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Big SKA News (December 2009)

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    #11
    Originally posted by OrangeHopper View Post
    So you've met MarillionFan.
    How did he manage to trip over one of them? Ever visit his shop: them things were ginormous.
    Insanity: repeating the same actions, but expecting different results.
    threadeds website, and here's my blog.

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      #12
      Originally posted by Paddy View Post
      OK, no posting then.
      Originally posted by Zippy View Post
      He said no posting! Oh bugger ...
      Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
      Which thread was it we shouldn't post in again?

      <trips over Ming vase>


      Oops, sorry!

      So, anyway, you wanted us to post in here or something?
      Originally posted by RichardCranium View Post
      I can't remember.
      Is this thread going to turn into the replacement for 'test please delete'?

      AtW would love that.

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        #13
        Originally posted by Gonzo View Post
        Is this thread going to turn into the replacement for 'test please delete'? AtW would love that.
        I suppose we could have a go, if it would make him happy.
        My all-time favourite Dilbert cartoon, this is: BTW, a Dumpster is a brand of skip, I think.

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          #14
          By the way, we treat "news" as uncountable and singular.

          E.g.

          The news is good.

          I have two pieces of news.

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            #15
            Originally posted by Scary View Post
            By the way, we treat "news" as uncountable and singular.
            Although it is used as singluar when referring to a broadcast or the contents of a periodical, it can be used either way when referring to the contents of such items or to ad hoc pieces of information, although I concede it would sound rather archaic. It is in that latter form that AtW used it.

            I believe English is not his first language. This shows up in that while his English is very good some sounds a little anachronistic - but it is technically still correct. It is the kind of English I was taught at school.

            "I have some news about Majestic12; they are that the Receptionist is a short fat bald bloke and the press release is for Furry Fancier's Monthly."
            Last edited by RichardCranium; 28 November 2009, 11:57. Reason: Making a sentence even more complicated when actually trying to clarify it.
            My all-time favourite Dilbert cartoon, this is: BTW, a Dumpster is a brand of skip, I think.

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              #16
              Originally posted by RichardCranium View Post
              "I have some news about Majestic12; they are that the Receptionist is a short fat bald bloke and the press
              release is for Furry Fancier's Monthly."


              The 2nd guy on that photo is Business Dev manager of the Science Park...

              SKA can be plural also....

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                #17
                Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
                AtW, did you hear about that boy who put his finger in a dyke?

                (or was it a girl?)
                I think it was Pogle.
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                  #18
                  Originally posted by Scary View Post
                  By the way, we treat "news" as uncountable and singular.

                  E.g.

                  The news is good.

                  I have two pieces of news.
                  The toast is good.

                  I have two pieces of toast.
                  This default font is sooooooooooooo boring and so are short usernames

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                    #19
                    Why is this thread not in LR?

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