Name for "@"
David Smith
I appologize if this isn't the place for this question.
What is the name of the "@" symbol? I've looked in the dictionairy,
and asked the local library, but no luck.
David Smith
Iain Cummings
In article <4q0nm2$f...@coranto.ucs.mun.ca>, David Smith
<dsm...@nlnet.nf.ca> writes
The French call it *le petit escargot* - little snail. Wonderfully
descriptive.
___________________________________________________________
Iain Cummings - ia...@cummings.demon.co.uk
Keith C. Ivey
dsm...@nlnet.nf.ca (David Smith) wrote:
>What is the name of the "@" symbol? I've looked in the dictionairy,
>and asked the local library, but no luck.
$ dollar sign
% percent sign
= equals sign
+ plus sign
@ at sign
(There are also section sign, degree sign, and others that are
not displayable here.)
No one ever asks about any of these but the at sign, for some
reason. A few symbols have silly names (ampersand, octothorpe,
pilcrow), but most of them don't. Why would you want to use
"the name" for @ when you've already established that nobody
else knows it? To impress people with your vocabulary?
Keith C. Ivey <kci...@cpcug.org> Washington, DC
Contributing Editor/Webmaster
The Editorial Eye <http://www.eei-alex.com/eye/>
Mark Baker
In article <4q0nm2$f...@coranto.ucs.mun.ca>,
dsm...@nlnet.nf.ca (David Smith) writes:
>What is the name of the "@" symbol? I've looked in the dictionairy,
>and asked the local library, but no luck.
From the jargon file...
@
Common: at sign; at; strudel. Rare: each; vortex; whorl;
[whirlpool]; cyclone; snail; ape; cat; rose; cabbage;
<commercial at>.
The angle brackets denote the official name used by ANSI.
David Smith
Mark Baker (mn...@cam.ac.uk) wrote:
SNIP
: @
: Common: at sign; at; strudel. Rare: each; vortex; whorl;
: [whirlpool]; cyclone; snail; ape; cat; rose; cabbage;
: <commercial at>.
: The angle brackets denote the official name used by ANSI.
Thanks for your response. That's interesting. The French name for @ is "a
commercial"; literal translation: commercial a. (I'm not sure if there's an
"e" at the end of "commercial" or not. Incidentally, the French name for
& is "e commercial"; literal translation: commercial e.
David Smith
I'm a good man
Keith C. Ivey (kci...@cpcug.org) wrote:
: @ at sign
Other than "at", have u ever heard anyone calling it as "per"?
Rgds,
Ah Fung (NSR PGM II) (I can't read big5 easily. Thks!)
Keith C. Ivey
dsm...@nlnet.nf.ca (David Smith) wrote:
>The French name for @ is "a commercial"; literal translation:
>commercial a. (I'm not sure if there's an "e" at the end of
>"commercial" or not. Incidentally, the French name for
>& is "e commercial"; literal translation: commercial e.
Since you're unsure of the spelling, are you sure those aren't
"`a commercial" (with a grave accent) and "et commercial"--
"commercial at" and "commercial and"?
Benoit Evans
Keith C. Ivey wrote:
> dsm...@nlnet.nf.ca (David Smith) wrote:
> >The French name for @ is "a commercial"; literal translation:
> >commercial a. (I'm not sure if there's an "e" at the end of
> >"commercial" or not. Incidentally, the French name for
> >& is "e commercial"; literal translation: commercial e.
>
> Since you're unsure of the spelling, are you sure those aren't
> "`a commercial" (with a grave accent) and "et commercial"--
> "commercial at" and "commercial and"?
In French, the at mark (@) is called "a commercial", "a` commercial",
"arobas" and "arrobas"; printers sometimes say "escargot" (snail). The
ampersand (&) is called "et commercial", "perlu`ete" and
"esperluette".
Regards,
K.-Benoit Evans
Certified Translator (OTIAQ)
Quebec, Canada
Sven Anders Robbestad
[kci...@cpcug.org (Keith C. Ivey)]:
>$ dollar sign
>% percent sign
>= equals sign
>+ plus sign
>@ at sign
>(There are also section sign, degree sign, and others that are
>not displayable here.)
>
>No one ever asks about any of these but the at sign, for some
>reason. A few symbols have silly names (ampersand, octothorpe,
>pilcrow),
That reminds me of something I've been meaning to ask for a long time.
How does the symbol with the name octothorpe look like?
I have searched through my dictionaries, my grammar books and my
encyclopedias to no avail and my curiosity has reached unprecedented
heights. So..., if you would be so kind?
Sven Anders
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sv...@sn.no _|_| Just how ungrateful gratitude can be
Shari Videlock
In article <h4rw4EAV...@cummings.demon.co.uk>, Iain Cummings
<Ia...@cummings.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <4q0nm2$f...@coranto.ucs.mun.ca>, David Smith
> <dsm...@nlnet.nf.ca> writes
> >I appologize if this isn't the place for this question.
> >
> >What is the name of the "@" symbol? I've looked in the dictionairy,
> >and asked the local library, but no luck.
> >
> >David Smith
>
> The French call it *le petit escargot* - little snail. Wonderfully
> descriptive.
> ___________________________________________________________
> Iain Cummings - ia...@cummings.demon.co.uk
I just spoke to a friend in Israel and he called it a *strudel*. I
thought that was clever
..Shari
Gareth Rees
David Smith <dsm...@nlnet.nf.ca> wrote:
> Incidentally, the French name for & is "e commercial"; literal
> translation: commercial e.
Are you sure that's not "et commercial" (i.e., commercial and)?
--
Gareth Rees
Rainer Thonnes
> and asked the local library, but no luck.
Linguists call it a "schwa". :-)
KJBlake
>What is the name of the "@" symbol? I've looked in the dictionairy,
>and asked the local library, but no luck.
I know it as the "commercial at sign."
Jilly
>> What is the name of the "@" symbol? I've looked in the dictionairy,
>> and asked the local library, but no luck.
>Linguists call it a "schwa". :-)
Uhm, no. The schwa is represented by an upside down "e"-- unless your
smiley denotes a tongue-in-cheek answer...
I've heard of it as "commercial 'at'", or, more simply, "at".
Markus Laker
sv...@sn.no (Sven Anders Robbestad) wrote:
> That reminds me of something I've been meaning to ask for a long time.
> How does the symbol with the name octothorpe look like?
> I have searched through my dictionaries, my grammar books and my
> encyclopedias to no avail and my curiosity has reached unprecedented
> heights. So..., if you would be so kind?
Sure:
#
What you should see above is a grid similar to the kind used to play noughts
and crosses (tic-tac-toe).
--
Markus Laker.
Geoff Butler
In article <31c5b30c...@news.sn.no>, Sven Anders Robbestad
<sv...@sn.no> writes
>That reminds me of something I've been meaning to ask for a long time.
>How does the symbol with the name octothorpe look like?
Be very, Very, VERY careful when you use those words together in a
sentence. It's the modern equivalent of a magic spell: you recite the
words and the magic happens. In this particular case, you're risking
restarting a thread that lasted nine months or so, with thousands of
posts, with nothing new after the first twenty minutes, and with a post
asserting "No, it's called an octothorpe" every four or five days. That
thread was called "What's the name for '#'". You're probably reasonably
safe if you risk a thread called "What's the symbol for '#'", but I
still wouldn't take that risk.
-ler
Bill Fisher
In article <Dt54wx.MyI.0.sta...@dcs.ed.ac.uk>, r...@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Rainer Thonnes) writes:
> In article <4q0nm2$f...@coranto.ucs.mun.ca>,
> dsm...@nlnet.nf.ca (David Smith) writes:
> >
> > and asked the local library, but no luck.
>
> Linguists call it a "schwa". :-)
No we don't. The "schwa" is a lower-case "e" rotated 180 degrees.
See "Phonetic Symbol Guide", by Pullum and Ladusaw, p. 44.
- billf
Sven Anders Robbestad
[la...@tcp.co.uk (Markus Laker)]:
>#
>
>What you should see above is a grid similar to the kind used to play noughts
>and crosses (tic-tac-toe).
Thanks!
Sven Anders
--
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2760 Brandbu, 61335739 _|_| that wall and this;
http://www.sn.no/~svena_|_| Each panel a sweet ecstacy recalls
sv...@sn.no _|_| I kiss and yet I do not love the walls
Markus Laker
Geoff Butler <ge...@gbutler.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> "What's the symbol for '#'".
Don't know. I do know that '@' is called 'asterix', or possibly something
ending in 'gry'.
BTW, *I* would have put the full stop just before the octosharpe. Hope this
helps.
--
Markus Laker.
Tony Finch
In article <4q12pk$i...@news4.digex.net>,
Keith C. Ivey <kci...@cpcug.org> wrote:
>
> No one ever asks about any of these but the at sign, for some
> reason. A few symbols have silly names (ampersand, octothorpe,
What's a pilcrow?
Tony.
--
"What it all amounts to is that english
is chiefly a matter of marksmanship."
Rainer Thonnes
In article <4q6kuh$k...@dfw-ixnews4.ix.netcom.com>,
jill...@jjill.com (Jilly) writes:
>
> >> What is the name of the "@" symbol? I've looked in the dictionairy,
> >> and asked the local library, but no luck.
>
> >Linguists call it a "schwa". :-)
>
> smiley denotes a tongue-in-cheek answer...
Apart from the various obscure names which have been offered here for it,
I too have never heard it called anything other than "at".
However, I think you'll find that the ASCII IPA, used here often, employs
'@' for schwa because the fancy symbol you mention is not widely available.
The smiley was there because it was a joke, I was going off at a tangent,
while still being fairly truthful.
Depending on how your terminal renders the at sign, if you stare at it
for long enough, you might conceivably see a little tongue in a cavity
which might conceivably be held to look like a cheek. Congratulations,
you've helped me discover a single-character abbreviation for the smiley!
@
Mark Baker
In article <4qa1nb$c...@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk>,
fa...@thor.cam.ac.uk (Tony Finch) writes:
>> No one ever asks about any of these but the at sign, for some
>> reason. A few symbols have silly names (ampersand, octothorpe,
>> pilcrow), but most of them don't.
>
>What's a pilcrow?
A paragraph sign; it looks vaguely like a back to front P.
Keith C. Ivey
fa...@thor.cam.ac.uk (Tony Finch) wrote:
>What's a pilcrow?
A paragraph symbol--the thing that looks sort of like a
backwards P.
Daan Sandee
|> > reason. A few symbols have silly names (ampersand, octothorpe,
|> > pilcrow), but most of them don't.
|>
|> What's a pilcrow?
One of these printers' signs like dagger, double dagger, and paragraph,
formerly used for footnotes and such. It looks like a backward capital P:
two vertical lines with a solid hemicircular blob on the left side.
W3NID suggests the name may be derived from "paragraph" (q.v.)
Daan Sandee san...@think.com
Burlington, MA
Colin Fine
>In article <4q0nm2$f...@coranto.ucs.mun.ca>, David Smith
><dsm...@nlnet.nf.ca> writes
>>I appologize if this isn't the place for this question.
>>
>>and asked the local library, but no luck.
>>
>
>The French call it *le petit escargot* - little snail. Wonderfully
>descriptive.
In my experience French people call it 'arabesque', Germans
'Klammeraffe' (clinging ape) and Israelis 'shtrudl'.
The people in question were all computer-users.
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Jennie Robinson
Tony Finch wrote:
>
> What's a pilcrow?
"ļ" is a pilcrow. What's an octothorpe?
Jenar
Aaron J. Dinkin
In article <31C99B...@westnet.com>, Jennie Robinson
<Je...@westnet.com> wrote:
> Tony Finch wrote:
>
> >
> > What's a pilcrow?
>
> "¶" is a pilcrow. What's an octothorpe?
"#" is an octothorpe. What's a virgule?
‹Aaron J. Dinkin
Dr. Whom
Daan Sandee
In article <4qa1nb$c...@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk>, fa...@thor.cam.ac.uk (Tony Finch) writes:
|> In article <4q12pk$i...@news4.digex.net>,
|> Keith C. Ivey <kci...@cpcug.org> wrote:
|> >
|> > No one ever asks about any of these but the at sign, for some
|> > reason. A few symbols have silly names (ampersand, octothorpe,
|> > pilcrow), but most of them don't.
|>
|> What's a pilcrow?
One of these printers' signs like dagger, double dagger, and paragraph,
formerly used for footnotes and such. It looks like a backward capital P:
two vertical lines with a solid semicircular blob on the left side.
J B Youles
Rainer Thonnes wrote:
>
> Depending on how your terminal renders the at sign, if you stare at it
> for long enough, you might conceivably see a little tongue in a cavity
> which might conceivably be held to look like a cheek. Congratulations,
> you've helped me discover a single-character abbreviation for the smiley!
@ = Bobby Charlton ?
--
John Youles
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Anne Cheilek
In article <aaron_j._dinkin-...@dmn1-37.usa1.com>,>> "ļ" is a pilcrow. What's an octothorpe?
>
>"#" is an octothorpe. What's a virgule?
A virgule is a solidus. What's a hooktop heng?
--
Anne Cheilek
Stanford University Press
ski...@leland.stanford.edu
Geoff Butler
In article <4q9q7r$7...@zeus.tcp.co.uk>, Markus Laker <la...@tcp.co.uk>
writes
>Geoff Butler <ge...@gbutler.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> "What's the symbol for '#'".
>
>Don't know. I do know that '@' is called 'asterix', or possibly something
>ending in 'gry'.
'*' must be an obelix, then. Everyone knows that there are no words at
all in English that end in 'gry'.
>BTW, *I* would have put the full stop just before the octosharpe. Hope this
>helps.
Yes, it does, thanks.
-ler
Geoff Butler
>
>"#" is an octothorpe. What's a virgule?
A virgule is an old keyboard instrument. What's a spinet?
-ler
Truly Donovan
That's what you have to do before you can weavet. It is also the task
that was performed by Ronald Reagan's aides within an hour of his making
any statement and within 5 minutes of his making any impromptu
statement.
Truly Donovan
Aaron J. Dinkin
In article <M6nOXVA5NryxEw$c...@gbutler.demon.co.uk>, Geoff Butler
<Ge...@gbutler.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <aaron_j._dinkin-...@dmn1-37.usa1.com>, "Aaron
> J. Dinkin" <aaron_j...@fourd.com> writes
> >
> >"#" is an octothorpe. What's a virgule?
>
> A virgule is an old keyboard instrument. What's a spinet?
A spinet is a small grove of trees. What's a copse?
帰aron J. Dinkin
Dr. Whom
Mark Odegard
Posted to alt.usage.english & e-mailed.
On 20 Jun 1996 11:23:56 GMT mn...@cam.ac.uk (Mark Baker)
wrote:
>In article <4qa1nb$c...@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk>,
> fa...@thor.cam.ac.uk (Tony Finch) writes:
>>> No one ever asks about any of these but the at sign, for some
>>> reason. A few symbols have silly names (ampersand, octothorpe,
>>> pilcrow), but most of them don't.
>>
>>What's a pilcrow?
>A paragraph sign; it looks vaguely like a back to front P.
If you keyboard (via desktop) is set to "international",
right alt + semicolon gets you ś.
--
Mark Odegard. Ode...@ptel.net
Anne Cheilek
In article <M6nOXVA5NryxEw$c...@gbutler.demon.co.uk>,
Geoff Butler <Ge...@gbutler.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>In article <aaron_j._dinkin-...@dmn1-37.usa1.com>, "Aaron
>J. Dinkin" <aaron_j...@fourd.com> writes
>>
>>"#" is an octothorpe. What's a virgule?
>
>A virgule is an old keyboard instrument. What's a spinet?
>
Sure it is, ler. An old--yet unused--keyboard instrument. (Kinda like
the scroll lock. Or is that a new string tool?)
Tom Tadfor Little
I call it an aspercutilon.
Doesn't everybody?
;)
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Anne Cheilek
In article <aaron_j._dinkin-...@dmn1-50.usa1.com>,
Aaron J. Dinkin <aaron_j...@fourd.com> wrote:
>In article <M6nOXVA5NryxEw$c...@gbutler.demon.co.uk>, Geoff Butler
><Ge...@gbutler.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> In article <aaron_j._dinkin-...@dmn1-37.usa1.com>, "Aaron
>> J. Dinkin" <aaron_j...@fourd.com> writes
>> >
>> >"#" is an octothorpe. What's a virgule?
>>
>> A virgule is an old keyboard instrument. What's a spinet?
>
A copse is an abandonment of religious faith. What's apostasy?
Daniel P. B. Smith
In article <aaron_j._dinkin-...@dmn1-50.usa1.com>,
Aaron J. Dinkin <aaron_j...@fourd.com> wrote:
>In article <M6nOXVA5NryxEw$c...@gbutler.demon.co.uk>, Geoff Butler
><Ge...@gbutler.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> In article <aaron_j._dinkin-...@dmn1-37.usa1.com>, "Aaron
>> J. Dinkin" <aaron_j...@fourd.com> writes
>> >
>> >"#" is an octothorpe. What's a virgule?
>>
>> A virgule is an old keyboard instrument. What's a spinet?
>
>A spinet is a small grove of trees. What's a copse?
A copse is something the homicide copse draw a white chalk line around.
What's a corps?
--
Daniel P. B. Smith
dpbs...@world.std.com
Keith C. Ivey
ski...@leland.Stanford.EDU (Anne Cheilek) wrote:
>In article <aaron_j._dinkin-...@dmn1-37.usa1.com>,
>Aaron J. Dinkin <aaron_j...@fourd.com> wrote:
>>> > What's a pilcrow?
>>>
>>> "ś" is a pilcrow. What's an octothorpe?
>>
>>"#" is an octothorpe. What's a virgule?
>A virgule is a solidus. What's a hooktop heng?
My guess is that it's the IPA character that looks like a
lowercase "h" with its ascender curved over to the right and its
right leg extended down into a "j"-like tail. Here's a rough
ASCII sketch (set your reader for a monospaced font):
_
/ \
/ \
|
| __
|/ \
| |
| |
| |
|
/
\_/
I have no idea what sound it's used for or what languages that
sound appears in. Also, my SIL IPA font includes this character
but doesn't include a non-hooktop heng. Strange.
What's a nasal hook? (No, it's not a surgical instrument.)
Gareth Williams
Thus spake ski...@leland.Stanford.EDU (Anne Cheilek) :
+In article <aaron_j._dinkin-...@dmn1-50.usa1.com>,
+Aaron J. Dinkin <aaron_j...@fourd.com> wrote:
+>In article <M6nOXVA5NryxEw$c...@gbutler.demon.co.uk>, Geoff Butler
+><Ge...@gbutler.demon.co.uk> wrote:
+>
+>> In article <aaron_j._dinkin-...@dmn1-37.usa1.com>, "Aaron
+>> J. Dinkin" <aaron_j...@fourd.com> writes
+>> >
+>> >"#" is an octothorpe. What's a virgule?
+>>
+>> A virgule is an old keyboard instrument. What's a spinet?
+>
+>A spinet is a small grove of trees. What's a copse?
+
+A copse is an abandonment of religious faith. What's apostasy?
+
Apostasy is the feeling I get when no-one has sent me a letter.
What's a huff?
regards
Gareth Williams <g...@fmode.demon.co.uk>
Steven Pegg
Just to add to the international flavour of this one, the Russians call
the @ sign the "sobaka", which means "dog".
Daan Sandee
In article <aaron_j._dinkin-...@dmn1-50.usa1.com>, aaron_j...@fourd.com (Aaron J. Dinkin) writes:
|> In article <M6nOXVA5NryxEw$c...@gbutler.demon.co.uk>, Geoff Butler
|>
|> > In article <aaron_j._dinkin-...@dmn1-37.usa1.com>, "Aaron
|> > >
|> > >"#" is an octothorpe. What's a virgule?
|> >
|>
A copse is a group of policemen. What's a posse ?
Daan Sandee
Uh, no. Alt + semicolon gets » (what the French use when they stop
speaking). Alt + 6 gets ¶.
(Not everyone has the same keyboard.)
Keith C. Ivey
dpbs...@world.std.com (Daniel P. B. Smith) wrote:
>In article <aaron_j._dinkin-...@dmn1-50.usa1.com>,
>Aaron J. Dinkin <aaron_j...@fourd.com> wrote:
>>In article <M6nOXVA5NryxEw$c...@gbutler.demon.co.uk>, Geoff Butler
>><Ge...@gbutler.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> In article <aaron_j._dinkin-...@dmn1-37.usa1.com>, "Aaron
>>> J. Dinkin" <aaron_j...@fourd.com> writes
>>> >
>>> >"#" is an octothorpe. What's a virgule?
>>>
>>> A virgule is an old keyboard instrument. What's a spinet?
>>
>>A spinet is a small grove of trees. What's a copse?
>A copse is something the homicide copse draw a white chalk line around.
>What's a corps?
A corps is the middle of an apple. What's a mashie niblick?
Mark Odegard
Posted to alt.usage.english & e-mailed.
(Daniel P. B. Smith) wrote:
>In article <aaron_j._dinkin-...@dmn1-50.usa1.com>,
>Aaron J. Dinkin <aaron_j...@fourd.com> wrote:
>>In article <M6nOXVA5NryxEw$c...@gbutler.demon.co.uk>, Geoff Butler
>><Ge...@gbutler.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> In article <aaron_j._dinkin-...@dmn1-37.usa1.com>, "Aaron
>>> J. Dinkin" <aaron_j...@fourd.com> writes
>>> >
>>> >"#" is an octothorpe. What's a virgule?
>>>
>>> A virgule is an old keyboard instrument. What's a spinet?
>>
>>A spinet is a small grove of trees. What's a copse?
>A copse is something the homicide copse draw a white chalk line around.
>What's a corps?
A cor is a horn, as in cor anglais. What's a horn?
--
Mark Odegard. Ode...@ptel.net
KJBlake
In article <4qf9kn$6...@elaine28.Stanford.EDU>, ski...@leland.Stanford.EDU
(Anne Cheilek) writes:
>>> A virgule is an old keyboard instrument. What's a spinet?
>>
>>A spinet is a small grove of trees. What's a copse?
>
>A copse is an abandonment of religious faith. What's apostasy?
A postasy is a positively charged particle. What's a positron.
Meanwhile
.uk>:
Distribution:
Gareth Williams (g...@fmode.demon.co.uk) wrote:
: Thus spake ski...@leland.Stanford.EDU (Anne Cheilek) :
: +In article <aaron_j._dinkin-...@dmn1-50.usa1.com>,
: +Aaron J. Dinkin <aaron_j...@fourd.com> wrote:
: +>In article <M6nOXVA5NryxEw$c...@gbutler.demon.co.uk>, Geoff Butler
: +><Ge...@gbutler.demon.co.uk> wrote:
: +>
: +>> In article <aaron_j._dinkin-...@dmn1-37.usa1.com>, "Aaron
: +>> J. Dinkin" <aaron_j...@fourd.com> writes
: +>> >
: +>> >"#" is an octothorpe. What's a virgule?
: +>>
: +>> A virgule is an old keyboard instrument. What's a spinet?
: +>
: +>A spinet is a small grove of trees. What's a copse?
: +
: +A copse is an abandonment of religious faith. What's apostasy?
: +
: Apostasy is the feeling I get when no-one has sent me a letter.
: What's a huff?
A huff is something you leave in. What's ataxia?
d.
Geoff Butler
In article <4qik2c$4...@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, KJBlake <kjb...@aol.com>
writes
>
>>>A spinet is a small grove of trees. What's a copse?
>>
>
Appositron is the particle that carries suitability. What's a bogon?
-ler
Geoff Butler
In article <4qh6nq$r...@bone.think.com>, Daan Sandee <san...@Think.COM>
writes
>
>|>
>|> A spinet is a small grove of trees. What's a copse?
>
Apossee is when the earth is furthest from the sun. What's a solstice?
-ler
Gareth Williams
Thus spake kci...@cpcug.org (Keith C. Ivey) :
+dpbs...@world.std.com (Daniel P. B. Smith) wrote:
+
+>In article <aaron_j._dinkin-...@dmn1-50.usa1.com>,
+>Aaron J. Dinkin <aaron_j...@fourd.com> wrote:
+>>In article <M6nOXVA5NryxEw$c...@gbutler.demon.co.uk>, Geoff Butler
+>><Ge...@gbutler.demon.co.uk> wrote:
+>>
+>>> In article <aaron_j._dinkin-...@dmn1-37.usa1.com>, "Aaron
+>>> J. Dinkin" <aaron_j...@fourd.com> writes
+>>> >
+>>> >"#" is an octothorpe. What's a virgule?
+>>>
+>>> A virgule is an old keyboard instrument. What's a spinet?
+>>
+>>A spinet is a small grove of trees. What's a copse?
+
+>A copse is something the homicide copse draw a white chalk line around.
+>What's a corps?
+
+A corps is the middle of an apple. What's a mashie niblick?
A mashie niblick is a meal of baked potato and cheese eaten as a snack
on a golf course. What's an hors d'oeuvre?
regards
Gareth Williams <g...@fmode.demon.co.uk>
Aaron J. Dinkin
> .uk>:
> Distribution:
>
> Gareth Williams (g...@fmode.demon.co.uk) wrote:
> : Thus spake ski...@leland.Stanford.EDU (Anne Cheilek) :
>
> : +In article <aaron_j._dinkin-...@dmn1-50.usa1.com>,
> : +Aaron J. Dinkin <aaron_j...@fourd.com> wrote:
> : +>In article <M6nOXVA5NryxEw$c...@gbutler.demon.co.uk>, Geoff Butler
> : +><Ge...@gbutler.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> : +>
> : +>> In article <aaron_j._dinkin-...@dmn1-37.usa1.com>, "Aaron
> : +>> J. Dinkin" <aaron_j...@fourd.com> writes
> : +>> >
> : +>> >"#" is an octothorpe. What's a virgule?
> : +>>
> : +>> A virgule is an old keyboard instrument. What's a spinet?
> : +>
> : +>A spinet is a small grove of trees. What's a copse?
> : +
> : +A copse is an abandonment of religious faith. What's apostasy?
> : +
> : Apostasy is the feeling I get when no-one has sent me a letter.
> : What's a huff?
>
> A huff is something you leave in. What's ataxia?
Ataxia is also something you leave in, provided you have the cash. What's
an eighteen-legged pogo stick?
Wendy
On Jun 21, 1996 17:43:23 in article <Re: Name for "@">,
'aaron_j...@fourd.com (Aaron J. Dinkin)' wrote:
>In article <M6nOXVA5NryxEw$c...@gbutler.demon.co.uk>, Geoff Butler
>> >"#" is an octothorpe. What's a virgule?
>>
>
Wendy Mueller
Daniel P. B. Smith
In article <31cd76c3...@news.demon.co.uk>,>+>In article <aaron_j._dinkin-...@dmn1-50.usa1.com>,
>+>Aaron J. Dinkin <aaron_j...@fourd.com> wrote:
>+>>In article <M6nOXVA5NryxEw$c...@gbutler.demon.co.uk>, Geoff Butler
>+>><Ge...@gbutler.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>+>>
>+>>> In article <aaron_j._dinkin-...@dmn1-37.usa1.com>, "Aaron
>+>>>
>+>>> A virgule is an old keyboard instrument. What's a spinet?
>+>>
>+>>A spinet is a small grove of trees. What's a copse?
>+
>+>A copse is something the homicide copse draw a white chalk line around.
>+>What's a corps?
>+
>+A corps is the middle of an apple. What's a mashie niblick?
>
>A mashie niblick is a meal of baked potato and cheese eaten as a snack
>on a golf course. What's an hors d'oeuvre?
>regards
>Gareth Williams <g...@fmode.demon.co.uk>
Hors d'oeuvre is French for "hours of the eggs," or breakfast. What
a coup de grace?
Steve MacGregor
Jene tajpis lastatempe Anne Cheilek:
{ In article <aaron_j._dinkin-...@dmn1-50.usa1.com>,
{ Aaron J. Dinkin <aaron_j...@fourd.com> wrote:
{ >In article <M6nOXVA5NryxEw$c...@gbutler.demon.co.uk>, Geoff Butler
{ ><Ge...@gbutler.demon.co.uk> wrote:
{ >
{ >> In article <aaron_j._dinkin-...@dmn1-37.usa1.com>, "Aaron
{ >> J. Dinkin" <aaron_j...@fourd.com> writes
{ >> >
{ >> >"#" is an octothorpe. What's a virgule?
{ >>
{ >> A virgule is an old keyboard instrument. What's a spinet?
{ >
{ >A spinet is a small grove of trees. What's a copse?
{ A copse is an abandonment of religious faith. What's apostasy?
A postasy is three asterix in a row.
--
-----------------------------------
Does the name "Pavlov" ring a bell?
-----------------------------------
David Monteith-Hodge
In article <4qi09f$r...@news3.digex.net>, Keith C. Ivey (kci...@cpcug.org) writes:
>dpbs...@world.std.com (Daniel P. B. Smith) wrote:
>
>>Aaron J. Dinkin <aaron_j...@fourd.com> wrote:
>>>In article <M6nOXVA5NryxEw$c...@gbutler.demon.co.uk>, Geoff Butler
>>><Ge...@gbutler.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> In article <aaron_j._dinkin-...@dmn1-37.usa1.com>, "Aaron
>>>> J. Dinkin" <aaron_j...@fourd.com> writes
>>>> >
>>>> >"#" is an octothorpe. What's a virgule?
>>>>
>>>> A virgule is an old keyboard instrument. What's a spinet?
>>>
>>>A spinet is a small grove of trees. What's a copse?
>
>
>A corps is the middle of an apple. What's a mashie niblick?
A mashie niblick is a chewy bit in creamed potato(e). What's a wozzack?
--
David Monteith-Hodge
Veni translation -> : I came,
Vidi : I saw,
Validi : I validated, corrected, fixed,
: fudged, bodged, kludged, made work etc.
Programmers Motto (c)1994 David Monteith-Hodge and Mike Wilding.
Aaron J. Dinkin
In article <DtH4A...@world.std.com>, dpbs...@world.std.com (Daniel P.
B. Smith) wrote:
A coup de grace is a pigeon in the park. What's a squab?
JC Hume
dag...@usa.pipeline.com(Wendy) wrote:
>On Jun 21, 1996 17:43:23 in article <Re: Name for "@">,
>'aaron_j...@fourd.com (Aaron J. Dinkin)' wrote:
>
>
>>In article <M6nOXVA5NryxEw$c...@gbutler.demon.co.uk>, Geoff Butler
>><Ge...@gbutler.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> In article <aaron_j._dinkin-...@dmn1-37.usa1.com>, "Aaron
>>> J. Dinkin" <aaron_j...@fourd.com> writes
>>> >
>>> >"#" is an octothorpe. What's a virgule?
>>>
>>> A virgule is an old keyboard instrument. What's a spinet?
>>
>>A spinet is a small grove of trees. What's a copse?
>
>Um, the dead body of a police officer? What is commorient?
>
>Wendy Mueller
A fish eating, diving bird from Asia?? What is a booby?
Julie
Gareth Williams
Thus spake dpbs...@world.std.com (Daniel P. B. Smith) :
+In article <31cd76c3...@news.demon.co.uk>,
+Gareth Williams <g...@fmode.demon.co.uk> wrote:
+>Thus spake kci...@cpcug.org (Keith C. Ivey) :
+>+dpbs...@world.std.com (Daniel P. B. Smith) wrote:
+>+
+>+>In article <aaron_j._dinkin-...@dmn1-50.usa1.com>,
+>+>>In article <M6nOXVA5NryxEw$c...@gbutler.demon.co.uk>, Geoff Butler+>+>>> In article <aaron_j._dinkin-...@dmn1-37.usa1.com>, "Aaron
+>+>>> J. Dinkin" <aaron_j...@fourd.com> writes
+>+>>> >
+>+>>> >"#" is an octothorpe. What's a virgule?
+>+>>>
+>+>>> A virgule is an old keyboard instrument. What's a spinet?
+>+>>
+>+>>A spinet is a small grove of trees. What's a copse?
+>+
+>+>A copse is something the homicide copse draw a white chalk line around.
+>+
+>+A corps is the middle of an apple. What's a mashie niblick?
+>A mashie niblick is a meal of baked potato and cheese eaten as a snack
+>on a golf course. What's an hors d'oeuvre?
+
+Hors d'oeuvre is French for "hours of the eggs," or breakfast. What
+a coup de grace?
A coup de grace is a lawnmower. What's a scythe?
regards
Gareth Williams <g...@fmode.demon.co.uk>
Gareth Williams
Thus spake aaron_j...@fourd.com (Aaron J. Dinkin) :
+In article <DtH4A...@world.std.com>, dpbs...@world.std.com (Daniel P.
+B. Smith) wrote:
+> In article <31cd76c3...@news.demon.co.uk>,
+> a coup de grace?
+A coup de grace is a pigeon in the park. What's a squab?
A squab is a small argument. What's an altercation?
regards
Gareth Williams <g...@fmode.demon.co.uk>
Chester G. Lyle
2...@news3.digex.net> <31cd76c3...@news.demon.co.uk> <DtH4A...@world.std.c
om> <aaron_j._dinkin-...@wakma3-20.usa1.com> <31ce364a.122381138@ne
ws.demon.co.uk>
Organization: Illinois State University
Gareth Williams <g...@fmode.demon.co.uk> wrote:
: Thus spake aaron_j...@fourd.com (Aaron J. Dinkin) :
: +In article <DtH4A...@world.std.com>, dpbs...@world.std.com (Daniel P.
: +B. Smith) wrote:
: +> In article <31cd76c3...@news.demon.co.uk>,
: +> Gareth Williams <g...@fmode.demon.co.uk> wrote:
: +> >Thus spake kci...@cpcug.org (Keith C. Ivey) :
: +> >
: +> >+dpbs...@world.std.com (Daniel P. B. Smith) wrote:
: +> >+
: +> >+>In article <aaron_j._dinkin-...@dmn1-50.usa1.com>,
: +> >+>Aaron J. Dinkin <aaron_j...@fourd.com> wrote:
: +> >+>>In article <M6nOXVA5NryxEw$c...@gbutler.demon.co.uk>, Geoff Butler
: +> >+>><Ge...@gbutler.demon.co.uk> wrote:
: +> >+>>
: +> >+>>> In article <aaron_j._dinkin-...@dmn1-37.usa1.com>, "Aaro
n
: +> >+>>> J. Dinkin" <aaron_j...@fourd.com> writes
: +> >+>>> >
: +> >+>>> >"#" is an octothorpe. What's a virgule?
: +> >+>>>
: +> >+>>> A virgule is an old keyboard instrument. What's a spinet?
: +> >+>>
: +> >+>>A spinet is a small grove of trees. What's a copse?
: +> >+
: +> >+>A copse is something the homicide copse draw a white chalk line around.
: +> >+>What's a corps?
: +> >+
: +> >+A corps is the middle of an apple. What's a mashie niblick?
: +> >
: +> >A mashie niblick is a meal of baked potato and cheese eaten as a snack
: +> >on a golf course. What's an hors d'oeuvre?
: +>
: +> Hors d'oeuvre is French for "hours of the eggs," or breakfast. What
: +> a coup de grace?
: +
: +A coup de grace is a pigeon in the park. What's a squab?
:
: A squab is a small argument. What's an altercation?
An altercation is a church holiday. What's a pantheist?
Mark Wainwright
Ode...@ptel.net (Mark Odegard) writes
>>> What's a pilcrow?
>> A paragraph sign; it looks vaguely like a back to front P.
> If you keyboard (via desktop) is set to "international",
> right alt + semicolon gets you [non-7-bit ASCII deleted -- MW]
Mark has been around long enough that it should not be necessary to
direct him to the regular postings on news.announce.newusers, but
perhaps this is a good moment to draw them to the attention of anyone
who hasn't read them yet; they are the poetry of their age. To whet
your appetites, I leave you with a quote from `What Is Usenet?'
(ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.announce.newusers/What_is_Usenet):
# 11. Usenet is not a UNIX network.
#
# Don't assume that everyone is using "rn" on a UNIX machine. Among
# the systems used to read and post to Usenet are Vaxen running VMS,
# IBM mainframes, Amigas, Macintoshes and MS-DOS PCs.
In particular, it most certainly is not a network of PCs running
Windows.
Mark Wainwright
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Hugh_P_Scott
Gareth Williams wrote:
>
> Apostasy is the feeling I get when no-one has sent me a letter.
> What's a huff?
A huff is a draughts / checkers piece double the normal height. What's an
overdraft ?
--
The opinions expressed in this communication are my own,
and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer.
James Follett
In article <31ce362d....@news.demon.co.uk>
g...@fmode.demon.co.uk "Gareth Williams" writes:
>A coup de grace is a lawnmower. What's a scythe?
A scythe is a remarkably long word (for English) with only one
vowel. But not as long as `strength'. `I have strength to scythe
yachts' is a remarkable sentence because it contains very few
vowels.
Jim
--
James Follett
Marjacq Scripts
34 Devonshire Place
London W1N 1PE
United Kingdom
Truly Donovan
Gareth Williams wrote:
>
> Thus spake aaron_j...@fourd.com (Aaron J. Dinkin) :
> +In article <DtH4A...@world.std.com>, dpbs...@world.std.com (Daniel P.
> +B. Smith) wrote:
> +> In article <31cd76c3...@news.demon.co.uk>,
> +> Gareth Williams <g...@fmode.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> +> >Thus spake kci...@cpcug.org (Keith C. Ivey) :
> +> >
> +> >+dpbs...@world.std.com (Daniel P. B. Smith) wrote:
> +> >+
> +> >+>In article <aaron_j._dinkin-...@dmn1-50.usa1.com>,
> +> >+>Aaron J. Dinkin <aaron_j...@fourd.com> wrote:
> +> >+>>In article <M6nOXVA5NryxEw$c...@gbutler.demon.co.uk>, Geoff Butler
> +> >+>><Ge...@gbutler.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> +> >+>>
> +> >+>>> In article <aaron_j._dinkin-...@dmn1-37.usa1.com>, "Aaron
> +> >+>>> >
> +> >+>>> >"#" is an octothorpe. What's a virgule?
> +> >+>>>
> +> >+>>> A virgule is an old keyboard instrument. What's a spinet?
> +> >+>>
> +> >+>>A spinet is a small grove of trees. What's a copse?
> +> >+
> +> >+>A copse is something the homicide copse draw a white chalk line around.
> +> >+>What's a corps?
> +> >+
> +> >+A corps is the middle of an apple. What's a mashie niblick?
> +> >
> +> >A mashie niblick is a meal of baked potato and cheese eaten as a snack
> +> >on a golf course. What's an hors d'oeuvre?
> +>
> +> Hors d'oeuvre is French for "hours of the eggs," or breakfast. What
> +> a coup de grace?
> +
> +A coup de grace is a pigeon in the park. What's a squab?
>
> A squab is a small argument. What's an altercation?
An altercation is when he wants to go to the mountains and she wants to
go to the beach and they compromise and stay home. What's a tour de
force?
Truly Donovan
Bill Fisher
> Aaron J. Dinkin <aaron_j...@fourd.com> wrote:
> >In article <M6nOXVA5NryxEw$c...@gbutler.demon.co.uk>, Geoff Butler
> >
> >> In article <aaron_j._dinkin-...@dmn1-37.usa1.com>, "Aaron
> >> >
> >> >"#" is an octothorpe. What's a virgule?
> >>
> >
>
>
Religious fervor of the disciples?
- billf
Lee Rudolph
Truly Donovan <tr...@lunemere.com> writes:
A tour de force is something that fellow Ickx used to win.
What's an eiffel?
Lee Rudolph
Gareth Williams
Thus spake cgl...@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu (Chester G. Lyle) :
+ <aaron_j._dinkin-...@wakma3-20.usa1.com>
+Organization: Illinois State University
+
+Gareth Williams <g...@fmode.demon.co.uk> wrote:
+: Thus spake aaron_j...@fourd.com (Aaron J. Dinkin) :
+: +In article <DtH4A...@world.std.com>, dpbs...@world.std.com (Daniel P.
+: +B. Smith) wrote:
+: +> In article <31cd76c3...@news.demon.co.uk>,
+: +> Gareth Williams <g...@fmode.demon.co.uk> wrote:
+: +> >Thus spake kci...@cpcug.org (Keith C. Ivey) :
+: +> >
+: +> >+dpbs...@world.std.com (Daniel P. B. Smith) wrote:
+: +> >+
+: +> >+>In article <aaron_j._dinkin-...@dmn1-50.usa1.com>,
+: +> >+>Aaron J. Dinkin <aaron_j...@fourd.com> wrote:
+: +> >+>>In article <M6nOXVA5NryxEw$c...@gbutler.demon.co.uk>, Geoff Butler
+: +> >+>><Ge...@gbutler.demon.co.uk> wrote:
+: +> >+>>
+: +> >+>>> In article <aaron_j._dinkin-...@dmn1-37.usa1.com>, "Aaro
+
+n
+: +> >+>>> J. Dinkin" <aaron_j...@fourd.com> writes
+: +> >+>>> >
+: +> >+>>> >"#" is an octothorpe. What's a virgule?
+: +> >+>>>
+: +> >+>>> A virgule is an old keyboard instrument. What's a spinet?
+: +> >+>>
+: +> >+>>A spinet is a small grove of trees. What's a copse?
+: +> >+
+: +> >+>A copse is something the homicide copse draw a white chalk line around.
+: +> >+>What's a corps?
+: +> >+
+: +> >+A corps is the middle of an apple. What's a mashie niblick?
+: +> >
+: +> >A mashie niblick is a meal of baked potato and cheese eaten as a snack
+: +> >on a golf course. What's an hors d'oeuvre?
+: +>
+: +> Hors d'oeuvre is French for "hours of the eggs," or breakfast. What
+: +> a coup de grace?
+: +
+: +A coup de grace is a pigeon in the park. What's a squab?
+:
+: A squab is a small argument. What's an altercation?
+
+An altercation is a church holiday. What's a pantheist?
A pantheist is one who believes he can cook. What's a gastronome?
regards
Gareth Williams <g...@fmode.demon.co.uk>
Anne Cheilek
In article <4qfp0b$b...@news4.digex.net>, Keith C. Ivey <kci...@cpcug.org> wrote:
>ski...@leland.Stanford.EDU (Anne Cheilek) wrote:
>>A virgule is a solidus. What's a hooktop heng?
>
>My guess is that it's the IPA character that looks like a
>lowercase "h" with its ascender curved over to the right and its
>right leg extended down into a "j"-like tail.
Brrrring! You are correct.
>I have no idea what sound it's used for or what languages that
>sound appears in. Also, my SIL IPA font includes this character
>but doesn't include a non-hooktop heng. Strange.
According to my Phonetic Symbol Guide, the hooktop heng is used for a
"combination of x and [an esh] (one variety of Swedish tj, kj, etc.)."
The heng, according to the same source, is not used, because "it is not
associated with any fixed set of phonetic properties." (Circular
argument?) Its primary raison d'etre seems to be to provide a basis
for naming the otherwise unnameable hooktop heng.
>What's a nasal hook? (No, it's not a surgical instrument.)
Hmmm... could that be the Polish hook, not to be confused with the
quick and deadly right hook?
--
Anne Cheilek
Stanford University Press
ski...@leland.stanford.edu
jcd...@ix.netcom.com
I am REALLY enjoying this thread, so
what is the *name* of this exercise you are
participating in here?
:)
jc
Anne Cheilek
In article <4qlf2n$g...@icon1.intercon.net>, JC Hume <ju...@jimmys.com> wrote:
>dag...@usa.pipeline.com(Wendy) wrote:
>
>>On Jun 21, 1996 17:43:23 in article <Re: Name for "@">,
>>'aaron_j...@fourd.com (Aaron J. Dinkin)' wrote:
>>
>>
>>>
>>>> In article <aaron_j._dinkin-...@dmn1-37.usa1.com>, "Aaron
>>>> >"#" is an octothorpe. What's a virgule?
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>Wendy Mueller
>
>A fish eating, diving bird from Asia?? What is a booby?
A booby is a Brit on the beat. Who was Sir Robert Peel?
S. Moriarity
That would be the "at" symbol, baby!
Anne Cheilek
In article <31cf0079...@news.demon.co.uk>,
Gareth Williams <g...@fmode.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>+: +> >+>>> >"#" is an octothorpe. What's a virgule?
>+: +> >+>>>
>+: +> >+>>> A virgule is an old keyboard instrument. What's a spinet?
>+: +> >+>>
>+: +> >+>>A spinet is a small grove of trees. What's a copse?
>+: +> >+
>+: +> >+>A copse is something the homicide copse draw a white chalk
>+: +> >+>What's a corps?
>+: +> >+
>+: +> >+A corps is the middle of an apple. What's a mashie niblick?
>+: +> >
>+: +> >A mashie niblick is a meal of baked potato and cheese eaten as a snack
>+: +> >on a golf course. What's an hors d'oeuvre?
>+: +>
>+: +> Hors d'oeuvre is French for "hours of the eggs," or breakfast. What
>+: +> a coup de grace?
>+: +
>+: +A coup de grace is a pigeon in the park. What's a squab?
>+:
>+: A squab is a small argument. What's an altercation?
>+
>+An altercation is a church holiday. What's a pantheist?
>
>A pantheist is one who believes he can cook. What's a gastronome?
A gastronome is one for whom eating is a tic. Can s/he be helped by
taking an epicure?
Peter Wright
In article <835607...@marage.demon.co.uk>
ja...@marage.demon.co.uk "James Follett" writes:
> A scythe is a remarkably long word (for English) with only one
> vowel. But not as long as `strength'. `I have strength to scythe
> yachts' is a remarkable sentence because it contains very few
> vowels.
>
It's also remarkable because no one would ever say it to mean
what it says.
--
------------ ----------------------------------------
Peter Wright
Shropshire
Anne Cheilek
In article <4qmjbb$h...@masters0.Internex.NET>, <jcd...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>what is the *name* of this exercise you are participating in here?
disingenuity
Gareth Williams
Thus spake jcd...@ix.netcom.com :
+I am REALLY enjoying this thread, so
+what is the *name* of this exercise you are
+participating in here?
Malapropistry.
regards
Gareth Williams <g...@fmode.demon.co.uk>
Gareth Williams
Thus spake lrud...@panix.com (Lee Rudolph) :
+Truly Donovan <tr...@lunemere.com> writes:
+>> +> In article <31cd76c3...@news.demon.co.uk>,
+>> +> >Thus spake kci...@cpcug.org (Keith C. Ivey) :
+>> +> >+dpbs...@world.std.com (Daniel P. B. Smith) wrote:
+>> +> >+>Aaron J. Dinkin <aaron_j...@fourd.com> wrote:
+>> +> >+>><Ge...@gbutler.demon.co.uk> wrote:
+>> +> >+>>> "Aaron J. Dinkin" <aaron_j...@fourd.com> writes
+>> +> >+>>> >"#" is an octothorpe. What's a virgule?
+>> +> >+>>>
+>> +> >+>>> A virgule is an old keyboard instrument. What's a spinet?
+>> +> >+>>
+>> +> >+>>A spinet is a small grove of trees. What's a copse?
+>> +> >+
+>> +> >+>A copse is something the homicide copse draw a white chalk line around.
+>> +> >+>What's a corps?
+>> +> >+
+>> +> >+A corps is the middle of an apple. What's a mashie niblick?
+>> +> >
+>> +> >A mashie niblick is a meal of baked potato and cheese eaten as a snack
+>> +> >on a golf course. What's an hors d'oeuvre?
+>> +> Hors d'oeuvre is French for "hours of the eggs," or breakfast. What
+>> +> a coup de grace?
+>> +A coup de grace is a pigeon in the park. What's a squab?
+>> A squab is a small argument. What's an altercation?
+>An altercation is when he wants to go to the mountains and she wants to
+>go to the beach and they compromise and stay home. What's a tour de
+>force?
+A tour de force is something that fellow Ickx used to win.
+What's an eiffel?
An eiffel is what you get when looking up at a French monument and a
seagull flies over. What's a guillemot?
regards
Gareth Williams <g...@fmode.demon.co.uk>
R-S...@staff.monash.edu.au
In article <aaron_j._dinkin-...@dmn1-37.usa1.com>, "Aaron
J. Dinkin" <aaron_j...@fourd.com> writes
>
>"#" is an octothorpe. What's a virgule?
. monothorpe
- dithorpe
+ tetrathorpe
* pentathorpe (though on my keyboard it looks more like a hexathorpe)
All we need now is a trithorpe.
Robin Small
Truly Donovan
Gareth Williams wrote:
>
> Thus spake jcd...@ix.netcom.com :
>
> +I am REALLY enjoying this thread, so
> +what is the *name* of this exercise you are
> +participating in here?
>
> Malapropistry.
Malapropagation.
Truly Donovan
Anno Siegel
In alt.usage.english article <4qm92k$b...@thor.cmp.ilstu.edu>,
Chester G. Lyle <cgl...@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu> wrote:
>2...@news3.digex.net> <31cd76c3...@news.demon.co.uk> <DtH4A...@world.std.c
>
>om> <aaron_j._dinkin-...@wakma3-20.usa1.com> <31ce364a.122381138@ne
>
>ws.demon.co.uk>
>Organization: Illinois State University
>
>Gareth Williams <g...@fmode.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>: +> In article <31cd76c3...@news.demon.co.uk>,
>: +> Gareth Williams <g...@fmode.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>: +> >Thus spake kci...@cpcug.org (Keith C. Ivey) :
>: +> >+>>In article <M6nOXVA5NryxEw$c...@gbutler.demon.co.uk>, Geoff Butler>n
>: +> >+>>> J. Dinkin" <aaron_j...@fourd.com> writes
>: +> >+>>> >
>: +> >+>>> >"#" is an octothorpe. What's a virgule?
>: +> >+>>>
>: +> >+>>> A virgule is an old keyboard instrument. What's a spinet?
>: +> >+>>
>: +> >+
>: +> >+>A copse is something the homicide copse draw a white chalk line around.
>: +> >+>What's a corps?
>: +> >+
>: +> >+A corps is the middle of an apple. What's a mashie niblick?
>: +> >
>: +> >A mashie niblick is a meal of baked potato and cheese eaten as a snack
>: +> >on a golf course. What's an hors d'oeuvre?
>: +>
>: +> Hors d'oeuvre is French for "hours of the eggs," or breakfast. What
>: +
>: +A coup de grace is a pigeon in the park. What's a squab?
>: A squab is a small argument. What's an altercation?
>
>An altercation is a church holiday. What's a pantheist?
A pantheist is an advocate of gender-neutral "he" in a state of agitation.
What is a florist?
Berna SLIKKER
jcd...@ix.netcom.com wrote:
>I am REALLY enjoying this thread, so
>what is the *name* of this exercise you are
>participating in here?
I think it's called a "cascade".
-
Berna Slikker bsli...@bart.nl -- http://www.bart.nl/~bslikker
Please correct any errors in this post.
Geoff Butler
In article <4qk8j8$o...@news2.h1.usa.pipeline.com>,
dag...@usa.pipeline.com writes
>On Jun 21, 1996 17:43:23 in article <Re: Name for "@">,
>'aaron_j...@fourd.com (Aaron J. Dinkin)' wrote:
>
>>
>
>
-ler
(PS. Deliberate convergence.)
Geoff Butler
In article <31CEF9...@sbphrd.com>, Hugh_P_Scott
<Hugh_P...@sbphrd.com> writes
>Gareth Williams wrote:
>
>A huff is a draughts / checkers piece double the normal height. What's an
>overdraft ?
That's when a bank manager gets into a huff. What's a merchant banker?
-ler
Geoff Butler
In article <Pine.A32.3.92a.96062...@homer20.u.washingt
on.edu>, "S. Moriarity" <span...@u.washington.edu> writes
>That would be the "at" symbol, baby!
Stop keeping to the subject, will you!
-ler
KJBlake
In article <4qjm31$j...@viper.shadow.net>, mag...@shadow.net (Meanwhile)
writes:
>Gareth Williams (g...@fmode.demon.co.uk) wrote:
>: Thus spake ski...@leland.Stanford.EDU (Anne Cheilek) :
>
>: +In article <aaron_j._dinkin-...@dmn1-50.usa1.com>,
>: +Aaron J. Dinkin <aaron_j...@fourd.com> wrote:
>: +>In article <M6nOXVA5NryxEw$c...@gbutler.demon.co.uk>, Geoff Butler
>: +><Ge...@gbutler.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>: +>
>: +>> In article <aaron_j._dinkin-...@dmn1-37.usa1.com>,
"Aaron
>: +>> J. Dinkin" <aaron_j...@fourd.com> writes
>: +>> >
>: +>> >"#" is an octothorpe. What's a virgule?
>: +>>
>: +>> A virgule is an old keyboard instrument. What's a spinet?
>: +>
>: +>A spinet is a small grove of trees. What's a copse?
>: +
>: +A copse is an abandonment of religious faith. What's apostasy?
>: +
>: Apostasy is the feeling I get when no-one has sent me a letter.
>: What's a huff?
>
> A huff is something you leave in.
Or, as Groucho said, you could leave in a minute and a huff.
Daan Sandee
Markus Laker
R-S...@staff.monash.edu.au wrote:
> This suggests some other useful names:
> . monothorpe
> - dithorpe
> + tetrathorpe
> * pentathorpe (though on my keyboard it looks more like a hexathorpe)
> All we need now is a trithorpe.
There's one at the beginning of each of the previous six lines. Here's
another: ^.
--
Markus Laker.
jcd...@ix.netcom.com
The attractive and articulate Truly Donovan <tr...@lunemere.com>
wrote:
>Gareth Williams wrote:
>>
>> Thus spake jcd...@ix.netcom.com :
>>
>> +I am REALLY enjoying this thread, so
>> +what is the *name* of this exercise you are
>> +participating in here?
>>
>> Malapropistry.
>Malapropagation.
>Truly Donovan
Truely, truely you win!
:)
jc
Aaron J. Dinkin
In article <DbZ5lSAf...@gbutler.demon.co.uk>, Geoff Butler
<Ge...@gbutler.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <4qk8j8$o...@news2.h1.usa.pipeline.com>,
> dag...@usa.pipeline.com writes
> >On Jun 21, 1996 17:43:23 in article <Re: Name for "@">,
> >'aaron_j...@fourd.com (Aaron J. Dinkin)' wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>A spinet is a small grove of trees. What's a copse?
> >
> >Um, the dead body of a police officer? What is commorient?
> >
> It's another name for the shag. What's a guillemot?
A device employing a heavy blade, used for executions by beheading. What
are axes?
帰aron J. Dinkin
Dr. Whom
Aaron J. Dinkin
In article <31D02C31...@loc251.tandem.com>, Matthew Rabuzzi
<rab...@loc251.tandem.com> wrote:
> Hugh_P_Scott <Hugh_P...@sbphrd.com> writes:
> : Gareth Williams wrote:
> :
> : > Apostasy is the feeling I get when no-one has sent me a letter.
> : > What's a huff?
> :
> : A huff is a draughts / checkers piece double the normal height. What's an
> : overdraft ?
>
> An overdraft is a hurricane. What's a typhoon?
A typhoon is a wealthy and powerful businessman. What's a magnate?
Aaron J. Dinkin
In article <31D02B5A...@loc251.tandem.com>, Matthew Rabuzzi
<rab...@loc251.tandem.com> wrote:
> Aaron J. Dinkin <aaron_j...@fourd.com> writes:
> : dpbs...@world.std.com (Daniel P. B. Smith) wrote:
> :
> : > Hors d'oeuvre is French for "hours of the eggs," or breakfast. What
> : > a coup de grace?
> :
> : A coup de grace is a pigeon in the park. What's a squab?
>
> A squab is a short funny writing. What's a philippic?
Philippic is the country where they speak Tagalog (or was that Spanish?).
What's Manila?
Gareth Williams
Thus spake Geoff Butler <ge...@gbutler.demon.co.uk> :
+In article <4qk8j8$o...@news2.h1.usa.pipeline.com>,
+dag...@usa.pipeline.com writes
+>On Jun 21, 1996 17:43:23 in article <Re: Name for "@">,
+>'aaron_j...@fourd.com (Aaron J. Dinkin)' wrote:
+>
+>>
+>>A spinet is a small grove of trees. What's a copse?
+>
+>Um, the dead body of a police officer? What is commorient?
+>
+It's another name for the shag. What's a guillemot?
+
+-ler
+(PS. Deliberate convergence.)
Oi--- get your 'ands orf my bird.....