Re: Career questions: databases

Well, that makes three people, at least, who didn't get my humor. Oh well. One thing I'll say: you're right that I thought you were British. But the fact that you're not explains a lot. They understand dry humor.

I thought for sure my statement, "I suggest you learn proper American English, and learn how to talk good" was a dead giveaway. Oh well.

Neil

"'69 Camaro" <ForwardZERO_SPAM.To.69Camaro_at_Spameater.orgZERO_SPAM> wrote in message news:4Diii.1411$Np2.1373_at_trnddc07...
>"> One, we're not living in Shakespeare's day anymore, so get over it.
>
> I never wrote any such thing. I mentioned it to point out that it's not a
> new development in the usage of the word, so it shouldn't surprise you
> that someone is using it.
>
>> And two, Brits don't know nothing. If they did, then they wouldn't have
>> lost their world empire,
>
> Empires don't last forever. Just ask the Romans. And how many empires,
> pray tell, have you built, compared to the British, and how many
> continents did they span, and for how many hundreds of years?
>
>> and wouldn't have needed us to bail them out in WWII.
>
> Who's "us"? You carried an M-1 Garand in World War II, right beside my
> Dad, huh? And by the way, Gunny is short for Gunnery Sergeant, United
> States Marine Corps, so I'll let you guess my citizenship.
>
>> So, since, if it weren't for us, you'd be speaking German anyway,
>
> There you go with that "us" again. I _do_ speak German, and I doubt you
> ever lifted a finger to keep anyone from teaching me or anyone else, for
> that matter. And when our founding fathers were deciding the official
> language of the new United States of America, German lost by only one
> vote, so it's not the big deal you may think it is.
>
>> I suggest you learn proper American English,
>
> I have a better command of American English than most people do because I
> went to school to get an education and the diplomas, instead of just the
> diplomas. That may also be because I was lucky enough to be born a
> stone's throw from San Francisco, where everyone spoke American English,
> and the majority of them had a college education. I had plenty of good
> examples to learn from.
>
> HTH.
> Gunny
>
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Received on Tue Jul 03 2007 - 04:44:48 CEST