Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!newsfeed.freenet.ag!news2.euro.net!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.008 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.98; '*S*': 0.00; 'ide': 0.05; 'scripting': 0.05; 'python': 0.08; 'oh,': 0.09; 'proximity': 0.09; 'subject:language': 0.09; 'received:209.85.210.174': 0.13; 'received:mail-iy0-f174.google.com': 0.13; '"aye"': 0.16; '"here': 0.16; 'from:addr:rosuav': 0.16; 'from:name:chris angelico': 0.16; 'greeks': 0.16; 'grep': 0.16; 'to"': 0.16; 'wing': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.16; 'interesting.': 0.18; 'slightly': 0.19; 'jan': 0.19; 'possibly': 0.19; 'have,': 0.21; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.22; 'archive': 0.23; 'wonder': 0.23; 'ancient': 0.23; 'incorrect': 0.23; 'code': 0.25; 'pm,': 0.26; 'language.': 0.28; "who's": 0.28; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.28; '24,': 0.28; 'quite': 0.31; 'tue,': 0.32; 'it.': 0.33; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.33; 'it?': 0.33; 'yesterday': 0.34; 'probably': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.37; 'using': 0.37; 'despite': 0.38; 'posts': 0.38; 'received:209.85': 0.38; 'think': 0.38; 'web,': 0.38; "what's": 0.39; 'johnson': 0.39; 'received:209': 0.39; 'subject:: ': 0.39; 'did': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.40; 'more': 0.61; 'your': 0.61; 'course,': 0.61; 'here': 0.64; 'met': 0.65; 'subject:!': 0.67; 'strange': 0.68; 'kept': 0.68; 'subject:The': 0.71; 'spoke': 0.73; 'against,': 0.84; 'subject:English': 0.91; 'shopping': 0.92 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=7GCUpDWOmJFazjC6e6iMy0LuuARzmHjNqLytn514et8=; b=gvQk9N5i2mU+O34JJBF9IRbTuv2SCateRThiLOOc5GPTxII5UToiVtjznduUclJCJe 0aOv1m6UWfDPBl83UkmC+upPCz4rjkJ+O9CVE6S2UjHAe86wUkgBBi/7CPDRD0Vd0Hbf 00vD4Pz0IFdH9AdObsql/IQA6Sb2GcjwYQOLQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <60ffdf06-f2e6-4cf7-ae7d-1c0afe2e9d40@f11g2000yql.googlegroups.com> References: <60ffdf06-f2e6-4cf7-ae7d-1c0afe2e9d40@f11g2000yql.googlegroups.com> Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:41:19 +1100 Subject: Re: The devolution of English language and slothful c.l.p behaviors exposed! From: Chris Angelico To: python-list@python.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 28 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1327387282 news.xs4all.nl 6865 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:51291 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:19318 On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 4:57 PM, Rick Johnson wrote: > > Here is a grep from the month of September 2011... Is it? Interesting. I met that month yesterday (she was shopping in Oakleigh, don't ask) and she knew nothing about it. Oh, did you mean "Here is the result of using the grep(1) utility on the python-list archive from the month of September 2011"? Strange how we all knew what you meant, despite your slightly sloppy use of language. I wonder if the same applies to the posts you cite. > | Wing ide can be "USED TO" develop python code for web, > | gui, and embedded scripting applications. Come to think of it, what's your point? That this is incorrect usage? Or that the proximity of the words "used" and "two" must be kept to a minimum of three? According, of course, to the ancient laws of the Greeks and Lats (they're people who spoke Latin, of course - the more of them you have, the greater your latitude). All in favour, say "Aye" in Latin. All against, say "Plonk". ChrisA who's probably in quite a few killfiles - possibly even killfiles as they pertain to Operations...