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>>>> Clique -- A close-knit, usually exclusionary, group.
>>>
>>> Oh. Right.
>>>
>>> How the heck do you pronounce that?
>>>
>>
>> Click
>>
>
> I always thought it was more "cleek," like "cheek."
Wogan seems to think it's clack.
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Chambers wrote:
> On 2/18/2009 11:08 AM, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>>>> Yes, I had noticed that as well - beautifully done, everyone! ;-)
>>>> Yes, yes, it was me, I plead guilty, and at the count of three I pull
>>>> back the duvet, make may way to the refrigerator, one dry potatoe
>>>> inside... er, wait...
>>>
>>> LOL
>>
>> *bows*
>>
>> 10 points for naming the source.
>>
>
> Here, let me google that for you... ;)
>
> http://lmgtfy.com/?q=%22one+dry+potato+inside%22
> http://tinyurl.com/ck9wt6
>
> In either case, it's the second link.
You needed Google for that? :-P
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On Fri, 20 Feb 2009 09:08:31 +0000, Invisible <voi### [at] dev null> wrote:
>>>>> Clique -- A close-knit, usually exclusionary, group.
>>>>
>>>> Oh. Right.
>>>>
>>>> How the heck do you pronounce that?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Click
>>>
>>
>> I always thought it was more "cleek," like "cheek."
>
>Wogan seems to think it's clack.
Terry Wogan is Irish in case you hadn't noticed.
I understand that it is pronounced "cleek" but there is a word to describe
partisan opera fans that sounds like "clack" I don't know how it is spelt but I
don't think it is Clique.
--
Regards
Stephen
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>> Clique -- A close-knit, usually exclusionary, group.
>
> Oh. Right.
>
> How the heck do you pronounce that?
Wikipedia claims it's /'kliːk/ (i.e, "kleek"). Obviously Wikipedia is
never wrong.
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On 20-2-2009 10:09, Invisible wrote:
> Chambers wrote:
>> On 2/18/2009 11:08 AM, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>>>>> Yes, I had noticed that as well - beautifully done, everyone! ;-)
>>>>> Yes, yes, it was me, I plead guilty, and at the count of three I pull
>>>>> back the duvet, make may way to the refrigerator, one dry potatoe
>>>>> inside... er, wait...
>>>>
>>>> LOL
>>>
>>> *bows*
>>>
>>> 10 points for naming the source.
>>>
>>
>> Here, let me google that for you... ;)
>>
>> http://lmgtfy.com/?q=%22one+dry+potato+inside%22
>> http://tinyurl.com/ck9wt6
>>
>> In either case, it's the second link.
>
> You needed Google for that? :-P
You can only know that sort of thing without something like Google if
you were born in a certain period or in a certain country or had a
certain group of friends and/or any combination of that. For me, I don't
think I ever heard of that band, nor that 'song'.
Yesterday evening and this morning I was listening to songs and music by
Hildegard von Bingen. I would not blame you if you don't know who that
is. She died a bit before you were born. Then again you might have had
the right sort of friends some day. But I am sure there are people here
that don't have to resort to Google to estimate how much 'a bit' is.
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On 20-2-2009 10:48, Invisible wrote:
> Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>> Clique -- A close-knit, usually exclusionary, group.
>>
>> Oh. Right.
>>
>> How the heck do you pronounce that?
>
> Wikipedia claims it's /'kliːk/ (i.e, "kleek"). Obviously Wikipedia is
> never wrong.
Is that the standard English pronunciation or the standard French, or
that by Englishmen who tries to imitate the French?
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> Somebody pointed out that a web-based forum forces you to use one specific
> UI - the web forum. On the other hand, NNTP can be used from *any*
> suitable client. It can also be easily archived and so forth. Which seems
> like a valid point to me.
I find the web-based forums I use way better than NNTP.
One of the main advantages is that threads are nicely organised, and if some
noob starts a new thread asking the same question for the 234234th time it
gets merged with the existing thread on that subject. If a thread goes too
far OT then it gets split into a new thread, similar threads get joined,
there just seems to be a lot more "housekeeping" than is possible with an
NNTP server. This then means that if you want info about how to fix
splotchy patches in radiosity the info is all there in one thread titled
"Sticky: How to fix splotchy patches in radiosity" under the "Radiosity"
sub-group, rather than spread across 867 different threads in 5 different
groups.
Searching for subjects/posts also seems much more sophisticated on web
forums, you can easily 1-click to see all threads from a certain user, or
search within their posts, search for posts made between certain dates, etc.
Maybe this is possible on NNTP if you have the correct client, I don't know.
Sending private messages to other users is much easier, rather than the
whole "oh you have to remove the xyzJF# and the notHere77 from my email
address" palaver.
And of course, you can access a web-based forum from any machine without
having to install a client (although POV has a web interface for its NNTP
server).
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>> You needed Google for that? :-P
>
> You can only know that sort of thing without something like Google if
> you were born in a certain period or in a certain country or had a
> certain group of friends and/or any combination of that. For me, I don't
> think I ever heard of that band, nor that 'song'.
> Yesterday evening and this morning I was listening to songs and music by
> Hildegard von Bingen. I would not blame you if you don't know who that
> is. She died a bit before you were born. Then again you might have had
> the right sort of friends some day. But I am sure there are people here
> that don't have to resort to Google to estimate how much 'a bit' is.
Heh. Well, as you know, I've never really had "friends". However, that
particular song spent months at or near the top of the UK charts. Still,
the tune is probably more memorable than the actual words...
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>> Wikipedia claims it's /'kliːk/ (i.e, "kleek"). Obviously Wikipedia is
>> never wrong.
>
> Is that the standard English pronunciation or the standard French, or
> that by Englishmen who tries to imitate the French?
Wikipedia doesn't specify.
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andrel a écrit :
> On 20-2-2009 10:48, Invisible wrote:
>> Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>>> Clique -- A close-knit, usually exclusionary, group.
>>>
>>> Oh. Right.
>>>
>>> How the heck do you pronounce that?
>>
>> Wikipedia claims it's /'kliːk/ (i.e, "kleek"). Obviously Wikipedia is
>> never wrong.
>
> Is that the standard English pronunciation or the standard French, or
> that by Englishmen who tries to imitate the French?
In French the i is not really longer than average, the pronunciation is
/klik/.
--
Vincent
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