Path: csiph.com!xmission!news.alt.net From: "James Wilkinson Sword" Newsgroups: alt.privacy.anon-server,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.system,alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.cellular-phone-tech Subject: Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2017 19:17:06 +0100 Organization: ~ Lines: 74 Message-ID: References: <0FQBA.80253$zc7.24703@fx09.iad> <6gcldcdin55n117mpf15tmeuln0l4b1rm1@4ax.com> <5uDCA.170070$kx.54173@fx33.iad> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Opera Mail/1.0 (Win32) Xref: csiph.com alt.privacy.anon-server:58522 comp.os.linux.advocacy:406864 comp.sys.mac.system:103642 alt.comp.os.windows-10:38228 alt.cellular-phone-tech:449 On Mon, 03 Apr 2017 18:41:32 +0100, Rene Lamontagne wrote: > On 4/3/2017 12:09 PM, James Wilkinson Sword wrote: >> On Fri, 31 Mar 2017 19:33:27 +0100, Rene Lamontagne >> wrote: >> >>> On 3/31/2017 11:34 AM, James Wilkinson Sword wrote: >>>> On Wed, 29 Mar 2017 20:36:15 +0100, Rene Lamontagne >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 3/29/2017 2:20 PM, Char Jackson wrote: >>>>>> On Wed, 29 Mar 2017 19:51:25 +0100, "James Wilkinson Sword" >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Wed, 29 Mar 2017 01:46:57 +0100, Mark Lloyd >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 03/28/2017 03:27 PM, James Wilkinson Sword wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> [snip] >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Because in the UK we speak in English and say what we mean. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I used to live next to some people with the last name of "Chandler". >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> "chandler" is also a word, meaning someone who makes candles. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> These people didn't make candles. Would you say that calling them by >>>>>>>> name was wrong? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Calling a product a "double double" is giving it a NAME, just like >>>>>>>> with >>>>>>>> people. The name isn't a word, and doesn't have to follow language >>>>>>>> rules. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> People have to have a name. The name is historically based on what >>>>>>> their family did for a living. But double double is just plain >>>>>>> ambiguous. It could be any two properties of the food that are >>>>>>> doubles. >>>>>> >>>>>> The concept of context seems to be entirely foreign to you. >>>>>> >>>>>> Without context, "double double" is indeed ambiguous, but in this >>>>>> discussion there has never been a lack of context, whether that be >>>>>> Timmie's, In-n-Out, or even a basketball game. In each of those three >>>>>> cases, the term means something quite different, but given a bit of >>>>>> context, the ambiguity melts away completely. I'm still not sure why >>>>>> you're having such a hard time with this relatively simple concept. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> He's been eating too much of that double double Spotted Dick >>>>> !!! YUK. >>>>> >>>>> Rene >>>> >>>> With a name like Rene (isn't that female?) you should like sucking it. >>>> >>> >>> No dummy, Rene is male, Renne is female, Can't you talk English in the >>> UK? >> >> Yes, but you're talking French, an inferior language. >> > > NOW you have insulted ME, you stupid fucking Limey... I am not ashamed > of my name, apparently you are. Why would I be ashamed of someone else's name? -- A child is for life, not just for benefits.