Re: COMPILE, and :NONAME

From	"Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.forth
Subject	Re: COMPILE, and :NONAME
Date	2015-06-02 15:54 +0100
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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on 02/06/2015 01:34:10,  wrote:
> On Saturday, May 30, 2015 at 3:54:05 PM UTC-4, Alex McDonald wrote:
>> on 30/05/2015 12:56:00,  wrote:
>> > "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> writes:
> <snip>
>> When I see smart I will just have
>> to think of a sharp, stinging pain.
> 
> That's not very nice to use such language among people who are using
> English as a 2nd or 3rd language. :-) (I still don't get most of the
> jokes in Dutch when my wife's family speaks after 37 years, but then
> I'm not too smart.)
> 
> Exlanation:
> "That smarts" can be used in English to mean that something caused me
> to have pain. Somewhat archaic in modern speech but can still be heard
> on occassion.
> 
> Apologies if that was already known by the readers here, but I know
> that when I don't those Dutch jokes "it smarts". :-)
> 

I like this dictionary, as it illustrates words as they change through
usage and time. http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=smart

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COMPILE, and :NONAME "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2015-05-29 12:48 +0100
  Re: COMPILE, and :NONAME Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> - 2015-05-29 14:15 +0100
    Re: COMPILE, and :NONAME "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2015-05-29 15:23 +0100
  Re: COMPILE, and :NONAME anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-05-29 13:25 +0000
    Re: COMPILE, and :NONAME "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2015-05-29 15:22 +0100
      Re: COMPILE, and :NONAME anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-05-29 14:45 +0000
        Re: COMPILE, and :NONAME "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2015-05-29 17:09 +0100
          Re: COMPILE, and :NONAME "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2015-05-29 17:13 +0100
          Re: COMPILE, and :NONAME anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-05-29 17:21 +0000
            Re: COMPILE, and :NONAME "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2015-05-29 19:36 +0100
        Re: COMPILE, and :NONAME Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-05-29 22:47 +0200
          Re: COMPILE, and :NONAME "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2015-05-29 23:23 +0100
            Re: COMPILE, and :NONAME Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-05-30 02:03 +0200
              Re: COMPILE, and :NONAME "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2015-05-30 20:58 +0100
            Re: COMPILE, and :NONAME anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-05-30 11:56 +0000
              Re: COMPILE, and :NONAME albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2015-05-30 13:34 +0000
              Re: COMPILE, and :NONAME "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2015-05-30 20:54 +0100
                Re: COMPILE, and :NONAME foxaudioresearch@gmail.com - 2015-06-01 17:34 -0700
                Re: COMPILE, and :NONAME "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2015-06-02 15:54 +0100
              Re: COMPILE, and :NONAME Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-05-30 23:45 +0200

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