Yeah. What's the matter with you Sornsin? Is this France? Do we need to get permission from the National Academy before we can add a word to the dictionary? Hell no! This is English, the language of usage. If it's understood then it's alright. But then again, there are certain customs used among educated people about proper grammar, syntax and spelling. But regardless of the highfalutin' "Forum" designation, this is still just an email and so pretty informal. Not even of letter to the editor quality. Jibber jabber among friends. But I'm just covering my butt as I use the wrong terms constantly. Mark is right and we ought to speak properly. Just a Friday Fun Fest. Скажите чего вы пожалуйста Tony.
Not ending sentences with prepositions is nonsense up with which I will not put. Winston Churchill On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 2:01 PM, Brad Casterline <[email protected]> wrote: > I apologize Tony-- my homemade cough due to cold remedy making me feel a > little mean today > On Dec 11, 2015 3:56 PM, "Tony Eggster" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > This was more or less just a hypothetical question for me. I had seen a > > compactor recently that was not sprinkled and I was musing how you would > > even get a sprinkler out there in this case since it did not look like > > there was any space to do this from the inside. I was more interested in > > hearing your methods, so you guys really run a separate little dry > system > > for a single head? Out in my neck of the woods the AHJ's still permit > > antifreeze. > > > > Concerning the word 'sprinkled' - you understood what I said right? > Common > > usage and academic language ain't the same thang. :-) > > > > Tony > > _______________________________________________ > > Sprinklerforum mailing list > > [email protected] > > > > > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org > -- Ron Greenman Instructor Fire Protection Engineering Technology Bates Technical College 1101 So. Yakima Ave. Tacoma, WA 98405 [email protected] http://www.bates.ctc.edu/fireprotection/ 253.680.7346 253.576.9700 (cell) Member: ASEE, SFPE, ASCET, NFPA, AFSA, NFSA, AFAA, NIBS, WSAFM, WFC, WFSC They are happy men whose natures sort with their vocations. -Francis Bacon, essayist, philosopher, and statesman (1561-1626) A problem well stated is a problem half solved. -Charles F. Kettering, inventor and engineer (1876-1958) _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
