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| From | Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.usage.english, comp.os.linux.misc |
| Subject | Re: Floppies |
| Followup-To | alt.usage.english |
| Date | 2025-09-30 06:24 +0200 |
| Organization | Khanya Publications |
| Message-ID | <aemmdk5nnpr4a0df72ab46tpl22utf7jmi@4ax.com> (permalink) |
| References | (8 earlier) <h3mnqlxnbl.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10bbakl$2bqhi$1@dont-email.me> <vjkjdk1chofl803a3t2nd1mfhuvsibkpqn@4ax.com> <10bcmim$2nb40$1@dont-email.me> <miaqqlxq7u.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
Followups directed to: alt.usage.english
On Mon, 29 Sep 2025 14:27:34 +0200, "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote: >On 2025-09-29 03:15, Bobbie Sellers wrote: >> Why English usage is in the Header line I do not know but >> a lot us Usenetters are hair-splitters. > >At some point the thread drifted into English language usage, then >drifted again and no one thought to remove that group. The English usage point was the distinction between floppies, minifloppies and microfloppies (sometimes called "stiffies"); and the distinction between disks, discs and diskettes. If follow-ups don't deal with English usage, then remove aue from the follow-ups line, and if they don't relate to Linux, remove colm. It's that simple. -- Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa Web: http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm Blog: http://khanya.wordpress.com E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk
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Re: Floppies "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-28 14:25 +0200
Re: Floppies Silvano <Silvano@noncisonopernessuno.it> - 2025-09-28 14:45 +0200
Re: Floppies Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2025-09-29 02:30 +0200
Re: Floppies Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-09-28 18:15 -0700
Re: Floppies c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-28 23:17 -0400
Re: Floppies The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-29 10:15 +0100
Meta: Off-topic cross-posts (was: Re: Floppies) Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-29 11:05 +0100
Re: Meta: Off-topic cross-posts The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-29 11:38 +0100
Far Right = Conservative Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2025-09-30 07:06 +0200
Re: Far Right = Conservative c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-30 01:17 -0400
Re: Far Right = Conservative Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2025-09-30 09:25 +0100
Re: Far Right = Conservative Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2025-09-30 21:09 +1000
Re: Far Right = Conservative Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2025-09-30 12:56 +0100
Re: Far Right = Conservative Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> - 2025-09-30 14:59 +0100
Re: Far Right = Conservative Athel Cornish-Bowden <me@yahoo.com> - 2025-09-30 16:27 +0200
Re: Far Right = Conservative Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> - 2025-09-30 17:03 +0100
Re: Far Right = Conservative Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2025-09-30 17:29 +0100
Re: Far Right = Conservative Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> - 2025-10-01 06:37 +0100
Re: Far Right = Conservative Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2025-10-01 06:52 +0100
Re: Far Right = Conservative Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> - 2025-10-01 08:33 +0100
Re: Far Right = Conservative Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2025-10-01 09:54 +1000
Re: Far Right = Conservative Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2025-09-30 21:34 +0100
Re: Far Right = Conservative Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2025-10-01 04:54 +0200
Re: Far Right = Conservative Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2025-10-01 04:39 +0200
Re: Far Right = Conservative Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2025-10-01 03:56 +0100
Re: Far Right = Conservative Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2025-10-01 17:40 +0200
Re: Far Right = Conservative Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com> - 2025-10-02 00:41 -0400
Re: Far Right = Conservative Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2025-10-02 16:24 +1000
Re: Far Right = Conservative nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2025-10-02 10:50 +0200
Re: Far Right = Conservative Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2025-10-03 04:23 +0200
Re: Far Right = Conservative Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2025-10-03 04:18 +0200
Re: Far Right = Conservative Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2025-10-03 16:20 +1000
Re: Far Right = Conservative Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> - 2025-10-03 21:41 -0700
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Re: Far Right = Conservative Rich Ulrich <rich.ulrich@comcast.net> - 2025-10-04 12:19 -0400
Re: Far Right = Conservative Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> - 2025-10-04 15:10 -0700
Re: Far Right = Conservative Rich Ulrich <rich.ulrich@comcast.net> - 2025-10-09 19:51 -0400
Re: Far Right = Conservative Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com> - 2025-10-09 20:11 -0400
Re: Far Right = Conservative Rich Ulrich <rich.ulrich@comcast.net> - 2025-10-05 00:32 -0400
Re: Far Right = Conservative Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2025-10-01 20:22 +0100
Re: Far Right = Conservative Silvano <Silvano@noncisonopernessuno.it> - 2025-10-02 00:04 +0200
Re: Far Right = Conservative Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2025-10-02 09:45 +1000
Re: Far Right = Conservative Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2025-10-02 05:07 +0200
Re: Far Right = Conservative Silvano <Silvano@noncisonopernessuno.it> - 2025-10-02 08:24 +0200
Re: Far Right = Conservative Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2025-10-03 04:24 +0200
Re: Far Right = Conservative Silvano <Silvano@noncisonopernessuno.it> - 2025-10-03 11:45 +0200
Re: Far Right = Conservative Chris Elvidge <chris@internal.net> - 2025-10-03 14:58 +0100
Re: Far Right = Conservative Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2025-10-04 05:21 +0200
Re: Far Right = Conservative Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com> - 2025-10-03 23:58 -0400
Re: Far Right = Conservative Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2025-10-04 18:18 +0200
Re: Far Right = Conservative Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2025-10-03 16:24 +1000
Re: Far Right = Conservative Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2025-10-03 19:48 +0100
Re: Far Right = Conservative lar3ryca <larry@invalid.ca> - 2025-10-03 15:41 -0600
Re: Far Right = Conservative Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2025-10-04 01:31 +0100
Re: Far Right = Conservative lar3ryca <larry@invalid.ca> - 2025-10-03 23:12 -0600
Re: Far Right = Conservative richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) - 2025-10-10 01:42 +0000
Re: Far Right = Conservative Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2025-10-10 09:11 +0100
Re: Far Right = Conservative richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) - 2025-10-10 12:33 +0000
Re: Far Right = Conservative Athel Cornish-Bowden <me@yahoo.com> - 2025-10-10 15:07 +0200
Re: Far Right = Conservative Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> - 2025-10-10 17:01 +0100
Re: Far Right = Conservative Athel Cornish-Bowden <me@yahoo.com> - 2025-10-10 18:26 +0200
Re: Far Right = Conservative Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> - 2025-10-10 20:16 +0100
Re: Far Right = Conservative Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> - 2025-10-10 19:52 +0100
Re: Far Right = Conservative Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2025-10-10 20:25 +0100
Re: Floppies "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-29 14:27 +0200
Re: Floppies Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2025-09-30 06:24 +0200
Re: Floppies "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-30 09:41 +0200
Re: Floppies The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-28 15:16 +0100
Re: Floppies "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-29 14:31 +0200
Re: Floppies The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-29 15:44 +0100
climate change, was Re: Floppies Rich Ulrich <rich.ulrich@comcast.net> - 2025-09-29 12:54 -0400
Re: climate change, was Re: Floppies "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-29 19:14 +0200
Re: climate change, was Re: Floppies The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-29 19:00 +0100
Re: climate change, was Re: Floppies "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-29 21:54 +0200
Re: climate change, was Re: Floppies The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-29 21:11 +0100
Re: climate change, was Re: Floppies Rich Ulrich <rich.ulrich@comcast.net> - 2025-09-29 17:02 -0400
Re: climate change, was Re: Floppies The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-29 18:59 +0100
Re: climate change, was Re: Floppies Rich Ulrich <rich.ulrich@comcast.net> - 2025-09-29 18:17 -0400
Re: climate change Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-30 00:14 +0100
Re: climate change rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-30 02:42 +0000
Re: climate change The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-30 10:15 +0100
Re: climate change Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2025-09-30 21:11 +1000
Re: climate change Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-10-01 03:53 +0000
Re: climate change Rich Ulrich <rich.ulrich@comcast.net> - 2025-09-30 02:08 -0400
Re: climate change Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2025-09-30 16:46 +1000
Re: climate change The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-30 10:18 +0100
Re: climate change Rich Ulrich <rich.ulrich@comcast.net> - 2025-09-30 23:09 -0400
Re: climate change ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2025-10-01 04:03 +0000
Re: climate change Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> - 2025-10-01 06:18 +0100
Re: climate change The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> - 2025-10-04 15:06 -0400
Re: climate change The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-05 10:05 +0100
Re: climate change The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-30 10:13 +0100
Re: climate change Rich Ulrich <rich.ulrich@comcast.net> - 2025-09-30 19:50 -0400
Re: climate change Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2025-10-01 11:36 +1000
Re: climate change Rich Ulrich <rich.ulrich@comcast.net> - 2025-09-30 22:32 -0400
Re: climate change Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2025-10-01 15:01 +1000
Re: climate change The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-01 09:17 +0100
Re: climate change Rich Ulrich <rich.ulrich@comcast.net> - 2025-10-01 15:45 -0400
Re: climate change Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-10-01 17:33 -0700
Re: climate change The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-02 11:44 +0100
Re: climate change The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-02 11:40 +0100
Re: climate change The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-01 09:16 +0100
Re: climate change Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-10-01 09:41 -0700
Re: climate change nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2025-10-01 23:16 +0200
Re: climate change Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-10-01 03:53 +0000
Re: climate change, was Re: Floppies The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-30 10:00 +0100
Re: climate change, was Re: Floppies nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2025-09-30 13:20 +0200
Re: climate change, was Re: Floppies The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-30 12:50 +0100
Re: climate change, was Re: Floppies nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2025-09-30 13:06 +0200
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