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Re: Potential problem with Net Transport downloads - 2 attachments     Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:31:37 +1200
On Mon, 4 Aug 2008 05:32:54 -0700 (PDT), PDC <mhahstadt@hotmail.com> wrote: >On Aug 2, 7:36 pm, Lukagain Cos ThistleBounce ><BTol...@ThistleBounce.com> wrote: >> On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 13:20:33 -0700 (PDT), PDC <mhahst...@hotmail.com> >> wrote: >> Are you getting these same sad outcomes when you try other sites..? ...

Re: "Such a vibrant, liberal city! I'M LOVING IT"     Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:05:14 +0100
In article <ouoo841mq8e30qrgmejf3jbgh4a02jk9mt@4ax.com>, on Sun, 27 Jul 2008, Alan Hope <usenet.identity@gmail.com> wrote [] >>Yes, the full OED sometimes has "considered incorrect" or similar. Most >>dictionaries do indeed just _record_ usage. > >Not only that, they record usage as it was 5, 10 or even more ye ...

Re: "Such a vibrant, liberal city! I'M LOVING IT"     Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:52:59 -0700 (PDT)
On 27 Jul, 22:20, Hugh Oxford <ares...@fas.com> wrote: > 1Z wrote: > > ...and there you go again. "Change" has to be "defended" > > against because it is *never* improvement... > > Of course change in language can be good and healthy, and novel uses for > words or new words and phrases that are useful to deal ...

Re: "Such a vibrant, liberal city! I'M LOVING IT"     Sun, 27 Jul 2008 10:54:51 -0700 (PDT)
On 27 Jul, 09:57, Hugh Oxford <ares...@fas.com> wrote: > JF wrote: > > In message <488b3910$0$26078$db0fe...@news.zen.co.uk>, Hugh Oxford > > <ares...@fas.com> writes > > >> It's an interesting question - if enough people misuse a word such > >> that its meaning changes, are they wrong? My understanding of decim ...

Re: "Such a vibrant, liberal city! I'M LOVING IT"     Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:08:51 +0100
"J. P. Gilliver (John)" <junk@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes: > In article <488B179F.6D016174@tesco.net>, on Sat, 26 Jul 2008, > Frederick Williams <frederick.williams2@tesco.net> wrote > [] >>Also, the definition of 'decimate' is not defined in the OED. The word >>might be, but the definition of the word isn't. ...

Re: "Such a vibrant, liberal city! I'M LOVING IT"     Sun, 27 Jul 2008 12:38:51 +0100
In article <488B179F.6D016174@tesco.net>, on Sat, 26 Jul 2008, Frederick Williams <frederick.williams2@tesco.net> wrote [] >Also, the definition of 'decimate' is not defined in the OED. The word >might be, but the definition of the word isn't. Note also that (Well said, but prepare for brickbats! It's like " ...

Re: "Such a vibrant, liberal city! I'M LOVING IT"     Sun, 27 Jul 2008 01:08:53 +0100
In message <488b3910$0$26078$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk>, Hugh Oxford <arestes@fas.com> writes >It's an interesting question - if enough people misuse a word such that >its meaning changes, are they wrong? My understanding of decimate is >that it means to reduce by one tenth, but most people use it to mean >re ...

Re: "Such a vibrant, liberal city! I'M LOVING IT"     Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:25:03 +0100
JF wrote: > > [...] I > use the modern definition of 'decimate' as defined in the Oxford English > Dictionary which is a 'substantial reduction'. [...] Referring to the 1993 edition of the Shorter (I do not have ready access to any other): the most modern definition is from the mid seventeenth century and re ...

Aldershot transmitter (92.5 FM)     26 Jul 2008 07:45:12 GMT
Aldershot transmitter seemed to go off the air about 18:40 on Friday (partway through the Now Show). It's still off the air now (Saturday morning). Can't find anything online about this. -- Andrew Gabriel [email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup] ...

Re: "Such a vibrant, liberal city! I'M LOVING IT"     Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:15:17 +0100
Rect: Aircraftman Ross. He was later Private Shaw. ...


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