"David Fontaine" <dav### [at] faricynet> wrote :
>
> Bill DimWitt. (couldn't resist) :-)
>

    This is one of the most common ones. Here is the list of ones that have
caused their owners to sprout broken noses so far....

DimWitt (3)
DipShit (2)
DeTwitt (1)
DickLick (1)(which my spellchecker thinks should be picklock)
DeWittless (1)

    I once let a "BeShat" slide on account of originality and because he got
the past tense of "to shit" correct.

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On Thu, 10 Feb 2000 18:30:21 -0500, "Bill DeWitt"
<the### [at] earthlinknet> wrote:

>    I once let a "BeShat" slide on account of originality and because he got
>the past tense of "to shit" correct.

Ahem, that past tense is a myth last that I cared to check. It follows
the conjugation of "sit" because they are somewhat related, but it
could as well have preferred the "fit" way. It's a made-up thing
afaik.


Peter Popov
pet### [at] usanet
ICQ: 15002700

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Peter Popov wrote:

> Ahem, that past tense is a myth last that I cared to check. It follows
> the conjugation of "sit" because they are somewhat related, but it
> could as well have preferred the "fit" way. It's a made-up thing
> afaik.

Since it derives from Old English, and most of the similar verbs derived
from Old English ("sit" and "spit") are strong verbs, it's entirely
logical that it follow the same pattern.  I don't have an OED, and none
of my Old English textbooks have the word, but I don't have the Old
English leechcraft book (the one place I'd expect it), so I'm not
entirely surprised I can't find it.  If I really, really wanted to, I
might be able to look it up at the friendly neighborhood reference
library.

-Mark Gordon

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In article <chrishuff_99-A1E76B.16322010022000@news.povray.org> , Chris Huff
<chr### [at] yahoocom>  wrote:

> This sounds more like default values for parameters than
> overloading--although overloading might also be nice, I don't think it
> would be possible without changing the syntax for variables(which might
> not be such a bad idea).

You may want to reconsider after reading:
<http://www.AskTog.com/columns/028WebStealers.html>

As a programmer I don't agree with him, but as a user I surely have to :-)


      Thorsten


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Bill DeWitt wrote:

> DimWitt (3)
> DipShit (2)
> DeTwitt (1)
> DickLick (1)(which my spellchecker thinks should be picklock)
> DeWittless (1)

It's all in good humor...well, maybe not...

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per <http://www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm>

Main Entry: shat
past and past participle of SHIT


"Peter Popov" <pet### [at] usanet> wrote in message
news:AFCjOLiE2pcJByPRUFOIBbzQ8y=7@4ax.com...
> On Thu, 10 Feb 2000 18:30:21 -0500, "Bill DeWitt"
> <the### [at] earthlinknet> wrote:
>
> >    I once let a "BeShat" slide on account of originality and because he
got
> >the past tense of "to shit" correct.
>
> Ahem, that past tense is a myth last that I cared to check. It follows
> the conjugation of "sit" because they are somewhat related, but it
> could as well have preferred the "fit" way. It's a made-up thing
> afaik.
>
>
> Peter Popov
> pet### [at] usanet
> ICQ: 15002700

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>gadget(knobs)
>gadget(knobs,lights,dials)
>gadget(dials,dial_light,dial_needle,dial_range)
>


I had a similar problem writing my wall macro.

What I did was to have as macro parameters only those
fields necessarry. At the beginning of the file with the macro in,
I declare variables for the optional stuff to a default. The
user can then redeclare the variables before calling the macro.

eg

// file macro.inc

#declare Var1=0;

#macro ThisandThat(Vara,Varb,varc)
....
// Use var1 somewhere here
....

#end

Works fine for me, also solves the problem of not being able to
remember which parameter comes first.

Gail
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>DimWitt (3)
>DipShit (2)  <--- hehe...
>DeTwitt (1)
>DickLick (1)  <--- damn...
>DeWittless (1)


I can identify with your problem. I live in a Latin American country, and
"Bennett" has been interpreted (on written documents) in many ways through
my life as well. Here are the most common:

Benneth
Barnett
Bened
Benet
Benete
Penet
Venet
and last but not least: Perez! (only once, so far)

As a matter of fact, they got my last name wrong (Benneth) on the lists of
*all* my professors thoughout my entire 7 years in Instituto Cultural

never able to get past Barnett. I was correcting here the whole year
through, to no avail. In the case of Benete, it usually derives more as it
goes through the system, and by the time I get it back, it has become
Benedete, Beneton, etc.

Oh, and my dad always suffers this problem:

Nombre?
William Bennett
(They write) Benet Williams.

Like nobody has *ever* heard William as a first name, so it *must* be a last
name. :|

And don't even get me started on Mom's name (Ilidia). Nobody has ever
written it the same way twice. *Nobody* So I won't post the list here.

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Chris Huff wrote:

> This sounds more like default values for parameters than
> overloading--

You're quite right. I did not read the whole of Bill's post, but replied as
soon as I saw the different declarations of the same macro, assuming he was
asking for overloading. On the other hand, overloaded macros would
definitely be a nice feature. What he is asking for is easiest done by
using an include file, and using #ifndef() in the include file to set
defaults, as Philippe Debar pointed out.

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<simpsons>
"There will be no more mockery of your name, Mr. Glasscock."
</simpsons>

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