On 11/23/2013 07:21 PM, Bill Oliver wrote: > On Sun, 24 Nov 2013, Rolf Turner wrote: > >> On 11/24/13 09:30, Robert Holtzman wrote: >>> On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 10:29:19AM +1300, Rolf Turner wrote: >> >> <SNIP> >>>> >>>> But wrong nevertheless. It conflates two quite distinct ideas, >>>> blurs >>>> the meaning and diminishes the language. >>> Another English major heard from. >> Actually not true. Maths honours, Ph.D. maths, M. Stat. But what is >> your point? >>> I assume you're aware that languages evolve over time in accordance with >>> common usage. >> >> This is such a tired and tiresome old cliche that it is not worth >> responding to. >> Read what I wrote and think, rather than glibly reacting with smug >> conformism. >> >> cheers, >> >> Rolf Turner >> > > I think the problem is that you are under the mistaken impression that most of us who find this so funny are people who speak English. We don't. We speak American, a related but very different thing. Hell, I don't even speak Yankee. > > The last time someone said "whilst" to me, I thought he had a cold and offered him a hankie. > > I well remember a friend of mine from London coming to visit me at the ranch. After the initial pleasantries, my father whispered to my aunt, "What the hell that boy sayin'? Don't get a damn thing coming outta his mouth." My aunt whispered back "Don't matter none. He's Little Bill's friend. Just smile." > > The difference between "alternate" and "alternative" is a drop in the freaking bucket. You might as well be bitching that we misspell "colour." > > It's not that you are wrong about English usage. You are wrong about American usage. And we just don't care -- but we find it hilarious that someone would. > > Listen to this guy talk (he's from Tupelo, Missisipi) and imagine telling this guy that he's using the word "alternate" incorrectly: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS98llpw1L4 > > (BTW, this is the fight he was talking about: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2H-7NIC2qI ) > > billo > I was really getting tired of this thread, but you have finally pulled it out, Bill. Thnx! --doug -- Blessed are the peacemakers..for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A.M.Greeley -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
