, 6:22 pm, "Andy Dingley <[email protected]>"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:
> >
> > > You see in the UK a *Dado* is the term used for a wooden rail that goes
> > > around the walls in a living room of a house.A dado is also a cross-grain groove. Long-grain grooves are just
> > grooves.
>
> Or plows.
>
> JP
Do you mean ploughs?
The dado (from the latin Datum) is the face of an architectural
feature (such as a column or wall which is the main structure).
The dado rail defines the top of the dado and the skirting defines the
bottom.
North American definition of a dado is a groove formed to accept the
edge of another board.
ref: Oxford dictionary.
<...snipped...>
>>>Thats true but I'm familiar with 90% of American terminology.
>>>
>>>ps You spell color wrongly...its colour. ;-)
>>
>> Yeah and furthermore there isn't any *c* in schedule...:)
>
>I learned that in shool.
>
Oi vay.
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J. Clarke wrote:
> "The3rd Earl Of Derby" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:ANu%[email protected]...
>> Dave Bugg wrote:
>>> The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:
>>>
>>>> J. Clarke wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> Too much fat is not good for the heart.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ahh, but better to go that way than cancer.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> True,but there is no cure for cancer.
>>>
>>> So, no one that developes cancer is ever cured?
>>
>> Is this a trick question?
>
> Apparently. Many forms of cancer are treatable today.
Correction: many forms of cancer are not ONLY treatable, but cureable.
--
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www.davebbq.com
The3rd Earl Of Derby (in
[email protected]) said:
| Could someone kindly explain to me whats meant by this below?
|
| "If you like extra work but a better finish, then rout a 12mm dado
| in the one piece"
|
| You see in the UK a *Dado* is the term used for a wooden rail that
| goes around the walls in a living room of a house.
US Dado => UK Rebate
--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto
Jay Pique (in [email protected])
said:
| On Oct 20, 6:07 pm, "Morris Dovey" <[email protected]> wrote:
|| The3rd Earl Of Derby (in
|| [email protected]) said:
||
||| Could someone kindly explain to me whats meant by this below?
|||
||| "If you like extra work but a better finish, then rout a 12mm dado
||| in the one piece"
|||
||| You see in the UK a *Dado* is the term used for a wooden rail that
||| goes around the walls in a living room of a house.
||
|| US Dado => UK Rebate
|
| I use rabbet for rebate pretty regularly, and I may use a dado
| stack to cut one, but I don't call a rebate (or rabbet) a dado.
aol :-)
--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto
LRod wrote:
>>> ps You spell color wrongly...its colour. ;-)
>> Yeah and furthermore there isn't any *c* in schedule...:)
>
> And there's no "f" in lieutenant.
>
It's called an "invisible letter". Like the "P" in bath.
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Dave Bugg wrote:
> The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:
>
>> J. Clarke wrote:
>
>>>> Too much fat is not good for the heart.
>>>
>>> Ahh, but better to go that way than cancer.
>>>
>>
>> True,but there is no cure for cancer.
>
> So, no one that developes cancer is ever cured?
Is this a trick question?
--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite
Morris Dovey wrote:
> The3rd Earl Of Derby (in
> [email protected]) said:
>
>> Could someone kindly explain to me whats meant by this below?
>>
>> "If you like extra work but a better finish, then rout a 12mm dado
>> in the one piece"
>>
>> You see in the UK a *Dado* is the term used for a wooden rail that
>> goes around the walls in a living room of a house.
>
> US Dado => UK Rebate
Thank you.
--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite
Tom Watson wrote:
>
>
> I suppose that you intend "Derby" to be pronounced as "Darby".
>
Derby => A city/town within the British Isle.
Darby => A long straight edge primarily used by a plasterer.
> I suspect that you suffer hearing the term "Rebate" being reduced to
> the Neo Anglo Lingua Franca of "Rabbet".
>
> I would further suppose that you decry the differentiation, or lack
> thereof, between "Timber" and its simplification to the point of the
> mediocritous - "Wood".
>
> We grew up with "Sycamore", whilst (I do miss being able to use the
> word "whilst") you enjoyed the "London Plane Tree".
>
> We think of "Oak" as "Quercus alba" or "Quercus rubra" v. "Quercus
> robur" and we will not go into 'Crimschmidt' just now, as it is an
> unholy alliance not unlike those that occur in our Appalachian
> mountain regions.
>
> You have "Deal". We are simply trying to get one.
>
> Ye, we enjoy "Quirks". The physicists have "Charmed" ones but we
> simple wooddorkers have "Quirk and Bead", which has the charm of being
> visible.
>
> We eat "Macs" rather than wear "Macks".
>
Too much fat is not good for the heart.
You mean when it pisses down you dont wear any protection gear?
> We think that "Lorrie" is the name of an old girlfriend whom we drove
> particularly hard.
>
Lorrie is the correct term for a girls name.
Lorry is the correct term for a Truck.
>
> There is more - but I have grown weary.
>
>
Probably due to the BigMacs your always eating.
>
> Regards,
>
> Tom Watson
>
> tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (real email)
>
> http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1/
You Sir are, mad as a hatter.
--
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Jim wrote:
> "Morris Dovey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> The3rd Earl Of Derby (in
>> [email protected]) said:
>>
>>> Could someone kindly explain to me whats meant by this below?
>>>
>>> "If you like extra work but a better finish, then rout a 12mm dado
>>> in the one piece"
>>>
>>> You see in the UK a *Dado* is the term used for a wooden rail that
>>> goes around the walls in a living room of a house.
>>
>> US Dado => UK Rebate
>>
>> --
>> Morris Dovey
>> DeSoto Solar
>> DeSoto, Iowa USA
>> http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto
>>
>>
> The US and the UK are two countries separate by a common language...
> Jim
Thats true but I'm familiar with 90% of American terminology.
ps You spell color wrongly...its colour. ;-)
--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite
"The3rd Earl Of Derby" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Jim wrote:
>> "Morris Dovey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> The3rd Earl Of Derby (in
>>> [email protected]) said:
>>>
>>>> Could someone kindly explain to me whats meant by this below?
>>>>
>>>> "If you like extra work but a better finish, then rout a 12mm dado
>>>> in the one piece"
>>>>
>>>> You see in the UK a *Dado* is the term used for a wooden rail that
>>>> goes around the walls in a living room of a house.
>>>
>>> US Dado => UK Rebate
>>>
>>> --
>>> Morris Dovey
>>> DeSoto Solar
>>> DeSoto, Iowa USA
>>> http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto
>>>
>>>
>> The US and the UK are two countries separate by a common language...
>> Jim
>
> Thats true but I'm familiar with 90% of American terminology.
>
> ps You spell color wrongly...its colour. ;-)
>
We can thank Daniel Webster for the loss of the "u". He went on a (mostly
unsuccessful) campaign to rid US English of "silent" letters such as this.
Some newspaper in Chicago attempted even more changes for the sake if
change. Fortunately, most of these efforts came to naught.
Jim
> --
> Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite
>
>
>
"Morris Dovey" <[email protected]> wrote in news:453948c2$0$10306
[email protected]:
> The3rd Earl Of Derby (in
> [email protected]) said:
>
>| Could someone kindly explain to me whats meant by this below?
>|
>| "If you like extra work but a better finish, then rout a 12mm dado
>| in the one piece"
>|
>| You see in the UK a *Dado* is the term used for a wooden rail that
>| goes around the walls in a living room of a house.
>
> US Dado => UK Rebate
>
> --
> Morris Dovey
> DeSoto Solar
> DeSoto, Iowa USA
> http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto
>
>
Greetings...FWIW I have seen the word "housing" used like the word dado
in UK magazines....
hope this helps...
DCH
"Jim" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
>
> "The3rd Earl Of Derby" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Jim wrote:
>>> "Morris Dovey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>> The3rd Earl Of Derby (in
>>>> [email protected]) said:
>>>>
>>>>> Could someone kindly explain to me whats meant by this below?
>>>>>
>>>>> "If you like extra work but a better finish, then rout a 12mm dado
>>>>> in the one piece"
>>>>>
>>>>> You see in the UK a *Dado* is the term used for a wooden rail that
>>>>> goes around the walls in a living room of a house.
>>>>
>>>> US Dado => UK Rebate
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Morris Dovey
>>>> DeSoto Solar
>>>> DeSoto, Iowa USA
>>>> http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto
>>>>
>>>>
>>> The US and the UK are two countries separate by a common language...
>>> Jim
>>
>> Thats true but I'm familiar with 90% of American terminology.
>>
>> ps You spell color wrongly...its colour. ;-)
>>
> We can thank Daniel Webster for the loss of the "u". He went on a
> (mostly unsuccessful) campaign to rid US English of "silent" letters
> such as this. Some newspaper in Chicago attempted even more changes
> for the sake if change. Fortunately, most of these efforts came to
> naught. Jim
>> --
>> Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
No, we can thank Daniel Webster for outwitting the Devil. We can thank
Noah Webster for our fine command of the English language.
Henri
"Joe Bemier" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 22:17:14 GMT, "The3rd Earl Of Derby"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Jim wrote:
>>> "Morris Dovey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>> The3rd Earl Of Derby (in
>>>> [email protected]) said:
>>>>
>>>>> Could someone kindly explain to me whats meant by this below?
>>>>>
>>>>> "If you like extra work but a better finish, then rout a 12mm dado
>>>>> in the one piece"
>>>>>
>>>>> You see in the UK a *Dado* is the term used for a wooden rail that
>>>>> goes around the walls in a living room of a house.
>>>>
>>>> US Dado => UK Rebate
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Morris Dovey
>>>> DeSoto Solar
>>>> DeSoto, Iowa USA
>>>> http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto
>>>>
>>>>
>>> The US and the UK are two countries separate by a common language...
>>> Jim
>>
>>Thats true but I'm familiar with 90% of American terminology.
>>
>>ps You spell color wrongly...its colour. ;-)
>
> Yeah and furthermore there isn't any *c* in schedule...:)
I learned that in shool.
todd
Prometheus wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 22:00:26 GMT, "The3rd Earl Of Derby"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Could someone kindly explain to me whats meant by this below?
>>
>> "If you like extra work but a better finish, then rout a 12mm dado in
>> the one piece"
>>
>> You see in the UK a *Dado* is the term used for a wooden rail that
>> goes around the walls in a living room of a house.
>
> Since "dado" has been flogged to death, I'll note for you that the
> wooden rail that goes around the interior of a room is simply referred
> to as "chair rail" here when mounted by itself, and occasionally
> wainscoating cap when it is used to terminate the top end of partial
> wall panelling.
I did know that. :-)
--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite
On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 22:00:26 GMT, "The3rd Earl Of Derby"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Could someone kindly explain to me whats meant by this below?
>
>"If you like extra work but a better finish, then rout a 12mm dado in
>the one piece"
>
>You see in the UK a *Dado* is the term used for a wooden rail that goes
>around the walls in a living room of a house.
Since "dado" has been flogged to death, I'll note for you that the
wooden rail that goes around the interior of a room is simply referred
to as "chair rail" here when mounted by itself, and occasionally
wainscoating cap when it is used to terminate the top end of partial
wall panelling.
"The3rd Earl Of Derby" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Tom Watson wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> I suppose that you intend "Derby" to be pronounced as "Darby".
>>
>
> Derby => A city/town within the British Isle.
> Darby => A long straight edge primarily used by a plasterer.
>
>
>> I suspect that you suffer hearing the term "Rebate" being reduced to
>> the Neo Anglo Lingua Franca of "Rabbet".
>>
>> I would further suppose that you decry the differentiation, or lack
>> thereof, between "Timber" and its simplification to the point of the
>> mediocritous - "Wood".
>>
>> We grew up with "Sycamore", whilst (I do miss being able to use the
>> word "whilst") you enjoyed the "London Plane Tree".
>>
>> We think of "Oak" as "Quercus alba" or "Quercus rubra" v. "Quercus
>> robur" and we will not go into 'Crimschmidt' just now, as it is an
>> unholy alliance not unlike those that occur in our Appalachian
>> mountain regions.
>>
>> You have "Deal". We are simply trying to get one.
>>
>> Ye, we enjoy "Quirks". The physicists have "Charmed" ones but we
>> simple wooddorkers have "Quirk and Bead", which has the charm of being
>> visible.
>>
>> We eat "Macs" rather than wear "Macks".
>>
>
> Too much fat is not good for the heart.
Ahh, but better to go that way than cancer.
> You mean when it pisses down you dont wear any protection gear?
>
>> We think that "Lorrie" is the name of an old girlfriend whom we drove
>> particularly hard.
>>
>
> Lorrie is the correct term for a girls name.
That would be the one you promised to knock up tomorrow morning in the
presence of her father, brother, and their minister, none of whom took
exception to this activity?
> Lorry is the correct term for a Truck.
>
>>
>> There is more - but I have grown weary.
>>
>>
>
> Probably due to the BigMacs your always eating.
>
>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Tom Watson
>>
>> tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (real email)
>>
>> http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1/
>
> You Sir are, mad as a hatter.
>
> --
> Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite
>
>
>
"The3rd Earl Of Derby" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:ANu%[email protected]...
> Dave Bugg wrote:
>> The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:
>>
>>> J. Clarke wrote:
>>
>>>>> Too much fat is not good for the heart.
>>>>
>>>> Ahh, but better to go that way than cancer.
>>>>
>>>
>>> True,but there is no cure for cancer.
>>
>> So, no one that developes cancer is ever cured?
>
> Is this a trick question?
Apparently. Many forms of cancer are treatable today.
But regardless of the cure, I've seen cancer and I'd rather go of a heart
attack.
On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 18:34:08 -0400, Joe Bemier
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 22:17:14 GMT, "The3rd Earl Of Derby"
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Jim wrote:
>>> The US and the UK are two countries separate by a common language...
>>> Jim
>>
>>Thats true but I'm familiar with 90% of American terminology.
>>
>>ps You spell color wrongly...its colour. ;-)
>
>Yeah and furthermore there isn't any *c* in schedule...:)
And there's no "f" in lieutenant.
--
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On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 22:17:14 GMT, "The3rd Earl Of Derby"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Jim wrote:
>> "Morris Dovey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> The3rd Earl Of Derby (in
>>> [email protected]) said:
>>>
>>>> Could someone kindly explain to me whats meant by this below?
>>>>
>>>> "If you like extra work but a better finish, then rout a 12mm dado
>>>> in the one piece"
>>>>
>>>> You see in the UK a *Dado* is the term used for a wooden rail that
>>>> goes around the walls in a living room of a house.
>>>
>>> US Dado => UK Rebate
>>>
>>> --
>>> Morris Dovey
>>> DeSoto Solar
>>> DeSoto, Iowa USA
>>> http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto
>>>
>>>
>> The US and the UK are two countries separate by a common language...
>> Jim
>
>Thats true but I'm familiar with 90% of American terminology.
>
>ps You spell color wrongly...its colour. ;-)
Yeah and furthermore there isn't any *c* in schedule...:)
On Sat, 21 Oct 2006 01:07:46 GMT, "The3rd Earl Of Derby"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>You Sir are, mad as a hatter.
it's the mercury.
Regards,
Tom Watson
tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (real email)
http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1/
Dave Bugg wrote:
> J. Clarke wrote:
>> "The3rd Earl Of Derby" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:ANu%[email protected]...
>>> Dave Bugg wrote:
>>>> The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> J. Clarke wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>> Too much fat is not good for the heart.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ahh, but better to go that way than cancer.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> True,but there is no cure for cancer.
>>>>
>>>> So, no one that developes cancer is ever cured?
>>>
>>> Is this a trick question?
>>
>> Apparently. Many forms of cancer are treatable today.
>
> Correction: many forms of cancer are not ONLY treatable, but cureable.
For the benefit of the tape...
<quote>
"Ahh, but better to go that way than cancer".
<unquote>
Meaning the cancer is terminal.
Terminal cancer is not curable. :-(
I knew I should of taken a law degree. :-)
--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite
On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 21:10:23 -0400, Tom Watson <[email protected]>
wrote:
>On Sat, 21 Oct 2006 01:07:46 GMT, "The3rd Earl Of Derby"
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
>>You Sir are, mad as a hatter.
>
>
>it's the mercury.
I wonder how many will get that.
--
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Master Woodbutcher and seasoned termite
Shamelessly whoring my website since 1999
http://www.woodbutcher.net
Proud participant of rec.woodworking since February, 1997
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The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:
> Dave Bugg wrote:
>> J. Clarke wrote:
>>> "The3rd Earl Of Derby" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> news:ANu%[email protected]...
>>>> Dave Bugg wrote:
>>>>> The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> J. Clarke wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Too much fat is not good for the heart.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ahh, but better to go that way than cancer.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> True,but there is no cure for cancer.
>>>>>
>>>>> So, no one that developes cancer is ever cured?
>>>>
>>>> Is this a trick question?
>>>
>>> Apparently. Many forms of cancer are treatable today.
>>
>> Correction: many forms of cancer are not ONLY treatable, but
>> cureable.
>
> For the benefit of the tape...
> <quote>
> "Ahh, but better to go that way than cancer".
> <unquote>
>
> Meaning the cancer is terminal.
> Terminal cancer is not curable. :-(
However, not all cancer IS terminal. Therefore, stating "True, but there is
no cure for cancer" is an inaccurate statement. That statement did not refer
to a *specific* incidence of a person with a terminal illness, but rather
the general notion that cancer is always incurable. Fact: a high percentage
of folks who are diagnosed with cancer are cured.
> I knew I should of taken a law degree. :-)
Hmmmm.
--
Dave
www.davebbq.com
phil wrote:
> Jay Pique wrote:
>> On Oct 20, 6:22 pm, "Andy Dingley <[email protected]>"
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:
>>>
>>>> You see in the UK a *Dado* is the term used for a wooden rail that
>>>> goes
>>>> around the walls in a living room of a house.A dado is also a
>>>> cross-grain groove. Long-grain grooves are just grooves.
>>
>> Or plows.
>>
>> JP
>
> Do you mean ploughs?
>
Nope he means Plow as is the correct word for his homeland. :-)
--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite
On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 23:34:47 GMT, "The3rd Earl Of Derby"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>phil wrote:
>> Jay Pique wrote:
>>> On Oct 20, 6:22 pm, "Andy Dingley <[email protected]>"
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> You see in the UK a *Dado* is the term used for a wooden rail that
>>>>> goes
>>>>> around the walls in a living room of a house.A dado is also a
>>>>> cross-grain groove. Long-grain grooves are just grooves.
>>>
>>> Or plows.
>>>
>>> JP
>>
>> Do you mean ploughs?
>>
>
>Nope he means Plow as is the correct word for his homeland. :-)
I suppose that you intend "Derby" to be pronounced as "Darby".
I suspect that you suffer hearing the term "Rebate" being reduced to
the Neo Anglo Lingua Franca of "Rabbet".
I would further suppose that you decry the differentiation, or lack
thereof, between "Timber" and its simplification to the point of the
mediocritous - "Wood".
We grew up with "Sycamore", whilst (I do miss being able to use the
word "whilst") you enjoyed the "London Plane Tree".
We think of "Oak" as "Quercus alba" or "Quercus rubra" v. "Quercus
robur" and we will not go into 'Crimschmidt' just now, as it is an
unholy alliance not unlike those that occur in our Appalachian
mountain regions.
You have "Deal". We are simply trying to get one.
Ye, we enjoy "Quirks". The physicists have "Charmed" ones but we
simple wooddorkers have "Quirk and Bead", which has the charm of being
visible.
We eat "Macs" rather than wear "Macks".
We think that "Lorrie" is the name of an old girlfriend whom we drove
particularly hard.
There is more - but I have grown weary.
Regards,
Tom Watson
tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (real email)
http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1/
<...snipped...>
>> ps You spell color wrongly...its colour. ;-)
>>
>We can thank Daniel Webster for the loss of the "u". He went on a (mostly
>unsuccessful) campaign to rid US English of "silent" letters such as this.
>Some newspaper in Chicago attempted even more changes for the sake if
>change. Fortunately, most of these efforts came to naught.
>Jim
>> --
>> Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite
>>
>>
>>
>
>
Here's an excerpt from an article often attributed to Mark Twain:
A Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling
For example, in Year 1 that useless letter "c" would be dropped to be
replased either by "k" or "s," and likewise "x" would no longer be
part of the alphabet. The only kase in which "c" would be retained
would be the "ch" formation, which will be dealt with later. Year 2
might reform "w" spelling, so that "which" and "one" would take the
same konsonant, wile Year 3 might well abolish "y" replasing it with
"i" and Iear 4 might fiks the "g/j" anomali wonse and for all.
Jenerally, then, the improvement would kontinue iear bai iear with
Iear 5 doing awai with useless double konsonants, and Iears 6-12 or so
modifaiing vowlz and the rimeining voist and unvoist konsonants. Bai
Iear 15 or sou, it wud fainali bi posibl tu meik ius ov thi ridandant
letez "c," "y" and "x"--bai now jast a memori in the maindz ov ould
doderez--tu riplais "ch," "sh," and "th" rispektivli.
Fainali, xen, aafte sam 20 iers ov orxogrefkl riform, wi wud hev a
lojikl, kohirnt speling in ius xrewawt xe Ingliy-spiking werld.
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No dumb questions, just dumb answers.
Larry Wasserman - Baltimore, Maryland - [email protected]
"Morris Dovey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> The3rd Earl Of Derby (in
> [email protected]) said:
>
> | Could someone kindly explain to me whats meant by this below?
> |
> | "If you like extra work but a better finish, then rout a 12mm dado
> | in the one piece"
> |
> | You see in the UK a *Dado* is the term used for a wooden rail that
> | goes around the walls in a living room of a house.
>
> US Dado => UK Rebate
>
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> Morris Dovey
> DeSoto Solar
> DeSoto, Iowa USA
> http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto
>
>
The US and the UK are two countries separate by a common language...
Jim