Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!news.glorb.com!news-xxxfer.readnews.com!textspool1.readnews.com!news-out.readnews.com!transit3.readnews.com!news-out.news.tds.net!newsreading01.news.tds.net!86597e80!not-for-mail From: "Martin Gregorie" Subject: Re: java and ms-server Message-ID: X-Comment-To: comp.lang.java.databases Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.databases In-Reply-To: <4904b0d6$0$28307$607ed4bc@cv.net> Starbuck wrote: >>>>>> That is brill, many thanks > > Lew wrote: >>>>> Are you British? >>>>> >>>>> > > David Harper wrote: >>>> His IP address is a Virgin Media address -- formerly NTL. That's a >>>> major U.K. broadband ISP. I should know. I get my Internet >>>> connection from them too. >>>> >>>> But brill is a small fish, no? ;-) > > Starbuck wrote: >>> Quite correct old boy. Also short for brilliant when one is being >>> lazy. Time for a cup of tea I think. >>> How are you finding the Virgin media service David? >>> >>> Lew - I am English. > > Many of us Americans are fascinated by the British way with English. > Longing for the ancient home of the language, perhaps. > > I was not familiar with the usage of "brill" for "brilliant". Thanks > for the education. > > I'm watching "football" on TV - only it's not soccer. > That's a locale-dependent term. Where I come from (NZ) football (or footy) means Rugby Union. -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org | --- * Synchronet * The Whitehouse BBS --- whitehouse.hulds.com --- check it out free usenet! --- Synchronet 3.15a-Win32 NewsLink 1.92 Time Warp of the Future BBS - telnet://time.synchro.net:24