Re: A New Vocabulary for the Berner-L
Oooh N!!! Thank you for the advice about posting to the Berner-L about the new vocabulary that is necessary because of the new rigid spam filters. I've just come back from a wedding, honest, checked my mail last night, what am I missing out on here??? Well. I am running MailWasher and thought I had my Filters in place now!! Must confess I have a couple or more of back Berner-l Digests to check as I was out partying Thursday Night too! Came in through my Filters! As you suggest, I'll be looking for MANY LAVISH BESTOWALS over the next month and a half during the 5th Annual Berner-Garde Fundraiser. We want to make this one of the best fundraisers ever Hah! I missed this one!! Do I need to set new Filter! And Promote Hey, let's make this one a really Big One Biggest Berner Hugs, Jean, Sunny, Sim, Barney and the Longlease Gang http://bernese.biz
A New Vocabulary for the Berner-L
Dear Pat, As you know, for the last two weeks I have been taking care of errors generated by problematic emails on the Berner-L. During this time I have realized that Spam software is intent on doing its job as thoroughly as possible -- making my job very tedious. I believe it is necessary, therefore, to introduce a new vocabulary to the Berner-L so that L'ers with rigid spam filters will not be deprived of our international gathering of knowledge . I will word this carefully so that even I don't generate errors: 1. The word we use for female Berners that rhymes with ditch should be retired. Use girl, sweetheart or female 2. The biologically correct name for the male ... um ... this is harder than I thought ... lower appendage with which future progeny are happily effected ... should be referred to as Mr. Willie or The Joy Stick. The attendent two sac o' suds should be referred to as Family Jewels; or, if you are a very fortunate breeder, The Money Bags. 3. Any words that describe the actual act of breeding should be substituted with Getting Lucky; or, if you are an optimistic breeder, Fructification. 4. The word that refers to the male being used in a breeding (it rhymes with dud) should be substituted with Happy Boy. Sadly, the one word in the subject line that caused the most rejected deliveries of the Berner-L digest was donation. I'm sure Joye Neff will be crestfallen to hear about this. Spam software is able to sniff out any word remotely charitable. Thus, I suggest substituting lavish bestowal. Trust me. I believe this would effectively reduce the errors by 50%. Sincerely, Maria Crifasi Berner-L
Re: A New Vocabulary for the Berner-L
the new vocabulary offers the potential for a great deal of fun :-D terry thompson missoula, montana girl, sweetheart or female Mr. Willie or The Joy Stick. Family Jewels or The Money Bags. Getting Lucky or Fructification. Happy Boy. lavish bestowal.
RE: A New Vocabulary for the Berner-L
Dear Maria, You are perfectly correct, many people have porn and spam editors on their email, and the resultant errors from rejections are often quite intriguing. I have often had to reread emails in order to determine what the offending word might be. I think your proposal has a great deal of merit, and will also help when list members have visiting grandchildren asking for definitions of some words. I do like the idea of using an alternative grouping of words. Sweetheart and Girl do work well for the word that rhymes with rich, and I do like Joy Stick and the Family Jewels. So using your new vocabulary system, we would let the Happy Boy Get Lucky with the Sweetheart in order to attempt to have a litter. And when the Happy Boy is examined in the ring by the judge, the judge would check to make sure there are two jewels in the Money Bags there by the Joy Stick. And if that judge were to bestow a Winner's Happy Boy title, or a Winner's Sweetheart title at the dog show, then the resultant bragger could lavishly bestow some generous amount to BLEF for the Health Fund? I must say - I like it!! No more rude errors insisting that the Berner-L is generating porn email! Pat Long ( Luther) Berwyn PA
Re: A New Vocabulary for the Berner-L
Nice try, Maria, But I fear that using terms such as Family Jewels, The Money Bags or Lavish Bestowal will either inundate the list with spam from Morgage Refinancers or even worse, Mr. Gold Kutah, Makaya Basu or Bello Ahmed. And that was just today. Your innovation is laudable, my dear Female Sweetheart Janice Parky Cape Cod, MA 1. The word we use for female Berners that rhymes with ditch should be retired. Use girl, sweetheart or female 2. The biologically correct name for the male ... um ... this is harder than I thought ... lower appendage with which future progeny are happily effected ... should be referred to as Mr. Willie or The Joy Stick. The attendent two sac o' suds should be referred to as Family Jewels; or, if you are a very fortunate breeder, The Money Bags. 3. Any words that describe the actual act of breeding should be substituted with Getting Lucky; or, if you are an optimistic breeder, Fructification. 4. The word that refers to the male being used in a breeding (it rhymes with dud) should be substituted with Happy Boy. Sadly, the one word in the subject line that caused the most rejected deliveries of the Berner-L digest was donation. I'm sure Joye Neff will be crestfallen to hear about this. Spam software is able to sniff out any word remotely charitable. Thus, I suggest substituting lavish bestowal.
Re: A New Vocabulary for the Berner-L
Oops, I meant MORTGAGE But I fear that using terms such as Family Jewels, The Money Bags or Lavish Bestowal will either inundate the list with spam from Morgage Refinancers or even worse, Mr. Gold Kutah, Makaya Basu or Bello Ahmed. And that was just today. Your innovation is laudable, my dear Female Sweetheart Janice Parky Cape Cod, MA
Re: A New Vocabulary for the Berner-L
Dear Maria, Thank you for the advice about posting to the Berner-L about the new vocabulary that is necessary because of the new rigid spam filters. As you suggest, I'll be looking for MANY LAVISH BESTOWALS over the next month and a half during the 5th Annual Berner-Garde Fundraiser. We want to make this one of the best fundraisers ever Joye Neff and Nick (and Ben) Mt. Lebanon, Pittsburgh, PA
