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I think this acronym is here to increase the already high number of abbreviations in the wine world. We wouldn't want to let everyone know so easily what we are talking about, would we?jdaw1 wrote:AW77 wrote:Separately, the use of “DMGs” is painful. Why is the ‘G’ capitalised? Indeed, why is it there at all?
No. Serving good beer is more important.PopulusTremula wrote:They do serve ok beer but obviously this pales in comparison with the signage problem.
WHAT??? Something is more important than bad grammar in signs??jdaw1 wrote:No. Serving good beer is more important.PopulusTremula wrote:They do serve ok beer but obviously this pales in comparison with the signage problem.
jdaw1 wrote:Side question for Daniel: what affect will this thread have on the 1975 horizontal?
Shame on both of you.DRT wrote:'m hoping it doesn't become the route for the Gentleman's Triathlon
As in, changing something, perhaps slightly? Yes.djewesbury wrote:Did you mean to use the word 'affect'?
I was unaware that the noun was so different to the verb. Thank you—your reprimand will affect my usage of the word.djewesbury wrote:And please learn the different usages of the noun and verb forms of 'affect' and 'effect'.
Is this a singular/plural thing?djewesbury wrote:DRT wrote:'m hoping it doesn't become the route for the Gentleman's Triathlon
An athlete might indeed take such a dim view of the idea. That need not concern us three.djewesbury wrote:"Gentleman's Triathlon" is clearly a solecism
Was this sentence proof-read?djewesbury wrote:"Gentleman's Triathlon" is clearly a solecism when events are commonly described as "Women's Ashes" or "Men's 100 metres".
Self-serving ignorance: this is exactly the place for hair-splitting arguments.djewesbury wrote:Please don't compound this with Jesuitical, self-serving, hair-splitting arguments.
The example we are setting is the willingness to learn.djewesbury wrote:You are both admins and meant to be showing an example around here.
Hallelujah. (Is that Jesuitical?)djewesbury wrote:Let that be the end of it.
Thought not. Far too loud. I realise that this is naughtily relying on secondary sources which might be obsolete, but my vision of the Jesuits is entirely Zurbaránesque.djewesbury wrote:Hallelujah is not Jesuitical.
Ooh, it is becoming difficult to double my score.djewesbury wrote:Minus 100 points.
A century ago Dublin was steeped in Catholic guilt; in this era Ireland votes for gay marriage. A century ago Beirut and Damascus were playgrounds of the rich and decadent; in this era they have retreated to anti-superstitious superstition. London and only London is unchangingly quiet in its just restraint, the stalwart inhabitants of which drink thirty- to fifty-year-old Port in moderation. That is, in moderately large quantities. This is what matters.djewesbury wrote:And you have to submit a report on the religious exegesis in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by the start of the new term.
DRT wrote:Is this a singular/plural thing?djewesbury wrote:DRT wrote:'m hoping it doesn't become the route for the Gentleman's Triathlon
Had Sir not been so determined to show off a simple "Yes" would have sufficed. One hopes Sir does not spend his days displaying such ungentlemanly behaviour to the students of the six counties?djewesbury wrote:"Gentleman's Triathlon" is clearly a solecism when events are commonly described as "Women's Ashes" or "Men's 100 metres".
Please don't compound this with Jesuitical, self-serving, hair-splitting arguments. You are both admins and meant to be showing an example around here. Let that be the end of it.
djewesbury wrote:Do you think Jesuits declare themselves openly and go about amongst us like ordinary men? The day you discover that you've met a Jesuit is the day you know your minutes are numbered.
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