Re: Trackers Second Review Response
From: FromTheRafters (!0000_at_nomad.fake)
Date: 10/05/03
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Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2003 22:23:32 -0400
"|{evin" <You@dont.need> wrote in message news:diqunv8p5i4gr2b6l7m80br5kcs6vab00k@4ax.com...
> On Sat, 4 Oct 2003 18:53:14 +0100, Roy <x.5.RoyDent@spamgourmet.com>
> wrote:
>
> >In article <vnplbrssqj4k00@corp.supernews.com>, !0000@nomad.fake says...
> >
> >> "Crack
> >> the window and hit the lights before you hit the hay". You may
> >> think that you are getting the point across, but maybe you are not.
> >>
> >
> >Quite.
> >
> >I'm English, and I'm having trouble parsing that one.
> >
> >Where on Earth does that pass for English?
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >Roy
> >
>
> I would assume it means "Open the window partially and turn off the
> lights before you go to bed". Sadly, it does pass for English in the
> backwards town I had the misfortune of growing up in.
Precisely, in my "neck o' th' woods" (part of the country) no-one
would have any trouble with that, and I could assume that my point
was getting across perfectly well ~ that is, until some Brit breaks my
window and my lamp (because I told him to). ;o)
I only wanted to illustrate the point that using proper English (or at
least attempting to do so) is like assigning a standard protocol for
communication, and an attittude such as "proper grammar doesn't
matter as long as you get your point across" is just laziness and can
often fail to attain the desired end.
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