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Offline Xairbusdriver

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« Reply #15 on: November 10, 2008, 02:12:50 PM »
All right! Let's have none of that ancient, non-functioning, elitist language usage here! nono.gif I suspect our Britsh cousins will be along shortly with an appropriate 'upbraiding' soon. I'm a little shocked to find no such posting by today...
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« Reply #16 on: November 11, 2008, 03:58:33 AM »
I didn't know what NB stood for until a new supervisor at work started adding the letters to some of his messages.

For a long time I though that he was trying to be politically correct by avoiding adding "No Bull.." to the missives. Finally someone else used it in a different context and I decided to look it up.  smile.gif
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« Reply #17 on: November 11, 2008, 04:54:24 AM »
'NB' is in common usage over here... although, thinking about it, it might just be us older ones. The ones who were around when the Romans ruled the country  biggrin.gif
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« Reply #18 on: November 11, 2008, 06:58:55 AM »
QUOTE(Highmac @ Nov 11 2008, 04:54 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
... it might just be us older ones. The ones who were around when the Romans ruled the country  biggrin.gif


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« Reply #19 on: November 11, 2008, 11:56:43 AM »
I once had a job outside of flying (shudder!) and answered a secretaries question saying, the problem was outside our "bailiwick." Not a clue...deer in the headlghts... rolleyes.gif
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« Reply #20 on: November 11, 2008, 02:01:53 PM »
QUOTE(Xairbusdriver @ Nov 11 2008, 11:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
... the problem was outside our "bailiwick."


While aware of the word and its general meaning, I had never looked into its derivation:

bail·i·wick  (bā'lə-wĭk')  Pronunciation Key    noun.    
  1. A person's specific area of interest, skill, or authority. See Synonyms at field.
  2. The office or district of a bailiff.
   [Middle English bailliwik : baillif, bailiff; see bailiff + wik, town (from Old English wīc, from Latin vīcus; see vicinity).]

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« Reply #21 on: November 11, 2008, 04:48:40 PM »
QUOTE(kbeartx @ Nov 11 2008, 02:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE(Xairbusdriver @ Nov 11 2008, 11:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
... the problem was outside our "bailiwick."


While aware of the word and its general meaning, I had never looked into its derivation...


Similar to what we recently learned about "riding" in another thread...
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« Reply #22 on: November 14, 2008, 07:48:52 PM »
I think I've seen something like this around here before. Didn't bother to search. And what would I have searched for?! smile.gif
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Only great minds can read this
This is weird, but interesting!

fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too

Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.

i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht
I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to
cheearchrs at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the
ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer
be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it
whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey
lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas
tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! if you can raed tihs forwrad it
Just don't let KB see this! brrr1.gif
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« Reply #23 on: November 14, 2008, 08:50:06 PM »
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Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey
lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

And this is why we shouldn't write in all CAPS, which force the brain (if you have one) tongue.gif to raed ervey lteter by istlef, instead of the wrod as a wlohe.
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« Reply #24 on: November 15, 2008, 07:02:57 AM »
QUOTE(Xairbusdriver @ Nov 14 2008, 08:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey
lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.


I'm probably the only person this happens to, but I've noticed as I've gotten older, I'm not as good as I used to be at recognizing words by their shapes. When I'm whipping through the newspaper, I sometimes have to go back and reread because I've "misread" a word. Especially similar words like "that" and "than." It's very annoying.  wallbash.gif
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« Reply #25 on: November 17, 2008, 12:56:19 PM »
QUOTE(Texas Mac Man @ Nov 7 2008, 07:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
(Photoshop doesn't have spell check.)


That's why someone invented proofreading...biggrin.gif

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« Reply #26 on: November 17, 2008, 02:17:40 PM »
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Photoshop doesn't have spell check.
That's why I still have <Excalibur> installed as a Startup item. Not that I always use it, of course... blush-anim-cl.gif
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THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF COUNTRIES
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And the United States = The Banana system
CAUTION! Childhood vaccinations cause adults! :yes:
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