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_00,TO_NO_BRKTS_FROM_MSSP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10ad19,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10ad19,public X-Google-Thread: 101deb,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid101deb,public X-Google-Thread: 1073c2,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid1073c2,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 11440e,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid11440e,public X-Google-Thread: 107a89,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid107a89,public X-Google-Thread: 10a146,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-11 06:19:23 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-04!supernews.com!feed.textport.net!newsranger.com!www.newsranger.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ruby,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.awk,comp.lang.clarion,comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.pl1,comp.lang.vrml From: Ted Dennison References: <9f8b7b$h0e$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9f8r0i$lu3$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9fgagu$6ae$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9fjgha$blf$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <35mqhtkdfma2rggv1htcaq6vfn2ihs67a1@4ax.com> <3B1E1452.BAFAAB7F@baesystems.com> <3B1E4B93.7FB8A94D@lmtas.lmco.com> <3B1F3704.C7E0D03A@brighton.ac.uk> <3B202E17.7C728B66@brighton.ac.uk> <3B24A059.4A2B081A@dresdner-bank.com> Subject: Re: Commenting code Message-ID: X-Abuse-Info: When contacting newsranger.com regarding abuse please X-Abuse-Info: forward the entire news article including headers or X-Abuse-Info: else we will not be able to process your request X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsranger.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 09:18:18 EDT Organization: http://www.newsranger.com Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 13:18:18 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ruby:10545 comp.lang.ada:8537 comp.lang.awk:2976 comp.lang.clarion:21633 comp.lang.java.programmer:75256 comp.lang.pl1:966 comp.lang.vrml:3707 Date: 2001-06-11T13:18:18+00:00 List-Id: In article <3B24A059.4A2B081A@dresdner-bank.com>, James Kanze says... > >Ted Dennison wrote: > >> Not to mention that in our football, big burly guys "sock" the >> bezejsus out of each other. But we had our football before yours, so >> the name was already in use (and I don't think even Emacs is >> powerful enough to find and change all occurances in American minds >> :-) ) > >Are you sure you had your football first? The Encyclopedia Brittanica >doesn't agree with you. I'm quite sure that we had our football before *we* had yours. I would have hoped it was quite clear from the context that I meant that. Claiming the other would just be plain stupid. (I knew I'd get roasted for leaving out that pronoun. Damn.) --- T.E.D. homepage - http://www.telepath.com/dennison/Ted/TED.html home email - mailto:dennison@telepath.com