HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: meyer@sfi.santafe.edu (Thomas P. Meyer)
Subject: Re: scrabble boredom
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 92 16:31:52 GMT
Organization: Santa Fe Institute

The dictionary search missed the set I came up with---

retains
retinas  (probably an acceptable spelling, esp. by Scrabble players :) )
stainer
restain
nastier
ratines

Pretty boring words, but what do you expect from the three commonest vowels
and the four commonest consonants?

thomas


Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
From: mcoffin@IASTATE.EDU (Marie Coffin)
Subject: Re: a good dictionary
Reply-To: mcoffin@IASTATE.EDU (Marie Coffin)
Organization: Iowa State University
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 21:00:08 GMT

In article <HERMIT.92Nov5003605@am.ucsc.edu>, hermit@cats.UCSC.EDU (William R.
Ward) writes:
> You seem to have misunderstood the purpose of the " mark.  When "IA"
> writes zoo"logy, they mean that the second `o' should have two dots
> over it, like the German umlaut.  I think this is mostly a Britishism,
> but could be wrong.  When two of the same vowel occur in a row, but
> are to be pronounced separately (like zoology), the second one is
> sometimes printed with two dots over it.  Examples include noone,
> preeminent, zoology, coordinate, &c.
> 

I know I'm going to regret asking this, but in what dictionary did you find
"noone" as one word?


Marie Coffin
Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
From: yozzo@watson.ibm.com (Ralph Yozzo)
Subject: A plan for the improvement of the English Language by Mark Twain
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1992 16:33:21 GMT
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM
Organization: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

I think the following will be of interest to people that read this newsgroup:

A Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling
For example, in Year 1 that useless letter "c" would be dropped to be
replased either by "k" or "s", and likewise "x" would no longer be
part of the alphabet. The only kase in which "c" would be retained
would be the "ch" formation, which will be dealt with later. Year 2
might reform "w" spelling, so that "which" and "one" would take the
same konsonant, wile Year 3 might well abolish "y" replasing it with
"i" and Iear 4 might fiks the "g/j" anomali wonse and for all.
Jenerally, then, the improvement would kontinue iear bai iear with
Iear 5 doing awai with useless double konsonants, and Iears 6-12
or so modifaiing vowlz and the rimeining voist and unvoist konsonants.
Bai Iear 15 or sou, it wud fainali bi posibl tu meik ius ov
thi ridandant letez "c","y" and "x" -- bai now jast a memori in
the maindz ov ould doderez -- tu riplais "ch","sh", and "th" rispektivli.
Fainali, xen, aafte sam 20 iers ov orxogrefkl riform, wi wud hev
a lojikl, kohirnt speling in ius xrewawt xe Ingliy-spiking werld.

-- 
 Ralph Yozzo (yozzo@watson.ibm.com)  
 From the beautiful and historic Mid-Hudson Valley area of NY state
Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
From: ccjal@cc.newcastle.edu.au (John A Lambert)
Subject: Re: acronyms and full stops
Organization: University of Newcastle, AUSTRALIA
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 05:01:27 GMT

In article <4ey9HvO00WB58Qf1xZ@andrew.cmu.edu>, "Benjamin D. Lukoff" <bl2m+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
> Excerpts from netnews.alt.usage.english: 4-Nov-92 Re: acronyms and full
> stops by Microsoc@black.ox.ac.uk 
>>  
>> I was always taught that abbreviations which are all in capital letters 
>> (and _all_ acronyms, i.e. pronouncable abbreviations) have _no_ periods (fill
>> stops) in htem. [Excuse typos please]
>> Hence it is BBC, not B.B.C., UN not U.N., USA not U.S.A.
>> Also, no need for a period if the last letter of the abbreviation is the
>> last letter of the thing abbreviated.
>> Hence Mr not Mr., Dr not Dr., etc.
>> Hope this helps!
> In short, don't repeat a period, it's 'Born in the U.S.A.' not 'Born in
> the U.S.A..'
> However, as far as the removal of full stops, leaving off the period
> from Mr. or Dr. is not standard in the United States, or rather, keeping
> the period is much more common. I know leaving off the period is
> standard in Britain...I don't know about the other English speaking
> countries.
-- 
Yes, omitting the period at the end of a contraction (e.g. Mr, Ms, Mrs, etc.)
is standard in Australia. The general trend is towards minimisation of
punctutation.

John A Lambert
Centre for Literary and Linguistic Computing
The University of Newcastle NSW 2308 Australia
ccjal@cc.newcastle.edu.au

Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
From: slb22@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Seth L. Blumberg)
Subject: Re: "Taiwan" and "Thailand"
Organization: Generic American College Kids (G.A.C.K.)
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 08:11:42 GMT
Reply-To: slb22@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Seth L. Blumberg)
X-Posted-From: cunixb.cc.columbia.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: sol.ctr.columbia.edu

paul.burnett@pcs.sj.ca.us (Paul Burnett)  writes:
>Is it just a coincidence, or is there some common linguistic root
>connecting the "tai" in Taiwan" and the "thai" in "Thailand"?

I dunno...why don't you ask in alt.usage.thai or alt.usage.chinese.*?

(What's that? You say your site doesn't get those groups? Well, why don't you
go out and create them, then!)

	Seth "the Lesser"

Seth L. Blumberg          \ Warning: This posting has been determined to cause
slb22@columbia.edu (play)   \ cancer in laboratory animals.  Please make sure
sethb@ctr.columbia.edu (work) \ that no white mice are allowed to read it.  
    > No one I know shares my opinions, least of all Columbia University. <
From: futor@llnl.gov ( often frequently only once )
Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
Subject: Re: Kludge pronunciation ( Was: Re: a good dictionary )
Date: 6 Nov 92 21:54:48 GMT
Followup-To: alt.usage.english
Organization: CSo @ LLNL


 dswt@bnr.co.uk (Stewart Tansley) wrote:
> 
> Does [ kludge ] rhyme with fudge (confection) or luge (winter sport for nutters)?

I never hear either rhyme used seriously.  I occasionally rhyme it with
'fudge' when I want to be silly, but the word it *really* rhymes with is
'stooge'.

About the only word I can think of that rhymes with 'luge' is the red gunk
sold at cosmetic counters as 'rouge'.
__
\/  -+-  randy  -+-  all generalizations are flawed  -+-  futor@llnl.gov
From: jgd@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (John G Dobnick)
Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
Subject: Re: I before E rule
Date: 9 Nov 1992 04:38:12 GMT
Organization: University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Reply-To: jgd@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.89.7.4
Originator: jgd@csd4.csd.uwm.edu

From article <1992Nov8.214004.1@cc.newcastle.edu.au>, by ccjal@cc.newcastle.edu.au (John A Lambert):
> In article <1df1jcINNpr6@uwm.edu>, jgd@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (John G Dobnick) writes:
>> From article <1992Nov6.140630.1@cc.newcastle.edu.au>, by ccjal@cc.newcastle.edu.au (John A Lambert):
>> 
>>> The rule as I learned it 55 or so years ago was `I before E when the sound is
>>> ee.'
>> 
>>   Weird!
> 
> 2. To me `weird' doesn't have a `ee' sound. It has thwe same vowel sound as
> `weir' which is different from that in `believe'.

Perhaps that's just because you 'Strines talk "funny"?  ;-) ;-)

Weird does have the "ee" sound, to my ears at least.  In fact, I've never
heard it pronounced otherwise.
-- 
John G Dobnick                          ATTnet: (414) 229-5727
Computing Services Division             INTERNET: jgd@uwm.edu
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee     UUCP: uunet!uwm!jgd

"Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation,
and is thus a source of civilized delight."  -- William Safire
From: echyatt@eos.ncsu.edu (EDWARD CRAIG HYATT)
Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
Subject: Re: Fro (Was Re: Floating and Sinking (Stuff))
Date: 5 Nov 92 11:11:41 GMT
Organization: North Carolina State University, Project Eos

In article <HERMIT.92Nov5010057@am.ucsc.edu> hermit@cats.UCSC.EDU (William R. Ward) writes:
>In article <RICHARD.92Oct29141904@ml.harlqn.co.uk>, richard@harlqn.co.uk (Richard Brooksby) writes:
>) I bet you haven't seen `fro' without `to'.
>
>Well, here's a counterexample to your theory:
>"In the early 1970's, Michael Jackson wore his hair in a fro."
>
>So there!
>
>--
>William R Ward                         __o   Bay View Software
>VoiceMail: +1 (408) 479-4072         _ \<,_  Internet:  hermit@cats.ucsc.edu
>SnailMail: 1803 Mission St. #339    (_)/ (_) BITNet:    hermit@cats.bitnet
>           Santa Cruz CA 95060 USA


And another one  :)

I think a fro is also a woodshaving tool (if I've got the spelling right).

-Craig
-- 
--------------------
Craig Hyatt
NCSU@Raleigh, NC USA
echyatt@eos.ncsu.edu
--------------------
Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
From: sds@henry.ece.cmu.edu (Sherwood D. Silliman)
Subject: Re: Vowels in words (and syllables)
Organization: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 14:51:52 GMT

In article <1d9oriINNam5@gap.caltech.edu> dian@arpeggio.gg.caltech.edu (Dian  De Sha) writes:
>
>In fact, on second thought, I suppose the requirement really is 
>that every syllable must have a vowel.  Hmmm... Off hand, I 
>cannot think of a vowel-less syllable.  Can anyone else? (without
>simply grepping an online dictionary!)
>
>____
>Dian

How about the second syllable in words like "bottle?"


-- 
Sherwood D. Silliman         "When I give food to the poor, they call me a
                              saint.  When I ask why the poor have no food,
                              they call me a communist." --Dom Helder Camara
Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
From: egl1@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Elizabeth G. Levy)
Subject: Re: How're (was Re: The "education" ...)
Reply-To: egl1@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Elizabeth G. Levy)
Organization: Columbia University
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 21:58:05 GMT

I _love_ this.  Now that we don't have Perot to talk about, we're talking
about the more subtle aspects of the English language.


And gentlemen in England now abed
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speak
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.	   [Henry V, 4.3]
From: roger@crux.Princeton.EDU (Roger Lustig)
Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
Subject: Re: Michael Jackson's Hair (was:re Fro)
Date: 12 Nov 92 19:25:05 GMT
Reply-To: roger@astro.princeton.edu (Roger Lustig)
Organization: Princeton University
Originator: news@nimaster

In article <12NOV199213013585@vax2.concordia.ca> rwarren@vax2.concordia.ca (Rosemary A. Warren -- Montreal, Quebec, Canada) writes:
>In article <1992Nov6.140224.3129@dg-rtp.dg.com>, cochran@spam.rtp.dg.com (A. Jing Hippy) writes...
>>In article <1992Nov5.111141.7429@ncsu.edu>, echyatt@eos.ncsu.edu (EDWARD CRAIG HYATT) writes:
>>|> >Well, here's a counterexample to your theory:
>>|> >"In the early 1970's, Michael Jackson wore his hair in a fro."

>the hairstyle is AFRO.

What he said, man!  Jackson wore his hair in a 'fro.  What some folks
call a afro, y'know?

Roger
From: microsoc@black.ox.ac.uk (Microsoc)
Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
Subject: Re: pop &c.
Date: 13 Nov 92 08:03:07 GMT
Organization: Oxford University Computing Service, 13 Banbury Rd, Oxford, U
Originator: microsoc@black

In article <BxM2FF.EB5@news.cso.uiuc.edu> tdlg9831@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Tracey Dianne Layng) writes:

	[stuff deleted]
>
>"I'll have a coke." 
>"What kind?"
>"Sprite."
>
>I don't know if that's right or not, but that's what I heard.
>
>Tracey

Yes, I _know_ this is alt.usage.**english**, BUT the same sort of thing
happened to me in eastern Europe. Me (in Prague): "Dve limonada, prosim"
Barman gives me two glasses of coca-cola.
	Where did the lines get crossed?

	Anyway, isn't "Coke" a trademark of the Coca-Cola Corp.?

		Yours,

			Marc

PS I am currently living in a trademark. Look at the publication details in
	any Oxford reference book and you will see "Oxford is a trademark
	of the Oxford University Press." What on earth could they mean?
From: wilcox@vax.oxford.ac.uk
Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
Subject: Re: A plan for the improvement of the English Language by Mark Twain
Date: 9 Nov 92 11:26:10 GMT
Organization: Oxford University VAX 6620

In article <1992Nov06.163321.17040@watson.ibm.com>, yozzo@watson.ibm.com (Ralph Yozzo) writes:
> Fainali, xen, aafte sam 20 iers ov orxogrefkl riform, wi wud hev
> a lojikl, kohirnt speling in ius xrewawt xe Ingliy-spiking werld.
> 
Ies, Aiv sin xis bifor tu. Xe trubl iz, aafte sum 20 iurs uv ruform wi wd hav
not wun bt sum xausunds uv lojikl, inkohirnt speling sistms in ius xruaut xe
Ingliy-spiking wurld. Ai prfur tu stik tu xe presnt tu tu ilojikl fe wurdz
sistms uv speling---et list wi cn undestand ic uxe nau.

-- 

Stephen Wilcox             |   For Sale: Posts in British Government. Suit
wilcox@vax.oxford.ac.uk    |   outgoing American. Highest bids accepted.
From: ccjal@cc.newcastle.edu.au (John A Lambert)
Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
Subject: Re: I before E rule
Date: 8 Nov 92 10:40:04 GMT
Organization: University of Newcastle, AUSTRALIA

In article <1df1jcINNpr6@uwm.edu>, jgd@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (John G Dobnick) writes:
> From article <1992Nov6.140630.1@cc.newcastle.edu.au>, by ccjal@cc.newcastle.edu.au (John A Lambert):
> 
>> The rule as I learned it 55 or so years ago was `I before E when the sound is
>> ee.'
> 
>   Weird!
> 
> -- 
s#

1. After all these years I left out the qualifying ~except after C' (which
handles `receive'.

2. To me `weird' doesn't have a `ee' sound. It has thwe same vowel sound as
`weir' which is different from that in `believe'.
------- 
John A Lambert
Centre for Literary and Linguistic Computing
The University of Newcastle NSW 2308 Australia
ccjal@cc.newcastle.edu.au
From: paul.burnett@pcs.sj.ca.us (Paul Burnett)
Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
Subject: Re: "Bilingual Education"
Date: 9 Nov 92 05:47:00 GMT
Reply-To: paul.burnett@pcs.sj.ca.us (Paul Burnett)
Organization: PCS-BBS - San Jose, CA - 408-270-4085

TO: thayes@desire.wright.edu


T>Now as I asked earlier, *what* does this have to do with bilingual education?

Nothing - endit.  <G>

---
 . QMPro 1.0 07-2042 . ...from San Jose, CA
From: tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen)
Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
Subject: scrabble boredom
Date: 5 Nov 92 07:35:32 GMT
Reply-To: tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen)
Organization: Convex Computer Corporation, Colorado Springs, CO
Originator: tchrist@pixel.convex.com
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by a user at CONVEX Computer
              Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and
              not necessarily those of CONVEX.

Looking at a scrabble board you see funny things... like 
the fact that "debugger" and "begrudge" are but rearrangements
of each other.

Trivia question: which set of letters has FIVE distinct words
associated with it?  Can any find MORE than one of these?
I have 16 FOURS, and but one FIVE?

--tom
-- 
    Tom Christiansen      tchrist@convex.com      convex!tchrist

	    Ear, but earn and wear and tear
	    Do not rhyme with here but ere.
From: alizard@Blue.Kludge.COM (A.Lizard)
Newsgroups: alt.mindcontrol
Subject: re: fusion
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 92 05:32:49 PST
Organization: 'Lectrick Blue!, Moraga CA

Interesting idea... if a surface scan would be adequate, it looks
expensive, but maybe possible.
A.Lizard

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Newsgroups: alt.mindcontrol
Newsgroups: alt.mindcontrol
Subject: re:fusion paper
Date: 11 Nov 92  18:24:44 EST

this is a very intriging area indeed. To think that when you fall asleep you could be brainwashed would cause mass paranoia, and incredible moral debates. I think that this would be a very useful tool, but once one "jacks in" to one of your machines, he would be forever changed. Never again would he be the same person content to do the same things. Once he has seen the power of multiple-minds linked, he would crave it. This craveing would also be his downfall, for when several people are continusly linked,
 the will,theoratically, become one. Memories of one would go to the others, and vice a versa. One with a "weak" mind would be quickly overwhelmed by the new powers, that would be bestowed upon him. Now on the issue of brainwashing:A corrupt person(or maybe a practical joker)hook up to one of these "brain-nets" and starts sending super-intense suggestions/thoughts/feelings about certain things. This person could reak havok ..


X-caiver
donald pattee


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Newsgroups: alt.net.personalities,talk.bizarre
From: ausdal@ece.scarolina.edu (Thi Van Ausdal)
Subject: Re: Short, shameful confession
Organization: USC  Department of Computer Science
Date:  6 Nov 92 16:39:14 GMT

arielle@NeoSoft.com (Stephanie da Silva) writes:

>> Ken Johnson (ken@aiai.ed.ac.uk) wrote:
>> 
>> I have a sudden craving for roast beef, yorkshire pudding and roast
>> potatoes. 
>> 
>> hungrily, Ken Johnson
>> 

>Gee, what a coinky-dink.  That's exactly what I'm fixing for dinner
>tomorrow night.  Why don't you come over?
Ooh, ooh, can I come, too?  (You guys don't make anything out of that,
this isn't alt.sex, you know) 
One question, what the hell is yorkshire pudding?  Seriously!

Newsgroups: alt.net.personalities,talk.bizarre
From: caylordm@sage.cc.purdue.edu (sybra)
Subject: Re: Short, shameful confession
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 22:55:50 GMT

In article <1992Nov11.132633.26276@spider.co.uk> andrewc@spider.co.uk (Andrew Cannon) writes:
>>One question, what the hell is yorkshire pudding?  Seriously!
>
>Flour, Milk, Eggs, bit of salt. Whisk till smooth and bake till it rises and
>cooks through. Serve with Roast beef and Potatoes.
>
>   Yummy
>-- 
>|      Andy Cannon       | Sweater, n:                                   |     

Mmmmmmmm..... childhood memories of the big family dinner at Christmas.....

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh.........

-sybra-
Newsgroups: alt.net.personalities,talk.bizarre
From: hinz@picard.med.ge.com (David Hinz Mfg 4-6987)
Subject: Re: Short, shameful confession
Organization: GE Medical Systems, Magnetic Resonance
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 92 10:39:36 GMT

Alan Smith (arsmith@lamar.ColoState.EDU) wrote:
: In article <1d6918INN9kg@rave.larc.nasa.gov> kludge@grissom.larc.nasa.gov (Scott Dorsey) writes:
: >In article <1992Nov03.041241.16117@NeoSoft.com> arielle@NeoSoft.com (Stephanie da Silva) writes:
: >>> Ken Johnson (ken@aiai.ed.ac.uk) wrote:
: >>> I have a sudden craving for roast beef, yorkshire pudding and roast
: >>> potatoes. 
: >>Gee, what a coinky-dink.  That's exactly what I'm fixing for dinner
: >>tomorrow night.  Why don't you come over?
: >I have recently discovered that I don't have any food in my freezer at all.
: >I defrosted something that I thought was roast beef, and it turned out to
: >be Ektachrome.  Perhaps I should do something about this.
: 
: Eat it.  I doubt that it will be *too* toxic and you an develop yourself
: afterwords.

No, don't.  It leaves a nasty film in your mouth.

--

Dave Hinz  -  Opinions expressed are mine, not my employer's.  Obviously.
Don't blame me; I voted for Perot!                hinzd@picard.med.ge.com 
SAAB - Because you get what you pay for.             Pherrets are Phun!!!
Xref: sparky alt.net.personalities:31 talk.bizarre:37405
From: jessop@ljohub.enet.dec.com (Class Dinosauria)
Newsgroups: alt.net.personalities,talk.bizarre
Subject: Re: Short, shameful confession
Date: 9 Nov 92 17:19:42 GMT
Reply-To: jessop@ljohub.enet.dec.com (Class Dinosauria)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


>
>
>Ingredients:
>
>1 medium sized Yorkshire Terrier
>48 packages of Jell-O Vanilla instant pudding
>3 gallons of milk

I bet there would be less of a "gamey" flavor if you used 2 or 3 puppies
instead of an adult...

Mike
Xref: sparky alt.net.personalities:33 rec.arts.startrek.misc:11522
From: tyger@netcom.com (Kristen Kohlbecker)
Newsgroups: alt.net.personalities,rec.arts.startrek.misc
Subject: Re: Definition of a net Personality
Date: 10 Nov 92 18:30:05 GMT
Organization: Funk the Dumb Stuff!

In article <1992Nov3.235900.27132@unislc.uucp> erc@unislc.uucp (Ed Carp) writes:
>Oh, yeah?  Well, someone told me that even *I* had been nominated as a net.
>personality (or net.god, depending on which newsgroups you read), due to my
>longevity on the net and the fact that I have successfully withstood Oleg
>Kiselev's flames. :) :)
>
>Also, I guess knowing Tyger helps some... :)

Oh Ed...you say the sweetest things...I'm looking forward to meeting you at
TygerBoink...:)

>Ed Carp

Tyger
-- 
      Kristen Kohlbecker    And I would choose to be with you
      tyger@netcom.com      That's if the choice were mine to make   
                            But you can make decisions too
      A Tyger and a Lady    And you can have this heart to break 
Xref: sparky alt.net.personalities:38 talk.bizarre:37713
From: andrewc@spider.co.uk (Andrew Cannon)
Newsgroups: alt.net.personalities,talk.bizarre
Subject: Re: Short, shameful confession
Date: 11 Nov 92 13:26:33 GMT
Organization: Spider Systems Limited, Edinburgh, UK.

>One question, what the hell is yorkshire pudding?  Seriously!

Flour, Milk, Eggs, bit of salt. Whisk till smooth and bake till it rises and
cooks through. Serve with Roast beef and Potatoes.

   Yummy
-- 
|      Andy Cannon       | Sweater, n:                                   |     
| Misplaced Yorkshireman |            A garment worn by a child when its |     
|   Spider Systems Ltd   | mother feels chilly.                          |     
|  andrewc@spider.co.uk  |                     ......And Still the Moon  |    
Newsgroups: alt.net.personalities,rec.arts.startrek.misc
From: axolotl@socs.uts.edu.au (Iain Sinclair)
Subject: Re: Definition of a net Personality
Reply-To: axolotl@socs.uts.edu.au
Organization: University of Technology, Sydney
Date:  7 Nov 92 07:04:35 GMT

quirk@pioneer.unm.edu (Gym Z. Quirk) writes:
 >{*sigh*}  Nobody remembers the 'Secret Master of rec.arts.startrek'
 >these days...

Well, I can tell you what a net.personality isn't:
 1.  Fuddy-duddies talking about the net "these days".
 2.  Anyone from  rec.arts.startrek.*  calling themselves a "net personality".
 3.  Anyone posting to alt.net.personalities "     "      "   "       ".


-- 
 Iain Sinclair    axolotl@socs.uts.edu.au
Xref: sparky alt.net.personalities:29 talk.bizarre:37287
From: jessop@ljohub.enet.dec.com (Class Dinosauria)
Newsgroups: alt.net.personalities,talk.bizarre
Subject: Re: Short, shameful confession
Date: 8 Nov 92 17:20:21 GMT
Reply-To: jessop@ljohub.enet.dec.com (Class Dinosauria)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


>One question, what the hell is yorkshire pudding?  Seriously!

My guess is, some kind of pudding invented in or by Yorkshire.

What say?  :)

Mike
Xref: sparky alt.net.personalities:39 talk.bizarre:37714
From: andrewc@spider.co.uk (Andrew Cannon)
Newsgroups: alt.net.personalities,talk.bizarre
Subject: Re: Short, shameful confession
Date: 11 Nov 92 13:29:31 GMT
Organization: Spider Systems Limited, Edinburgh, UK.

In article <1992Nov8.172021.10979@rdg.dec.com> jessop@ljohub.enet.dec.com (Class Dinosauria) writes:
>
>>One question, what the hell is yorkshire pudding?  Seriously!
>
>My guess is, some kind of pudding invented in or by Yorkshire.
>
>What say?  :)
>
>Mike

Nah, it originates in Northern France. We nicked the recipe when we were kicking
the shit out of the French in some war or other.

How it got to Yorkshire is anybodys guess. We probably nicked it from some
English Southern Puff or other.

	      Andy

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|      Andy Cannon       | Sweater, n:                                   |     
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