Report from the US, a nice but somewhat backward country.

wrote:
On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 22:24:24 +0100, Frank Slootweg
wrote:

Sharx35 wrote:
[...]

Like so many Euros, Frank is anal retentive and seldom HAS to put anything
into a toilet of a solid nature.

Well, I'd rather retain it, than have if come out of my mouth, as is
the case with you. Different strokes for different folks, I guess.

BTW, I like the "Euros" naming, they're of higher value. Thanks for
that!

BTW 2, besides Reading 101 and Comprehension 101, you apparently also
need to enroll in Writing 101, or perhaps comprehension is just the only
problem.

Careful Frank, He'll suggest you enrol on Spelling 101

Enroll = enrol

But then again perhaps that is the way it's spelt where you are.

Indeed. Both are OK. In this case, I can't easily determine which is
British and which one is American. I would think that enroll is British,
but I don't know.

On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:24:46 -0500, pltrgyst
wrote:

On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:12:20 +0900, wrote:

Careful Frank, He'll suggest you enrol on Spelling 101

Enroll = enrol

But then again perhaps that is the way it's spelt where you are.

"Spelt"? Isn't that a small fish? Fish can enroll in spelling courses where you
live?

No that's scrod, which is the past pluperfect.


Perhaps it's only the monkfish.

-- Larry

It seems to me I heard somewhere that pltrgyst wrote in article
:

On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:12:20 +0900, wrote:

Careful Frank, He'll suggest you enrol on Spelling 101

Enroll = enrol

But then again perhaps that is the way it's spelt where you are.

"Spelt"? Isn't that a small fish? Fish can enroll in spelling courses where you
live?

When I read that I thought something smelt a little fishy so I spelt
it out, grain by grain.
--
Don Kirkman

"pltrgyst" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:12:20 +0900, wrote:

Careful Frank, He'll suggest you enrol on Spelling 101

Enroll = enrol

But then again perhaps that is the way it's spelt where you are.

"Spelt"? Isn't that a small fish? Fish can enroll in spelling courses
where you
live?

Of course they can. After all, they swim in schools.

pltrgyst wrote:
On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:12:20 +0900, wrote:

Careful Frank, He'll suggest you enrol on Spelling 101

Enroll = enrol

But then again perhaps that is the way it's spelt where you are.

"Spelt"? Isn't that a small fish? Fish can enroll in spelling courses
where you live?

Yes, "spelt". But because you keep snipping [1] the 'Newsgroups:' line
for no apparent/good reason, it might not apply in your neck of the
woods.

Perhaps it's only the monkfish.

-- Larry

[1] Or is Forte Agent *that* broken?

On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:45:09 +0100, Frank Slootweg
wrote:

pltrgyst wrote:
On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:12:20 +0900, wrote:

Careful Frank, He'll suggest you enrol on Spelling 101

Enroll = enrol

But then again perhaps that is the way it's spelt where you are.

"Spelt"? Isn't that a small fish? Fish can enroll in spelling courses
where you live?

No ! the small fish is "Smelt"

Spelt, in it's other guise than above, is actually an ancient variety
of wheat.


Yes, "spelt". But because you keep snipping [1] the 'Newsgroups:' line
for no apparent/good reason, it might not apply in your neck of the
woods.

Perhaps it's only the monkfish.

-- Larry

[1] Or is Forte Agent *that* broken?

wrote:
[...]

Spelt, in it's other guise than above, is actually an ancient variety
of wheat.

of, to add bloody insult to bloody injury, bloody *European* bloody
origin!

On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:45:09 +0100, Frank Slootweg
wrote:

pltrgyst wrote:
... But because you keep snipping [1] the 'Newsgroups:' line
for no apparent/good reason, it might not apply in your neck of the
woods.
....

[1] Or is Forte Agent *that* broken?

No, I just don't care to cross-post. I only inhabit rec.travel.usa-canada.

As I'm sure you're aware, posting to multiple groups is often inappropriate, and
almost always leads to off-topic subthreads or derivatives lingering forever in
both groups.

-- Larry

[rec.travel.australia+nz re-added. See below as to why. Please don't
break it again, at least not for this sub-thread. Thanks.]

pltrgyst wrote:
On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:45:09 +0100, Frank Slootweg
wrote:

pltrgyst wrote:
... But because you keep snipping [1] the 'Newsgroups:' line
for no apparent/good reason, it might not apply in your neck of the
woods.
....

[1] Or is Forte Agent *that* broken?

No, I just don't care to cross-post. I only inhabit rec.travel.usa-canada.

No offense, but we (TINW) don't care that you don't care, and we don't
care which group(s) you inhabit. Someone posted in some groups and you
responded.

You responded to . I doubt that you know for sure
that he subscribes to rec.travel.usa-canada. I know that he subscribes
to rec.travel.australia+nz. So it's quite possible that he would not see
your response (in this case "would not have seen", because of my
crossposted response).

I find such practices strange and rather impolite, not to mention
unneccessary.

As I'm sure you're aware, posting to multiple groups is often
inappropriate, and almost always leads to off-topic subthreads or
derivatives lingering forever in both groups.

That's a non-argument, because we were discussing English language
aspects, which are *especially* applicable to both groups, and you
*specifically* said "where you live", i.e. where tony lives.

As to posting to multiple groups often being inappropriate, that may
be true, but is hardly relevant. The only *relevant* issue is, whether
or not it is inappropriate in *the case at hand*. I don't think it is,
and not because it is 'my' thread (see above).

IME/IMO, stripping groups most of the time creates more problems than
it 'solves', and stripping without saying so is nearly always
inappropriate.

FWIW, *my* rule is that I don't strip groups, unless they are *totally
and utterly* inappropriate, *and*, if and when I do, I leave all groups
in the Newsgroups: line intact and strip only in the Followup-To: line,
*and* *say so* in my text. In that way, nobody is taken by surprise.
(That is how Newsgroups:/Followup-To: should be used.)

N.B. I realize full well and acknowledge that you can do as you damn
well please, but that does not mean that we have to take it lying down,
does it!? :-)

On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:17:07 +0100, Frank Slootweg
wrote:

[rec.travel.australia+nz re-added. See below as to why. Please don't
break it again, at least not for this sub-thread. Thanks.]

OK. I'll leave the headers intact just this once.

....
No, I just don't care to cross-post. I only inhabit rec.travel.usa-canada.

No offense, but we (TINW) don't care that you don't care, and we don't
care which group(s) you inhabit. Someone posted in some groups and you
responded.

No offense, but I don't care that you don't care that I don't care. There's
nothing that says I have to play by your imaginary rules and cross-post. I
intended my reply for consideration by only those in the usa-canada group. I
have no interest in discourse with those discussing travel in the southern
hemisphere.

.... N.B. I realize full well and acknowledge that you can do as you damn
well please, but that does not mean that we have to take it lying down,
does it!? :-)

On USEnet? Of course not! Have at it! But first, Frank, as I sit here sipping
MacChouffe and nibbling a sensational Boerenkaas, it was nice meeting you. But
all good things must come to an end, so -- {threadkill} and {plonk}.

-- Larry