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Re: OT "or such" (was Re: reading from a socket)

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In article <8el407t0824fvr22h1hi1etggqoso04m1n@4ax.com>,
ralph  <nt_consulting64@yahoo.net> wrote:
> On 22 Jun 2011 19:58:15 GMT, blmblm@myrealbox.com
> <blmblm.myrealbox@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> >In article <0.30901f4ebae96e49c2ff.20110622175451BST.8762nxdcx0.fsf@bsb.me.uk>,
> >Ben Bacarisse  <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> wrote:
> >> BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> writes:
> >
> >[ snip ]
> >
> >> > or such...
> >> 
> >> Eh?
> >> 
> >
> >Maybe you're making a different point, Ben, but this reminds me
> >that I'm curious about that "or such" -- to me it doesn't seem like
> >native-speaker-idiomatic English, and I'm mildly curious about whether
> >it's idiomatic in some English I don't know, or perhaps a word-for-word
> >translation of something idiomatic in another language.  BGB -- ?
> 
> A very common expression in American speech. It is a contraction of
> the idiom "such and such".

Huh.  I'm a native speaker of American English, and it's new to me
(obviously).  

Now, "*and* such" I recognize as a common idiom, though more as
something one would use at the end of a list of things (e.g.,
"lions and tigers and such").  But not "or such".  Well, learn
something new, maybe.  Maybe, as someone else suggested, I *should*
ask in one of the language-usage groups (alt.usage.english would be
my preference).

-- 
B. L. Massingill
ObDisclaimer:  I don't speak for my employers; they return the favor.

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reading from a socket Steve Richter <stephenrichter@gmail.com> - 2011-06-22 06:27 -0700
  Re: reading from a socket Noob <root@127.0.0.1> - 2011-06-22 15:32 +0200
    Re: reading from a socket Steve Richter <stephenrichter@gmail.com> - 2011-06-22 06:38 -0700
      Re: reading from a socket BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-22 08:15 -0700
        Re: reading from a socket John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2011-06-22 15:33 +0000
          Re: reading from a socket BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-22 08:55 -0700
            Re: reading from a socket John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2011-06-22 17:38 +0000
              Re: reading from a socket BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-22 11:00 -0700
                Re: reading from a socket John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2011-06-22 18:16 +0000
                Re: reading from a socket BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-22 11:30 -0700
                Re: reading from a socket John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2011-06-22 18:51 +0000
                Re: reading from a socket BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-22 11:57 -0700
                Re: reading from a socket Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-06-22 13:03 -0700
                Re: reading from a socket BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-22 13:09 -0700
                Re: reading from a socket Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2011-06-22 18:18 -0500
                Re: reading from a socket gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2011-06-22 20:43 +0000
                Re: reading from a socket Michael Press <rubrum@pacbell.net> - 2011-06-23 21:50 -0700
                Re: reading from a socket pacman@kosh.dhis.org (Alan Curry) - 2011-06-22 20:52 +0000
                Re: reading from a socket Dr Nick <3-nospam@temporary-address.org.uk> - 2011-06-23 08:39 +0100
                Re: reading from a socket James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-06-23 06:45 -0400
            Re: reading from a socket Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-06-22 20:51 -0400
              Re: reading from a socket BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-22 19:41 -0700
        Re: reading from a socket Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-06-22 09:17 -0700
          Re: reading from a socket BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-22 09:29 -0700
            Re: reading from a socket John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2011-06-22 16:51 +0000
            Re: reading from a socket Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-06-22 17:54 +0100
              Re: reading from a socket BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-22 10:51 -0700
                Re: reading from a socket Willem <willem@toad.stack.nl> - 2011-06-22 18:29 +0000
                Re: reading from a socket BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-22 11:36 -0700
                Re: reading from a socket Noob <root@127.0.0.1> - 2011-06-23 12:02 +0200
                Re: reading from a socket Angel <angel+news@spamcop.net> - 2011-06-23 10:08 +0000
                Re: reading from a socket Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-06-23 08:27 -0700
                Re: reading from a socket James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-06-23 06:51 -0400
                Re: reading from a socket Tom St Denis <tom@iahu.ca> - 2011-06-22 11:34 -0700
                Re: reading from a socket BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-22 11:43 -0700
                Re: reading from a socket Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-06-22 12:56 -0700
                Re: reading from a socket gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2011-06-22 20:47 +0000
              OT "or such" (was Re: reading from a socket) blmblm@myrealbox.com <blmblm.myrealbox@gmail.com> - 2011-06-22 19:58 +0000
                Re: OT "or such" (was Re: reading from a socket) BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-22 13:34 -0700
                Re: OT "or such" (was Re: reading from a socket) ralph <nt_consulting64@yahoo.net> - 2011-06-22 16:14 -0500
                Re: OT "or such" (was Re: reading from a socket) "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2011-06-22 21:55 +0100
                Re: OT "or such" (was Re: reading from a socket) ralph <nt_consulting64@yahoo.net> - 2011-06-22 16:11 -0500
                Re: OT "or such" (was Re: reading from a socket) blmblm@myrealbox.com <blmblm.myrealbox@gmail.com> - 2011-06-23 17:05 +0000
                Re: OT "or such" (was Re: reading from a socket) BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-23 11:28 -0700
                Re: OT "or such" (was Re: reading from a socket) Michael Press <rubrum@pacbell.net> - 2011-06-23 21:58 -0700
                Re: OT "or such" (was Re: reading from a socket) BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-24 00:33 -0700
                Re: OT "or such" (was Re: reading from a socket) Michael Press <rubrum@pacbell.net> - 2011-06-24 03:07 -0700
                Re: OT "or such" (was Re: reading from a socket) BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-24 10:32 -0700
                Re: OT "or such" (was Re: reading from a socket) Patrick Scheible <kkt@zipcon.net> - 2011-06-24 11:40 -0700
                Re: OT "or such" (was Re: reading from a socket) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2011-06-24 20:23 +0000
                Re: OT "or such" (was Re: reading from a socket) Michael Press <rubrum@pacbell.net> - 2011-06-24 12:17 -0700
                Re: OT "or such" (was Re: reading from a socket) "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2011-06-24 21:49 +0100
                Re: OT "or such" (was Re: reading from a socket) Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-06-24 19:39 +0000
                Re: OT "or such" (was Re: reading from a socket) BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-24 13:30 -0700
                Re: OT "or such" (was Re: reading from a socket) Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-06-24 22:48 +0000
  Re: reading from a socket "Heinrich Wolf" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-06-22 22:40 +0200
    Re: reading from a socket "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2011-06-23 09:03 +0200
  Re: reading from a socket Vinicio Flores <vfloreshdz@gmail.com> - 2011-07-03 19:32 -0600

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