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| From | Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.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 | 2017-05-02 18:54 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <D52E8670.A335B%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> (permalink) |
| References | (13 earlier) <op.yzmkk6wbjs98qf@red.lan> <D52E29DA.A3224%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> <op.yzmnuao9js98qf@red.lan> <D52E432C.A3254%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> <op.yzmynal9js98qf@red.lan> |
Cross-posted to 4 groups.
On 5/2/17, 5:07 PM, in article op.yzmynal9js98qf@red.lan, "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> wrote: ... >>>>> It's as bad as "burrrrglarrrr alarrrrm": https://youtu.be/S5WFl4E8VCI >>>> >>>> <https://youtu.be/y8lArz1_jO0> >>> >>> Surely Germans could be told the shape to make with their mouths. I >>> severely doubt their facial muscles are any different. >>> >> What would make you think this had anything to do with different muscles? >> Seems like a very odd jump to me... don't see how you got there. > > How the hell do you think we make consonants? Please tell me you are just playing at being lost here... if not I am concerned for you. Maybe you really think making speech sounds is just about the physical way we are made and not how we learn? Try making sounds from some African, Middle Eastern, or Asian languages... not easy of you are not used to it. Heck, try throat singing for a while. :) >>>> And then there is this... how English sounds to non-English speakers: >>>> >>>> <https://youtu.be/-VsmF9m_Nt8> >>> >>> Sounds like a whole load of English syllables shoved together. Reminds me >>> of the spam software that makes random sentences that are quite readable but >>> mean nothing. You can do it yourself if you turn off you brain: >>> >> Or what the script-troller and stalker are doing with their flooding >> nonsense. Sigh. >> >>> Suddenly he invented henceforth that tomorrow should become normal to the >>> kinder pigs, as they became lower then the precipice of eternity. But >>> without the whaling it was not known that we should refrain from giving up >>> our sandwiches for the daily rituals of hiking towards the momentous >>> occasion that will forever be shorter than what was expected. >> >> I posted some computer-generated gibberish like that a few years ago. Some >> of those who troll me, including the script-troller, insisted it was >> something other than gibberish. Absolutely hilarious. >> >> <http://tmp.gallopinginsanity.com/coherent_gibberish.mov> > > A video of some usenet posts? Can't be bothered. Fair enough. > Are Apple really still using .mov format? .mov is a container format, the one .mp4/.m4v is based on... and Apple mostly uses .m4v these days. >>>>> I was never taught it, but I saw some people doing it and realised it was >>>>> much neater and easier to read, so I do it too. >>>>> >>>> I home school my kids >>>> >>> Good for you. I think ALL kids should be home schooled. Why let the >>> government brainwash them? >> >> Depends on what is best for the family... I do not put down others for >> making different choices. > > Why entrust your kids' education to anyone else? Schools teach them al sorts > of shit, like religious education.... They do push religion... and that is one reason (of many) why our kids are not there. To be more fair: SOME schools push religion. >>>> and look at lot of this stuff up. >>> >>> And what opinion have you formed on it? >> >> Well, one big one is most adults have horrid grammar. :) > > I'm not fussy, as long as it's understandable. Mind you the twat in here that > uses no capital letters has pissed me off enough to killfile him. I have pet peeves of people who use "good" and "well" incorrectly and a few other things. But in text I am far more forgiving for some reason. Not saying that is consistent. :) >> Also there is no one "right" way with a lot of things... we think of grammar >> as "the rules" but "the rules" change and different groups see them >> differently. Look up the "right" way to write cursive, for a related >> example. Oy! > > Agreed. I also don't believe in rules for driving :-) Well, driving on the left or right side of the road is the correct way... depending on where you are. :) >>>>>> Also struggle with the period being inside the quotes. And different >>>>>> parts of the world do that one in what I see as a more reasonable way >>>>>> than the American standard. I go back and forth. :) >>>>>> >>>>> I use both because I can never remember which is correct. I can't see any >>>>> logical reason why one is wrong. >>>>> >>>> To me if the punctuation is not a part of the quote it should not be in the >>>> quote. >>> >>> So you would write: >>> ³No need for that², said Zack. >>> As Zack would actually be speaking a fullstop and not a comma. >>> I think that looks untidy and would write: >>> ³No need for that,² said Zack. >>> In fact I think I always punctuate inside the quotes. >> >> Good point. I meant at the end of a sentence. >> >> Jack said, "No need for that." >> >> That is fine because the period is part of the quote, but: >> >> There is more than one way to spell "laundromat". >> >> To me is better than having the period in the quotes. > > Agreed. But I don't think I'd notice if it was done the other way round. I at least some times notice... though I cannot say how often I do not! >>> That brings me onto another annoyance. I detest people using an apostrophe >>> instead of a quotation mark: >>> 'No need for that,' said Zack. >> >> Ok, if you have a quote within a quote do you use a single or double on the >> internal quote? > > Single, to differentiate. But quotes should normally use a ", a ' is an > apostrophe for a missing letter. For the most part I agree on that one. -- Personal attacks from those who troll show their own insecurity. They cannot use reason to show the message to be wrong so they try to feel somehow superior by attacking the messenger. They cling to their attacks and ignore the message time and time again. <https://youtu.be/H4NW-Cqh308>
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Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-05-02 20:04 +0100
Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-02 12:19 -0700
Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Ron C <r.capik@verizon.net> - 2017-05-02 15:51 -0400
Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-05-02 21:07 +0100
Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-02 13:59 -0700
Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-05-02 21:14 +0100
Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-02 14:07 -0700
Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-05-03 01:07 +0100
Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-02 18:54 -0700
Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-05-03 15:38 +0100
Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-03 10:02 -0700
Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2017-05-03 16:22 -0400
Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-03 13:40 -0700
Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2017-05-03 17:01 -0400
Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-03 14:25 -0700
Snit digest 435 / 2017-05-03 Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2017-05-03 07:01 +0000
Re: Snit digest 435 / 2017-05-03 "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-05-03 10:46 +0100
Re: Snit digest 435 / 2017-05-03 Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-03 10:09 -0700
Snit digest 436 / 2017-05-04 Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2017-05-03 22:06 +0000
Re: Snit digest 436 / 2017-05-04 "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-05-03 23:16 +0100
Re: Snit digest 436 / 2017-05-04 Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-03 15:21 -0700
Re: Snit digest 436 / 2017-05-04 "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-05-04 00:19 +0100
Re: Snit digest 436 / 2017-05-04 Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-03 16:46 -0700
Re: Snit digest 435 / 2017-05-03 DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-05-03 09:24 -0400
Re: Snit digest 435 / 2017-05-03 Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-03 10:10 -0700
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