The perils of "search & replace" in documentation.

Beauty is Macs, and Macs beauty; that is all we know, and all we need to know.

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Dave

That wouldn't work in the US. Try "appliancement computationalisticwise".

Why do you hate the United States (U.S.)?

Nice.

Macs suck, though.

I believe we'll file this one under "I Meant To Do That." Any objections?

Next Up: I Knew It All Along.

Yes, at least one more: How much longer do you suppose I can continue to goad you into showing off your giant brane by "correcting" what everyone else understands to be obvious nonsense?

Yes you did. You omitted half the sentence.

I hope those a.e.u nerds don't jump all over you for that phrase, sparky. They don't understand what not being a native speaker is like.

Objection, your honor. Clearly this meets the criteria to be classified under Item 6, Category 2: "No, *I* trolled *you*".

"Bill McCray" wrote

That would four times now, Mr. Smartypants.

No, "civilized people" is.

--oTTo--

I sit corrected. In fact, my learned colleague, you have reminded me that the following is the usual sequence of utterances:

1. "No, I trolled *you*".

1. "That part where I looked like a pompous ass scurrying here and there intent on correcting what everyone else understood to be obvious nonsense? So that I could show off my ginormous brane? I meant to do that."

2. "I knew it all along."

1. "You're no longer worth my time. I'm out of here."

2. "One other thing . . ."

"Mark Wallace" wrote

I find hard to believe anyone could think we're this stupid, Mark old chap.

At least he's a happy fish.

--oTTo--

"Mark Wallace" wrote in

You ever watch Star Trek?

--oTTo--

"Doctroid" wrote

Sustained.

--oTTo--

The first three were destroyed by terrorists while under construction, and the fourth vanished in front of witnesses only 24 hours after being opened.

Who is standing there?

Matthew

Yes and No. Your post went to alt.engineering.electrical, alt.religion.kibology, and alt.english.usage. Note that the third of those is alt.english.usage, so Mark is correct. If you want to post only to alt.engineering.electrical, edit your list of newsgroups to point to only that one.

Bill

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I placed an ellipsis to indicate where I had omitted words. The words I omitted are those that I thought were causing the poster* of the paragraph under discussion to mistakenly use "us" rather than "we". I left the original paragraph in the post so it would be obvious what had been replaced by the ellipsis.

Oops. Make that "I left it out of what I wrote so you ...". I either did too much editting or not enough before posting. BTW, I am one of those a.e.u nerds and am proud of it. That's why I'm try to help the original poster* understand why "us" is wrong as he or she used it.

• I hesitate to address him as "Kevin", since he accused me of calling him names the last time I did that, although that is the name that appears on his posts.

Bill

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Aieee, the loop has expanded! Now I have to say "No, Who's on first!". Alas.

Dave "tenser said the tensor" DeLaney

Tick, Tock.

Matthew