From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,2078dddcdcd8d83 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "Nick Roberts" Subject: Re: Warning: Religious naming convention discussion :-) [was: assign help!!] Date: 1997/05/18 Message-ID: <01bc639b$b805cd80$LocalHost@xhv46.dial.pipex.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 242998778 References: <5kjvcv$evt@news.cis.nctu.edu.tw> <5kn8ko$jcc@top.mitre.org> <1997May7.201035.2439@nosc.mil> <33727EEA.2092@sprintmail.com> <5kuf1j$17vi@uni.library.ucla.edu> <3373666A.31DFF4F5@spam.innocon.com> <3373EAB5.73A0@sprintmail.com> <337934F2.7593@world.std.com> <337DB3E3.3784@gdls.com> <337E4FDE.2638@sprintmail.com> <337e56fe.0@news2.maynick.com.au> Organization: UUNet PIPEX server (post doesn't reflect views of UUNet PIPEX) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-05-18T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Andrew Dunstan wrote in article <337e56fe.0@news2.maynick.com.au>... > John G. Volan (johnvolan@sprintmail.com) wrote: > : This might be a bit off-topic, but... > [snip] > : ... this has been nagging at me: are "religeon" and "religeous" British > : spellings for "religion" and "religious"? Just curious... :-) > > not according to my SOED :-) But sometimes the religious think themselves righteous. It is interesting to note that many (not all) English, myself included, find it very hard to engage in any kind of argument (i.e. a conversation which involves the slightest disagreement of any kind) without feeling that it implies criticism, and thus being emotional charged. This is the root of the famous taciturn nature of the English: we would often rather simply stay quiet than risk offending somebody. It is not a really a very useful trait. So if some of my arguments appear a bit too 'two-sided', that is, trying to be too appreciative of the counter-argument, now you know why. I am desperately trying not to annoy! I shall retire to the patio now, and sup my Earl Grey tea :-) Nick.