XPost: sci.electronics.equipment   
   From: nobody@nowhere.com   
      
   On 7/21/2020 2:06 AM, Commander Kinsey wrote:   
   > On Mon, 13 Jul 2020 16:27:26 +0100, Pimpom  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 7/13/2020 6:06 PM, Commander Kinsey wrote:   
   >>> On Mon, 13 Jul 2020 05:53:29 +0100, Pimpom  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> My bad. This is the first time I heard that the mil is not used   
   >>>> as the unit for .001" in the UK. (I'm *not* an American).   
   >>>   
   >>> If you're not American why did you say "my bad"?  Your bad what?  Finish   
   the sentence!   
   >>>   
   >> So now you're a grammar Nazi? This after I (and others) spent   
   >> considerable time and effort patiently explaining to you a   
   >> concept that many/most readers here probably already knew, and   
   >> would quickly grasp if they didn't. Sheesh!   
   >>   
   >> And is there a law against non-Americans using an American   
   >> expression? FYI I'm none of these: American, British, Australian   
   >> or Canadian - or a citizen of any other country where English is   
   >> natively spoken.   
   >   
   > It's not grammar, it's missing off an entuire word, the one with the meaning   
   in it!   
   >   
   It took you more than a week to think up that comeback? Anyway,   
   good luck with your self-appointed job of reforming the usage of   
   American slang which, by the way, has pervaded much of the world   
   outside the US.   
      
   And what does "entuire" mean? Blimey! Skitt's Law, you know, old boy.   
      
   > It's like saying "Today I went out and did some".   
   >   
   That would be quite acceptable if the context were known.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)