Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution

From	"James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com>
Newsgroups	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	2017-05-04 20:02 +0100
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Message-ID	<op.yzp9txdojs98qf@red.lan> (permalink)
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On Thu, 04 May 2017 19:23:29 +0100, Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:

> On 5/4/17, 11:10 AM, in article op.yzp7f5sijs98qf@red.lan, "James Wilkinson
> Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> wrote:
>
> ...
>>>>>>> Neither do I, of course. If I had, I wouldn't have known it should
>>>>>>> have been "proofread."
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I wasn't castigating him for the error; note the <vbg>.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> No offense was taken... and it is rather funny to make a mistake with the
>>>>>> word "proofread".
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, my point exactly.
>>>>
>>>> Why do you call it a mistake?  Proofread and proof read mean the same.
>>>
>>> Using onelook.com I do not see the "proof read" variant, nor doing a quick
>>> Google search. I accept it as an error.
>>
>> It's just an alternative.  What else could it mean?  I am reading it again for
>> proof it is correct, so proof read.
>
> Da' fakt dat hit kan B undrestood dose knot mene et iz korekt.

Correct is meaningless if it works.

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Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-05-04 17:30 +0100
  Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-04 10:41 -0700
    Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-05-04 19:10 +0100
      Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-04 11:23 -0700
        Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-05-04 20:02 +0100
          Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-04 12:17 -0700
            Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-05-04 20:36 +0100
              Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-04 12:45 -0700
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-05-04 21:48 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-04 14:29 -0700

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