snipped lots of mindless nonsense, nothing at all to do with Python
On 25-Jan-12 3:23 PM, Rick Johnson wrote:
... In my world ...
Rick, I may be overstepping the mark here but I believe all participants
on this list would probably like it if that's precisely where you stayed.
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On 1/25/2012 9:14 PM Steven D'Aprano said...
In the
same way that a native English speaker would never make the mistake of
using organ to refer to an unnamed mechanical device, so she would
never use gadget to refer to an unnamed body part.
My wife introduced me to the term picnic gadget as
On Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:06:57 -0800, Emile van Sebille wrote:
On 1/25/2012 9:14 PM Steven D'Aprano said...
In the
same way that a native English speaker would never make the mistake of
using organ to refer to an unnamed mechanical device, so she would
never use gadget to refer to an unnamed
Steven D'Aprano steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info wrote:
The Oxford Dictionary lists the first definition of pretty as
Orig. cunning, crafty. Later (of a person) clever, skillful;
(of a thing) cleverly made or done, ingenious, artful.
and states that it is derived from Old English
On 1/23/12 21:57 , Rick Johnson wrote:
Here is a grep from the month of September 2011 showing the rampantly
egregious misuse of the following words and phrases:
* pretty
* hard
* right
* used to
* supposed to
Pretty is the most ludicrous of them all! As you will see, pretty
is used
On 25/01/2012 05:55, Michael Torrie wrote:
On 01/24/2012 10:49 PM, Michael Torrie wrote:
On 01/24/2012 05:43 PM, Rick Johnson wrote:
Actually my custom script had a small flaw which kept it from
capturing ALL the atrocities. Here is a run with the bugfixes:
Wow. I had to trim 80% of your
On Jan 25, 11:26 am, K Richard Pixley r...@noir.com wrote:
I disagree on all points.
Pretty means mostly. The difference in meaning is significant.
I'm sure is definitive. I'm pretty sure leaves room for variation.
But pretty does not translate well as a quantifier, even though
that's
On 2012-01-25, Rick Johnson rantingrickjohn...@gmail.com wrote:
Wow, why i am not surprised! Let's pick one usage at random and
try to understand it. I think XYZ is pretty easy. You don't
even need pretty to get your point across. You could simply
say I think XYZ is easy. Furthermore, if you
On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 1:14 PM, Rick Johnson
rantingrickjohn...@gmail.com wrote:
Wow, why i am not surprised! Let's pick one usage at random and try to
understand it. I think XYZ is pretty easy. You don't even need
pretty to get your point across. You could simply say I think XYZ
is easy.
On Jan 25, 3:45 pm, Ian Kelly ian.g.ke...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 1:14 PM, Rick Johnson
rantingrickjohn...@gmail.com wrote:
Wow, why i am not surprised! Let's pick one usage at random and try to
understand it. I think XYZ is pretty easy. You don't even need
pretty to get
On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 3:23 PM, Rick Johnson
rantingrickjohn...@gmail.comwrote:
On Jan 25, 3:45 pm, Ian Kelly ian.g.ke...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 1:14 PM, Rick Johnson
In all seriousness, the idea that very and somewhat are somehow
better in this context than pretty just
On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 4:23 PM, Rick Johnson
rantingrickjohn...@gmail.com wrote:
Only to you. In my world, the pleasurable aspects of a tangible
object can have no effect on my opinion of the difficulty of a task.
Then your world is not the real world, that being the one that is
actually
I just came home. It is 01h19 AM here in Algiers (Algeria, North
Africa.. Not New Orleans) and I find this funny thread. Thank you, by
the way.
I started communicating in English about two years ago, mostly on human
sciences topics and was forced to articulate ideas and concepts in this
On Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:38:12 -0800
Chris Kaynor ckay...@zindagigames.com wrote:
[...]
Would you prefer the Oxford or Merriam-Webster dictionaries. They are
a bit more established than dictionary.com in terms of standardizing
the languages.
Definition 4 of the Merriam-Webster dictionary
On Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:14:43 -0800, Rick Johnson wrote:
PS: Just like i suspected; not one single use of pretty was wielded to
describe the pleasurable attributes of a person, place, or thing. Mind
boggling!
Have you even bothered to look up pretty in the dictionary?
Dictionary.com has this
On 1/25/12 12:14 , Rick Johnson wrote:
You don't even need
pretty to get your point across.
If that's your argument, then we can drop the verb to be, most
articles, most verb conjugations, and nearly all adjectives and adverbs.
For that matter, the vast majority of posts here can be dropped
On Jan 25, 6:20 pm, Ian Kelly ian.g.ke...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 4:23 PM, Rick Johnson
I was frightened that the finals might be difficult this year,
however to my surprise, they were not.
In this case the writer does not *precisely* quantify the difficulty
of his
On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 6:00 PM, Rick Johnson
rantingrickjohn...@gmail.com wrote:
On Jan 25, 6:20 pm, Ian Kelly ian.g.ke...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 4:23 PM, Rick Johnson
I was frightened that the finals might be difficult this year,
however to my surprise, they were not.
On Jan 25, 6:28 pm, Jugurtha Hadjar jugurtha.had...@gmail.com wrote:
I am sincerely sorry if my English offends some purists, but I
am making efforts to write correctly, and making mistakes to learn. To
learn this and many other things...
Hello Jugurtha,
You English does not offend me. i
On Jan 25, 8:02 pm, Ian Kelly ian.g.ke...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 6:00 PM, Rick Johnson
rantingrickjohn...@gmail.com wrote:
On Jan 25, 6:20 pm, Ian Kelly ian.g.ke...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 4:23 PM, Rick Johnson
My writing skills are not in question here,
On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 2:01 PM, Rick Johnson
rantingrickjohn...@gmail.com wrote:
I believe we'll just have to agree to disagree on the issue of
pretty. However, let's take a step back and view this issue from a
global perspective. Ask yourself:
Q: Am i choosing my words carefully, or just
On Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:23:10 -0800, Rick Johnson wrote:
Let's see what intelligent words we can find here...
doohickey
a name for something one doesn't know the name of, 1914, Amer.Eng.,
arbitrary formation.
thing·a·ma·jig
a gadget or other thing for which the speaker does not know or
On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 4:14 PM, Steven D'Aprano
steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info wrote:
In the
same way that a native English speaker would never make the mistake of
using organ to refer to an unnamed mechanical device, so she would
never use gadget to refer to an unnamed body part.
I
The contents of this thread ostensibly argues about the word 'pretty'
Actually it seems to be arguing about the word 'troll'
Every other post calls the OP a troll and then outdoes his post in
length.
This does not match any meaning I can make of trolling.
Can someone please explain what 'troll'
On 26 January 2012 05:25, rusi rustompm...@gmail.com wrote:
The contents of this thread ostensibly argues about the word 'pretty'
Actually it seems to be arguing about the word 'troll'
Every other post calls the OP a troll and then outdoes his post in
length.
This does not match any meaning
On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 10:25 PM, rusi rustompm...@gmail.com wrote:
The contents of this thread ostensibly argues about the word 'pretty'
Actually it seems to be arguing about the word 'troll'
Every other post calls the OP a troll and then outdoes his post in
length.
I just grepped, and it's
Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:57:16 -0800 (PST)
Rick Johnson a écrit:
Pretty is the most ludicrous of them all! As you will see, pretty
is used superfluously, over and over again! In fact, you could safely omit
pretty without sacrificing any meaning of most all the sentences that
include the word
On 2012-01-24, Chris Angelico ros...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 4:57 PM, Rick Johnson
rantingrickjohn...@gmail.com wrote:
[RR's usual schtick]
All in favour, say Aye in Latin. All against, say Plonk.
I plonked RR ages ago. Now I only get to see his post when somebody
replies
On 24/01/2012 05:57, Rick Johnson wrote:
cut rant
I would wish that pedantic citizens of the British colony in America
stopped calling whatever misinterpreted waffle they produce, English.
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On 24/01/2012 05:57, Rick Johnson wrote:
cut rant
I would wish that pedantic citizens of the British colony in America stopped
calling whatever misinterpreted waffle they produce,
On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 09:05, Martin P. Hellwig
martin.hell...@gmail.com wrote:
On 24/01/2012 05:57, Rick Johnson wrote:
cut rant
I would wish that pedantic citizens of the British colony in America stopped
calling whatever misinterpreted waffle they produce, English.
I, sir, as a citizen of
Wh. I did not expect this when I signed up to the Python mailing list.
From: dreadpiratej...@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:51:57 -0500
Subject: Re: The devolution of English language and slothful c.l.p behaviors
exposed!
To: martin.hell...@gmail.com
CC: python-list@python.org
On 24/01/2012 7:06, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
On Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:57:16 -0800, Rick Johnson wrote:
Here is a grep from the month of September 2011 showing the rampantly
egregious misuse of the following words and phrases:
* pretty
* hard
* right
* used to
* supposed to
I'm pretty
I suggest to create English 2.0, and convince the whole world to speak
your own
way better implementation of English.
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On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:21:37 +0100, Jérôme wrote:
Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:57:16 -0800 (PST) Rick Johnson a écrit:
Of course, used to and supposed to will require people to rethink
there lazy and slothful ways.
I don't even see the problem with those...
As someone already said, english is a
On 24/01/2012 14:51, J wrote:
On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 09:05, Martin P. Hellwig
martin.hell...@gmail.com wrote:
On 24/01/2012 05:57, Rick Johnson wrote:
cut rant
I would wish that pedantic citizens of the British colony in America stopped
calling whatever misinterpreted waffle they produce,
On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 3:26 AM, Martin P. Hellwig
martin.hell...@gmail.com wrote:
Having said that, I do like to bring to your attention that her Majesty,
never ratified the 'Declaration of Independence'. :-)
Oh, stop it. It's high time we got rid of these silly distinctions of
English and
On 24/01/2012 16:41, Chris Angelico wrote:
On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 3:26 AM, Martin P. Hellwig
martin.hell...@gmail.com wrote:
Having said that, I do like to bring to your attention that her Majesty,
never ratified the 'Declaration of Independence'. :-)
Oh, stop it. It's high time we got rid
On 24/01/2012 15:46, Andrea Crotti wrote:
I suggest to create English 2.0, and convince the whole world to speak
your own
way better implementation of English.
Too late for that when comparing modern English with that of e.g.
Dickens, Shakespeare, Chaucer and Bede, hence at a minimum I reckon
On 24 January 2012 17:25, Blockheads Oi Oi breamore...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
On 24/01/2012 15:46, Andrea Crotti wrote:
I suggest to create English 2.0, and convince the whole world to speak
your own
way better implementation of English.
Too late for that when comparing modern English with
On 24/01/2012 20:03, Joshua Landau wrote:
On 24 January 2012 17:25, Blockheads Oi Oi breamore...@yahoo.co.uk
mailto:breamore...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
On 24/01/2012 15:46, Andrea Crotti wrote:
I suggest to create English 2.0, and convince the whole world to
speak
your
On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 8:13 AM, Blockheads Oi Oi
breamore...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
On 24/01/2012 20:03, Joshua Landau wrote:
A simple version number doesn't imply huge breakages. Try English2 v1.0!
In fact, why would a perfect language need a version number?
It would be difficult to maintain
On 24/01/2012 21:20, Chris Angelico wrote:
On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 8:13 AM, Blockheads Oi Oi
breamore...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
On 24/01/2012 20:03, Joshua Landau wrote:
A simple version number doesn't imply huge breakages. Try English2 v1.0!
In fact, why would a perfect language need a version
On Jan 23, 11:57 pm, Rick Johnson rantingrickjohn...@gmail.com
wrote:
Here is a grep from the month of September 2011 showing the rampantly
egregious misuse of the following words and phrases:
Actually my custom script had a small flaw which kept it from
capturing ALL the atrocities. Here is a
On 01/24/2012 05:43 PM, Rick Johnson wrote:
Actually my custom script had a small flaw which kept it from
capturing ALL the atrocities. Here is a run with the bugfixes:
Wow. I had to trim 80% of your e-mail just to get rid of old quoted
posts. For an expert, Rick, I'm really surprised you
On 01/24/2012 10:49 PM, Michael Torrie wrote:
On 01/24/2012 05:43 PM, Rick Johnson wrote:
Actually my custom script had a small flaw which kept it from
capturing ALL the atrocities. Here is a run with the bugfixes:
Wow. I had to trim 80% of your e-mail just to get rid of old quoted
posts.
Here is a grep from the month of September 2011 showing the rampantly
egregious misuse of the following words and phrases:
* pretty
* hard
* right
* used to
* supposed to
Pretty is the most ludicrous of them all! As you will see, pretty
is used superfluously, over and over again! In fact,
On 1/23/2012 23:57, Rick Johnson wrote:
Of
course, used to and supposed to will require people to rethink
there lazy and slothful ways.
I'll go repent in the corner, over their.
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On Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:57:16 -0800, Rick Johnson wrote:
Here is a grep from the month of September 2011 showing the rampantly
egregious misuse of the following words and phrases:
* pretty
* hard
* right
* used to
* supposed to
I'm pretty sure that this news group is supposed to be for
On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 1:06 AM, Steven D'Aprano
steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info wrote:
On Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:57:16 -0800, Rick Johnson wrote:
Here is a grep from the month of September 2011 showing the rampantly
egregious misuse of the following words and phrases:
* pretty
*
On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 4:57 PM, Rick Johnson
rantingrickjohn...@gmail.com wrote:
Here is a grep from the month of September 2011...
Is it? Interesting. I met that month yesterday (she was shopping in
Oakleigh, don't ask) and she knew nothing about it.
Oh, did you mean Here is the result of
You're right, but it's pretty hard for some people to do what they're
supposed to when it isn't what they're used to.
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On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 10:57 PM, Rick Johnson
rantingrickjohn...@gmail.com wrote:
Here is a grep
A grep? What is a grep? That word is not in any of my dictionaries.
Are you perhaps carelessly invoking the neologism of referring to an
execution of the grep UNIX program as a grep?
from the
On Jan 24, 4:05 pm, Evan Driscoll edrisc...@wisc.edu wrote:
On 1/23/2012 23:57, Rick Johnson wrote: Of
course, used to and supposed to will require people to rethink
there lazy and slothful ways.
I'll go repent in the corner, over their.
You forget, Rick's errors are genuine mistakes that
On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 5:53 PM, Ian Kelly ian.g.ke...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 10:57 PM, Rick Johnson
rantingrickjohn...@gmail.com wrote:
Here is a grep
A grep? What is a grep?
According to the damage type table on Aardwolf MUD, a grep is a type
of slash - at least, it's
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