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Darren New <dne### [at] san rrcom> wrote:
> > Apparently there's a city named "Toast"...
> That's not even one of the odd ones. We have Hell, we have Intercourse about
> 30 miles from Blue Balls. We have cities with welsh names I grew up 30 miles
> from that I don't even remember how to spell. And that's all just in
> Pennsylvania.
There are places in the US named Finland, Sweden and Norway. And they are
close to each other. I think Denmark was there as well.
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On 25/04/2011 08:42 PM, Warp wrote:
> There are places in the US named Finland, Sweden and Norway. And they are
> close to each other. I think Denmark was there as well.
What I want to know is, where the hell is *new* zeland named after?!
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On Mon, 25 Apr 2011 21:56:56 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> On 25/04/2011 08:42 PM, Warp wrote:
>
>> There are places in the US named Finland, Sweden and Norway. And
>> they are
>> close to each other. I think Denmark was there as well.
>
> What I want to know is, where the hell is *new* zeland named after?!
Wikipedia can answer that question for you - look at the main article on
place names for New Zealand.
I'll resist saying "GIYF"....whoops. ;)
Jim
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On 25-4-2011 22:56, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> On 25/04/2011 08:42 PM, Warp wrote:
>
>> There are places in the US named Finland, Sweden and Norway. And they are
>> close to each other. I think Denmark was there as well.
>
> What I want to know is, where the hell is *new* zeland named after?!
>
http://bedandbreakfast.bbnl.nl/map_zeeland.gif
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On 4/25/2011 13:59, Jim Henderson wrote:
> I'll resist saying "GIYF"....whoops. ;)
My favorite was when my brother asked me a question by email, and I gave him
the link to the answer with "GIYF" at the bottom of the message. He sent
back "What does GIYF mean?"
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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
"Coding without comments is like
driving without turn signals."
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On 25-4-2011 23:14, Darren New wrote:
> On 4/25/2011 13:59, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> I'll resist saying "GIYF"....whoops. ;)
>
> My favorite was when my brother asked me a question by email, and I gave
> him the link to the answer with "GIYF" at the bottom of the message. He
> sent back "What does GIYF mean?"
>
The paper version of that in the 80's was in my university that if
someone asked what an acronym meant, the canonical answer was: look it
up in the ALUVA. I guess you'll understand what the acronym means
without knowing what the letters stand for.
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On Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:14:08 -0700, Darren New wrote:
> On 4/25/2011 13:59, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> I'll resist saying "GIYF"....whoops. ;)
>
> My favorite was when my brother asked me a question by email, and I gave
> him the link to the answer with "GIYF" at the bottom of the message. He
> sent back "What does GIYF mean?"
LOL
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Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> > What I want to know is, where the hell is *new* zeland named after?!
> Wikipedia can answer that question for you - look at the main article on
> place names for New Zealand.
> I'll resist saying "GIYF"....whoops. ;)
I get the feeling that Andrew wants to engage in smalltalk, as if we
were all talking in person in the same room, in which case such questions
would make sense. (This might also explain the grammar problems.) Of course
since this is not a live conversation done in real-time, and the very means
by which the question is posted can be used to search for the answer (ie.
the internet) makes the question just sound lazy.
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On Mon, 25 Apr 2011 17:32:43 -0400, Warp wrote:
> I get the feeling that Andrew wants to engage in smalltalk, as if we
> were all talking in person in the same room, in which case such
> questions would make sense.
Hmm, that's a perspective I hadn't considered. :)
Jim
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On 25-4-2011 23:32, Warp wrote:
> Jim Henderson<nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>>> What I want to know is, where the hell is *new* zeland named after?!
>
>> Wikipedia can answer that question for you - look at the main article on
>> place names for New Zealand.
>
>> I'll resist saying "GIYF"....whoops. ;)
>
> I get the feeling that Andrew wants to engage in smalltalk,
Nowadays mostly in Haskell.
> as if we
> were all talking in person in the same room, in which case such questions
> would make sense. (This might also explain the grammar problems.) Of course
> since this is not a live conversation done in real-time, and the very means
> by which the question is posted can be used to search for the answer (ie.
> the internet) makes the question just sound lazy.
1) he spelt it wrong, that precludes googling.
2) the first hit for Zealand is the Danish Island, which is not the answer
3) the second line in that wikipedia article is:'Not to be confused with
Zeeland, the Dutch province after which New Zealand is named.'
4) yes he is lazy
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