In the world of hi-tech gadgetry, I've noticed that more and more people who
send text messages and emails have forgotten the art of capitalization. For
those of you who fall into this category, please take note of the following
statement.
"Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a
horse, and helping your uncle jack off a horse."
Is everybody clear on that now?
On 7/23/2011 6:53 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
> "Dave Balderstone" <dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> wrote in message
> news:230720110039232865%dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca...
>> In article <[email protected]>,
>> George W Frost <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> In the world of hi-tech gadgetry, I've noticed that more and more
>>> people who
>>> send text messages and emails have forgotten the art of
>>> capitalization. For
>>> those of you who fall into this category, please take note of the
>>> following
>>> statement.
>>>
>>> "Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a
>>> horse, and helping your uncle jack off a horse."
>>>
>>> Is everybody clear on that now?
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Another Net-Nanny is always welcome! Please feel free to correct
>> everything that irritates you! All the time! Everywhere!
>
> He makes a very good point, and with humor. (you may have missed the
> humor part) I passed it on to a few others.
>
> Perhaps you don't see it, but I run into a lot of rather poor
> correspondence. Many people growing up in the "texting age" are
> incapable of writing more than a single sentence with proper punctuation
> and structure. While not all that important in a newsgroup, it can be
> very important in business correspondence if you want to be taken
> seriously.
No kidding! In Houston as well as other places I suppose the typed
acronym is being spoken. OMG! IDKNT over heard in one of my wife's
girly stores while I was tagging along.
In article <[email protected]>,
George W Frost <[email protected]> wrote:
> In the world of hi-tech gadgetry, I've noticed that more and more people who
> send text messages and emails have forgotten the art of capitalization. For
> those of you who fall into this category, please take note of the following
> statement.
>
> "Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a
> horse, and helping your uncle jack off a horse."
>
> Is everybody clear on that now?
>
>
Another Net-Nanny is always welcome! Please feel free to correct
everything that irritates you! All the time! Everywhere!
In article <[email protected]>, Leon
<lcb11211@swbelldotnet> wrote:
> On 7/22/2011 8:23 PM, George W Frost wrote:
> > In the world of hi-tech gadgetry, I've noticed that more and more people who
> > send text messages and emails have forgotten the art of capitalization. For
> > those of you who fall into this category, please take note of the following
> > statement.
> >
> > "Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a
> > horse, and helping your uncle jack off a horse."
> >
> > Is everybody clear on that now?
> >
> >
>
>
>
> Hey I thought that was the coma rule.
>
> "Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle, Jack off
> a horse, and helping your uncle jack off a horse."
Your uncle is in a coma?
On Sat, 23 Jul 2011 15:10:02 -0400, Bill <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>>> "Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack, off
>>>> a horse and helping your uncle, jack off a horse."
>
>
>Some of ya'll have strange hobbies! ; )
Bill, Bill, Bill. Here we are in a thread dedicated to cleaning up spelling,
punctuation, capitalization and bad breath, and you open a whole new can of
improper grammar worms.
First, it is spelled y'all.
Second, y'all is singular. So your sentence 'Some of ya'll have strange
hobbies' has both a misspelling and improper grammar.
Third, the proper plural form is: All y'all. You should have written "Some of
all y'all have strange hobbies.", which would still be incorrect because you
should have written just:
"All y'all are strange.", which is true, and why we hang out here.
Regards,
Roy
> On 7/22/2011 8:23 PM, George W Frost wrote:
> In the world of hi-tech gadgetry, I've noticed that more and more people
who
> send text messages and emails have forgotten the art of capitalization.
For
> those of you who fall into this category, please take note of the
following
> statement.
>
> "Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a
> horse, and helping your uncle jack off a horse."
>
> Is everybody clear on that now?
You're talking to Muricans here. They don't even speak good English, never
mind write it.
Max (speaks Texan)
"Ed Pawlowski" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Dave Balderstone" <dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> wrote in message
> news:230720110039232865%dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca...
>> In article <[email protected]>,
>> George W Frost <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> In the world of hi-tech gadgetry, I've noticed that more and more people
>>> who
>>> send text messages and emails have forgotten the art of capitalization.
>>> For
>>> those of you who fall into this category, please take note of the
>>> following
>>> statement.
>>>
>>> "Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a
>>> horse, and helping your uncle jack off a horse."
>>>
>>> Is everybody clear on that now?
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Another Net-Nanny is always welcome! Please feel free to correct
>> everything that irritates you! All the time! Everywhere!
>
> He makes a very good point, and with humor. (you may have missed the
> humor part) I passed it on to a few others.
>
> Perhaps you don't see it, but I run into a lot of rather poor
> correspondence. Many people growing up in the "texting age" are incapable
> of writing more than a single sentence with proper punctuation and
> structure. While not all that important in a newsgroup, it can be very
> important in business correspondence if you want to be taken seriously.
The overuse of commas can be a sin as well.
Max
"Mike Marlow" <[email protected]> wrote:
>George W Frost wrote:
>> In the world of hi-tech gadgetry, I've noticed that more and more
>> people who send text messages and emails have forgotten the art of
>> capitalization. For those of you who fall into this category, please
>> take note of the following statement.
>>
>> "Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off
>> a horse, and helping your uncle jack off a horse."
>>
>> Is everybody clear on that now?
>
>This from an edjut who posts in a contrived way of sounding "Aussie",
>
"in a contrived way of sounding "Aussie"???
wtf..!
Not only are you mimicking Josepi/Eric/'mII'/Bengi in felching
his style of subject line interference (to suit your own ends[pun]),
you now display a shared total ignorance of nntp syntax.
Do explain how Frost "contrived" this line.
#01.internal.bigpond.com!viwinnwfe02.internal.bigpond.com.POSTED!7564ea0f!not-for-mail
>and is intentionally obtuse in everything he posts.
>
interpretation = "I am dimbulb who is also
endowed with huge flapping lips"
>Lump this "edjut" in with josepi...
>
ahh so.. you _a r e_ reading and learning.
Finally identifying the edjut.
Great.
Lies (yours) , aside, there is an improvement.
A full install may take some time, I fear.
Your comment gets a "heads up" as you, Sir, are a
bit of a worry to group. I say.
One, you are clueless and pretend otherwise.
And two.. you got more real estate in "Jawin'"
than most. IE.. you are compelled to chatter,
as per monkeys in trees. So it aint "sense" you
are putting out.
george
[email protected] (Robert Bonomi) wrote:
>In article <[email protected]>,
>[email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
>>On Sat, 23 Jul 2011 13:17:40 -0500, [email protected] (Robert
>>Bonomi) wrote:
>>
/sawn
>>>*IF* you're goint to put the coma (sic) in, it would be:
>> ^
>>I see you flunked spell-checker, too. ;-)
>
>You must be a _real_ newcomer to USENET!
>
>There is an inviolate _rule_ -- of _many_ decades standing --that every
>spelling/grammar flame *MUST* contain at least one spelling/grammar error.
>
>I was just "following the rules". <*BIG* grin>
ACK TUE ELLY..
It is very common for folks to misuse "you're".
There is "you are" which must be used.
and then there is "you're" which can be used, in
some instances of the same conveyed meaning
as "you are".
The example above is NOT one such situation.
"You ARE" applies, only.
OW EEVA LURV
I do not yet see _anyone_ here in <r.w> who could
throw the scpellun stone and survive the responses.
So best let sleeping dogs lie.. eh, an that... like :->
george
"Roy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Sat, 23 Jul 2011 15:10:02 -0400, Bill <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>>>>> "Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack, off
>>>>> a horse and helping your uncle, jack off a horse."
>>
>>
>>Some of ya'll have strange hobbies! ; )
>
> Bill, Bill, Bill. Here we are in a thread dedicated to cleaning up
> spelling,
> punctuation, capitalization and bad breath, and you open a whole new can
> of
> improper grammar worms.
>
> First, it is spelled y'all.
>
> Second, y'all is singular. So your sentence 'Some of ya'll have strange
> hobbies' has both a misspelling and improper grammar.
>
> Third, the proper plural form is: All y'all. You should have written
> "Some of
> all y'all have strange hobbies.", which would still be incorrect because
> you
> should have written just:
>
> "All y'all are strange.", which is true, and why we hang out here.
>
>
> Regards,
> Roy
But, but.......Y'all presupposes that y' is a contraction of you which is a
foreign word in Texas. Ya, on the other hand, is the Texas version of
"you". Ya get it?
"C'mon in a get ya a beer".
Therefore ya'll would be slightly more correct than y'all.
http://www.texascountryreporter.com/talkingtexan.htm
Max
"Leon" <lcb11211@swbelldotnet> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On 7/24/2011 12:13 AM, Roy wrote:
>> On Sat, 23 Jul 2011 15:10:02 -0400, Bill<[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>>>> "Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack,
>>>>>> off
>>>>>> a horse and helping your uncle, jack off a horse."
>>>
>>>
>>> Some of ya'll have strange hobbies! ; )
>>
>> Bill, Bill, Bill. Here we are in a thread dedicated to cleaning up
>> spelling,
>> punctuation, capitalization and bad breath, and you open a whole new can
>> of
>> improper grammar worms.
>>
>> First, it is spelled y'all.
>>
>> Second, y'all is singular. So your sentence 'Some of ya'll have strange
>> hobbies' has both a misspelling and improper grammar.
>>
>> Third, the proper plural form is: All y'all. You should have written
>> "Some of
>> all y'all have strange hobbies.", which would still be incorrect because
>> you
>> should have written just:
>>
>> "All y'all are strange.", which is true, and why we hang out here.
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Roy
>>
>
> Ok, Y'all is plural.
>
> All y'all is uneducated speak by people that would say, I seen it. Or I
> ain't got no money.
>
> ;~)
I'm here to tell ya'll that us Texans resent bein considered uneducated jus
cuz we don speak like ya'll.
Max (BA degrees in Municipal Management and Planning, Psychology,
associate's degree in Fire Technology)
"George Watson" wrote
> "Max" wrote:
>>But, but.......Y'all presupposes that y' is a contraction of you which is
>>a
>>foreign word in Texas. Ya, on the other hand, is the Texas version of
>>"you". Ya get it?
>>"C'mon in a get ya a beer".
>
> Ditto for here [QLD.au].. only it is "get yer a beer".
> "yer" is singular and is spoken with a rolling u-r 'accent'.
>
>>Therefore ya'll would be slightly more correct than y'all.
>>
> And our (poor english) "youse" fits even better for
> "befuddlement speak"<g>
> "youse" sounds like EWES, when spoken by a
> Queenslander.. mheh heh
> george
When you say "rolling" accent do you mean rolling as in the Spanish name
Berroterran where both sets of rrs are rolled?
And could you phonetically spell mheh so that I may be able to speak it
correctly? ;-)
Max
"George W Frost" wrote
>
> "Max" wrote
>> I'm here to tell ya'll that us Texans resent bein considered uneducated
>> jus cuz we don speak like ya'll.
>>
>> Max (BA degrees in Municipal Management and Planning, Psychology,
>> associate's degree in Fire Technology)
>
> So, your degrees are you are a crazy nutter who plans to burn down the
> local Council building ??
>
ROFL
One never knows.
Max
"Swingman" wrote
> George W Frost wrote:
>> "Max" wrote
>
>
>>> I'm here to tell ya'll that us Texans resent bein considered uneducated
>>> jus cuz we don speak like ya'll.
>>>
>>> Max (BA degrees in Municipal Management and Planning, Psychology,
>>> associate's degree in Fire Technology)
>>
>> So, your degrees are you are a crazy nutter who plans to burn down the
>> local
>> Council building ??
>
> He puts 'em out ... IIRC correctly he was the Fire Chief of El Paso, a
> good sized city in Texas.
Population 700,000 + or - a few.
35 fire stations, 2 more presently under construction.
> www.e-woodshop.net
> Last update: 4/15/2010
> KarlC@ (the obvious)
*Deputy* Fire Chief, Karl.
I retired at the ripe old age of 53 (after 33 years of service) in order to
earn enough money to buy woodworking tools. <G>
Max
In article <230720110906582268%dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca>,
dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca says...
>
> In article <[email protected]>, Leon
> <lcb11211@swbelldotnet> wrote:
>
> > On 7/22/2011 8:23 PM, George W Frost wrote:
> > > In the world of hi-tech gadgetry, I've noticed that more and more people who
> > > send text messages and emails have forgotten the art of capitalization. For
> > > those of you who fall into this category, please take note of the following
> > > statement.
> > >
> > > "Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a
> > > horse, and helping your uncle jack off a horse."
> > >
> > > Is everybody clear on that now?
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > Hey I thought that was the coma rule.
> >
> > "Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle, Jack off
> > a horse, and helping your uncle jack off a horse."
>
> Your uncle is in a coma?
Maybe the horse wasn't in the mood.
"Max" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Leon" <lcb11211@swbelldotnet> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> On 7/24/2011 12:13 AM, Roy wrote:
>>> On Sat, 23 Jul 2011 15:10:02 -0400, Bill<[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>> "Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack,
>>>>>>> off
>>>>>>> a horse and helping your uncle, jack off a horse."
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Some of ya'll have strange hobbies! ; )
>
>
> I'm here to tell ya'll that us Texans resent bein considered uneducated
> jus cuz we don speak like ya'll.
>
> Max (BA degrees in Municipal Management and Planning, Psychology,
> associate's degree in Fire Technology)
So, your degrees are you are a crazy nutter who plans to burn down the local
Council building ??
On 7/24/2011 12:13 AM, Roy wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Jul 2011 15:10:02 -0400, Bill<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>>>>> "Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack, off
>>>>> a horse and helping your uncle, jack off a horse."
>>
>>
>> Some of ya'll have strange hobbies! ; )
>
> Bill, Bill, Bill. Here we are in a thread dedicated to cleaning up spelling,
> punctuation, capitalization and bad breath, and you open a whole new can of
> improper grammar worms.
>
> First, it is spelled y'all.
>
> Second, y'all is singular. So your sentence 'Some of ya'll have strange
> hobbies' has both a misspelling and improper grammar.
>
> Third, the proper plural form is: All y'all. You should have written "Some of
> all y'all have strange hobbies.", which would still be incorrect because you
> should have written just:
>
> "All y'all are strange.", which is true, and why we hang out here.
>
>
> Regards,
> Roy
>
Ok, Y'all is plural.
All y'all is uneducated speak by people that would say, I seen it. Or I
ain't got no money.
;~)
George W Frost wrote:
> In the world of hi-tech gadgetry, I've noticed that more and more
> people who send text messages and emails have forgotten the art of
> capitalization. For those of you who fall into this category, please
> take note of the following statement.
>
> "Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off
> a horse, and helping your uncle jack off a horse."
>
> Is everybody clear on that now?
This from an edjut who posts in a contrived way of sounding "Aussie", and is
intentionally obtuse in everything he posts. Lump this "edjut" in with
josepi...
--
-Mike-
[email protected]
Eye halve a spelling chequer
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marques four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.
Eye strike a key and type a word
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.
As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite
Its rare lea ever wrong.
Eye have run this poem threw it
I am shore your pleased two no
Its letter perfect awl the weigh
My chequer tolled me sew.
"Mike Marlow" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> George W Frost wrote:
>> In the world of hi-tech gadgetry, I've noticed that more and more
>> people who send text messages and emails have forgotten the art of
>> capitalization. For those of you who fall into this category, please
>> take note of the following statement.
>>
>> "Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off
>> a horse, and helping your uncle jack off a horse."
>>
>> Is everybody clear on that now?
>
> This from an edjut who posts in a contrived way of sounding "Aussie", and
> is intentionally obtuse in everything he posts. Lump this "edjut" in with
> josepi...
>
> --
>
> -Mike-
>
And what a lovely reply and an attempted bit of humourous spelling from a
perfect idiot
No, sorry, he is not a perfect idiot, a perfect at least has part of a
brain.
Also, for reference for Mike Marlow the idiot,
the original joke on capitalization and punctuation came from the USA.
On Sat, 23 Jul 2011 11:23:08 +1000, "George W Frost" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>In the world of hi-tech gadgetry, I've noticed that more and more people who
>send text messages and emails have forgotten the art of capitalization. For
>those of you who fall into this category, please take note of the following
>statement.
>
>"Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a
>horse, and helping your uncle jack off a horse."
>
>Is everybody clear on that now?
>
Wtih the phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at
Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer inwaht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are,
the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit
pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm.
Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the
wrod as a wlohe.
Amzanig huh?
yaeh and I awlyas thought slpeling was ipmorantt!
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Amzanig huh?
>
> yaeh and I awlyas thought slpeling was ipmorantt!
Brllinat! ... The porof is in teh pudidnig,
--
www.ewoodshop.com
On 7/23/11 1:17 PM, Robert Bonomi wrote:
> In article<[email protected]>,
> [email protected]<[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Sat, 23 Jul 2011 06:40:49 -0500, Leon<lcb11211@swbelldotnet> wrote:
>>
>>> On 7/22/2011 8:23 PM, George W Frost wrote:
>>>> In the world of hi-tech gadgetry, I've noticed that more and more people who
>>>> send text messages and emails have forgotten the art of capitalization. For
>>>> those of you who fall into this category, please take note of the following
>>>> statement.
>>>>
>>>> "Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a
>>>> horse, and helping your uncle jack off a horse."
>>>>
>>>> Is everybody clear on that now?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hey I thought that was the coma rule.
>>>
>>> "Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle, Jack off
>>> a horse, and helping your uncle jack off a horse."
>>
>> You've still isolated the jack off from your uncle. Wouldn't it be:
>>
>> "Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack, off
>> a horse and helping your uncle, jack off a horse."
>
> You flunked punctuation, too.<grin>
>
> *IF* you're goint to put the coma (sic) in, it would be:
> "Capitalization is the difference between 'helping your Uncle, Jack, off
> a horse' and 'helping your uncle jack off a horse.' "
All of you, stop embarrassing yourselves. :-)
--
-MIKE-
"Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life"
--Elvin Jones (1927-2004)
--
http://mikedrums.com
[email protected]
---remove "DOT" ^^^^ to reply
Maybe you just didn't notice, but there were many people who could
not write a coherent sentence, punctuate, spell or capitalize correctly long
before text messaging became popular.
--
When the game is over, the pawn and the king are returned to the same box.
Larry Wasserman - Baltimore Maryland - lwasserm(a)sdf. lonestar.org
wrote in message news:[email protected]...
Eye halve a spelling chequer
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marques four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.
Eye strike a key and type a word
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.
As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite
Its rare lea ever wrong.
Eye have run this poem threw it
I am shore your pleased two no
Its letter perfect awl the weigh
My chequer tolled me sew.
=======================
Where is "Kentuckit", anyway?
--
Eric
Dontyajusthateitwhenpeopledonotusecapitalsorpunctuation?
---------
"George W Frost" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
In the world of hi-tech gadgetry, I've noticed that more and more people who
send text messages and emails have forgotten the art of capitalization. For
those of you who fall into this category, please take note of the following
statement.
"Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a
horse, and helping your uncle jack off a horse."
Is everybody clear on that now?
"Dave Balderstone" <dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> wrote in message
news:230720110039232865%dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca...
> In article <[email protected]>,
> George W Frost <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> In the world of hi-tech gadgetry, I've noticed that more and more people
>> who
>> send text messages and emails have forgotten the art of capitalization.
>> For
>> those of you who fall into this category, please take note of the
>> following
>> statement.
>>
>> "Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a
>> horse, and helping your uncle jack off a horse."
>>
>> Is everybody clear on that now?
>>
>>
>
> Another Net-Nanny is always welcome! Please feel free to correct
> everything that irritates you! All the time! Everywhere!
He makes a very good point, and with humor. (you may have missed the humor
part) I passed it on to a few others.
Perhaps you don't see it, but I run into a lot of rather poor
correspondence. Many people growing up in the "texting age" are incapable
of writing more than a single sentence with proper punctuation and
structure. While not all that important in a newsgroup, it can be very
important in business correspondence if you want to be taken seriously.
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Sat, 23 Jul 2011 13:17:40 -0500, [email protected] (Robert
>Bonomi) wrote:
>
>>In article <[email protected]>,
>>[email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>On Sat, 23 Jul 2011 06:40:49 -0500, Leon <lcb11211@swbelldotnet> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On 7/22/2011 8:23 PM, George W Frost wrote:
>>>>> In the world of hi-tech gadgetry, I've noticed that more and more
>people who
>>>>> send text messages and emails have forgotten the art of capitalization. For
>>>>> those of you who fall into this category, please take note of the following
>>>>> statement.
>>>>>
>>>>> "Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a
>>>>> horse, and helping your uncle jack off a horse."
>>>>>
>>>>> Is everybody clear on that now?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Hey I thought that was the coma rule.
>>>>
>>>> "Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle, Jack off
>>>>a horse, and helping your uncle jack off a horse."
>>>
>>>You've still isolated the jack off from your uncle. Wouldn't it be:
>>>
>>> "Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack, off
>>> a horse and helping your uncle, jack off a horse."
>>
>>You flunked punctuation, too. <grin>
>>
>>*IF* you're goint to put the coma (sic) in, it would be:
> ^
>I see you flunked spell-checker, too. ;-)
You must be a _real_ newcomer to USENET!
There is an inviolate _rule_ -- of _many_ decades standing --that every
spelling/grammar flame *MUST* contain at least one spelling/grammar error.
I was just "following the rules". <*BIG* grin>
In article <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]> wrote:
{{ <sneck> the butchered, abbreviated, and *UNCREDITED* version }}
Here is the proper -original-, in all it's glory, with author attribution:
"Owed to a Spell Chequer"
I have a spelling checker
It came with my pea sea
It plane lee marks four my revue
Miss steaks aye can knot sea.
Eye ran this poem threw it,
Your sure reel glad two no.
Its vary polished in it's weigh
My checker tolled me sew.
A checker is a bless sing,
It freeze yew lodes of thyme.
It helps me right awl stiles two reed,
And aides me when aye rime.
Each frays come posed up on my screen
Eye trussed too bee a joule
The checker pour o'er every word
To cheque sum spelling rule.
Be fore a veiling checkers
Hour spelling mite decline,
And if were lacks or have a laps,
We wood be maid to wine.
Butt now bee cause my spelling
Is checked with such grate flare,
Their are know faults with in my cite,
Of non eye am a wear.
Now spelling does knot phase me,
It does knot bring a tier.
My pay purrs awl due glad den
With wrapped words fare as hear.
To rite with care is quite a feet
Of witch won should be proud.
And wee mussed dew the best wee can,
Sew flaws are knot aloud.
Sow ewe can sea why aye dew prays
Such soft ware four pea seas.
And why I brake in two averse
By righting want too pleas.
-- Jerry Zar, Dean of the Graduate School
Northwestern Illinois University
Dr. Zar wrote that based on the "far too many" instances of 'blind faith
in a spell-checker' that he saw on Graduate School _admission_ essays,
On 7/23/2011 1:17 PM, Robert Bonomi wrote:
> In article<[email protected]>,
> [email protected]<[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Sat, 23 Jul 2011 06:40:49 -0500, Leon<lcb11211@swbelldotnet> wrote:
>>
>>> On 7/22/2011 8:23 PM, George W Frost wrote:
>>>> In the world of hi-tech gadgetry, I've noticed that more and more people who
>>>> send text messages and emails have forgotten the art of capitalization. For
>>>> those of you who fall into this category, please take note of the following
>>>> statement.
>>>>
>>>> "Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a
>>>> horse, and helping your uncle jack off a horse."
>>>>
>>>> Is everybody clear on that now?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hey I thought that was the coma rule.
>>>
>>> "Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle, Jack off
>>> a horse, and helping your uncle jack off a horse."
>>
>> You've still isolated the jack off from your uncle. Wouldn't it be:
>>
>> "Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack, off
>> a horse and helping your uncle, jack off a horse."
>
> You flunked punctuation, too.<grin>
>
> *IF* you're goint to put the coma (sic) in, it would be:
> "Capitalization is the difference between 'helping your Uncle, Jack, off
> a horse' and 'helping your uncle jack off a horse.' "
"But" I am not "goint" to do it that way. ;~)
On 7/23/2011 11:01 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Jul 2011 06:40:49 -0500, Leon<lcb11211@swbelldotnet> wrote:
>
>> On 7/22/2011 8:23 PM, George W Frost wrote:
>>> In the world of hi-tech gadgetry, I've noticed that more and more people who
>>> send text messages and emails have forgotten the art of capitalization. For
>>> those of you who fall into this category, please take note of the following
>>> statement.
>>>
>>> "Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a
>>> horse, and helping your uncle jack off a horse."
>>>
>>> Is everybody clear on that now?
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Hey I thought that was the coma rule.
>>
>> "Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle, Jack off
>> a horse, and helping your uncle jack off a horse."
>
> You've still isolated the jack off from your uncle. Wouldn't it be:
>
> "Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack, off
> a horse and helping your uncle, jack off a horse."
I wanted both to sound vulgar.
On 7/23/2011 10:06 AM, Dave Balderstone wrote:
> In article<[email protected]>, Leon
> <lcb11211@swbelldotnet> wrote:
>
>> On 7/22/2011 8:23 PM, George W Frost wrote:
>>> In the world of hi-tech gadgetry, I've noticed that more and more people who
>>> send text messages and emails have forgotten the art of capitalization. For
>>> those of you who fall into this category, please take note of the following
>>> statement.
>>>
>>> "Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a
>>> horse, and helping your uncle jack off a horse."
>>>
>>> Is everybody clear on that now?
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Hey I thought that was the coma rule.
>>
>> "Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle, Jack off
>> a horse, and helping your uncle jack off a horse."
>
> Your uncle is in a coma?
Yeah! LOL
On Sat, 23 Jul 2011 06:40:49 -0500, Leon <lcb11211@swbelldotnet> wrote:
>On 7/22/2011 8:23 PM, George W Frost wrote:
>> In the world of hi-tech gadgetry, I've noticed that more and more people who
>> send text messages and emails have forgotten the art of capitalization. For
>> those of you who fall into this category, please take note of the following
>> statement.
>>
>> "Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a
>> horse, and helping your uncle jack off a horse."
>>
>> Is everybody clear on that now?
>>
>>
>
>
>
>Hey I thought that was the coma rule.
>
> "Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle, Jack off
>a horse, and helping your uncle jack off a horse."
You've still isolated the jack off from your uncle. Wouldn't it be:
"Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack, off
a horse and helping your uncle, jack off a horse."
On Mon, 25 Jul 2011 16:08:35 +0000 (UTC), Larry Blanchard
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On Mon, 25 Jul 2011 10:56:13 +1000, George Watson wrote:
>
>> Possibly because of those tuppence paperback "cowboy an' injun" readers
>> so popular in the sixties here, and the drawl of the Duke in his movies.
>
>I don't remember the name of the movie, but Wayne once starred as a
>German ship captain. His fake German accent was the worst I've ever
>heard :-).
Especially that line "geh mir aus dem Weg, Pilgrim."
--
[Television is] the triumph of machine over people.
-- Fred Allen
On Sat, 23 Jul 2011 13:17:40 -0500, [email protected] (Robert
Bonomi) wrote:
>In article <[email protected]>,
>[email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
>>On Sat, 23 Jul 2011 06:40:49 -0500, Leon <lcb11211@swbelldotnet> wrote:
>>
>>>On 7/22/2011 8:23 PM, George W Frost wrote:
>>>> In the world of hi-tech gadgetry, I've noticed that more and more people who
>>>> send text messages and emails have forgotten the art of capitalization. For
>>>> those of you who fall into this category, please take note of the following
>>>> statement.
>>>>
>>>> "Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a
>>>> horse, and helping your uncle jack off a horse."
>>>>
>>>> Is everybody clear on that now?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Hey I thought that was the coma rule.
>>>
>>> "Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle, Jack off
>>>a horse, and helping your uncle jack off a horse."
>>
>>You've still isolated the jack off from your uncle. Wouldn't it be:
>>
>> "Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack, off
>> a horse and helping your uncle, jack off a horse."
>
>You flunked punctuation, too. <grin>
>
>*IF* you're goint to put the coma (sic) in, it would be:
^
I see you flunked spell-checker, too. ;-)
> "Capitalization is the difference between 'helping your Uncle, Jack, off
> a horse' and 'helping your uncle jack off a horse.' "
I disagree. "Uncle" in this sentence is a title modifying "Jack" (which is
also why it's capitalized) and belongs with it. You wouldn't say
"... Dr., Jack, ...".
Although helping Jack, "off" a horse, isn't very nice, even if he is your
uncle.
On Sat, 23 Jul 2011 15:56:17 -0500, [email protected] (Robert
Bonomi) wrote:
>In article <[email protected]>,
>[email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
>>On Sat, 23 Jul 2011 13:17:40 -0500, [email protected] (Robert
>>Bonomi) wrote:
>>
>>>In article <[email protected]>,
>>>[email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>On Sat, 23 Jul 2011 06:40:49 -0500, Leon <lcb11211@swbelldotnet> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On 7/22/2011 8:23 PM, George W Frost wrote:
>>>>>> In the world of hi-tech gadgetry, I've noticed that more and more
>>people who
>>>>>> send text messages and emails have forgotten the art of capitalization. For
>>>>>> those of you who fall into this category, please take note of the following
>>>>>> statement.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a
>>>>>> horse, and helping your uncle jack off a horse."
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is everybody clear on that now?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Hey I thought that was the coma rule.
>>>>>
>>>>> "Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle, Jack off
>>>>>a horse, and helping your uncle jack off a horse."
>>>>
>>>>You've still isolated the jack off from your uncle. Wouldn't it be:
>>>>
>>>> "Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack, off
>>>> a horse and helping your uncle, jack off a horse."
>>>
>>>You flunked punctuation, too. <grin>
>>>
>>>*IF* you're goint to put the coma (sic) in, it would be:
>> ^
>>I see you flunked spell-checker, too. ;-)
>
>You must be a _real_ newcomer to USENET!
Sure, I haven't been here more than 20 years. ;-)
>There is an inviolate _rule_ -- of _many_ decades standing --that every
>spelling/grammar flame *MUST* contain at least one spelling/grammar error.
Skitt's law?
>I was just "following the rules". <*BIG* grin>
;-)
On 7/27/2011 2:21 AM, George W Frost wrote:
> "Max"<[email protected]> wrote in message
>> I'm here to tell ya'll that us Texans resent bein considered uneducated
>> jus cuz we don speak like ya'll.
>>
>> Max (BA degrees in Municipal Management and Planning, Psychology,
>> associate's degree in Fire Technology)
>
> So, your degrees are you are a crazy nutter who plans to burn down the local
> Council building ??
He puts 'em out ... IIRC correctly he was the Fire Chief of El Paso, a
good sized city in Texas.
--
www.e-woodshop.net
Last update: 4/15/2010
KarlC@ (the obvious)
On 7/22/2011 8:23 PM, George W Frost wrote:
> In the world of hi-tech gadgetry, I've noticed that more and more people who
> send text messages and emails have forgotten the art of capitalization. For
> those of you who fall into this category, please take note of the following
> statement.
>
> "Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a
> horse, and helping your uncle jack off a horse."
>
> Is everybody clear on that now?
>
>
Hey I thought that was the coma rule.
"Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle, Jack off
a horse, and helping your uncle jack off a horse."
"George Watson" <[email protected]> wrote
> One would go a long way to hear anyone here [.au]
> mimicking a Boston or Yonkers accent.
> I guess you might be able to say "texan" _is_ the
> Voice of America?
> And George Dubbya went along way to reinforce that
> in recent times, more's the pity:-/
> Many here just luuurve "taking the piss" outa Dubbya.
> More popular than any Orish or Kiwi jokes:->
> http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/presidents/george-w-bush/
>
> george
George Bush is a "Bubba". Bubbas are good old boys, likable fellows,
friendly, generally funny, but not particularly adept at anything. They
usually get by with the help of friends who tend to feel a bit sorry for
their friend's ineptitude. Bubbas are invariably attracted to competent
people who will sooner or later prove to be a source in a time of need. ;-)
Max
"Max" <[email protected]> wrote:
>"George Watson" wrote
>> "Max" wrote:
>
>
>>>But, but.......Y'all presupposes that y' is a contraction of you which is
>>>a
>>>foreign word in Texas. Ya, on the other hand, is the Texas version of
>>>"you". Ya get it?
>>>"C'mon in a get ya a beer".
>>
>> Ditto for here [QLD.au].. only it is "get yer a beer".
>> "yer" is singular and is spoken with a rolling u-r 'accent'.
>>
>>>Therefore ya'll would be slightly more correct than y'all.
>>>
>> And our (poor english) "youse" fits even better for
>> "befuddlement speak"<g>
>> "youse" sounds like EWES, when spoken by a
>> Queenslander.. mheh heh
>> george
>
>When you say "rolling" accent do you mean rolling as in the Spanish name
>Berroterran where both sets of rrs are rolled?
>
Nope.. that is the Orish accent too, by the way,
rolling the "rrs" :->
No, I meant the U *and* the R are rolled together
so as to mostly sound like yrrrrr but not grrr.
>And could you phonetically spell mheh so that I may be able to speak it
>correctly? ;-)
>
try like, an acknowledging "grunt", from the belly.
In "speech" it is barely audible, so "correct" is maybe
subjective, in the ear of the listener???
But just to be sure, to be sure ?? :->
"mheh".. is never uttered in contempt, tho'.
A message of contempt is usually conveyed with a
silent look, a tightening of the eyes, if you like /:-]
And from the more easily excitable..?.. delivered with a
fast right hook!
/chuckles
It (texan) is actually maybe the most mimed American
accent here in Aussie, that and maybe the hillbilly
"Clampert family" type 'speak'.
Possibly because of those tuppence paperback
"cowboy an' injun" readers so popular in the sixties
here, and the drawl of the Duke in his movies.
OTOH... everyone loved G'ma in the Clamperts!
One would go a long way to hear anyone here [.au]
mimicking a Boston or Yonkers accent.
I guess you might be able to say "texan" _is_ the
Voice of America?
And George Dubbya went along way to reinforce that
in recent times, more's the pity:-/
Many here just luuurve "taking the piss" outa Dubbya.
More popular than any Orish or Kiwi jokes:->
http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/presidents/george-w-bush/
george
In article <[email protected]>,
Larry Blanchard <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Mon, 25 Jul 2011 10:56:13 +1000, George Watson wrote:
>
>> Possibly because of those tuppence paperback "cowboy an' injun" readers
>> so popular in the sixties here, and the drawl of the Duke in his movies.
>
>I don't remember the name of the movie, but Wayne once starred as a
>German ship captain. His fake German accent was the worst I've ever
>heard :-).
Movie was "The Sea Chase", 1955. Wayne played Captain Karl Ehrlich.
"George W Frost" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>"Max" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> "Leon" <lcb11211@swbelldotnet> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> On 7/24/2011 12:13 AM, Roy wrote:
>>>> On Sat, 23 Jul 2011 15:10:02 -0400, Bill<[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack,
>>>>>>>> off
>>>>>>>> a horse and helping your uncle, jack off a horse."
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Some of ya'll have strange hobbies! ; )
>>
>>
>> I'm here to tell ya'll that us Texans resent bein considered uneducated
>> jus cuz we don speak like ya'll.
>>
>> Max (BA degrees in Municipal Management and Planning, Psychology,
>> associate's degree in Fire Technology)
>
>So, your degrees are you are a crazy nutter who plans to burn down the local
>Council building ??
>
Tis my experience it is the educated who can control their
"galah mode".
However...
After having thrown a few pie shells your way I am still
scratching me arse. Not a JLS* 'moment' do I see.
I am waiting to see sign from a BigPoo subscriber yet.
You looking to set the standard?
You catch that news on "eagle" and the NBN ISP?
george
--
* Jonathan Livingstone Seagull
the other guy "Budgeregar" is here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIN9qdlTnks
George Watson wrote:
> "George W Frost" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>
>> So, your degrees are you are a crazy nutter who plans to burn down
>> the local Council building ??
>>
> Tis my experience it is the educated who can control their
> "galah mode".
>
> However...
> After having thrown a few pie shells your way I am still
> scratching me arse. Not a JLS* 'moment' do I see.
> I am waiting to see sign from a BigPoo subscriber yet.
> You looking to set the standard?
>
> You catch that news on "eagle" and the NBN ISP?
> george
Geezus dude - lay off the sause before you post, would ya?
--
-Mike-
[email protected]
On Mon, 25 Jul 2011 10:56:13 +1000, George Watson wrote:
> Possibly because of those tuppence paperback "cowboy an' injun" readers
> so popular in the sixties here, and the drawl of the Duke in his movies.
I don't remember the name of the movie, but Wayne once starred as a
German ship captain. His fake German accent was the worst I've ever
heard :-).
--
Intelligence is an experiment that failed - G. B. Shaw
"Max" <[email protected]> wrote:
>"Roy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> On Sat, 23 Jul 2011 15:10:02 -0400, Bill <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>>>> "Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack, off
>>>>>> a horse and helping your uncle, jack off a horse."
>>>
>>>
>>>Some of ya'll have strange hobbies! ; )
>>
>> Bill, Bill, Bill. Here we are in a thread dedicated to cleaning up
>> spelling,
>> punctuation, capitalization and bad breath, and you open a whole new can
>> of
>> improper grammar worms.
>>
>> First, it is spelled y'all.
>>
>> Second, y'all is singular. So your sentence 'Some of ya'll have strange
>> hobbies' has both a misspelling and improper grammar.
>>
>> Third, the proper plural form is: All y'all. You should have written
>> "Some of
>> all y'all have strange hobbies.", which would still be incorrect because
>> you
>> should have written just:
>>
>> "All y'all are strange.", which is true, and why we hang out here.
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Roy
>
>But, but.......Y'all presupposes that y' is a contraction of you which is a
>foreign word in Texas. Ya, on the other hand, is the Texas version of
>"you". Ya get it?
>"C'mon in a get ya a beer".
Ditto for here [QLD.au].. only it is "get yer a beer".
"yer" is singular and is spoken with a rolling u-r 'accent'.
>Therefore ya'll would be slightly more correct than y'all.
>
And our (poor english) "youse" fits even better for
"befuddlement speak"<g>
"youse" sounds like EWES, when spoken by a
Queenslander.. mheh heh
george
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Sat, 23 Jul 2011 06:40:49 -0500, Leon <lcb11211@swbelldotnet> wrote:
>
>>On 7/22/2011 8:23 PM, George W Frost wrote:
>>> In the world of hi-tech gadgetry, I've noticed that more and more people who
>>> send text messages and emails have forgotten the art of capitalization. For
>>> those of you who fall into this category, please take note of the following
>>> statement.
>>>
>>> "Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a
>>> horse, and helping your uncle jack off a horse."
>>>
>>> Is everybody clear on that now?
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Hey I thought that was the coma rule.
>>
>> "Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle, Jack off
>>a horse, and helping your uncle jack off a horse."
>
>You've still isolated the jack off from your uncle. Wouldn't it be:
>
> "Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack, off
> a horse and helping your uncle, jack off a horse."
You flunked punctuation, too. <grin>
*IF* you're goint to put the coma (sic) in, it would be:
"Capitalization is the difference between 'helping your Uncle, Jack, off
a horse' and 'helping your uncle jack off a horse.' "
"George Watson" wrote
> "Max" wrote:
>>George Bush is a "Bubba". Bubbas are good old boys, likable fellows,
>>friendly, generally funny, but not particularly adept at anything. They
>>usually get by with the help of friends who tend to feel a bit sorry for
>>their friend's ineptitude. Bubbas are invariably attracted to competent
>>people who will sooner or later prove to be a source in a time of need.
>>;-)
>>
>>Max
>>
> crikey...!.. do not those "Bubbas" get in the way of
> things, at times?
>
> .. an' just so you know ????
>
> Reads of the use of "Bubba" in 'Net slang (USA)?
>
> Bubba is the guy in the hood dangling the
> "soap on a rope" for newbies.
> Never having asked, I aint so sure what happens after
> bending down to bite at that dangling lump of carbolic.. but
> I am told....
> ... told one could wake up with two bob (dime X 2) in
> yer hand and a rather sore arse..! :-D
> george
That's a Yankee definition of Bubba.
Here in the south (and the southwest) we have our own language. ;-)
Max, El Paso, Texas
"Max" <[email protected]> wrote:
>"George Watson" <[email protected]> wrote
>
>> One would go a long way to hear anyone here [.au]
>> mimicking a Boston or Yonkers accent.
>> I guess you might be able to say "texan" _is_ the
>> Voice of America?
>> And George Dubbya went along way to reinforce that
>> in recent times, more's the pity:-/
>> Many here just luuurve "taking the piss" outa Dubbya.
>> More popular than any Orish or Kiwi jokes:->
>> http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/presidents/george-w-bush/
>>
>> george
>
>George Bush is a "Bubba". Bubbas are good old boys, likable fellows,
>friendly, generally funny, but not particularly adept at anything. They
>usually get by with the help of friends who tend to feel a bit sorry for
>their friend's ineptitude. Bubbas are invariably attracted to competent
>people who will sooner or later prove to be a source in a time of need. ;-)
>
>Max
>
crikey...!.. do not those "Bubbas" get in the way of
things, at times?
.. an' just so you know ????
Reads of the use of "Bubba" in 'Net slang (USA)?
Bubba is the guy in the hood dangling the
"soap on a rope" for newbies.
Never having asked, I aint so sure what happens after
bending down to bite at that dangling lump of carbolic.. but
I am told....
... told one could wake up with two bob (dime X 2) in
yer hand and a rather sore arse..! :-D
george
Larry Jaques <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Mon, 25 Jul 2011 16:08:35 +0000 (UTC), Larry Blanchard
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 25 Jul 2011 10:56:13 +1000, George Watson wrote:
>>
>>> Possibly because of those tuppence paperback "cowboy an' injun" readers
>>> so popular in the sixties here, and the drawl of the Duke in his movies.
>>
>>I don't remember the name of the movie, but Wayne once starred as a
>>German ship captain. His fake German accent was the worst I've ever
>>heard :-).
>
>Especially that line "geh mir aus dem Weg, Pilgrim."
heh.. cracks me up..!.. wtf!
george