Re: Litotes?

2006-12-24 Thread Jack Woehr
On 23 Dec 2006 at 19:19, Alan Ackerman wrote: I gave up on IBMMAIN after someone called one of my posts an "old canard". I've got a couple of old canards in my back yard. http://www.well.com/~jax/animals/poultry/ -- Jack J. Woehr# "If your neighbor prays too loud http://ww

Re: Litotes?

2006-12-24 Thread Shimon Lebowitz
On 23 Dec 2006 at 19:19, Alan Ackerman wrote: > I gave up on IBMMAIN after someone called one of my posts an "old > canard". > I thought that was rude. If they are not interested in what I have > to say, > I'm not wasting my time saying it. (No one else responded at all.) > I have learnt not to

Re: Litotes?

2006-12-24 Thread Phil Smith III
Alan Ackerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I wasn't looking to start a ing contest! I just never heard the word "litotes" before. By the way, I really enjoy your linguistic comments. >(Is "linguistic" the right word? Or grammatical? I think you told us >your Dad was a linguist.) Adds a little i

Re: How to determine Alternate ID

2006-12-24 Thread Ronald van der Laan
Don, Thanks for helping me out with my spelling ;-) I'll fix that typo and will replace the package with the latest 5.2 code next week. Ronald van der Laan