Outskirts/Inskirts
Yuno Hu
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In article <353E75A3...@highway1.com.au>, Iskandar Baharuddin
<bren...@highway1.com.au> wrote:
>I was driving into Bandung and my passenger (a NES) asked:
>"Are we nearly there?"
>
>I replied: "Nearly - we're at the inskirts now."
>
>She collapsed into hysterics, then explained that there is
>no such word as "inskirts".
>
>It is not in the SOED, I agree, but I think it really should
>be.
>
>"Inner suburbs" just does not sound right to me.
>
>After you pass through the outskirts, where are you? The
>logical answer is the midskirts, but this is wrong too!
>
>Bloody English.
>
>--
>Salaam & Shalom
>
>Izzy
>
>"Bhineka tunggal ika" - Slogan Republik Indonesia
>
>"E pluribus unum" - Motto of the United States
>
> "Out of many, one."
>
Alright! Go for it! Use it with determination, and there's a good chance
it'll be recognized. I like it and will wholeheartedly endorse and
recognize it!
Sounds very logical. The 'inskirts'. Yes, I remember asking things like,
"which is the last suburb?" this in reference to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
USA. Eks magnibhu eka.
Iskandar Baharuddin
Michael C. Herman
Iskandar Baharuddin wrote in message <353E75A3...@highway1.com.au>...
Sorry, we only have outskirts, no inskirts. It probably comes from the
concept of "skirting outside" or running around an issue or place, or
perhaps from the idea of an outer skirt of a dress.
I'm not sure a similar history for "inskirts" would be quite so (um...)
polite. We had better leave midskirts and inskirts out of the language for
now.
rot...@sff.net
In article <353E75A3...@highway1.com.au>#1/1,
Iskandar Baharuddin <bren...@highway1.com.au> wrote:
>
> After you pass through the outskirts, where are you? The
> logical answer is the midskirts, but this is wrong too!
You're making a mistake of assuming English is logical. :)
After you pass through the outskirts, you're either in the city itself or in
its suburbs (though outskirts can sometimes refer to suburbs.
--
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Skitt
Iskandar Baharuddin wrote in message
<353E75A3...@highway1.com.au>...
>I was driving into Bandung and my passenger (a NES) asked:
>"Are we nearly there?"
>
>I replied: "Nearly - we're at the inskirts now."
>
>She collapsed into hysterics, then explained that there is
>no such word as "inskirts".
>
>It is not in the SOED, I agree, but I think it really should
>be.
>
>"Inner suburbs" just does not sound right to me.
>
>logical answer is the midskirts, but this is wrong too!
Once you have gotten past the outskirts of town, you are there -- in
town!
--
Skitt http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/5537/
Iskandar Baharuddin
Skitt wrote:
Well, in a small town maybe.
Man, we are talking, like, 4 million bodies.
Anyhow, we have decided that Bandung has outskirts, midskirts and
inskirts, and there is not a helluva lot you nitpickers can do about
it. My brother-in-law is getting the contract for the new signs. He
could be interested in sub-contracting the actual work, so if you are
interested, please email me.
So there!
Nyaah! Nyaah! Nyaah!
--
Salaam & Shalom
Izzy
Any opinions expressed are not necessarily my own.
Albert Marshall
Iskandar Baharuddin <bren...@highway1.com.au> wrote
>Skitt wrote:
>> Iskandar Baharuddin wrote
>> >"Are we nearly there?"
>> >
>> >I replied: "Nearly - we're at the inskirts now."
>> >After you pass through the outskirts, where are you? The
>> >logical answer is the midskirts, but this is wrong too!
>>
>> Once you have gotten past the outskirts of town, you are there -- in
>> town!
>
>
>Man, we are talking, like, 4 million bodies.
Well, that's a small town, definitely.
--
Albert Marshall
Londoner born & bred
Simon R. Hughes
Thus Spake Albert Marshall <alb...@execfrog.demon.co.uk>:
> Iskandar Baharuddin <bren...@highway1.com.au> wrote
> >Skitt wrote:
[snip]
> >> Once you have gotten past the outskirts of town, you are there -- in
> >> town!
> >
> >Well, in a small town maybe.
> >
> >Man, we are talking, like, 4 million bodies.
>
> Well, that's a small town, definitely.
A large town, but a small metropolis.
Simon R. Hughes
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Steve Barnard
> >> >I was driving into Bandung and my passenger (a NES) asked:
> >> >"Are we nearly there?"
> >> >
> >> >I replied: "Nearly - we're at the inskirts now."
> <...>
> >> >After you pass through the outskirts, where are you? The
> >> >logical answer is the midskirts, but this is wrong too!
> >>
> >> town!
> >
> >Well, in a small town maybe.
Especially if it's named Petticoat Junction.
Steve Barnard
M. Ranjit Mathews
Steve Barnard wrote:
> > >> Once you have gotten past the outskirts of town, you are there -- in
> > >> town!
> > >
> > >Well, in a small town maybe.
>
> Especially if it's named Petticoat Junction.
Once you've gotten past the outskirts on the other side, you've given it the
slip.
Markus Laker
spam...@merriewood.com (Mimi Kahn) wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Apr 1998 18:57:03 -0500, "M. Ranjit Mathews"
> <ran...@austin.ibm.com> wrote:
> >Once you've gotten past the outskirts on the other side, you've given it the
> >slip.
>
> Have you done this long, or were you a late bloomer?
Oh, this is his stocking trade.
Markus
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Steve Barnard
M. Ranjit Mathews wrote:
>
> Steve Barnard wrote:
>
> > > >> Once you have gotten past the outskirts of town, you are there -- in
> > > >> town!
> > > >
> > > >Well, in a small town maybe.
> >
> > Especially if it's named Petticoat Junction.
>
> slip.
In a town the size of Peticoat Junction the effort required to do that
in negligeeble.
Steve Barnard