Re: tilde

Krogg wrote:
> 
> Randy Gardner wrote:
> >
> > I emailed an english teacher on how to say tilde, here's the response:
> > "till duh" with the first sylable (the 'till') emphasised.
> >
> > So you just say till-duh.
> ya,like "tilled" but with emphasis on "till"
> 
> ta-eh-ul-ed

Just say till duh.

> Obasciiandanchedote:
> I saw this idea somewhere when i was a teen.And i used to leave all
> the apples in the computer room at school with this little progie on
> it at the end of my programming class.No need for a disk its so small.
> 
> .------------------------.
> |.----------------------.|
> ||      IQ              ||
> ||     Quiz             ||
> || What is the          ||
> || abbreviation         ||
> || for "mountain"       ||
> ||?_                    ||
> ||                      ||    )
> ||                      ||   (
> |'----------------------'| .-------.
> |&Apple ii/e       [| ]  | | [___]'|
> +------------------------+ +-------+
> 
> no matter what the user puts in
> it displays:
> 
> .------------------------.
> |.----------------------.|
> ||                      ||
> ||                      ||
> ||     WRONG!!!!!       ||
> ||                      ||
> ||                      ||
> ||                      ||     )
> ||                      ||   )(   )
> ||                      ||  (  ) (
> |'----------------------'| .-------.
> |&Apple ii/e       [| ]  | | [___]'|
> +------------------------+ +-------+
> 
> Waits a few secs then displays:
> .------------------------.
> |.----------------------.|
> || "mountain" is        ||
> ||  correctly           ||
> ||  abbreviated         ||
> ||  "Mt."               ||     )
> ||                      ||    (  (
> ||                      ||  (  )  )
> ||                      ||   )(( (
> ||                      ||  (  )) )
> |'----------------------'| .-------.
> |&Apple ii/e       [| ]  | | [___]'|
> +------------------------+ +-------+
> waits 10 secs then displays:
> .------------------------.
> |.----------------------.|        :
> ||       "Mt"           ||   :
> ||Place your finger     ||      :
> ||on your head and      ||   :     :
> ||repeat "Mt." 3 times. || : :  :  :
> ||                      || : ): : ::
> ||                      || )((: )::)
> ||                      ||(  ))(( ((
> ||                      || )(( )))((
> |'----------------------'|(.-------.)
> |&Apple ii/e       [| ]  | | [___]'|
> +------------------------+ +-------+
> It again waits like 10 secs and
> the displays:                   :    :     .:
> .------------------------.    .   :     :
> |.----------------------.|   :   :   .
> ||    Your right,       ||  :  . :  :
> ||     Your head        ||    .:. :
> ||      IS empty!!!!    || : :(::.: :
> ||                      ||  :.)):.::
> ||                      ||  :(((::.(
> ||                      || ::))))::))
> ||                      || (:((((((((
> ||                      || )))))))))))
> |'----------------------'|(.(((((((((
> |&Apple ii/e       [| ]  | | [___]'))
> +------------------------+ +-------(
> 
> It was so cool to watch someone acutualy do it.
> I actualy saw the teacher try it,and fall for it!!!!

I've had people fall for that one....


But, you've got the drive all wrong, there usually was huge clouds
of black smoke filling the room...........    :-)




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