Re: Pluto & BBC complaints dept.

From	Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.acorn.misc
Subject	Re: Pluto & BBC complaints dept.
Date	2012-01-16 11:36 +0000
Organization	Russell Hafter Holidays
Message-ID	<52526e0573see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> (permalink)
References	(2 earlier) <52508ca0a1see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> <5250df9be0riscos@mdharding.org.uk> <5250e4f01esee.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> <5250f00d80spam-addy@no.spam.invalid> <525267a467richtnews@uwclub.net>

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In article <525267a467richtnews@uwclub.net>,
   Richard Travers <richtnews@uwclub.net> wrote:

> In article <5250f00d80spam-addy@no.spam.invalid>, Dev
> <spam-addy@no.spam.invalid> wrote:

> > Oh dear! Then you'd have to allow similar forms such as
> > "he was typecasted as..." or "the weather was forecasted
> > to be...". Pluto accepts the latter while beeping at the
> > former; and, ironically, it accepts 'broadcasted'.

> As it should. Broadcasted is perfectly legitimate, if now
> rarely used - indeed it appears to predate 'broadcast'.

I finally dug out my OED...

It quotes 'cast' as dating from at least the 13 century, but
broadcast only from 17 century - refering to a method of
sewing seed or spreading guano...

It also gives 'casted' as the past participle in common use
from the 14 to the 17 centuries.

Make of it what you will.

Personally I have no problem with any of 'broadcasted',
'typecasted' or 'forecasted'. Just not 'casted'.

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Thread

Pluto & BBC complaints dept. M Harding <riscos@mdharding.org.uk> - 2012-01-12 11:30 +0000
  Re: Pluto & BBC complaints dept. Alan Calder <alan_calder@o2.co.uk> - 2012-01-12 12:32 +0000
    Re: Pluto & BBC complaints dept. Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2012-01-12 18:57 +0000
      Re: Pluto & BBC complaints dept. Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-01-13 09:22 +0100
        Re: Pluto & BBC complaints dept. Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-01-13 09:46 +0000
  Re: Pluto & BBC complaints dept. Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-01-12 16:24 +0000
  Re: Pluto & BBC complaints dept. Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2012-01-12 19:02 +0000
    Re: Pluto & BBC complaints dept. Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-01-12 19:58 +0000
      Re: Pluto & BBC complaints dept. M Harding <riscos@mdharding.org.uk> - 2012-01-13 11:04 +0000
        Re: Pluto & BBC complaints dept. Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-01-13 12:03 +0000
          Re: Pluto & BBC complaints dept. Dev <spam-addy@no.spam.invalid> - 2012-01-13 14:04 +0000
            Re: Pluto & BBC complaints dept. Richard Travers <richtnews@uwclub.net> - 2012-01-16 10:27 +0000
              Re: Pluto & BBC complaints dept. Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-01-16 11:36 +0000
        Re: Pluto & BBC complaints dept. Ken Wright <kcwright@ormail.co.uk> - 2012-01-14 20:41 +0000
          Re: Pluto & BBC complaints dept. Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2012-01-14 21:21 +0000
            Re: Pluto & BBC complaints dept. Ken Wright <kcwright@ormail.co.uk> - 2012-01-15 21:03 +0000
          Re: Pluto & BBC complaints dept. Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-01-15 11:22 +0000
            Re: Pluto & BBC complaints dept. Ken Wright <kcwright@ormail.co.uk> - 2012-01-15 21:21 +0000
              Re: Pluto & BBC complaints dept. Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-01-16 07:01 +0100
                Re: Pluto & BBC complaints dept. Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-01-16 08:52 +0000
                Re: Pluto & BBC complaints dept. Jess <phantasm_39@hotmail.com> - 2012-01-24 11:23 +0000

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