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SamC
White Water Yakist
3467 Posts |
 Posted - 2004-05-16 : 12:00:59
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I'm reading "Eats, Shoots and Leaves", must be the first humorous book about punctuation ever written. Unfortunately, it's British humor (no offense Nigel), but if you get yourself in the right frame of mind, not bad at all.Here's an example:quote:
One of the most profound things ever said about punctuation came in an old style guide of the Oxford University Press in New York. "If you take hyphens seriously, " it said, "you will surely go mad." And it's true. ... Churchill said hyphens were "a blemish, to be avoided whenever possible". Yet there will always be a problem about getting rid of the hyphen: if it's not extra-marital sex (with a hyphen), it is perhaps extra marital sex, which is quite a different bunch of coconuts.
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RickD
Slow But Sure Yak Herding Master
3608 Posts |
Posted - 2004-05-17 : 04:34:08
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Us Brits are the only ones with humour... |
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Amethystium
Aged Yak Warrior
701 Posts |
Posted - 2004-05-17 : 10:20:28
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True RickD, must say the the Aussies are pretty good as well, but they're known to take it a little bit too far... some take it the wrong way if they're not use to it.  _________________________________________________________The cradle of civilisation will defeat the new monsters of the world. |
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JimL
SQL Slinging Yak Ranger
1537 Posts |
Posted - 2004-05-17 : 12:27:34
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| Ancient proverb:A man who can make the whole world laugh has no enemies. JimUsers <> Logic |
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Amethystium
Aged Yak Warrior
701 Posts |
Posted - 2004-05-17 : 12:43:09
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Originally posted by JimL
Ancient proverb:A man who can make the whole world laugh has no enemies. JimUsers <> Logic
Errrr, depends on the joke don't you think?! Your sig. says it all... and users are people! _________________________________________________________The cradle of civilisation will defeat the new monsters of the world. |
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Amethystium
Aged Yak Warrior
701 Posts |
Posted - 2004-05-17 : 12:43:33
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Originally posted by JimL
Ancient proverb:A man who can make the whole world laugh has no enemies. JimUsers <> Logic
Errrr, depends on the joke don't you think?! Your sig. says it all... and users are people! _________________________________________________________The cradle of civilisation will defeat the new monsters of the world. |
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JimL
SQL Slinging Yak Ranger
1537 Posts |
Posted - 2004-05-17 : 12:56:35
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| If he made the hole world laugh.It would indicate they all found it funny. Phony individuals not withstandingNote: I did not say I could. As for users I didint say they were bad people just illogical.My mothers totaly illogical and I still love her. ( I just dont let her get in design )JimUsers <> Logic |
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Amethystium
Aged Yak Warrior
701 Posts |
Posted - 2004-05-17 : 17:09:11
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| Jeez calm it Jim, I was just saying..._________________________________________________________The cradle of civilisation will defeat the new monsters of the world. |
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nr
SQLTeam MVY
12543 Posts |
Posted - 2004-05-17 : 17:42:25
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Originally posted by Amethystium
True RickD, must say the the Aussies are pretty good as well, but they're known to take it a little bit too far... some take it the wrong way if they're not use to it.
Dunno - they don't seem to see the funny side of being given a dvd of the rugby world cup (nor do New Zealanders, they don't appreciate the "Swiss" skipper of the Americas Cup winner either).==========================================Cursors are useful if you don't know sql.DTS can be used in a similar way.Beer is not cold and it isn't fizzy. |
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Merkin
Funky Drop Bear Fearing SQL Dude!
4970 Posts |
Posted - 2004-05-17 : 20:11:59
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No really it's OK. We have to let you guys win at SOMETHING  Damian |
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RickD
Slow But Sure Yak Herding Master
3608 Posts |
Posted - 2004-05-18 : 04:29:18
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Originally posted by Merkin
No really it's OK. We have to let you guys win at SOMETHING Damian
Yeah, even your politicians looked so pleased about losing... |
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JimL
SQL Slinging Yak Ranger
1537 Posts |
Posted - 2004-05-18 : 07:43:22
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Originally posted by Amethystium
Jeez calm it Jim, I was just saying...
Sorry its been one of those, we dont want to enter the data but we want the results, week. And my magic wand is at the repair shop.  JimUsers <> Logic |
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AjarnMark
SQL Slashing Gunting Master
3246 Posts |
Posted - 2004-05-19 : 15:48:01
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| Sam, if you like vocab tricks, you might want to pick up a book named Ella Minnow Pea. It's a silly little story that as the book progresses, it periodically drops a letter from the alphabet and that letter doesn't appear again in the rest of the book (you'll have to read it to understand why, but it's all part of the story). It just struck me as quite a challenge for someone to write with an ever-shrinking list of valid letters.--------------------------------------------------------------Find more words of wisdom at [url]http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/markc[/url] |
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