P. J. Alling mused:
Which begs the question . . .
This seems to be my nitpick of the day.
To beg a question means to pretend the question doesn't arise,
not to call for an answer to the question.
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From: John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 4:15 PM
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P. J. Alling mused:
Which begs the question . . .
This seems to be my nitpick of the day.
To beg a question means
Hi,
Which begs the question . . .
This seems to be my nitpick of the day.
To beg a question means to pretend the question doesn't arise,
not to call for an answer to the question.
I'm with you, John - I actually won a bet on this the other day.
Unfortunately it's become common usage,
John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
P. J. Alling mused:
Which begs the question . . .
This seems to be my nitpick of the day.
To beg a question means to pretend the question doesn't arise,
not to call for an answer to the question.
Thanks for pointing that out. It's one of my pet peeves,
Bob,
Your knowledge of English usage and the language's history never fails to
astound me. Keep it coming :-)
regards,
Anthony Farr
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From: Bob W [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
Which begs the question . . .
This seems to be my nitpick of the day.
To
Quoting P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Which begs the question, if he'd never caught any how did the ranger
know...
Bob W wrote:
When we told the ranger back at the camp he just laughed, and said
this particular elephant amused himself by chasing tourists, but had
never caught any, and
Hi,
More likely that with no proper roof the car is often occupied by spiders
(Arachnids) and the driver frequently leaps out yelling Spider!.
LOL, there's little more disconcerting whilst driving than having a big hairy
huntsman spider run across the inside of your windscreen :-)
You've
On Apr 20, 2005, at 6:39 PM, Bob W wrote:
You've clearly never had a bull elephant jump out from behind a tree
and start charging at you...
That's certainly change-of-trousers-time... but how does an elephant
hide behind a tree? :)
Cheers,
- Dave
http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/
From: Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2005/04/20 Wed AM 06:39:50 GMT
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: OT: Spider (was: Where's Cotty?)
Hi,
More likely that with no proper roof the car is often occupied by spiders
(Arachnids) and the driver frequently leaps out yelling Spider
You've clearly never heard of a Baobab tree either. God designed them as
elephant camouflage.
http://www.greatestplaces.org/book_pages/madagascar/baobab.html
The elephants sit in the shade behind them, waiting for unwary
passers-by.
John
On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 21:18:02 +1200, David Mann
On 20/4/05, Rob Studdert, discombobulated, unleashed:
LOL, there's little more disconcerting whilst driving than having a big
hairy
huntsman spider run across the inside of your windscreen :-)
Even more disconcerting to find it is a big hairy huntsman.
Cheers,
Cotty
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On 20/4/05, David Mann, discombobulated, unleashed:
That's certainly change-of-trousers-time... but how does an elephant
hide behind a tree? :)
yeah, they have em up there in Big Sur.
Cheers,
Cotty
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Hi,
LOL, there's little more disconcerting whilst driving than having a big
hairy
huntsman spider run across the inside of your windscreen :-)
You've clearly never had a bull elephant jump out from behind a tree
and start charging at you...
I hate it when they hide behind trees. 8-)
Which begs the question, if he'd never caught any how did the ranger know...
Bob W wrote:
Hi,
LOL, there's little more disconcerting whilst driving than having a big hairy
huntsman spider run across the inside of your windscreen :-)
You've clearly never had a bull elephant jump out
Italian pronunciation for spider is something resembling the English one
and not like speeder.
Yes, we'd pronounce spider more or less like speeder, but since it was
supposed to be an English word, it's pronounced like Englishmen are supposed
to.
Not sure if I'be been able to explain.
I don't
On 4/19/05, Dario Bonazza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Italian pronunciation for spider is something resembling the English one
and not like speeder.
Yes, we'd pronounce spider more or less like speeder, but since it was
supposed to be an English word, it's pronounced like Englishmen are supposed
Quoting Dario Bonazza [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
I don't know the strange reason for thinking spider to be the English word
for a light convertible car.
Maybe:
1) Someone said it's called speeder.
2) Someone else wrote it as spider (which is the Italian spelling for
pronouncing it as English
On Apr 19, 2005, at 4:07 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
More likely that with no proper roof the car is often occupied by
spiders
(Arachnids) and the driver frequently leaps out yelling Spider!.
Hmm. I have found more arachnids in my Land Rover than I've ever found
in the Alfa Spider.
Godfrey
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
More likely that with no proper roof the car is often occupied by spiders
(Arachnids) and the driver frequently leaps out yelling Spider!.
OK, I like *this* answer!!
On 20 Apr 2005 at 9:07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
More likely that with no proper roof the car is often occupied by spiders
(Arachnids) and the driver frequently leaps out yelling Spider!.
LOL, there's little more disconcerting whilst driving than having a big hairy
huntsman spider run across
Quoting Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Hmm. I have found more arachnids in my Land Rover than I've ever found
in the Alfa Spider.
Maybe you left a couple of Spiderbait CD's in the Freeloader?
http://www.spiderbait.com.au/
I've had a big hairy huntsman scuttle across the roof lining above my
head, while at the same time I was fumbling for a Harbour Bridge toll.
Eventually I herded it out of the passenger window and took it for a al
fresco ride down the Eastern Distributor :-)
The solution for a spider inhabited
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