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From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
Subject: Re: MAC address with Win32 bindings.
Date: 11 Nov 2003 07:08:46 +0000
Date: 2003-11-11T07:08:46+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <x7v3ccvfkld.fsf@smaug.pushface.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.318.1068487149.25614.comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org

"Beard, Frank Randolph CIV" <frank.beard@navy.mil> writes:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Simon Wright [mailto:simon@pushface.org]
> 
> > People in this newsgroup tend to get agitated when the language is
> > spelt ADA instead of Ada (ADA => Americans with Disabilities Act or
>     ^
>     |
> What does wheat have to do with the spelling of Ada?  ;-)

It took me a while to understand this one!!

I do regret the decay of irregular forms in modern English (both sides
of the Atlantic) -- eg, 'shined' for 'shone'.

-- 
Simon Wright                               100% Ada, no bugs.



  parent reply	other threads:[~2003-11-11  7:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-11-10 17:58 MAC address with Win32 bindings Beard, Frank Randolph CIV
2003-11-10 18:08 ` Stephane Richard
2003-11-11  7:08 ` Simon Wright [this message]
2003-11-11  8:25 ` Preben Randhol
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-11-08 17:15 Mac " Alex Xela
2003-11-08 20:45 ` MAC " Larry Kilgallen
2003-11-08 21:37   ` Alex Xela
2003-11-09 12:10     ` Simon Wright
2003-11-09 13:48       ` chris
2003-11-09 22:43         ` Larry Kilgallen
2003-11-15 22:38         ` Fionn mac Cuimhaill
2003-11-12 13:49   ` JrZ
2003-11-09  3:27 ` Mac " Steve
2003-11-09  8:59   ` Alex Xela
2003-11-09 10:56   ` Alex Xela
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