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The perils of "search & replace" in documentation.

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Adam Funk

Jan 1, 1970
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Uh, no. That was a reference to a Steinbeck novel.

Yes, Ingmar Steinbeck wrote a number of those D&D-type novels, before
Operation Sundevil.
 
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Glenn Knickerbocker

Jan 1, 1970
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Bill said:
Hi, Glenn. Are you still singing?

I'm in a production of "TomFoolery" that closes this weekend.
The only question in what you quoted has a question mark.

If you think a little about what prompted me to ask the following
question, however, you might understand why there seemed to be another:

¬R
 
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Kevin S. Wilson

Jan 1, 1970
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Lots of people use "whoever" in the second example, even though it's
technically incorrect, but there's no justification (aside from
ignorance) for "whoever" in the first.

I suspect you've made quite a few people here happy by inferring that
ignorance is sufficient justification for incorrect usage.
 
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Mark Wallace

Jan 1, 1970
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Kevin S. Wilson said:
I suspect you've made quite a few people here happy by inferring that
ignorance is sufficient justification for incorrect usage.

The only ignorance I see here is yours, toward perfectly normal language
shift.

Feel free to make yourself feel unhappy about it; I promise that won't ruin
my day.
 
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Kevin S. Wilson

Jan 1, 1970
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The only ignorance I see here is yours, toward perfectly normal language
shift.

In exactly what way is it possible for one to be "ignorant toward"
something? Is English your first language?
Feel free to make yourself feel unhappy about it; I promise that won't ruin
my day.
You appear to have grossly overestimated your importance in the
matter. Has this tendency to exhibit an inflated sense of self-worth
caused you problems in the past?
 
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Mark Wallace

Jan 1, 1970
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Kevin S. Wilson said:
In exactly what way is it possible for one to be "ignorant toward"
something? Is English your first language?

Buy a dictionary; I'm bored with you already.

I can only hope that you're posting either from the engineering or the
religious groups; you obviously know nothing at all about the English
language.
 
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Kevin S. Wilson

Jan 1, 1970
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Buy a dictionary; I'm bored with you already.

Can't explain it, huh? I see.
I can only hope that you're posting either from the engineering or the
religious groups; you obviously know nothing at all about the English
language.
I'm posting in a Usernet chat room, same as you. Are you new to this
stuff?
 
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Mark Wallace

Jan 1, 1970
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Kevin S. Wilson said:
Can't explain it, huh? I see.

Oh! A troll-like response!

How surprising.

How about your giving an explanation for requiring me to discuss "ignorant
toward", when what I wrote was "ignorance toward", troll?

Just bugger off, eh?


I'm posting in a Usernet chat room, same as you. Are you new to this
stuff?

How un-troll-like.

I've been doing this since before Usenet was Usenet. Your use of "usernet"
and "chat room" speaks volumes.

Go back to talking of things electrical, eh? I promise I won't harrass you
with ridiculous and impossible statements about how electricity works.
 
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David DeLaney

Jan 1, 1970
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Mark Wallace said:
How about your giving an explanation for requiring me to discuss "ignorant
toward", when what I wrote was "ignorance toward", troll?

I, also, was not aware that ignorance was a vector quantity. Can I see the
circuit diagram please?
How un-troll-like.

I've been doing this since

last Friday?
before Usenet was Usenet.

Oh. Last August.
Your use of "usernet" and "chat room" speaks volumes.

That's because of the new meaning-unpacking plug-in modules they're putting
in newsreaders now. Kids these days ... why, there are people here who could
tell you about reading news on an ABACUS.
Go back to talking of things electrical, eh? I promise I won't harrass you
with ridiculous and impossible statements about how electricity works.

Check me here, guys, is that a _challenge_?

Dave
 
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Mark Wallace

Jan 1, 1970
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David DeLaney said:
I, also, was not aware that ignorance was a vector quantity. Can I see the
circuit diagram please?


last Friday?


Oh. Last August.


That's because of the new meaning-unpacking plug-in modules they're
putting
in newsreaders now. Kids these days ... why, there are people here who
could
tell you about reading news on an ABACUS.


Check me here, guys, is that a _challenge_?

Golly. I can see that you're a really clever chappie, and that I should
never even try to discuss things with you.

'Bye, now.
 
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Kevin S. Wilson

Jan 1, 1970
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Oh! A troll-like response!

How surprising.

How about your giving an explanation for requiring me to discuss "ignorant
toward", when what I wrote was "ignorance toward", troll?

Just bugger off, eh?
From where, to where? Are you sure you understand how these chat rooms
work?
How un-troll-like.

I've been doing this since before Usenet was Usenet.

I think you mean "Usernet" (tm).
Your use of "usernet"
and "chat room" speaks volumes.

As does your response to my use of these two well-established and
commonplace terms. Really. Volumes.
Go back to talking of things electrical, eh? I promise I won't harrass you
with ridiculous and impossible statements about how electricity works.
I would have to first begin talking about "things electrical" before I
could go back to doing so.

BTW, are you sure you don't mean "electrical things"? Don't sweat it
if that's what you meant. Lots of non-native speakers of English
reverse the standard order of adjective/noun.
 
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Kevin S. Wilson

Jan 1, 1970
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Golly. I can see that you're a really clever chappie, and that I should
never even try to discuss things with you.

'Bye, now.
Is that twice now that you said you were leaving?
 
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JackShephard

Jan 1, 1970
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I suspect you've made quite a few people here happy by inferring that
ignorance is sufficient justification for incorrect usage.


Just axe anyone from the deep south.
 
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JackShephard

Jan 1, 1970
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I'm posting in a Usernet chat room, same as you. Are you new to this
stuff?

You must be. Such a thing does not exist. Usenet is NOT a chat forum.

It is not a message forum. It most closest resembles a bulletin board
forum, but even that description has its detractors.

Yours, however, is WAY off the mark.
 
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JackShephard

Jan 1, 1970
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Go back to talking of things electrical, eh? I promise I won't harrass you
with ridiculous and impossible statements about how electricity works.

He didn't come from here either.
 
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JackShephard

Jan 1, 1970
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As does your response to my use of these two well-established and
commonplace terms. Really. Volumes.


Neither of which have anything to do with Usenet.

IRC has "chat rooms", or "channels". Usenet does not. Not in any way,
shape, or form, and it has never been referred to as "usernet", except by
some dopes that think it is a chat room forum.
 
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David DeLaney

Jan 1, 1970
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Kevin S. Wilson said:
BTW, are you sure you don't mean "electrical things"? Don't sweat it
if that's what you meant. Lots of non-native speakers of English
reverse the standard order of adjective/noun.

I thought the PC/DC term was "items of electricity", anyway?

Dave
 
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