X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: f996b,66d3a4e5a26c0401 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-04-05 07:07:59 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!news-hog.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!nntp-relay.ihug.net!ihug.co.nz!cox.net!news1.west.cox.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art From: Faux_Pseudo Subject: Re: ASCII Art Fart for Wed, Apr 03, 2002 References: <0b5nau8pblpq4qaq8ei6n7nrouq4ns0s3j@4ax.com> Reply-To: Faux_Pseudo@yahoo.comERCIAL Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Lines: 39 Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2002 15:07:58 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 68.8.9.87 X-Complaints-To: abuse@cox.net X-Trace: news1.west.cox.net 1018019278 68.8.9.87 (Fri, 05 Apr 2002 10:07:58 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2002 10:07:58 EST Organization: Cox Communications Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:16638 --(Once apon a time, in alt.ascii-art,)-- --(bug said it like only they can.)-- > ,---. /(/( Thu, 04 Apr 2002 13:38:14 GMT, > '--. \.--' . .\ wewi�rka znana te� jako Faux_Pseudo, > `-; < / wprowadza w �ycie plan podbicia �wiata > `v-.J-.J przy pomocy puszki mielonki konserwowej: > >>>>--(Once apon a time, in alt.ascii-art,)-- >>>> --(Tran Q. Nguyen said it like only they can.)-- >>> >>> they? >>> >> >>This is the second time I have covered this in a week so I will just >>cut and paste. >> >> A short falling in the english language. There is no third person non >> sexual pronoun that does not reduce someone to "it" or as you pointed >> out make one person into many. I wish we whould get that fixed. I >> have submitted a bug reports to Webster and Wordsworth but they >> bounced back with some error about them being long since dead. > > OK. Got it. So it's not your fault... Sorry. > You are much kinder than in the other group where this came up. They are still fighting it. I am waiting to see how they respond to the w-m.com definition of they which expounds on how people like Shakespeare used they to refer to just one person. Hopefully they will settle down after that. Some people can be militant about English. -- +-(faux@fugozi)-(0.05|0.17|0.23)-(07:04|Fri Apr 05)-+ cat ~/.{sig,uin} It's a damn poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a word. - Andrew Jackson UIN=66618055