Re: Thought for the day

2010-05-25 Thread Writer
=D But it would be nice if it found sum. ;) Nadine --- On Tue, 5/25/10, Flato, Gillian wrote: > From: Flato, Gillian > Subject: Thought for the day > To: "framers@lists.frameusers.com" > Date: Tuesday, May 25, 2010, 1:28 PM > > Dew knot trussed yore spell chequer two fined awl yore > mistak

Re: Thought for the day

2010-05-25 Thread techwriter
IDK WTF u r tlkng abt. -=Ed. On Tue, 25 May 2010 10:40:33 -0700 (PDT), Writer wrote: > =D > > But it would be nice if it found sum. ;) > > Nadine > > --- On Tue, 5/25/10, Flato, Gillian wrote: > >> From: Flato, Gillian >> Subject: Thought for the day >> To: "framers@lists.frameusers.com" >

Re: Thought for the day

2010-05-26 Thread Bodvar Bjorgvinsson
I like miss steaks. ;-) Bodvar 2010/5/25 Flato, Gillian : > > Dew knot trussed yore spell chequer two fined awl yore mistakes. > > Thank you, > > > Gillian Flato > Technical Writer (Software) > nanometrics > 1550 Buckeye Dr. > Milpitas, CA. 95035 > *408.545.6316 > 7  408.232.5911 > * gfl...@nanom

Re: Thought for the day

2010-05-27 Thread Bill Swallow
It's all a ploy by Instapaper. Subliminal advertising is all the rage, and it's insidious. :-) On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 4:24 AM, Milton, Cynthia wrote: > > My local paper yesterday referred to a car being a right-off. And a > brochure published by the Home Office (the UK ministry for domestic > a

Re: Thought for the day

2010-05-27 Thread Mike Wickham
My local paper yesterday referred to a car being a right-off. And a brochure published by the Home Office (the UK ministry for domestic affairs) about the project I'm working on refers to vehicles being stationery. The mind boggles. It could be worse. I remember seeing a newspaper display ad for

RE: Thought for the day

2010-05-27 Thread Sharon Burton
Sign on door at local medical clinic: This is not a patient door. sharon Sharon Burton Content Consultant www.anthrobytes.com 951-369-8590 IM: sharonvbur...@yahoo.com Twitter: sharonburton http://www.linkedin.com/in/sharonvburton ___ You are cur

RE: Thought for the day

2010-05-27 Thread Writer
American meaning was quite different than the UK meaning. Nadine --- On Thu, 5/27/10, Sharon Burton wrote: > From: Sharon Burton > Subject: RE: Thought for the day > To: "'Mike Wickham'" , framers@lists.frameusers.com > Date: Thursday, May 27, 2010, 12:08 PM >

RE: Thought for the day

2010-05-27 Thread Pinkham, Jim
n...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Writer Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 11:54 AM To: 'Mike Wickham'; framers@lists.frameusers.com; sha...@anthrobytes.com Subject: RE: Thought for the day I saw a similar sign in a Glasgow restaurant that said, &quo

RE: Thought for the day

2010-05-27 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
AM To: 'Mike Wickham'; framers@lists.frameusers.com; sha...@anthrobytes.com Subject: RE: Thought for the day I saw a similar sign in a Glasgow restaurant that said, "This door is alarmed". I thought, "How can you tell?" Because English is used (quite) a bit

Re: Thought for the day

2010-05-27 Thread Nancy Allison
As does rooting for your team, in Australia. Expect a few startled looks, then grins . . . In case anyone wonders about the tech-writing aspect of this discussion, it's the many tricky highways and byways of localization even within the English language. --Nancy On May 27, 2010, Syed Zaeem H

RE: Thought for the day

2010-05-27 Thread Lea Rush
yed.hos...@aeris.net > Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Re: Thought for the day > > As does rooting for your team, in Australia. Expect a few startled looks, then > grins . . . > > In case anyone wonders about the tech-writing aspect of this discussion, it&#

RE: Thought for the day

2010-05-27 Thread Writer
...or trousers as pants. Nadine --- On Thu, 5/27/10, Lea Rush wrote: > From: Lea Rush > Subject: RE: Thought for the day > To: framers@lists.frameusers.com > Date: Thursday, May 27, 2010, 2:33 PM > And don't refer to your waist pouch > as a fanny pa

RE: Thought for the day

2010-05-27 Thread Flato, Gillian
n Franklin -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Lea Rush Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 11:33 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Thought for the day And don't refer to your waist pouch

Re: Thought for the day

2010-05-27 Thread Jenny Greenleaf
>> From: Lea Rush >> Subject: RE: Thought for the day >> To: framers@lists.frameusers.com >> Date: Thursday, May 27, 2010, 2:33 PM >> And don't refer to your waist pouch >> as a fanny pack. More offended looks ... >> >>> -Original Mess

Re: Thought for the day

2010-05-27 Thread Neeraj Jain
.frameusers.com; Lea Rush Sent: Fri, 28 May, 2010 12:23:23 AM Subject: RE: Thought for the day ...or trousers as pants. Nadine --- On Thu, 5/27/10, Lea Rush wrote: > From: Lea Rush > Subject: RE: Thought for the day > To: framers@lists.frameusers.com > Date: Thursday, May 27, 2010

Re: Thought for the day

2010-05-27 Thread Tori Muir
On 5/27/10 11:53 AM, Writer wrote: ...or trousers as pants. Nadine --- On Thu, 5/27/10, Lea Rush wrote: From: Lea Rush Subject: RE: Thought for the day To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Date: Thursday, May 27, 2010, 2:33 PM And don't refer to your waist pouch as a fann

RE: Thought for the day

2010-05-27 Thread Mary Sheahan
the American meaning! --- On Thu, 5/27/10, Writer wrote: > From: Writer > Subject: RE: Thought for the day > To: "'Mike Wickham'" , framers@lists.frameusers.com, > sha...@anthrobytes.com > Date: Thursday, May 27, 2010, 12:53 PM > I saw a similar sign in

RE: Thought for the day

2010-05-27 Thread Mary Sheahan
LOL ... obviously I should have read the whole thread before replying! --- On Thu, 5/27/10, Pinkham, Jim wrote: > From: Pinkham, Jim > Subject: RE: Thought for the day > To: generic...@yahoo.ca, "Mike Wickham" , > framers@lists.frameusers.com, sha...@anthrobytes.com &g

Re: Thought for the day

2010-05-27 Thread Alan Litchfield
mailto:framers- >> boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Nancy Allison >> Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 11:03 AM >> To: syed.hos...@aeris.net >> Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com >> Subject: Re: Thought for the day >> >> As does rooting for your team, in Australia.

Re: Thought for the day

2010-05-27 Thread Alan Litchfield
[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Lea Rush > Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 11:33 AM > To: framers@lists.frameusers.com > Subject: RE: Thought for the day > > And don't refer to your waist pouch as a fanny pack. More offended looks ... > &g

Re: Thought for the day

2010-05-28 Thread Helen Borrie
At 05:28 AM 26/05/2010, Flato, Gillian wrote: >Dew knot trussed yore spell chequer two fined awl yore mistakes. Picked this up tonight from a forum where members had been complaining about the poor spelling in messages there: I cdnuolt blveiee that I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd what I was rdanieg

Re: Thought for the day

2010-05-28 Thread Steve Rickaby
Clearly we have a great range of international English expertise on this group: the thought of a collaborative dictionary of phraseology comes to mind. It would be very useful for those like me who often have to work in another English dialect: what to say, what not to say. Many years ago I wa

RE: Thought for the day

2010-05-28 Thread Guy K. Haas
Been hearing a radio ad for debt relief (through Chapter 7 bankruptcy!) that begins: This is an important announcement to the American public who owe more than $1 or more in credit card debt. ... --Guy K. Haas Software Exegete in Silicon Valley _

RE: Thought for the day

2010-05-28 Thread Graeme R Forbes
In addition to alarmed doors, the UK sports a lot of disabled toilets. Must be a shortage of plumbers! Graeme Forbes ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To un

RE: Thought for the day

2010-06-04 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Helen Borrie Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 3:28 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Thought for the day At 05:28 AM 26/05/2010, Flato, Gillian wrote: >Dew knot trussed yore spell chequer two fined awl yore mistakes