Re: Oracle v. Google jury returns partial verdict, favoring Oracle

From: Flint <agent1_at_section21.org>
Date: Fri, 11 May 2012 20:54:17 -0400
Message-ID: <jokcbp$4gj$1_at_dont-email.me>



On 5/11/2012 3:08 PM, Redjak wrote:
>
>
> "Flint" wrote in message news:joji34$8gs$1_at_dont-email.me...
>
> On 5/10/2012 11:19 PM, Redjak wrote:
>>
>>
>> "Flint" wrote in message news:johrv8$afe$1_at_dont-email.me...
>>
>> On 5/10/2012 8:02 PM, Chance Furlong wrote:
>>> On 5/10/12 5:57 PM, Flint wrote:
>>>
>>>> In other words, it is not anywhere near ready for prime time for
>>>> most Enterprise
>>>> desktop use unless one is ready to live with LibreOffice's weakness
>>>> and
>>>> stay with ODF file formats for everything.
>>>>
>>>> Just a side note: The word "fan" (in this context) is derived from
>>>> and
>>>> has its etymological roots in "fanatic."
>>>
>>> I corrected your grammar, Flint Boi.
>>>
>>
>> My grammar is annoying you, ain't it? You are seriously behind the
>> times as the word is now included in most dictionaries/lexicons, and
>> is only rejected by high-brow grammatically retarded sticks in the mud
>> such as yourself.
>>
>> Of course, never mind that the word has an antecedent usage based on
>> the old English contracted colloquialisms "I'nt", "en't", and "An't",
>> and around 1749, the "A" of "An't" began to be used in writing and was
>> pronounced with a long "A" as in "ain't".
>>
>> http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ain%27t
>> http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ain%27t
>>
>> From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ain%27t
>>
>> "The use of "Ain't I?" addresses one logical problem of English
>> grammar; it serves as a contracted inverted form of the question "Am I
>> not?" Some prescriptivists would not allow any contraction of that
>> question. Others prefer "Aren't I?", even though "aren't" is a
>> contraction of "are not", which is not a standard first person
>> singular construction."
>>
>> and...
>>
>> "Although ain't is seldom found in formal writing, it is frequently
>> used in more informal written settings, such as popular song lyrics.
>>
>> Ain't is obligatory in some fixed phrases, such as "You ain't seen
>> nothing yet"."
>>
>> ...or *"if it ain't broke, don't fix it"* [emphasis mine]
>>
>> Time to update yer lexicon, prescriptive fangurl. :P
>>
>> *************************************************************************
>>
>>
>> You must be desperate.
>
>> For what, Redjak?
>
> Don't get your feathers ruffled. It was a joke, you seemed to give
> Furlong quite a bit of air time. He's un-teachable.

I kind of figured. And yes, I did give him a bit of air time with an intentionally verbose retort to his normal Granny Grammar snideness.

-- 
Flint
Received on Fri May 11 2012 - 19:54:17 CDT

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