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Discussion Groups / English Usage / January 2007Too late
Copied from another newsgroup: "If you think it's going to get you on the David Letterman show as a comedian, you better get some better material. After all, even your "material" is stolen from old movies, which is probably your only other past time."  SignatureTony Cooper Orlando, FL > Copied from another newsgroup: > > "If you think it's going to > get you on the David Letterman show as a comedian, you better get > some better material. After all, even your "material" is stolen > from old movies, which is probably your only other past time." And the salient point to posting this here is *"you better"? SignatureFranke: EFL teacher & medical editor Native speaker of American English; posting from Taiwan. "If you are still not convinced of the a.s-brain connection, finish this sentence: 'It is easier to think after I … (a) get a haircut (b) take a dump'." Scott Adams, The Dilbert Blog, 12 Jan 2007; http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/ teranews now charges a one-time US$3.95 setup fee -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com >> Copied from another newsgroup: >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >And the salient point to posting this here is *"you better"? If you truly missed the salient point, there's egg on your face. (Sorry for the corny line) SignatureTony Cooper Orlando, FL > cybercypher <cybercypher@gmail.com> wrote: >> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > (Sorry for the corny line) I truly missed the salient point. I can always wash my face. SignatureFranke: EFL teacher & medical editor Native speaker of American English; posting from Taiwan. "If you are still not convinced of the a.s-brain connection, finish this sentence: 'It is easier to think after I … (a) get a haircut (b) take a dump'." Scott Adams, The Dilbert Blog, 12 Jan 2007; http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/ teranews now charges a one-time US$3.95 setup fee -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com On 15 Jan 2007, cybercypher wrote >> cybercypher <cybercypher@gmail.com> wrote: >>> [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > I truly missed the salient point. I can always wash my face. In case it's still missed, check out "past time", and the subject line. SignatureCheers, Harvey Canadian and British English, indiscriminately mixed For e-mail, change harvey.news to harvey.van > On 15 Jan 2007, cybercypher wrote >>> cybercypher <cybercypher@gmail.com> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > In case it's still missed, check out "past time", and the subject > line. Thank you, Harvey. "Pastime" didn't slap me in the face, I must admit. I thought the writer was talking about the would-be comedian's previous life --- that somehow he had been in the silents with DW Griffith and Clara Bow, or else lived his life vicariously through them. No, it didn't make sense to me, but I don't expect everything on Usenet to make sense. SignatureFranke: EFL teacher & medical editor Native speaker of American English; posting from Taiwan. "If you are still not convinced of the a.s-brain connection, finish this sentence: 'It is easier to think after I … (a) get a haircut (b) take a dump'." Scott Adams, The Dilbert Blog, 12 Jan 2007; http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/ teranews now charges a one-time US$3.95 setup fee -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com [facing the muzak] >> If you truly missed the salient point, there's egg on your face. >> >> (Sorry for the corny line) > > I truly missed the salient point. I can always wash my face. Somewhere in a Peter De Vries novel, there's a character described as having salient features. > cybercypher wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Somewhere in a Peter De Vries novel, there's a character described > as having salient features. Maybe De Vries was alluding to the character's obvious perspiration. I can't stop myself from associating "salient" and "salty". Beyond, that, though, there's "soilent green". Many posters have nothing more than a soilent point to make as they Johnny-Fecalith-like spread their offal throughout cyberspace. SignatureFranke: EFL teacher & medical editor Native speaker of American English; posting from Taiwan. "If you are still not convinced of the a.s-brain connection, finish this sentence: 'It is easier to think after I … (a) get a haircut (b) take a dump'." Scott Adams, The Dilbert Blog, 12 Jan 2007; http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/ teranews now charges a one-time US$3.95 setup fee -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com >>Copied from another newsgroup: >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > And the salient point to posting this here is *"you better"? The scare quotes are one word too late, and "pastime" is a single word. People write sloppily on usenet. --Jeff SignatureThe shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same. --Stendhal > cybercypher wrote: >> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > The scare quotes are one word too late, and "pastime" is a single > word. People write sloppily on usenet. Thank you for the explanation. I couldn't get beyond the obious correctness of "past" and "time", and even "past time", to make the leap to "pastime". It's a word I say, but I never write it; I usually use "hobby" or "avocation". SignatureFranke: EFL teacher & medical editor Native speaker of American English; posting from Taiwan. "If you are still not convinced of the a.s-brain connection, finish this sentence: 'It is easier to think after I … (a) get a haircut (b) take a dump'." Scott Adams, The Dilbert Blog, 12 Jan 2007; http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/ teranews now charges a one-time US$3.95 setup fee -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com >> cybercypher wrote: >>>> Copied from another newsgroup: >>>> [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > leap to "pastime". It's a word I say, but I never write it; I usually > use "hobby" or "avocation". In my younger days I lived only a block or so away from the Pastime Club. SignatureSkitt (in Hayward, California) http://www.geocities.com/opus731/ "Skitt" <skitt99@comcast.net> wrote [...] > In my younger days I lived only a block or so away from the > Pastime Club. That's an interesting name for a club. I was under the impression, however, that all of us were charter members of the Sysiphusian "Help Me Make It Through the Night" Club. It's one of those god-given natural human rights I've heard so much about, isn't it? SignatureFranke: EFL teacher & medical editor Native speaker of American English; posting from Taiwan. "If you are still not convinced of the a.s-brain connection, finish this sentence: 'It is easier to think after I … (a) get a haircut (b) take a dump'." Scott Adams, The Dilbert Blog, 12 Jan 2007; http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/ teranews now charges a one-time US$3.95 setup fee -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com > Copied from another newsgroup: > > "If you think it's going to > get you on the David Letterman show as a comedian, you better get some > better material. After all, even your "material" is stolen from old > movies, which is probably your only other past time." If this is the worst you've encountered, and if encountering such things arouses you, you should really broaden your search. SignatureGood luck and good sailing. s/v Kerry Deare of Barnegat http://home.comcast.net/~kerrydeare >> Copied from another newsgroup: >> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >If this is the worst you've encountered, and if encountering such things >arouses you, you should really broaden your search. Worst? No mention of that. Just the mention of an eggcorn. Entirely on-topic here. Or, like Franke, did you miss the salient? I do wonder, though, about your imagination. What is there about this post that suggests arousal on my part? SignatureTony Cooper Orlando, FL > "Armond Perretta" <newsgroupreader@REMOVEbigfoot.com> wrote: >>> Copied from another newsgroup: [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > I do wonder, though, about your imagination. What is there about > this post that suggests arousal on my part? He probably noticed that after withdrawing from "another newsgroup", you came over here and spewed. SignatureFranke: EFL teacher & medical editor Native speaker of American English; posting from Taiwan. "If you are still not convinced of the a.s-brain connection, finish this sentence: 'It is easier to think after I … (a) get a haircut (b) take a dump'." Scott Adams, The Dilbert Blog, 12 Jan 2007; http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/ teranews now charges a one-time US$3.95 setup fee -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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