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| Subject | Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle |
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| From | William Ray Wing <wrw@mac.com> |
| Date | 2014-10-11 15:55 -0400 |
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| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.14780.1413057358.18130.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
On Oct 11, 2014, at 3:20 PM, Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > On Sat, 11 Oct 2014 16:26:43 +0100, duncan smith <buzzard@invalid.invalid> > declaimed the following: > > >> The media have their own quirks when it comes to English. The BBC >> regularly use "top of" / "bottom of" in the sense of "start of" / "end >> of", but I don't know any British people who would (currently) use that >> in conversation. (This only started a few years ago, and the first time >> I heard it I had to work out what it meant from context.) >> > > That usage I think is ancient... I'm sure I've heard it back when there > was a reasonable BBC World Service (along with VOA, Radio Netherlands, and > etc. running on Short Wave"... > > Top of the Hour… Of course, musicians have used it for years, as in “Take it from the top.” And (with reference to the earlier discussion), just because something is specified in the Oxford English Dictionary, doesn’t mean it is universally approved of. Take the “Oxford Comma” for example. -Bill
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Toggle Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-10-08 20:11 -0400
Re: Toggle Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-10-09 12:29 +1100
[OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2014-10-09 18:43 +0100
Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle duncan smith <buzzard@invalid.invalid> - 2014-10-09 19:24 +0100
Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Tim Delaney <timothy.c.delaney@gmail.com> - 2014-10-10 06:53 +1100
Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-10-09 23:48 +0300
Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2014-10-10 17:31 +0000
Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-10-10 22:01 +0300
Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2014-10-10 20:05 +0000
Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Christian Gollwitzer <auriocus@gmx.de> - 2014-10-11 11:37 +0200
Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2014-10-11 12:45 +0100
Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle duncan smith <buzzard@invalid.invalid> - 2014-10-11 16:26 +0100
Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2014-10-11 15:20 -0400
Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle William Ray Wing <wrw@mac.com> - 2014-10-11 15:55 -0400
Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle duncan smith <buzzard@invalid.invalid> - 2014-10-12 00:40 +0100
Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle giacomo boffi <pecore@pascolo.net> - 2014-10-18 09:06 +0200
Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Simon Ward <simon+python@bleah.co.uk> - 2014-10-11 15:45 +0100
Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle "Neil D. Cerutti" <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2014-10-10 10:46 -0400
Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-10-10 18:45 +0100
Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-10-09 18:53 -0400
Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-10-10 18:11 +1100
Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-10-10 13:08 +0300
Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-10-10 21:40 +1100
Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-10-10 13:51 +0300
Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-10-10 22:50 +1100
Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2014-10-10 20:19 -0400
Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-10-11 13:33 +0300
Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-10-11 22:03 +1100
Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-10-10 10:21 +1100
Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-10-10 17:52 +1100
Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-10-10 18:04 +1100
Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-10-10 18:38 +0100
Re: Toggle Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-10-09 02:25 +0100
Re:Toggle Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2014-10-08 21:24 -0400
Re: Toggle Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-10-09 12:42 +1100
Re: Toggle Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-10-08 19:34 -0700
Re: Toggle Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2014-10-09 04:56 +0000
Re: Toggle Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-10-08 22:39 -0700
Re: Toggle Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-10-09 16:55 +1100
Re: Toggle Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2014-10-09 09:51 +0200
Re: Toggle Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-10-09 05:42 -0700
Re: Toggle Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-10-09 16:57 -0400
Re: Toggle Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-10-10 18:18 +1100
Re: Toggle Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-10-10 07:24 -0700
Re: Toggle Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-10-10 07:28 -0700
Re: Toggle Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-10-11 01:36 +1100
Re: Toggle Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-10-09 10:07 -0600
Re: Toggle Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-10-09 09:33 -0700
Re: Toggle Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-10-10 18:15 +1100
Re: Toggle Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-10-09 04:02 +0100
Re: Toggle random832@fastmail.us - 2014-10-08 23:54 -0400
Re: Toggle Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-10-09 14:57 +1100
Re: Toggle Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2014-10-09 17:57 +1300
Re: Toggle Travis Griggs <travisgriggs@gmail.com> - 2014-10-08 22:38 -0700
Re: Toggle alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2014-10-09 15:23 +0000
Re: Toggle Tony the Tiger <tony@tiger.invalid> - 2014-10-12 18:38 +0000
Re: Toggle Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-10-13 05:43 +1100
Re: Toggle alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2014-10-13 08:09 +0000
Re: Toggle Antoon Pardon <antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be> - 2014-10-10 13:44 +0200
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