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Would you preferLGTrotter wrote:We are attempting to resolve the vexed question of whether mathematical notation should be used, as a form of punctuation, on these pages.
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code?It would have been quicker to say "Never! *3"LGTrotter wrote:We are attempting to resolve the vexed question of whether mathematical notation should be used,...
And I say; Never! Never! Never!
Mathematist? Is that even a word?DRT wrote:I agree with Daniel and Owen, purely on the basis that the Mathamatists didn't show their working out.
Big, but is it clever?djewesbury wrote:4389737161578947262558955962.
Sorry, just had to get that off my chest.
We refuse to recognise that word. Mathamatists (please, could you use Derek's original, correct spelling?) is the actual proper name for what it is that you are.PhilW wrote:Mathematist? Is that even a word?DRT wrote:I agree with Daniel and Owen, purely on the basis that the Mathamatists didn't show their working out.
Mathematician, surely?
Firstly; Ian Paisley would not have put it like that. Never!PhilW wrote:It would have been quicker to say "Never! *3"LGTrotter wrote:We are attempting to resolve the vexed question of whether mathematical notation should be used,...
And I say; Never! Never! Never!
Many have already shown an intermittent preference for mathematic expression in place of english for brevity/clarity by the number of "+1" posts on the forum.
+1.LGTrotter wrote:thank you for the opportunity to chastise all those on this site too weary or unimaginative to show agreement by anything else than those accursed +1s. Yes only one more keystroke, a whole sentence scarcely eats into the day too much. I deplore the use of +1 and am glad to have got that off my chest.
+11jdaw1 wrote:+1.LGTrotter wrote:thank you for the opportunity to chastise all those on this site too weary or unimaginative to show agreement by anything else than those accursed +1s. Yes only one more keystroke, a whole sentence scarcely eats into the day too much. I deplore the use of +1 and am glad to have got that off my chest.
+110101DRT wrote:+11jdaw1 wrote:+1.LGTrotter wrote:thank you for the opportunity to chastise all those on this site too weary or unimaginative to show agreement by anything else than those accursed +1s. Yes only one more keystroke, a whole sentence scarcely eats into the day too much. I deplore the use of +1 and am glad to have got that off my chest.
Note to Tapatalk users: that is one to the power of one, not eleven.
So close; if only you had put +110001, since 110001 is the ASCII binary value for the character '1'. Yours would mean +5.djewesbury wrote:+110101
Actually, you should feel pleased that you got it almost exactly correct.djewesbury wrote::dies:
DRT wrote:Actually, you should feel pleased that you got it almost exactly correct.djewesbury wrote::dies:
Or is that hay bales?[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=84312#p84312]Here[/url] DRT wrote:Initial reports from Chesterfield suggest that John's Pork Pie will not see the end of tomorrow. Whispered conversations in pubs in North Derbyshire speak of a pie the size of a hay bail that makes any man who eats one more attractive to young Maidens. Local butchers are dismissing the phenomenon as "hokum".
DRT wrote:Now that is silly.Wikipedea wrote:The 20th century was the period between January 1, 1901[1] and December 31, 2000,[2][3] inclusive. It was the tenth and last century of the 2nd millennium. It is distinct from the century known as the 1900s, which began on January 1, 1900 and ended December 31, 2000.
Too late. It was swept away in a flurry of exponential mathematical contemplation. Schrodinger would probably tell us it might or might not have happened. We will never know.djewesbury wrote:Where did my post about Derek's heinous misspelling of Wikipedia go?
Did I do it again?djewesbury wrote:You recidivist.
In response to an email trail in which a number of recipients were involved JDAW wrote:Andy: thank you for the warning
DRT wrote:The 1985 Taylor done more justice to my Man-Flu than I did to the 1985 Taylor.
Can terms change type when used as a single compound noun in a language different to the original? Is there a consensus opinion?[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=85198#p85198]Here[/url] DRT wrote:the astronomical hoi polloi
Speak for yourself.djewesbury wrote:No. We don't speak Greek.
These two sentences contradict.djewesbury wrote:No. We don't speak Greek.
DRT is Not Guilty.jdaw1 wrote:Is the following acceptable? … Can terms change type when used as a single compound noun in a language different to the original?
The involuntary gasps of relief, from those huddled in quiet reverence in the public gallery, are like thunderclaps in this hushed amphitheatre. A woman gasps, faints. An old man allows a tear to roll down his cheek. There will be Christmas after all.jdaw1 wrote:These two sentences contradict.djewesbury wrote:No. We don't speak Greek.
I think I agree with the latter. We don’t speak Greek. Hence “hoi polloi” is, in this context, a compound English noun, albeit of foreign origin. That is my preference. In which case DRT’s phrasing was acceptable, because of the change of type “when used as a single compound noun in a language different to the original”. So my first two questions should have been answered in the affirmative.DRT is Not Guilty.jdaw1 wrote:Is the following acceptable? … Can terms change type when used as a single compound noun in a language different to the original?
I’m with the Grinch on that one.djewesbury wrote:There will be Christmas after all.
Is this random use of capital letters permissible?jdaw1 wrote:DRT is Not Guilty.
I had intended to convey the emphasis of a jury’s foreman announcing the result, and wanting it heard clearly.DRT wrote:Is this random use of capital letters permissible?jdaw1 wrote:DRT is Not Guilty.
Andy Velebil wrote:In speaking to my dry wine loving friends there is issues with similar period wines from France and the USA.
Andy Velebil wrote:What info do you based that theory on?
Andy Velebil wrote:But trust me, or ignore me if you so chose, there was serious chinanigans going on back during that time period and the wine trade put significant pressure on them to clean things up.
I had given up on you, deeming English to be your second language — you not having a first language.Andy Velebil wrote:Drats, and I was doing so good avoiding being listed here.
Glass houses? Egregious spelling errors.djewesbury wrote:Andy V is one of our most dedicated reciidivists in the area of egregious crimes against the languge. It looks like a Derek-style example may need to be made.
Watch it son.PhilW wrote:Glass houses? Egregious spelling errors.djewesbury wrote:Andy V is one of our most dedicated reciidivists in the area of egregious crimes against the languge. It looks like a Derek-style example may need to be made.
Hah! You're the one with daedal involute examens of others, I just spotted a typo (or two, in the same sentence).djewesbury wrote:Watch it son.PhilW wrote:Glass houses? Egregious spelling errors.djewesbury wrote:Andy V is one of our most dedicated reciidivists in the area of egregious crimes against the languge. It looks like a Derek-style example may need to be made.
