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UNBELIEVABLE: It\\\'s 03:01 am in Australia and the Senile Ozzietard is out of Bed and TROLLING, already!!!! LOL...
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Peeler
Guest
On Tue, 18 Apr 2023 03:01:56 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again:
<FLUSH the abnormal trolling senile cretin\'s latest trollshit unread>
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JimK addressing senile Rodent Speed:
\"I really feel the quality of your trolling has dropped in the last few
months...\"
MID: <n8idndHg5972A2DDnZ2dnUU78e-dnZ2d@brightview.co.uk>
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again:
<FLUSH the abnormal trolling senile cretin\'s latest trollshit unread>
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JimK addressing senile Rodent Speed:
\"I really feel the quality of your trolling has dropped in the last few
months...\"
MID: <n8idndHg5972A2DDnZ2dnUU78e-dnZ2d@brightview.co.uk>
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Joe
Guest
On Mon, 17 Apr 2023 17:12:07 -0000 (UTC)
phister <phister@inbox.com> wrote:
For some years after 1066, English aristocrats spoke French, so we have
quite a few leftovers still in use.
There are a number of cases of US people using older forms of English
that British English evolved away from. We still say \'forgotten\' as the
perfect tense, but no longer use \'gotten\', which Americans retain.
--
Joe
phister <phister@inbox.com> wrote:
On Mon, 17 Apr 2023 18:05:21 +0100, SteveW wrote:
On 17/04/2023 10:14, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
\"Apparently the English used to drop the H sound as well, but in
the 19th century they brought it back. By then America had been an
independent country for many years so we kept the dropped-H
pronunciation.\"
I kind of doubt the latter, but I totally believe everything on the
WWW.
I knew why they dropped the H, but still don\'t know why the fail to
drop it on the man\'s name.
They copied the french who cannot pronounce aich, businesses thought
it sounded posh. It has now extended to \'istoric\'
For some years after 1066, English aristocrats spoke French, so we have
quite a few leftovers still in use.
There are a number of cases of US people using older forms of English
that British English evolved away from. We still say \'forgotten\' as the
perfect tense, but no longer use \'gotten\', which Americans retain.
--
Joe
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rbowman
Guest
On Mon, 17 Apr 2023 18:05:21 +0100, SteveW wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1GS6gu1FgY
afaik they weren\'t called Erman\'s Ermits at least not in the US. It might
be regional but I do not drop the h in herb or any other words.
I knew why they dropped the H, but still don\'t know why the fail to drop
it on the man\'s name.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1GS6gu1FgY
afaik they weren\'t called Erman\'s Ermits at least not in the US. It might
be regional but I do not drop the h in herb or any other words.
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rbowman
Guest
On Mon, 17 Apr 2023 17:46:47 GMT, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> Because we got the man\'s name from Old German rather than French.
Just refer to herbs as Kraut; it\'s easier.
> Because we got the man\'s name from Old German rather than French.
Just refer to herbs as Kraut; it\'s easier.
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Peeler
Guest
On 17 Apr 2023 20:35:12 GMT, lowbrowwoman, the endlessly driveling,
troll-feeding, senile idiot, blabbered again:
That\'s very laudible of you, gossip girl! And thanks again for letting
everyone know yet more highly interesting details about your personal
preferences. <BG>
--
Yet more of the very interesting senile blather by lowbrowwoman:
\"I save my fries quota for one of the local food trucks that offers
poutine every now and then. If you\'re going for a coronary might as well
do it right.\"
MID: <ivdi4gF8btlU1@mid.individual.net>
troll-feeding, senile idiot, blabbered again:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1GS6gu1FgY
afaik they weren\'t called Erman\'s Ermits at least not in the US. It might
be regional but I do not drop the h in herb or any other words.
That\'s very laudible of you, gossip girl! And thanks again for letting
everyone know yet more highly interesting details about your personal
preferences. <BG>
--
Yet more of the very interesting senile blather by lowbrowwoman:
\"I save my fries quota for one of the local food trucks that offers
poutine every now and then. If you\'re going for a coronary might as well
do it right.\"
MID: <ivdi4gF8btlU1@mid.individual.net>
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Peeler
Guest
On 17 Apr 2023 20:42:17 GMT, lowbrowwoman, the endlessly driveling,
troll-feeding, senile idiot, blabbered again:
> Just refer to herbs as Kraut; it\'s easier.
So much \"wit\" in one miserable senile asshole!
--
Another one of the resident senile bigmouth\'s idiotic \"cool\" lines:
\"If you\'re an ax murderer don\'t leave souvenir photos on your phone.\"
\"MID: <k7ssc7F8mt9U3@mid.individual.net>\"
troll-feeding, senile idiot, blabbered again:
> Just refer to herbs as Kraut; it\'s easier.
So much \"wit\" in one miserable senile asshole!
--
Another one of the resident senile bigmouth\'s idiotic \"cool\" lines:
\"If you\'re an ax murderer don\'t leave souvenir photos on your phone.\"
\"MID: <k7ssc7F8mt9U3@mid.individual.net>\"
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Rod Speed
Guest
On Tue, 18 Apr 2023 06:35:12 +1000, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
You sure you don\'t with the word honour ?
On Mon, 17 Apr 2023 18:05:21 +0100, SteveW wrote:
I knew why they dropped the H, but still don\'t know why the fail to drop
it on the man\'s name.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1GS6gu1FgY
afaik they weren\'t called Erman\'s Ermits at least not in the US. It might
be regional but I do not drop the h in herb or any other words.
You sure you don\'t with the word honour ?
P
Peeler
Guest
On Tue, 18 Apr 2023 15:19:00 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again:
<FLUSH the abnormal trolling senile cretin\'s latest trollshit unread>
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R Souls addressing the trolling senile Australian cretin:
\"Your opinions are unwelcome and worthless. Now fuck off.\"
MID: <urs8jh59laqeeb0seg1erij61m383reog5@4ax.com>
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again:
<FLUSH the abnormal trolling senile cretin\'s latest trollshit unread>
--
R Souls addressing the trolling senile Australian cretin:
\"Your opinions are unwelcome and worthless. Now fuck off.\"
MID: <urs8jh59laqeeb0seg1erij61m383reog5@4ax.com>
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Max Demian
Guest
On 17/04/2023 18:01, Rod Speed wrote:
She offered her honour
He honoured her offer...
--
Max Demian
On Mon, 17 Apr 2023 18:49:51 +1000, SteveW <steve@walker-family.me.uk
wrote:
I wonder why Americans (it seems to me anyway) pronounce the H in the
the name Herb, but not in the foodstuffs?
Poms do too with the word honour.
She offered her honour
He honoured her offer...
--
Max Demian
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rbowman
Guest
On Tue, 18 Apr 2023 15:19:00 +1000, Rod Speed wrote:
Exceptions prove the rule and all that. Honor and honest, but definitely
not honey. Unfortunately honor isn\'t a word that is very applicable in the
US.
On Tue, 18 Apr 2023 06:35:12 +1000, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
On Mon, 17 Apr 2023 18:05:21 +0100, SteveW wrote:
I knew why they dropped the H, but still don\'t know why the fail to
drop it on the man\'s name.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1GS6gu1FgY
afaik they weren\'t called Erman\'s Ermits at least not in the US. It
might be regional but I do not drop the h in herb or any other words.
You sure you don\'t with the word honour ?
Exceptions prove the rule and all that. Honor and honest, but definitely
not honey. Unfortunately honor isn\'t a word that is very applicable in the
US.
P
Peeler
Guest
On 18 Apr 2023 16:11:41 GMT, lowbrowwoman, the endlessly driveling,
troll-feeding, senile idiot, blabbered again:
Feeling better again, you pathological chatterbox?
--
Yet more of the so very interesting senile blather by lowbrowwoman:
\"My family loaded me into a \'51 Chevy and drove from NY to Seattle and
back in \'52. I\'m alive. The Chevy had a painted steel dashboard with two
little hand prints worn down to the primer because I liked to stand up
and lean on it to see where we were going.\"
MID: <j2kuc1F3ejsU1@mid.individual.net>
troll-feeding, senile idiot, blabbered again:
Exceptions prove the rule and all that. Honor and honest, but definitely
not honey. Unfortunately honor isn\'t a word that is very applicable in the
US.
Feeling better again, you pathological chatterbox?
--
Yet more of the so very interesting senile blather by lowbrowwoman:
\"My family loaded me into a \'51 Chevy and drove from NY to Seattle and
back in \'52. I\'m alive. The Chevy had a painted steel dashboard with two
little hand prints worn down to the primer because I liked to stand up
and lean on it to see where we were going.\"
MID: <j2kuc1F3ejsU1@mid.individual.net>
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Rod Speed
Guest
On Wed, 19 Apr 2023 02:11:41 +1000, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
Never bought that mindlessly silly line.
On Tue, 18 Apr 2023 15:19:00 +1000, Rod Speed wrote:
On Tue, 18 Apr 2023 06:35:12 +1000, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
On Mon, 17 Apr 2023 18:05:21 +0100, SteveW wrote:
I knew why they dropped the H, but still don\'t know why the fail to
drop it on the man\'s name.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1GS6gu1FgY
afaik they weren\'t called Erman\'s Ermits at least not in the US. It
might be regional but I do not drop the h in herb or any other words.
You sure you don\'t with the word honour ?
Exceptions prove the rule and all that.
Never bought that mindlessly silly line.
Honor and honest, but definitely
not honey. Unfortunately honor isn\'t a word that is very applicable in
the
US.
P
Peeler
Guest
On Wed, 19 Apr 2023 04:07:41 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again:
<FLUSH the abnormal trolling senile cretin\'s latest trollshit unread>
--
dennis@home to retarded trolling senile Rodent:
\"sod off rod you don\'t have a clue about anything.\"
Message-ID: <uV9lE.196195$cx5.41611@fx46.iad>
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again:
<FLUSH the abnormal trolling senile cretin\'s latest trollshit unread>
--
dennis@home to retarded trolling senile Rodent:
\"sod off rod you don\'t have a clue about anything.\"
Message-ID: <uV9lE.196195$cx5.41611@fx46.iad>
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Joe
Guest
On Wed, 19 Apr 2023 04:07:41 +1000
\"Rod Speed\" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:
It originated when \'prove\' meant \'test\' rather than today\'s \'show to be
true\'. Hence a test area was a \'proving ground\'. Something might prove
to be a failure.
What the saying meant is that a single exception actually tests the
rule, and shows it to be false, whereas no number of compliances will
ever show the rule to be true.
Given today\'s meaning of \'prove\', the saying is now indeed just plain
silly.
--
Joe
\"Rod Speed\" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, 19 Apr 2023 02:11:41 +1000, rbowman <bowman@montana.com
Exceptions prove the rule and all that.
Never bought that mindlessly silly line.
It originated when \'prove\' meant \'test\' rather than today\'s \'show to be
true\'. Hence a test area was a \'proving ground\'. Something might prove
to be a failure.
What the saying meant is that a single exception actually tests the
rule, and shows it to be false, whereas no number of compliances will
ever show the rule to be true.
Given today\'s meaning of \'prove\', the saying is now indeed just plain
silly.
--
Joe
P
Peeler
Guest
On Wed, 19 Apr 2023 07:32:52 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again:
<FLUSH the abnormal trolling senile cretin\'s latest trollshit unread>
--
The Natural Philosopher about senile Rodent:
\"Rod speed is not a Brexiteer. He is an Australian troll and arsehole.\"
Message-ID: <pu07vj$s5$2@dont-email.me>
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again:
<FLUSH the abnormal trolling senile cretin\'s latest trollshit unread>
--
The Natural Philosopher about senile Rodent:
\"Rod speed is not a Brexiteer. He is an Australian troll and arsehole.\"
Message-ID: <pu07vj$s5$2@dont-email.me>
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Rod Speed
Guest
Joe <joe@jretrading.com> wrote
I don\'t buy that either.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exception_that_proves_the_rule
Fraid not.
Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote
Exceptions prove the rule and all that.
Never bought that mindlessly silly line.
It originated when \'prove\' meant \'test\' rather than today\'s \'show to be
true\'. Hence a test area was a \'proving ground\'. Something might prove
to be a failure.
I don\'t buy that either.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exception_that_proves_the_rule
What the saying meant is that a single exception actually tests the
rule, and shows it to be false, whereas no number of compliances will
ever show the rule to be true.
Fraid not.
Given today\'s meaning of \'prove\', the saying is now indeed just plain
silly.
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Max Demian
Guest
On 18/04/2023 19:49, Joe wrote:
That sound dangerously Popperian.
--
Max Demian
On Wed, 19 Apr 2023 04:07:41 +1000
\"Rod Speed\" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, 19 Apr 2023 02:11:41 +1000, rbowman <bowman@montana.com
Exceptions prove the rule and all that.
Never bought that mindlessly silly line.
It originated when \'prove\' meant \'test\' rather than today\'s \'show to be
true\'. Hence a test area was a \'proving ground\'. Something might prove
to be a failure.
What the saying meant is that a single exception actually tests the
rule, and shows it to be false, whereas no number of compliances will
ever show the rule to be true.
That sound dangerously Popperian.
--
Max Demian
T
The Natural Philosopher
Guest
On 19/04/2023 14:32, Max Demian wrote:
Expressing what to day we would call a one to many relationship between
phenomena and *possible* causes, thereof.
If only people were taught this at school, they wouldn\'t get so bogged
in conspiracy theories.
--
Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have
guns, why should we let them have ideas?
Josef Stalin
On 18/04/2023 19:49, Joe wrote:
On Wed, 19 Apr 2023 04:07:41 +1000
\"Rod Speed\" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, 19 Apr 2023 02:11:41 +1000, rbowman <bowman@montana.com
Exceptions prove the rule and all that.
Never bought that mindlessly silly line.
It originated when \'prove\' meant \'test\' rather than today\'s \'show to be
true\'. Hence a test area was a \'proving ground\'. Something might prove
to be a failure.
What the saying meant is that a single exception actually tests the
rule, and shows it to be false, whereas no number of compliances will
ever show the rule to be true.
That sound dangerously Popperian.
Not Popperian. More Hume who formalised the \'problem of induction\'.
Expressing what to day we would call a one to many relationship between
phenomena and *possible* causes, thereof.
If only people were taught this at school, they wouldn\'t get so bogged
in conspiracy theories.
--
Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have
guns, why should we let them have ideas?
Josef Stalin
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rbowman
Guest
On Wed, 19 Apr 2023 19:58:00 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> Not Popperian. More Hume who formalised the \'problem of induction\'.
Ah, yes, where\'s my \'An Enquiry Concerning Human Undertanding\'? Right
there between \'The Sprouting Book\' and \'Edible Plants of the Rocky
Mountains\'. I really should organize some day.
when I came home this evening and a neighborhood cat who had been
sauntering south did an about face and ran down my driveway I assume the
cat inferred a blue car meant the possibility of food.
> Not Popperian. More Hume who formalised the \'problem of induction\'.
Ah, yes, where\'s my \'An Enquiry Concerning Human Undertanding\'? Right
there between \'The Sprouting Book\' and \'Edible Plants of the Rocky
Mountains\'. I really should organize some day.
when I came home this evening and a neighborhood cat who had been
sauntering south did an about face and ran down my driveway I assume the
cat inferred a blue car meant the possibility of food.