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Re: OT: speaking of days (weeks, months, years, etc.)

From Peter Hillier-Brook <phb@hbsys.plus.com>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: OT: speaking of days (weeks, months, years, etc.)
Date 2017-03-31 17:20 +0200
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On 31/03/17 14:34, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> On Friday 31 March 2017 14:04:03 rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:
>> To specify the Thursday before the last Thursday, use something like: "the
>> Thursday before last Thursday".
>>
>> To specify the Thursday after the coming Thursday, use something like: "the
>> Thursday after next Thursday".
> 
> Great - all fine in theory.  But you try announcing a meeting that way!!!  
> Here in England we debate it, meaning that I and my husband disagree.  When I 
> say "next Thursday", I mean the Thursday next week.  When he says next 
> Thursday he means the next Thursday to arrive, i.e. this Thursday.  We are 
> both English, but I Cockney-born and he Yorkshire.

By definition you're wrong| A Yorkshireman trumps anyone else. :-)

> And let us clear up another misunderstanding while we are at it.  The other 
> side of the pond you appear to be under a delusion that there is such a thing 
> as British anything, including English.  Try telling that to the Welsh, the 
> Irish and the Scots! 

Too right. English is the source of all the other dialects and it's
tautological to prepend 'British' when referring to the language used in
Great Britain.

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  Re: DD bs=4M option on USB mem-stick creates false format Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2017-03-26 19:50 +0200
  Re: DD bs=4M option on USB mem-stick creates false format Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-03-26 20:00 +0200
  Re: DD bs=4M option on USB mem-stick creates false format kAt <giathnygeia@openmailbox.org> - 2017-03-26 20:10 +0200
  Re: DD bs=4M option on USB mem-stick creates false format "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2017-03-26 20:20 +0200
    Re: DD bs=4M option on USB mem-stick creates false format kAt <giathnygeia@openmailbox.org> - 2017-03-27 12:20 +0200
      Re: DD bs=4M option on USB mem-stick creates false format "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2017-03-27 14:20 +0200
        Re: DD bs=4M option on USB mem-stick creates false format "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2017-03-27 14:40 +0200
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                Re: DD bs=4M option on USB mem-stick creates false format Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-03-28 15:50 +0200
                Re: DD bs=4M option on USB mem-stick creates false format <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-03-28 15:50 +0200
                Re: DD bs=4M option on USB mem-stick creates false format "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2017-03-28 16:30 +0200
                Re: DD bs=4M option on USB mem-stick creates false format Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-03-28 17:40 +0200
                Re: DD bs=4M option on USB mem-stick creates false format "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2017-03-28 19:10 +0200
              Re: DD bs=4M option on USB mem-stick creates false format "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2017-03-28 14:20 +0200
                Re: DD bs=4M option on USB mem-stick creates false format <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-03-28 14:20 +0200
                Re: DD bs=4M option on USB mem-stick creates false format Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-03-28 14:40 +0200
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            Re: DD bs=4M option on USB mem-stick creates false format songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2017-03-28 19:30 +0200
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                Re: DD bs=4M option on USB mem-stick creates false format songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2017-03-29 07:50 +0200
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                Re: DD bs=4M option on USB mem-stick creates false format "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2017-03-29 12:20 +0200
                Re: DD bs=4M option on USB mem-stick creates false format "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2017-03-29 12:40 +0200
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                Re: DD bs=4M option on USB mem-stick creates false format kAt <giathnygeia@openmailbox.org> - 2017-03-29 22:30 +0200
                Re: DD bs=4M option on USB mem-stick creates false format "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2017-03-30 00:00 +0200
              Re: DD bs=4M option on USB mem-stick creates false format Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2017-03-29 16:40 +0200
                Re:Movie 'n Book recommendations by Curt kAt <giathnygeia@openmailbox.org> - 2017-03-29 22:10 +0200
                Re: Movie 'n Book recommendations by Curt Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2017-03-29 23:40 +0200
                Re: Movie 'n Book recommendations by Curt kAt <giathnygeia@openmailbox.org> - 2017-03-30 20:10 +0200
                Re: Movie 'n Book recommendations by Curt Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2017-03-30 20:20 +0200
                Re: Movie 'n Book recommendations by Curt Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-03-30 20:50 +0200
                Re: Movie 'n Book recommendations by Curt Catherine Gramze <rhiamom@mac.com> - 2017-03-30 20:30 +0200
                Re: Movie 'n Book recommendations by Curt Eike Lantzsch <zp6cge@gmx.net> - 2017-03-30 20:40 +0200
                Re: Movie 'n Book recommendations by Curt John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2017-03-30 21:30 +0200
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                Re: Movie 'n Book recommendations by Curt Catherine Gramze <rhiamom@mac.com> - 2017-03-30 22:40 +0200
                Re: Movie 'n Book recommendations by Curt Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2017-03-31 00:20 +0200
                Re: Movie 'n Book recommendations by Curt Catherine Gramze <rhiamom@mac.com> - 2017-03-31 01:30 +0200
                Re: Movie 'n Book recommendations by Curt Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2017-03-31 09:50 +0200
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                OT: speaking of days (weeks, months, years, etc.)  (was: Re: Movie 'n Book recommendations by Curt) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2017-03-31 15:10 +0200
                Re: OT: speaking of days (weeks, months, years, etc.)  (was: Re: Movie 'n Book recommendations by Curt) Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2017-03-31 15:40 +0200
                Re: OT: speaking of days (weeks, months, years, etc.)  (was: Re: Movie 'n Book recommendations by Curt) Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2017-03-31 15:50 +0200
                Re: OT: speaking of days (weeks, months, years, etc.)  (was: Re: Movie 'n Book recommendations by Curt) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2017-03-31 16:20 +0200
                Re: OT: speaking of days (weeks, months, years, etc.)  (was: Re: Movie 'n Book recommendations by Curt) Eike Lantzsch <zp6cge@gmx.net> - 2017-03-31 16:30 +0200
                Re: OT: speaking of days (weeks, months, years, etc.)  (was: Re:  Movie 'n Book recommendations by Curt) Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2017-03-31 18:00 +0200
                Re: OT: speaking of days (weeks, months, years, etc.) kAt <giathnygeia@openmailbox.org> - 2017-04-01 00:20 +0200
                Re: OT: speaking of days (weeks, months, years, etc.)  (was: Re: Movie 'n Book recommendations by Curt) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2017-03-31 16:20 +0200
                Re: OT: speaking of days (weeks, months, years, etc.)  (was: Re: Movie 'n Book recommendations by Curt) Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2017-03-31 17:00 +0200
                Re: OT: speaking of days (weeks, months, years, etc.)  (was: Re:  Movie 'n Book recommendations by Curt) Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole@gmail.com> - 2017-04-01 19:20 +0200
                Re: OT: speaking of days (weeks, months, years, etc.)  (was: Re: Movie 'n Book recommendations by Curt) Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2017-04-01 20:10 +0200
                Re: OT: speaking of days (weeks, months, years, etc.)  (was: Re:  Movie 'n Book recommendations by Curt) Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole@gmail.com> - 2017-04-01 21:30 +0200
                Re: OT: speaking of days (weeks, months, years, etc.) Peter Hillier-Brook <phb@hbsys.plus.com> - 2017-03-31 17:20 +0200
                Re: OT: speaking of days (weeks, months, years, etc.) kAt <giathnygeia@openmailbox.org> - 2017-04-01 00:20 +0200
                Re: OT: speaking of days (weeks, months, years, etc.) Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2017-04-01 00:50 +0200
                Re: OT: speaking of days (weeks, months, years, etc.) GiaThnYgeia <GiaThnYgeia@openmailbox.org> - 2017-04-01 18:10 +0200
                Re: OT: speaking of days (weeks, months, years, etc.) Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2017-03-31 16:50 +0200
                Re: OT: speaking of days (weeks, months, years, etc.) Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2017-03-31 17:00 +0200
                Re: OT: speaking of days (weeks, months, years, etc.) Eike Lantzsch <zp6cge@gmx.net> - 2017-03-31 17:10 +0200
                Re: OT: speaking of days (weeks, months, years, etc.) kAt <giathnygeia@openmailbox.org> - 2017-04-01 00:40 +0200
        Re: DD bs=4M option on USB mem-stick creates false format Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2017-03-27 21:00 +0200
          Re: DD bs=4M option on USB mem-stick creates false format "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2017-03-27 21:50 +0200
  Re: DD bs=4M option on USB mem-stick creates false format David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2017-03-27 06:10 +0200
    Re: DD bs=4M option on USB mem-stick creates false format kAt <giathnygeia@openmailbox.org> - 2017-03-27 14:10 +0200
      Re: DD bs=4M option on USB mem-stick creates false format rhkramer@gmail.com - 2017-03-27 14:30 +0200
      Re: DD bs=4M option on USB mem-stick creates false format Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2017-03-27 14:40 +0200
        Re: DD bs=4M option on USB mem-stick creates false format "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2017-03-27 15:10 +0200
        Re: DD bs=4M option on USB mem-stick creates false format David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2017-03-27 20:20 +0200
          Re: DD bs=4M option on USB mem-stick creates false format Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2017-03-28 00:00 +0200
      Re: DD bs=4M option on USB mem-stick creates false format David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2017-03-27 19:40 +0200

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