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Warp wrote:
> Darren New <dne### [at] san rrcom> wrote:
>> "bangs" are the girl equivalent of long sideburns.
>
> Does the expression "more bang for your buck" have anything to do with it?
I'm assuming you're being serious here, but if not, good job! :-)
I think the "bang for your buck" means the power of the firearm vs the price
in dollars.
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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
C# - a language whose greatest drawback
is that its best implementation comes
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On Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:59:00 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> I recall at uni there were certain books that they said you should buy.
>
> Or you could just get them out of the uni library for nothing. Well,
> duh.
Yeah, unless it's a classroom textbook - the library isn't likely to keep
100+ copies of it on the shelves....
Jim
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On Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:07:56 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Now, personally, I went to primary school, then I went to secondary
> school, then college, then uni. I have no idea what the hell highschool
> is. I also don't know what 5th grade is... o_O
Try googling it. ;-)
Jim
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On Fri, 16 Jul 2010 10:05:10 -0700, Darren New wrote:
> Since it's a 404, "bangs" are the girl equivalent of long sideburns.
Not really, bangs are the front, sideburns are, well, on the side in
front of the ears.
Jim
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Now, personally, I went to primary school, then I went to secondary
> school, then college, then uni. I have no idea what the hell highschool
> is. I also don't know what 5th grade is... o_O
Here, there's "pre-school" which is < 5 YO.
Kindergarden is for when you're 5 YO.
Grade school is the next 12 years (grade 1 thru 12).
"Elementary school" is grades 1 thru 6,
with "junior high school" being grades 7 thru 9 and
"high school" being grades 10 thru 12.
Then there's college, often at a university. A "university" here is a
college with campuses in more than one city. So you have "University of
California San Diego" and "University of California in Berkeley", etc.
"Associate college" is a 2-year degree program.
"College" is four years.
"Graduate school" is after you graduate from college, to get a masters or
PhD or MD or whatever.
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
C# - a language whose greatest drawback
is that its best implementation comes
from a company that doesn't hate Microsoft.
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Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Then there's college, often at a university. A "university" here is a
> college with campuses in more than one city. So you have "University of
> California San Diego" and "University of California in Berkeley", etc.
I have never really understood the difference between a college and a
university in the US (even though both feature prominently and regularly
in many movies and TV series). I have got the impression from somewhere
that college is a kind of "preparation for the university" or something
along those lines, but that might be completely wrong.
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- Warp
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Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Warp wrote:
> > Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> >> "bangs" are the girl equivalent of long sideburns.
> >
> > Does the expression "more bang for your buck" have anything to do with it?
> I'm assuming you're being serious here, but if not, good job! :-)
It was a joke. I don't like to emphasize jokes with smilies. It feels like
explaining the joke...
> I think the "bang for your buck" means the power of the firearm vs the price
> in dollars.
I thought it meant "you get something more useful/valuable (or sometimes
just "more") for the same amount of money" (usually when comparing prices of
different manufacturers).
--
- Warp
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Warp wrote:
> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>> Then there's college, often at a university. A "university" here is a
>> college with campuses in more than one city. So you have "University of
>> California San Diego" and "University of California in Berkeley", etc.
>
> I have never really understood the difference between a college and a
> university in the US
Generally speaking, it's whether you have multiple campuses, or just one. At
least, that's what it was when I went to college.
It has nothing to do with what they teach or how long you attend or anything
like that. Just, basically, size.
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
C# - a language whose greatest drawback
is that its best implementation comes
from a company that doesn't hate Microsoft.
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Warp wrote:
> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>> Warp wrote:
>>> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>>>> "bangs" are the girl equivalent of long sideburns.
>>> Does the expression "more bang for your buck" have anything to do with it?
>
>> I'm assuming you're being serious here, but if not, good job! :-)
>
> It was a joke. I don't like to emphasize jokes with smilies. It feels like
> explaining the joke...
I couldn't tell, because that's exactly the sort of excellent pun-type
inferences I've come to expect from smart people who aren't native speakers. :-)
>> I think the "bang for your buck" means the power of the firearm vs the price
>> in dollars.
>
> I thought it meant "you get something more useful/valuable (or sometimes
> just "more") for the same amount of money" (usually when comparing prices of
> different manufacturers).
Yes, basically. But the origin is in firearms. For example, you wouldn't
want literally more bang in your purchase of tires.
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
C# - a language whose greatest drawback
is that its best implementation comes
from a company that doesn't hate Microsoft.
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Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Warp wrote:
> > Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> >> Then there's college, often at a university. A "university" here is a
> >> college with campuses in more than one city. So you have "University of
> >> California San Diego" and "University of California in Berkeley", etc.
> >
> > I have never really understood the difference between a college and a
> > university in the US
> Generally speaking, it's whether you have multiple campuses, or just one. At
> least, that's what it was when I went to college.
> It has nothing to do with what they teach or how long you attend or anything
> like that. Just, basically, size.
What would be the problem in calling all of them universities, if they
teach the same things and you get the same academic degrees?
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- Warp
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