DRT wrote:You can sit on my kneedjewesbury wrote:I can't while you're sitting there.DRT wrote:I see no need for the random capitalisation of the word one. Go to the back of the class.djewesbury wrote:Well done for reporting yourself. Three Hail Marys and One How's Your Father should do it.
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Soon I’ll publish the rules of a board game that I invented in my youth (hence the self-reporting above, which might even have been a false alarm).
Please compare:
> The black player takes all the North, Up and East movement cards.
> Black takes all the North, Up and East movement cards.
Does the former wording offend modern sensibilities? Is the latter’s chromanym acceptable? Preference?
Please compare:
> The black player takes all the North, Up and East movement cards.
> Black takes all the North, Up and East movement cards.
Does the former wording offend modern sensibilities? Is the latter’s chromanym acceptable? Preference?
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Yes, yes and the latter.
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+1, and I would likely put the player colour in italics.DRT wrote:Yes, yes and the latter.
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It is well known that I am a recidivist of the first water on this thread. It is therefore with a heavy heart that I wish to draw the following to the standards committee.
So I hope that a simple reprimand and apology will be enough to bring one of our most traditional and vociferous defenders of the right way of doing things to heel. It gives me no pleasure at all to do this Daniel, oh no.
The traditional way of expressing cricket scores in England is for the runs to come first and the wickets to come second, ie 48-5. I am aware that this is not the case in the antipodes, it is similar to the division that exists between Europe and America as to which order to put the day/month/year (obvious when put like that, but it pays to be polite to powerful allies, even if they are wrong).djewesbury wrote:5-48.
So I hope that a simple reprimand and apology will be enough to bring one of our most traditional and vociferous defenders of the right way of doing things to heel. It gives me no pleasure at all to do this Daniel, oh no.
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You lickspittle. You turncoat. You parlour pooch.
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An acknowledgement of the error and a simple apology then we can all move on.
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You threepenny keyboard worrier. I reserve the right to post the cricket score in any format that is widely used anywhere in the universe. And I will not be held to account by a man who refuses to groom and water his apostrophes. I have seen your punctuation marks running wild on the moors, and it isn't a pretty sight.
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Guilty as charged. The accused is sentenced to three days breaking rocks and is charged with contempt of court and badgering the witness.LGTrotter wrote:I wish to draw the following to the standards committee.The traditional way of expressing cricket scores in England is for the runs to come first and the wickets to come second, ie 48-5.djewesbury wrote:5-48.
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It is perfectly standard in two of the biggest cricketing nations in the world, the ones hosting the competition in fact, to refer to the score the other way around. I am sick of this little Englander mentality from Owen, his neo-Imperialism is just what the game doesn't need these days. And you should know better Derek. Encouraging these Colonel Blimps.
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Not guilty. Move on.
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At last. A judge with some common sense.jdaw1 wrote:Not guilty. Move on.
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Is a port forum the right place to find sense that is common? Move on.djewesbury wrote:some common sense.
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Grumble, harrumph, cough, wheeze. Nurse! More whisky! The Irish are revolting.
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I have a proposal, to discourage further wasting of the court's time. Could costs be awarded against the plaintiff in cases where the court's ruling is in favour of the defendant? Costs should be reasonably high, viz. a bottle of unfiltered LBV or pre-2000 Crusted to be consumed at a future tasting. No ruling for costs to be made against convicted defendants.
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If this were a poll I would vote no as this would act as a deterrent to ridiculous and/or dubious allegations that eventually lead to entertaining humiliation of the plaintiff. Should we have a poll?djewesbury wrote:I have a proposal, to discourage further wasting of the court's time. Could costs be awarded against the plaintiff in cases where the court's ruling is in favour of the defendant? Costs should be reasonably high, viz. a bottle of unfiltered LBV or pre-2000 Crusted to be consumed at a future tasting. No ruling for costs to be made against convicted defendants.
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Yes, let's have a Robert.
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That risks causing an undesired change in the behaviour of accusers. Rather than accusing, plainly and honestly, notices will come with wiffle about how “this might be acceptable, but it seemed to be a borderline case of possible interest to readers”.djewesbury wrote:I have a proposal, to discourage further wasting of the court's time. Could costs be awarded against the plaintiff in cases where the court's ruling is in favour of the defendant? Costs should be reasonably high, viz. a bottle of unfiltered LBV or pre-2000 Crusted to be consumed at a future tasting. No ruling for costs to be made against convicted defendants.
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Too much of the court's time is currently being taken up with vexatious or malicious accusations. These typically are motivated by revenge or by a desire to deflect from immediately prior accusations. Too often, accusations are unsubstantiated with any evidence of general or accepted usage. I do not wish to stifle the court and to silence legitimate complaint and debate. I think however that we need some sort of corrective to the worst excesses of the persistent accusers.
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Ignore them. Be bigger than that.djewesbury wrote:Too much of the court's time is currently being taken up with vexatious or malicious accusations. These typically are motivated by revenge or by a desire to deflect from immediately prior accusations. Too often, accusations are unsubstantiated with any evidence of general or accepted usage. I do not wish to stifle the court and to silence legitimate complaint and debate. I think however that we need some sort of corrective to the worst excesses of the persistent accusers.
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This is a sham of a court. A succession of monkey trials.
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I beg the court to send him down for contempt, or at the very least huffiness.djewesbury wrote:This is a sham of a court. A succession of monkey trials.
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You should be watching Film Four, the film of Porridge is on. I often like to think of you as a modern-day Fletcher. He was a bad loser in court too.DRT wrote:I beg the court to send him down for contempt, or at the very least huffiness.djewesbury wrote:This is a sham of a court. A succession of monkey trials.
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djewesbury wrote:I have a proposal, to discourage further wasting of the court's time.
DRT wrote:I would vote no as this would act as a deterrent to ridiculous and/or dubious allegations that eventually lead to entertaining humiliation of the plaintiff.
jdaw1 wrote:That risks causing an undesired change in the behaviour of accusers.
djewesbury wrote:Too much of the court's time is currently being taken up with vexatious or malicious accusations. These typically are motivated by revenge or by a desire to deflect from immediately prior accusations. Too often, accusations are unsubstantiated with any evidence of general or accepted usage. I do not wish to stifle the court and to silence legitimate complaint and debate. I think however that we need some sort of corrective to the worst excesses of the persistent accusers.
jdaw1 wrote:Ignore them. Be bigger than that.
...and apparently I'm the bad loserdjewesbury wrote:This is a sham of a court. A succession of monkey trials.
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Carry on Fletcher.
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