Re: [silk] Chicago Now - "60 embarrassing ways to butcher the english language"

2010-07-07 Thread Thaths
On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 12:50 PM, Vinayak Hegde wrote: > On a related note, I have the xkcd book. I can get it next time there > is a silk meet in Bangalore. There's an interesting story of how it > got to me. It is full of clues to a secret puzzle (see the answers at > http://forums.xkcd.com/viewt

Re: [silk] Chicago Now - "60 embarrassing ways to butcher the english language"

2010-07-07 Thread Vinayak Hegde
On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > Udhay Shankar N [07/07/10 14:55 +0530]: >>> >>> Isn't Randall Munroe the xkcd guy? >> >> Yes. >> >> http://xkcd.com/verizon/ > > Looking forward to a new xkcd about how that article thinks he's illiterate > :) On a related note, I ha

[silk] Rhotic...I learnt a new word today

2010-07-07 Thread Deepa Mohan
http://www.nicholasjohnpatrick.com/post/767354896/did-americans-in-1776-have-british-accents Cheers, Deepa.

Re: [silk] Chicago Now - "60 embarrassing ways to butcher the english language"

2010-07-07 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Udhay Shankar N [07/07/10 14:55 +0530]: Isn't Randall Munroe the xkcd guy? Yes. http://xkcd.com/verizon/ Looking forward to a new xkcd about how that article thinks he's illiterate :)

Re: [silk] Chicago Now - "60 embarrassing ways to butcher the english language"

2010-07-07 Thread Udhay Shankar N
On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 2:49 PM, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan wrote: >> And the mathematically inclined guy who wrote a check to Verizon (though >> that >> shouldn't have come into this list at all) >> > > Isn't Randall Munroe the xkcd guy? Yes. http://xkcd.com/verizon/ Udhay -- ((Udhay Shan

Re: [silk] Chicago Now - "60 embarrassing ways to butcher the english language"

2010-07-07 Thread Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan
On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 7:42 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > And the mathematically inclined guy who wrote a check to Verizon (though > that > shouldn't have come into this list at all) > > Isn't Randall Munroe the xkcd guy? C -- http://www.uk.linkedin.com/in/chandrachoodan http://www.flickr

Re: [silk] Chicago Now - "60 embarrassing ways to butcher the english language"

2010-07-07 Thread Anil Kumar
On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 12:12 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > Engrish as she is spooken .. a lot of it stateside, besides the old desi > favorite "child bear" > ..and you had to quote 'beer' wrong. -Anil KUMAR > > Don't miss the Eric Schmidt business card where he's the "Chariman"