Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: FAQ English Versin: Where to find them

Dear all,
This serves as a reminder that the FAQ for this newsgroup,
it.cultura.linguistica.inglese can be found on our homepage
http://web.tiscalinet.it/peltio/TheRealm/index.html
or else:
http://welcome.to/TheIlluminatedRealm
http://welcome.to/Icling
as well as on the newsgroup it. faq
This reminder will be posted every two weeks or so for the benefit of
newcomers.
--
I remain, as always, ecc., ecc.,
Bambi
dtb

'Version' even.
Head duly hung in shame,
I remain as always, ecc.ecc.
Bambi
dtb

 dtb
    Dear Bambi,
                       Out of curiosity, may I kindly enquire about the
meaning of those three small letters which have the habit of appearing at
the very end of each message you post? (I'm referring to "dtb", of course).
I hope you'll apologise me for my ignorance. And for my curiosity, which I
hope will not annoy you in any way.
    Bye,
           Nicola
P.S. One more detail: why do you write "ecc., ecc." the Italian way even if
your posts are in English? Shouldn't it be "etc., etc."? Or am I in dire
need of psychiatric help?
--
Multa non quia difficilia sunt non audemus, sed quia non audemus sunt
difficilia (Seneca).

 Max
Max

dire  need of psychiatric help?
Fear not! (said she for mighty dread had seized his troubled mind...)
In fact if memory serves me well, it is my custom to write the "ecc., ecc.,"
as a combination of both the English 'etc' and the Italian 'ecc.'  Alas, I
have recently been obliged to reformat my hard drive and have yet to
finalise restoring all previous settings including 'signatures'.  Therefore
I am indebted to your goodself for having pointed out that in manually
signing off my previous post, I omited to adhere to tradition.
I take this opportunity to also add a note of warning: Office 2000 is
obstinately refusing to load an English dictionary and until such time as
this battle is won, I regrert to have to inform all who dwell within that my
humble and woefully inadequate powers of spelling (I should perhaps specify
that I am meaning 'correct spelling' for this may or may not be obvious) are
entirely at my own command and therefore I am soley responsible for the
multitude of errors which will appear until the beast is tamed.
Trusting this has satisfied your curiosity and assured you that you are
not -as far as we are able to ascertain - in need of psychiatric help (note
how cunningly we avoided using the word assistence/assistance for in truth
it vexes us not a little)
I remain as always, etc, ecc.
Bambi
dtb

 > original context.
Dear Max,
Might one inquire whether you would care to take up the post of  "Official
Replier of the Illuminated Realm to dtb Inquiries" (The perks of
the Office include your own choice of a snazzier-sounding title.)
One is not in the least bothered by your having quoted out of context.
Indeed one is as ever, thankful for your help (note cunning avoidance yet
again of the word 'assistence/assistance' cfr. my post in response to Nicola
Nobili, Esq.). One will endeavour to memorise your above-quoted response (in
safe and certain knowledge that one will fail- age does, alas, have a few
disadvantages).
There is indeed included in our FAQ a response to this question and when the
undersigned finds herself with a few moments when imbibing Bolly is not on
her busy schedule (perish the thought, sweetie!), she will also investigate
the desireability of including an explanation regarding the "etc vs. ecc"
question.
Hoping this finds you well, and with renewed thanks,
I remain as always, etc. ecc,
Bambi
dtb