Date:         Fri, 6 Dec 2002 17:20:24 -0800
Reply-To:     Aristotle Sagan <killer_jupiter@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Aristotle Sagan <killer_jupiter@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Friday... english lessons...
Comments: To: andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ
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It's quite OK Andrew. I made a typo of my own in that message. Deliberate or
not, I won't say...

Franch is how my significant other and I talk about people of the Franch
persuasion. She is from the south and they speak... different... down there.
Not funny, just different.

I completely forgot the their/there/they're situation. I claim to be slow
today.

their - possessed by... their chair
there - somewhere not here
they're - 'They are'

I were an english/journalism major at one point in my young life.
Then I joined the Air Force and found out how much money engineers make.

tim - robotics engineer in san jose






>From: Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
>Reply-To: Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Friday... english lessons...
>Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2002 13:30:30 +1300
>
>>It's Friday... it's list related... it's not mentioned with any ill
>>harm...
>>it just bugs me... there are more, but these hit me quite frequently.
>>
>>Definition:
>>
>>looser - opposite of tighter... i.e. the nut got even looser thought I was
>>turning it clockwise.
>>
>>loser - someone who does an engine transplant in a fully loaded Westy with
>>a
>>1.3 liter NA Renault engine.
>>
>>lucifer - someone from texass.
>>
>>========================================================
>>
>>to - a place to go... I am going to the Westy Porta Potty.
>>
>>too - also... My significant other is going there too.
>>
>>two - number... one less than three, one more than one.
>
>Dead-on so far...
>
>>tu - Franch for 'you' if you know them real well.
>
>Franch??
>
>
>Oh, english should have a capital E...
>
>I can add:
>
>could care less: means you DO care, at least a little
>
>shock absorber: springs, NOT gas &/or oil damper units
>
>How about there/their/they're...
>
>Some folk on this list would have trouble spelling "a".
>
>Another:
>
>a lot (often or much), NOT "alot"
>
>(not targeting you, Aristotle).


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