On Wed, 7 Feb 1996, David Councill wrote:
> At 03:03 PM 2/7/96 -0500, W.R. Gibbons wrote:
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> >
> >But I forgive you. I shouldn't, but wotthehell. Given that you have
> >spark and you have gas and you've even tried ether, four possibilities
> >come to mind.
> >
>
> Is this that bad English that Ulix warned us about?
If you mean the "wotthehell," it's a part of literature, so I should be
forgiven. I think Ulix would not like the adventures of mehitabel,
because of his upper case fetish.
I would not exactly call it a pet peeve, but my eyebrows always lift a bit
when I read posts about the "break peddel." I worry that the population
at large will conclude that computer literacy and regular literacy are
mutually exclusive.
But wotthehell, never judge a man by his spelling or by whether he wears a
tie. On the other hand, if he has a dumbbell-shaped stud thrust through
his tongue, a snap judgement is permitted...
But I digress, and see what trouble that caused Chris Ball.
Ray
Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu (802) 656-8910
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