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calibre ebook project?

Started byKaren Lewellen <klewellen@shellworld.net>
First post2018-09-23 22:30 +0200
Last post2018-09-24 17:10 +0200
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  calibre ebook project? Karen Lewellen <klewellen@shellworld.net> - 2018-09-23 22:30 +0200
    Re: calibre ebook project? john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2018-09-24 08:00 +0200
      Re: calibre ebook project? Karen Lewellen <klewellen@shellworld.net> - 2018-09-24 16:40 +0200
        Re: calibre ebook project? Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2018-09-24 17:20 +0200
          Re: calibre ebook project? Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> - 2018-09-24 18:00 +0200
        Re: calibre ebook project? Bob Bernstein <poobah@ruptured-duck.com> - 2018-09-24 19:50 +0200
          Re: calibre ebook project? Karen Lewellen <klewellen@shellworld.net> - 2018-09-24 20:00 +0200
            Re: calibre ebook project? Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2018-09-24 20:20 +0200
            Re: calibre ebook project? Anders Andersson <pipatron@gmail.com> - 2018-09-24 21:10 +0200
              Re: calibre ebook project? Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2018-09-24 21:20 +0200
              Re: calibre ebook project? Karen Lewellen <klewellen@shellworld.net> - 2018-09-24 21:40 +0200
            Re: calibre ebook project? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-09-24 21:20 +0200
          Re: calibre ebook project? Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2018-09-24 20:40 +0200
            Re: calibre ebook project? Bob Bernstein <poobah@ruptured-duck.com> - 2018-09-24 22:10 +0200
              Re: calibre ebook project? Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2018-09-26 11:20 +0200
        Re: calibre ebook project? Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> - 2018-09-24 22:10 +0200
          Re: calibre ebook project? Karen Lewellen <klewellen@shellworld.net> - 2018-09-25 02:20 +0200
            Re: calibre ebook project? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-09-25 03:30 +0200
          Re: calibre ebook project? Étienne Mollier <etienne.mollier@mailoo.org> - 2018-09-25 20:30 +0200
            Re: calibre ebook project? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-09-25 21:00 +0200
              Re: calibre ebook project? Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2018-09-25 21:10 +0200
                Re: calibre ebook project? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-09-25 21:20 +0200
                  OT: The vagaries of English [Was: Re: calibre ebook project? Erik Christiansen <dvalin@internode.on.net> - 2018-09-26 13:10 +0200
                    Re: OT: The vagaries of English [Was: Re: calibre ebook project? Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-09-26 13:50 +0200
      Re: calibre ebook project? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-09-24 16:40 +0200
        Re: calibre ebook project? Karen Lewellen <klewellen@shellworld.net> - 2018-09-24 17:10 +0200

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#200612

FromNicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com>
Date2018-09-25 21:10 +0200
Message-ID<wC0SB-5SO-13@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#200611
Brian wrote:  Note to non-English speakers....natural English politeness
will get you a nod of the head but there will be incomprehension
in the mind

That also works with Americans who are native English speakers, that same
mute incomprehension. I think that works with Australians too...... :-)

On Tue, Sep 25, 2018 at 1:53 PM Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
>
> On Tue 25 Sep 2018 at 20:27:42 +0200, Étienne Mollier wrote:
>
> > Brad Rogers, on 2018-09-24:
> > > Even worse, google's recaptcha relies on US-centric
> > > terminology.  Sadly, many of the images they consider to be of
> > > a bus are more like coaches to some Europeans.  Cars are a
> > > minefield;
> >
> > To a subset of Europeans quite known to be not at ease with
> > English, coaches are « cars », just like bread is « pain ».  :-)
>
> I thought coaches were charas (pronounced "sharras", (short as)).
> "Charabanc" is a bit of a mouthful. The vehicles were used to take
> one to Blackpool.
>
> (Note to non-English speakers. Don't drop the word "chara" into
> casual conversataion about transport; natural English politeness
> will get you a nod of the head but there will be incomprehension
> in the mind).
>
> --
> Brian.
>

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#200613

FromBrian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk>
Date2018-09-25 21:20 +0200
Message-ID<wC12h-5VS-7@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#200612
On Tue 25 Sep 2018 at 14:08:23 -0500, Nicholas Geovanis wrote:

> Brian wrote:  Note to non-English speakers....natural English politeness
> will get you a nod of the head but there will be incomprehension
> in the mind
> 
> That also works with Americans who are native English speakers, that same
> mute incomprehension. I think that works with Australians too...... :-)

Americans? Are you referring to the ones who live in Patagonia?

Are Australians native English speakers?

-- 
Brian.

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#200634 — OT: The vagaries of English [Was: Re: calibre ebook project?

FromErik Christiansen <dvalin@internode.on.net>
Date2018-09-26 13:10 +0200
SubjectOT: The vagaries of English [Was: Re: calibre ebook project?
Message-ID<wCfRE-6hg-11@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#200613
On 25.09.18 20:19, Brian wrote:
> On Tue 25 Sep 2018 at 14:08:23 -0500, Nicholas Geovanis wrote:
> 
> > Brian wrote:  Note to non-English speakers....natural English politeness
> > will get you a nod of the head but there will be incomprehension
> > in the mind
> > 
> > That also works with Americans who are native English speakers, that same
> > mute incomprehension. I think that works with Australians too...... :-)
> 
> Americans? Are you referring to the ones who live in Patagonia?
> 
> Are Australians native English speakers?

That depends. Youth less so¹, I find, but those of us who had the benefit
of schoolteachers who were educated prior to WWII retain a certain
mastery of English - even realising that it once had a grammar.

But back to coaches; here they are only sports coaches. Any other
connotation will whistle over the head of an Aussie, unless you put
"stage-" in front, to trigger recollection of wild west movies.


¹ Now the young resort to a tautological pidgin indistinguishable from
  A-mayorkhan, complete with major disregard for singular/plural and many
  other grammatical niceties. (I thought Socrates had made a similar
  complaint, but it was more general, it seems.)

Erik

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#200637 — Re: OT: The vagaries of English [Was: Re: calibre ebook project?

FromDan Purgert <dan@djph.net>
Date2018-09-26 13:50 +0200
SubjectRe: OT: The vagaries of English [Was: Re: calibre ebook project?
Message-ID<wCgul-6tG-3@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#200634
Erik Christiansen wrote:
> On 25.09.18 20:19, Brian wrote:
>> On Tue 25 Sep 2018 at 14:08:23 -0500, Nicholas Geovanis wrote:
>> 
>> > Brian wrote:  Note to non-English speakers....natural English politeness
>> > will get you a nod of the head but there will be incomprehension
>> > in the mind
>> > 
>> > That also works with Americans who are native English speakers, that same
>> > mute incomprehension. I think that works with Australians too...... :-)
>> 
>> Americans? Are you referring to the ones who live in Patagonia?
>> 
>> Are Australians native English speakers?
>
> That depends. Youth less so¹, I find, but those of us who had the benefit
> of schoolteachers who were educated prior to WWII retain a certain
> mastery of English - even realising that it once had a grammar.

Hey now, we were still taught grammar (and cursive[1]!) in the 1990s.

Granted, since life in general has gotten considerably less "formal"
(for lack of a better word) since the 1940s; I wouldn't even begin to
argue that in general, that increased informality hasn't also slipped
into our use of language.  Or, perhaps it's always been this bad, and
the comparative ease of global communications today simply sheds light
onto how impaired the general population's grammatical skills are.

NOTE - I'm spefically talking about the typical errors in short, yet
"proper(tm)" methods of communication (mainly email); rather than the
evolution of "txt-spk", which was originally a workaround for clumsy
interfaces (i.e. 0-9 keypads).


[1] I am quite thrilled that I now have a secret method of communication
that my children will likely never be able to decipher. Not that they're
likely to ever be able to read my chicken-scratch handwriting anyway.


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#200541

FromCurt <curty@free.fr>
Date2018-09-24 16:40 +0200
Message-ID<wBAbL-6Sy-9@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#200528
On 2018-09-24, john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> wrote:
> On 9/23/2018 10:22 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
>> Hi folks,
>> Very very simple question.
>> Does anyone on this list either  contribute to the calibre  ebook
>> program project, or take part in their discussion forum?
>> I am trying to contact someone with the forum, because I cannot create
>> an account due to the image verification.  even the contact form uses
>> one, after stating you can contact them if having issues creating an
>> account.
>> My goal is a human with information.
>> Feel free to write  privately  as I doubt other than the program  being
>> a Linux one my question will interest few others.
>>
>
> https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sendmessage.php

It doesn't. You linked to the contact form she alluded to above, that
contains the visual reCAPTCHA she's unable to satisfy (I guess the
optional audio challenge is also a no go).

I'd be happy to either register or send a message on her behalf (if
she's still out there listening somewhere).

> HTH.
>


-- 
“An oak is a tree. A rose is a flower. A deer is an animal. A sparrow is a
bird. Russia is our fatherland. Death is inevitable.” Russian school book.

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#200543

FromKaren Lewellen <klewellen@shellworld.net>
Date2018-09-24 17:10 +0200
Message-ID<wBAEN-7it-5@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#200541

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Curt!!!
A true prince of the realm...who actually read!
Yes noble knight I am still listening,  requiring rescue.
Perhaps write me off list,  as I intend using a slightly different e-mail 
for  this forum.
Thank you!
Lady Kare


On Mon, 24 Sep 2018, Curt wrote:

> On 2018-09-24, john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> wrote:
>> On 9/23/2018 10:22 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
>>> Hi folks,
>>> Very very simple question.
>>> Does anyone on this list either  contribute to the calibre  ebook
>>> program project, or take part in their discussion forum?
>>> I am trying to contact someone with the forum, because I cannot create
>>> an account due to the image verification.  even the contact form uses
>>> one, after stating you can contact them if having issues creating an
>>> account.
>>> My goal is a human with information.
>>> Feel free to write  privately  as I doubt other than the program  being
>>> a Linux one my question will interest few others.
>>>
>>
>> https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sendmessage.php
>
> It doesn't. You linked to the contact form she alluded to above, that
> contains the visual reCAPTCHA she's unable to satisfy (I guess the
> optional audio challenge is also a no go).
>
> I'd be happy to either register or send a message on her behalf (if
> she's still out there listening somewhere).
>
>> HTH.
>>
>
>
> -- 
> “An oak is a tree. A rose is a flower. A deer is an animal. A sparrow is a
> bird. Russia is our fatherland. Death is inevitable.” Russian school book.
>
>

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