Re: Re Punctuation

2006-10-27 Thread David Mann
On Oct 27, 2006, at 4:50 AM, Joseph Tainter wrote: > http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6383383 "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" is a book worth reading for those interested in punctuation. One of my favourite Simpsonisms is Lionel Hutz's business card with its suspicious printing e

Re: Re Punctuation

2006-10-26 Thread mike wilson
Mark Roberts wrote: > Bob Shell wrote: > > >>On Oct 26, 2006, at 12:07 PM, John Forbes wrote: >> >> >>>On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 16:50:30 +0100, Joseph Tainter >>><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>...now we should return to discussing either jco or the swiss navy. >>> >>>JCO and the Swiss Navy. Both

Re: Re Punctuation

2006-10-26 Thread Mark Roberts
mike wilson wrote: >http://www.thateden.co.uk/dirk/ Utterly useless. And brilliant! :) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Re Punctuation

2006-10-26 Thread Mark Roberts
Bob Shell wrote: >On Oct 26, 2006, at 12:07 PM, John Forbes wrote: > >> On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 16:50:30 +0100, Joseph Tainter >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> ...now we should return to discussing either jco or the swiss navy. >> >> JCO and the Swiss Navy. Both equally improbable. But both, >>

RE: Re Punctuation

2006-10-26 Thread Bob W
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of John Forbes > Sent: 26 October 2006 17:08 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Re Punctuation > > On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 16:50:30 +0100, Joseph Tainter > <[EMAIL

Re: Re Punctuation

2006-10-26 Thread Bob Shell
On Oct 26, 2006, at 12:07 PM, John Forbes wrote: > On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 16:50:30 +0100, Joseph Tainter > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ...now we should return to discussing either jco or the swiss navy. > > JCO and the Swiss Navy. Both equally improbable. But both, > apparently, > exist. The

Re: Re Punctuation

2006-10-26 Thread John Forbes
On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 16:50:30 +0100, Joseph Tainter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ...now we should return to discussing either jco or the swiss navy. JCO and the Swiss Navy. Both equally improbable. But both, apparently, exist. The truth is indeed stranger than fiction. John -- Using Ope