On 25/07/2011, at 10:25 AM, McCallum Malcolm wrote: > > We are an educated lot at wamug :-) I believe the windoze lot will be put off > or need to bring their dictionaries with them when they come to meetings or > our email listings ! (hubris, Götterdämmerung,juggernaut. > > In our early wamug meetings there was a rather LARGE GENTLEMAN( and I use > both terms advisedly) who was I think professor of English at UWA .He must > now be using much faster computers in the sky but he was always very > interesting to listen to. Does anyone remember his name? > > Mac > Malcolm McCallum > > doc...@westnet.com.au > Skype docmactor >
The nice thing about being Mac users is that we don't need to bring our dictionaries to meetings - they're built in to our computers :-) hubris |ˈ(h)yoōbris| noun excessive pride or self-confidence. • (in Greek tragedy) excessive pride toward or defiance of the gods, leading to nemesis. DERIVATIVES hubristic |(h)yoōˈbristik| adjective ORIGIN Greek. Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 046 948 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
