Conference 7.286::digital

    From Geneva, we easily send mail via Allin1 to the Kiev (@UKR) office and 
    get replies within the hour. 
    				[ a lost art :o)  ]

    >> Ucraine                 
    
    >> @UKR
    
      Correct spelling (in English) is Ukraine, with a 'k' not a 'c'.
    
      If you get a 'postmaster' message, like 'unrecognised recipient', it
    can mean that you have the name or location wrongly spelt. Computers
    are very stupid; one letter wrong is all it takes.
    
    Ken

    Hi Joan,

    Please forward me your postmaster reject (to Ron Sherman @ALF) and I'll 
    try to help you with the addressing.

    Ron (not to be confused with a RON ... 8^)

    spelt?

    Yes, spelt is correct.  Appropriate usage is "Mama!  Ah spelt mah
    milk!".  It is *not* correct usage as follows: "Mama!  Ah set fer a
    spelt in the corner!".  Correct usage would be "Mama!  Ah got mah butt
    whipped at school".
    
    The latter shows our educational system is doing its job.

>    spelt in the corner!".  Correct usage would be "Mama!  Ah got mah butt
>    whipped at school".

    
Where did you go to school.  That's past tense.  It should be...


"Mama!  Ah got mah butt whupped at school".

Al Cook

>                      <<< Note 3973.4 by CSLALL::JSTONE >>>
>                              -< ooooh  spelled >-

>    spelt?

   My dictionary (Chambers 20th Century) gives both "spelled" and
   "spelt" for the past tense of "spell". As "spelt" is listed second,
   I suppose it's less preferred.

    
    I believe that "spelt" is also a kind of wheat (or "Weet").
    

My dictionary lists spelt (pref.) and spelled as correct usage.

Spelt is, indeed, a type of wheat, Triticum Spelta, grown in parts of
southern Europe.

Chris.

    Re. .7, .9 & others...
    
      I believe the author of .9 is, like myself, in the UK (do many Americans
    understand the personal name 'lager lout'?). I don't know where LINGO::
    is, but if it is in the US then that may account for the different
    ordering of 'spelt' and 'spelled' in the author's dictionary.
    
      "England and America - two nations divided by a common language"
    
    Ken

>      I believe the author of .9 is, like myself, in the UK

I live on the planet Zog, in the Ursa Minor star system.

Chris.

Re .11

You mean you're "a spacer" Chris :-).

Do you know Zig and Zag too?

                          James.

>You mean you're "a spacer" Chris :-).

do you mean as in the type of washer, or as in `like far out man'?  Perhaps
both, maybe neither.

>Do you know Zig and Zag too?

of course, their latest record is terrible!

Chris.

   >I don't know where LINGO:: is, but if it is in the US then that may
   >account for the different ordering of 'spelt' and 'spelled' in the
   >author's dictionary.
    
   LINGO is in the UK (REO). My Chambers Dictionary was published in
   Edinburgh - maybe theh Scots prefer spelled ....


   Marge

    Few Americans know what "lager lout" means.  I've only heard it used in
    a very derogatory way, FYI.  One Brit I worked with described lager
    louts as "The kind of alcoholic bums that go to the cheapest place on
    their vacations where they can purchase alcohol in mass quantities,
    sleep in hovels or gutters, throw up in restaurants, and generally give
    the English tourist a bad name overseas until their funds run out or
    they're deported".
    
    She used the term also to describe the horde of English contractors we
    get here in the US on questionable visas, with questionable pasts, that
    seem to have gone through most of their employment options in their own
    country and are now doing so in ours.
    
    It must mean different things to different Brits, because I can't
    imagine, based on what I was told or have heard since, why anyone would
    have it as their personal name.  Y'all wanna enlighten us with your
    definition and reason for choosing it?  I've always wondered but never
    asked.
    
    								Tex

    
    Perhaps your personal name should include a smiley, Chris ? before
    anyone gets the wrong idea...
    
    Graham (definitely in the UK)
    

re .16, that's pretty accurate, except for the accent.  Hobbies are
drinking, farting, puking and going down the football to abuse the
ref.

re .17, me reputation seems to go before me anyway, the PN can't make
it any worse!

Chris.

    So, I believe what Chris is saying is "I represent that remark!" :^]

>    So, I believe what Chris is saying is "I represent that remark!" :^]

something like that.  :)

Chris.

Ahh, so it was you looking for that Disco at 3:00am last week !

Alan

>Ahh, so it was you looking for that Disco at 3:00am last week !

do elaborate, Alan... :)

Chris.

What, publicly ?

Alan

[A group at Cambridge, got bored when the bar closed and toured the 
town looking for some 'excitement'. Came back after 3.00 am]

'fraid that was me !!! Didn't find the disco but had a very nice Kebab and Chips from a Van!!!

>    <<< Note 3973.24 by YUPPY::IANKNG::KINGI "The Hole in The Wall Gang" >>>

uh oh, there goes the neighbourhood... :)

Chris.

Well, if its any consolation, I was the one found climbing through a 
window after I locked myself out !

Alan

    Hi Ron,
    
    Thanks for your offer of help but I think it was just a glitch in the
    system, when I tried to reply again it worked.
    
    In case you are wondering why my reply is so late, I'm on vacation and
    only head for the PC when the heat and humidity gets to the point where
    it would boil your head to stay out there any longer.
    
    
    joan

    RE: .16
    
    >   "The kind of alcoholic bums that go to the cheapest place on
    >    their vacations where they can purchase alcohol in mass quantities,
    >    sleep in hovels or gutters, throw up in restaurants, and generally
    >    give the English tourist a bad name overseas until their funds run out
    >    or they're deported".
    
    
    In Oz, we call these
    
    Footie Players ;-)