Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 15 Jan 2003.
Nerd Boy, episode 330
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· 12 messages · 15 Jan 2003 - 16 Jan 2003
She orders a hamburger to the room,
but kills the guy who -rented- the
,,, , room. I kept thinking; who's
'.. OO gonna pay for that hamburger?
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Who cares?! It's a cool It's called "suspension of
thriller series that `,,, , disbelief". They lost
totally rocks! '.. OO me at the hamburger.
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Yer an idiot. Huh?
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Nothing, I just totally Oh.
agreed with you! `,,, ,
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Five nerd points to those who know what television series inspired
this comic strip. Actually, just five points to the first person,
the rest will obviously just copy the first person, because we all
know how crazy people get over nerd points, now don't we? :)
See? Perfect example of the inadequacies of English. Did I mean
"[how] [crazy people] [get]" or "[how crazy] [people] [get]"?
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>Five nerd points to those who know what television series inspired
>this comic strip.
Hmm I remember it. It was some crazy chick. I remember the
cheeseburger thing bugging me for some reason too.
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Joaquim G�ndara wrote in message ... > Yer an idiot. Huh? > `,,, , > '.. OO > .||. || > _ || ______________ dd _ > > > > Nothing, I just totally Oh. > agreed with you! `,,, , > '.. OO > .||- (( >jg______________________ || ________________ b b _____________ Poor NerdBoy! >See? Perfect example of the inadequacies of English. Did I mean >"[how] [crazy people] [get]" or "[how crazy] [people] [get]"? Yup It's a crap language; kudos to all who manage to learn it after having learned their own much more simple and better-defined languages. OK - you've heard of "'i' before 'e' except after 'c'", right ? Name as many words as you can where that rule applies. "Receive" for one... Any others, anyone ? -- Graeme Porter -^-_ _ / [_][_]_:_ Proud owner of a 1978 /| _||_ v Pearl Fiberglass Shell kit | / \ | -=/=\\____//=\=jaa "I married Miss right, I just didn't know her first name was 'Always'" -- Anonymous
"Anonymous" <gue...@guest.net> wrote in message news:b03isp$7cv$1...@pheidippides.axion.bt.co.uk... > Joaquim G�ndara wrote in message ... > >See? Perfect example of the inadequacies of English. Did I mean > >"[how] [crazy people] [get]" or "[how crazy] [people] [get]"? > > Yup > > It's a crap language; kudos to all who manage to learn it after having > learned their own much more simple and better-defined languages. > > OK - you've heard of "'i' before 'e' except after 'c'", right ? > > Name as many words as you can where that rule applies. > > "Receive" for one... > > Any others, anyone ? friend, fiend, worried, wield, and many more. What ? Well, you didnt say which PART of the rule! T. :)
Tom Bampton wrote in message ... > >"Anonymous" <gue...@guest.net> wrote in message >news:b03isp$7cv$1...@pheidippides.axion.bt.co.uk... >> Joaquim G�ndara wrote in message ... >> >See? Perfect example of the inadequacies of English. Did I mean >> >"[how] [crazy people] [get]" or "[how crazy] [people] [get]"? >> >> Yup >> >> It's a crap language; kudos to all who manage to learn it after having >> learned their own much more simple and better-defined languages. >> >> OK - you've heard of "'i' before 'e' except after 'c'", right ? >> >> Name as many words as you can where that rule applies. >> >> "Receive" for one... >> >> Any others, anyone ? > >friend, fiend, worried, wield, and many more. > >What ? Well, you didnt say which PART of the rule! > >T. > >:) Smartass ;o) OK, so how's about the part where you get "CEI" in that order in words as part of the rule ? Like in "Receive" (which is my only example)... -- Graeme Porter -^-_ _ / [_][_]_:_ Proud owner of a 1978 /| _||_ v Pearl Fiberglass Shell kit | / \ | -=/=\\____//=\=jaa "I married Miss right, I just didn't know her first name was 'Always'" -- Anonymous
In article <b046a8$il8$1...@pheidippides.axion.bt.co.uk>, "Anonymous" <gue...@guest.net> wrote: [snip] >>"Anonymous" <gue...@guest.net> wrote in message >>news:b03isp$7cv$1...@pheidippides.axion.bt.co.uk... [snip] >>> OK - you've heard of "'i' before 'e' except after 'c'", right ? >>> >>> Name as many words as you can where that rule applies. >>> >>> "Receive" for one... [snip] >OK, so how's about the part where you get "CEI" in that order in words as >part of the rule ? > >Like in "Receive" (which is my only example)... The financier stared helplessly at the ceiling and examined his conscience; should he do the inconceivable and grant the scientist's request for a loan even though Dr. Nerdboy had deceived everyone and did not have sufficient funds for the experiment? obascii-art: it's a beaker o o ___ | | | | |o| , / o \ |____o__| |_______| -- ____ (Nerdboy drawing on monitor is by jg) /| OO| | |(( | \_,^^%--- |_|b_b| >\_ \ I'm still laughing at #330.... --- == > [_ejm_] __>,^ llizard aka ejm llizard@idirec+.ca | | //| | ASCII-art & ASCII-animation www.crosswinds.net/~llizard/ascii-art/ If you are e-mailing and hit the reply button, add an "e" to "idirct";
Anonymous <gue...@guest.net> wrote: > Tom Bampton wrote in message ... >>"Anonymous" <gue...@guest.net> wrote: >>> OK - you've heard of "'i' before 'e' except after 'c'", right ? >>> >>> Name as many words as you can where that rule applies. >>> "Receive" for one... >>> Any others, anyone ? >> >>friend, fiend, worried, wield, and many more. >> >>What ? Well, you didnt say which PART of the rule! > > Smartass ;o) > > OK, so how's about the part where you get "CEI" in that order in words as > part of the rule ? > > Like in "Receive" (which is my only example)... Unix knows all. Examples: [harry@wraith ~]$ grep -i '[^c]ie' /usr/share/dict/words |wc -l 1557 [harry@wraith ~]$ grep -i cei /usr/share/dict/words |wc -l 45 including "ceiling", "conceit", "conceive", and "receipt". Counterexamples: [harry@wraith ~]$ grep -i '[^c]ei' /usr/share/dict/words |wc -l 327 [harry@wraith ~]$ grep -i cie /usr/share/dict/words |wc -l 91 including "ancient", "science", "glacier", and a *ahem* "sufficiency" of plural forms of "-cy". | | | | | | | Evidently "rules" of language are | | | | | | | not always useful, as there are a | | | |===| )---( great deal of inconsistencies. As |_|_| |___| |___| languages go, however, English is \ / ).( [_] incredibly rich and expressive; a \-/ \|/ U simple paragraph such as this can hjm ' ' have many subtleties of language. -- Harry Mason ("hjm200.ecs@soton@ac@uk" =~ tr/@./.@/)
Harry Mason wrote > > | | | | | | | > | | | | | | | > | | | |===| )---( > |_|_| |___| |___| > \ / ).( [_] > \-/ \|/ U > hjm ' ' > Asciangelo couldn't have done better. (I think he was a contemporary of Leonardo d'Ascii) R@ineR
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> OK - you've heard of "'i' before 'e' except after 'c'", right ?
http://www.loveandnature.co.za/joolee/VD/vd1111.html
I found a really good sight on this topic once but can't find it now.
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Rainer Rosenthal <r.r...@web.de> wrote: > > Harry Mason wrote >> >> | | | | | | | >> | | | | | | | >> | | | |===| )---( >> |_|_| |___| |___| >> \ / ).( [_] >> \-/ \|/ U >> hjm ' ' >> > > Asciangelo couldn't have done better. > (I think he was a contemporary of > Leonardo d'Ascii) Didn't he invent the Asciiopter? ____.____ ,--^-.___\/ ((__|_,-''/\ --^-- -- Harry Mason ("hjm200.ecs@soton@ac@uk" =~ tr/@./.@/)
llizard wrote in message ... >In article <b046a8$il8$1...@pheidippides.axion.bt.co.uk>, "Anonymous" ><gue...@guest.net> wrote: >[snip] >>>"Anonymous" <gue...@guest.net> wrote in message >>>news:b03isp$7cv$1...@pheidippides.axion.bt.co.uk... >[snip] >>>> OK - you've heard of "'i' before 'e' except after 'c'", right ? >>>> >>>> Name as many words as you can where that rule applies. >>>> >>>> "Receive" for one... >[snip] >>OK, so how's about the part where you get "CEI" in that order in words as >>part of the rule ? >> >>Like in "Receive" (which is my only example)... > >The financier stared helplessly at the ceiling and examined his >conscience; should he do the inconceivable and grant the scientist's >request for a loan even though Dr. Nerdboy had deceived everyone and did >not have sufficient funds for the experiment? Hehehe - good paragraph; shows exactly what I'm talking about... The "rule" is "'i' before 'e' except after 'c'" - yet we're allowed words like "financier", "scientist", and "sufficient"... There must be loads more inconcistencies like this in the english language. > obascii-art: it's a beaker > .: > / ) > ( ( > \ ) > o ._(/_. > o |___%| > ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ | %| > | | ._____|_|__|_|__|_|__|_|_____. | %| > | | |__________________________|%| | %| > |o| | | |%| | | | | |~| | | .|_%|. > .' '. | | |%| | | |~| |#| | | | ()%| > / o \ | | :%: :~: : : :#: | | .__|___%|__. > :____o__: ._|_|_." " " "._|_|_. | ___%|_ > '._____.' |___|%| |___|%| |_____(____ ) > ( ( > \ '._____.- > '._______.- Diddled the beaker, added a test tube rack w/ four test tubes, and a Bunsen burner. Taken 1 step further ... > . > . > ): > /.:) > (:./ > )( > (.;) > _)/ > |:| > |;| > |:| > .';'. > /` .: \ > :~:~8~o~: > .___'._____.'___. > |___________|%%%| > .: ._\/_. :. > :' |___%|. ': > .: | %| : :. > :' | %| : ': > .: | %| :. :. > :' .|_%|.': ': > .: | ()%| : :. > :' .__|___%|_:. ': > :' | ___%|_ ': >// |_____(____ ) \\ > ( ( > \ '._____.- > '.___grp_.- Now we have almost a full experiment going... I couldn't think of any way I could add a thermometer to the beaker to measure the temperature of the water as it boils. I suppose I could add a timer so that the students could meaure how long it takes for water to boil... > . > . > ): > /.:) > (:./ > )( > (.;) > _)/ > |:| > |;| > |:| > .';'. > /` .: \ > :~:~8~o~: > .___'._____.'___. > |___________|%%%| __ __ > .: ._\/_. :. ____||__||___ > :' |___%|. ': .' ___ '::. > .: | %| : :. | .' | '. |%| > :' | %| : ': | : | : |%| > .: | %| :. :. | : | : |%| > :' .|_%|.': ': | | '-._ | |%| > .: | ()%| : :. | : "-: |%| > :' .__|___%|_:. ': | : : |%| > :' | ___%|_ ': | '-.___.-' |%| >// |_____(____ ) \\ '._____________.::' > ( ( > \ '._____.- > '.___grp_.- Hmm - maybe the timer's too big.. Diddles welcome. -- Graeme Porter -^-_ _ / [_][_]_:_ Proud owner of a 1978 /| _||_ v Pearl Fiberglass Shell kit | / \ | -=/=\\____//=\=jaa "I married Miss right, I just didn't know her first name was 'Always'" -- Anonymous
> > Didn't he invent the Asciiopter? > ____.____ > ,--^-.___\/ > ((__|_,-''/\ > --^-- > Thanks for that one!! It's really pretty. My daily glancing thru alt.ascii-art is like medicine for me. Or like ice-cream or ... whatever :-) I could tell you a lot about all the details in the little helicopter and why I like them the way they are done - but I'm sure you are content with my simple "Thanks, Bravo!" R@ineR
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