XPost: sci.electronics.equipment
From: CFKinsey@military.org.jp
On Tue, 21 Jul 2020 07:35:18 +0100, Pimpom wrote:
> 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?
You think all I do is reply in here?
> 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.
It's not said in the UK. We can speak our own language correctly.
> And what does "entuire" mean? Blimey! Skitt's Law, you know, old boy.
Learn the difference between a typo and stupidity.
>> It's like saying "Today I went out and did some".
>>
> That would be quite acceptable if the context were known.
Why make your conversations like jpeg encoding?
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