Re: list index() (OT)

2007-09-01 Thread Hendrik van Rooyen
Richie Hindle richi...ian.com wrote: But - the word for someone who posts to the internet with the intention of stirring up trouble derives from the word for what fishermen do, not from the word for something that lives under a bridge. It derives from trolling for suckers or trolling for

Re: list index() (OT)

2007-09-01 Thread Steve Holden
Hendrik van Rooyen wrote: Richie Hindle richi...ian.com wrote: But - the word for someone who posts to the internet with the intention of stirring up trouble derives from the word for what fishermen do, not from the word for something that lives under a bridge. It derives from trolling for

Re: list index() (OT)

2007-09-01 Thread Paddy
On Sep 1, 7:57 am, Hendrik van Rooyen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Richie Hindle richi...ian.com wrote: But - the word for someone who posts to the internet with the intention of stirring up trouble derives from the word for what fishermen do, not from the word for something that lives under a

Re: list index() (OT) and definitely trolling :-)

2007-09-01 Thread Paddy
On Sep 1, 7:32 am, Steve Holden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 21:15:10 +0100, DaveM [EMAIL PROTECTED] declaimed the following in comp.lang.python: No - but I would pronounce lever and fever the same way, if that helps. shudder To me, those are

Re: list index() (OT)

2007-09-01 Thread Hendrik van Rooyen
Steve Holden s...web.com wrote: Where's Godwin's Law when yo need it? Hitler would not have spellt you like that... - Hendrik -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: list index() (OT)

2007-09-01 Thread Ricardo Aráoz
Paddy wrote: On Sep 1, 7:57 am, Hendrik van Rooyen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Richie Hindle richi...ian.com wrote: But - the word for someone who posts to the internet with the intention of stirring up trouble derives from the word for what fishermen do, not from the word for something that

Re: list index() (OT)

2007-09-01 Thread Steve Holden
Ricardo Aráoz wrote: Paddy wrote: On Sep 1, 7:57 am, Hendrik van Rooyen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Richie Hindle richi...ian.com wrote: But - the word for someone who posts to the internet with the intention of stirring up trouble derives from the word for what fishermen do, not from the word

Re: list index() (OT)

2007-09-01 Thread Ricardo Aráoz
Steve Holden wrote: Ricardo Aráoz wrote: Paddy wrote: On Sep 1, 7:57 am, Hendrik van Rooyen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Richie Hindle richi...ian.com wrote: But - the word for someone who posts to the internet with the intention of stirring up trouble derives from the word for what fishermen