"Omelet" > wrote in message
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> The recent thread on dirty leeks made me think about just how many
> people have no clu' where food really comes from.

I wonder how many don't know how to spell clue, and don't realize how
pointless affectation wreck the beauty of language, unless you're Mark
Twain.

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"JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:

> "Omelet" > wrote in message
> news >
> > The recent thread on dirty leeks made me think about just how many
> > people have no clu' where food really comes from.
>
> I wonder how many don't know how to spell clue, and don't realize how
> pointless affectation wreck the beauty of language, unless you're Mark
> Twain.

Gee, that was helpful...
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On Aug 27, 3:51 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:
> "Omelet" > wrote in message
>
> news >
> > The recent thread on dirty leeks made me think about just how many
> > people have no clu' where food really comes from.
>
> I wonder how many don't know how to spell clue, and don't realize how
> pointless affectation wreck the beauty of language, unless you're Mark
> Twain.

Shouldn't either affectation or wreck be plural?

The sentence you wrote wasn't a very beautiful use of language.

--Bryan

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Bobo Bonobo(R) > wrote:

> On Aug 27, 3:51 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:
> > "Omelet" > wrote in message
> >
> > news > >
> > > The recent thread on dirty leeks made me think about just how many
> > > people have no clu' where food really comes from.
> >
> > I wonder how many don't know how to spell clue, and don't realize how
> > pointless affectation wreck the beauty of language, unless you're Mark
> > Twain.
>
> Shouldn't either affectation or wreck be plural?
>
> The sentence you wrote wasn't a very beautiful use of language.
>
> --Bryan

I've always found it fascinating that the majority of people that do
spelling flames screw up their own language use. ;-)

It's funny as hell.
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On 2007-08-27, Omelet > wrote:
>
> I've always found it fascinating that the majority of people that do
> spelling flames screw up their own language use. ;-)
>
> It's funny as hell.

Yep. BTW, Hell should be capitalized. :P

nb

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notbob > wrote:

> On 2007-08-27, Omelet > wrote:
> >
> > I've always found it fascinating that the majority of people that do
> > spelling flames screw up their own language use. ;-)
> >
> > It's funny as hell.
>
> Yep. BTW, Hell should be capitalized. :P
>
> nb

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> On Aug 27, 3:51 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:
>> "Omelet" > wrote in message
>>
>> news >>
>> > The recent thread on dirty leeks made me think about just how many
>> > people have no clu' where food really comes from.
>>
>> I wonder how many don't know how to spell clue, and don't realize how
>> pointless affectation wreck the beauty of language, unless you're Mark
>> Twain.
>
> Shouldn't either affectation or wreck be plural?
>
> The sentence you wrote wasn't a very beautiful use of language.
>
> --Bryan

You're absolutely correct. But, that was a mistake. Om's linguistic horror
show is intentional, to draw attention. What a charter life underwriter has
to do with dirty vegetables is beyond me.

On Aug 27, 5:12 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:
> "Bobo Bonobo®" > wrote in message
>
> oups.com...
>
>
>
> > On Aug 27, 3:51 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:
> >> "Omelet" > wrote in message
>
> >>news
>
> >> > The recent thread on dirty leeks made me think about just how many
> >> > people have no clu' where food really comes from.
>
> >> I wonder how many don't know how to spell clue, and don't realize how
> >> pointless affectation wreck the beauty of language, unless you're Mark
> >> Twain.
>
> > Shouldn't either affectation or wreck be plural?
>
> > The sentence you wrote wasn't a very beautiful use of language.
>
> > --Bryan
>
> You're absolutely correct. But, that was a mistake. Om's linguistic horror
> show is intentional, to draw attention. What a charter life underwriter has
> to do with dirty vegetables is beyond me.

You know, for all the sh!t I give people around here, it really isn't
at all personal.
I don't think it's wrong to go off on folks who SandraLeeify* this NG.

I get along pretty well with Om some of the time, and when there were
a bunch of people ganging up on Jill, who I don't particularly like,
and it was about stuff that was personal, I just didn't participate at
all. I'm not saying that I act better than most others in general,
but in the midst of all the stuff on this NG, I manage to get a few
tidbits of info that help me make better food, and I try to save my
insults for the kind of lazy shortcut, crappy ingredient
recommendations that make for bad food.
Bad ingredients in, bad food out.
Do I practice lazy cooking? You bet. Do I serve it to company?
Well, no. Do I describe serving pasta with jarred pasta sauce here?
No. What would that do to help make people better cooks?
I'm chairing my son's school's PTO "father's pancake breakfast" thing
because I want to make the quality of the food better. I might well
get stuck with that job for six years, OK. That really is OK.
I'm just glad that over the weekend I will be eating well, in an
idyllically beautiful place, with nice people. You'll get photos.

* I had never even heard of Sandra Lee until a few months ago, on this
NG

--Bryan

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Bobo Bonobo(R) > wrote:

> I'm just glad that over the weekend I will be eating well, in an
> idyllically beautiful place, with nice people. You'll get photos.

We look forward to them. :-)

And I don't watch Sandra Lee.

Who is she?
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"Omelet" > wrote in message
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> In article . com>,
> Bobo Bonobo(R) > wrote:
>
>> I'm just glad that over the weekend I will be eating well, in an
>> idyllically beautiful place, with nice people. You'll get photos.
>
> We look forward to them. :-)
>
> And I don't watch Sandra Lee.
>
> Who is she?
> --
> Peace, Om
>
Haven't you seen her -- she likes to grill beside the lake. I didn't
notice, but did her attire match on that particular show -- a burning
question.

If anyone saw Ruhlman and Bourdain last night -- I thought it might have
been better. Surfing in sewer water in winter on Lake Erie? And some awful
looking food, and more -- The only thing that made is remotely watchable was
Ruhlman's good looks. It's Bourdain's show, and he hogged it all.
Dee Dee

On Aug 28, 7:20 am, "Dee Dee" > wrote:
> "Omelet" > wrote in message
>
> news
> > Bobo Bonobo(R) > wrote:
>
> >> I'm just glad that over the weekend I will be eating well, in an
> >> idyllically beautiful place, with nice people. You'll get photos.
>
> > We look forward to them. :-)
>
> > And I don't watch Sandra Lee.
>
> > Who is she?
> > --
> > Peace, Om
>
> Haven't you seen her -- she likes to grill beside the lake. I didn't
> notice, but did her attire match on that particular show -- a burning
> question.
>
> If anyone saw Ruhlman andBourdainlast night -- I thought it might have
> been better. Surfing in sewer water in winter on Lake Erie? And some awful
> looking food, and more -- The only thing that made is remotely watchable was
> Ruhlman's good looks. It'sBourdain'sshow, and he hogged it all.
> Dee Dee

For some reason, the episodes of "No Reservations" where Bourdain
travels to distant places -- especially Asian countries -- are
fantastic; while the US-based ones are often uninteresting. Well, the
Seattle & Portland one was good. But the LA one? I love LA and I
hated that episode. I didn't like the Texas/Mexico one either. I
hated Las Vegas, and the Cleveland episode seemed uninspired too.
Women might find Ruhlman attractive, and he's written some respected
books, but he's not interesting on the camera to me at all.

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"JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:

> "Bobo Bonobo®" > wrote in message
> oups.com...
> > On Aug 27, 3:51 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:
> >> "Omelet" > wrote in message
> >>
> >> news > >>
> >> > The recent thread on dirty leeks made me think about just how many
> >> > people have no clu' where food really comes from.
> >>
> >> I wonder how many don't know how to spell clue, and don't realize how
> >> pointless affectation wreck the beauty of language, unless you're Mark
> >> Twain.
> >
> > Shouldn't either affectation or wreck be plural?
> >
> > The sentence you wrote wasn't a very beautiful use of language.
> >
> > --Bryan
>
> You're absolutely correct. But, that was a mistake. Om's linguistic horror
> show is intentional, to draw attention. What a charter life underwriter has
> to do with dirty vegetables is beyond me.

Using an apostrophe in place of the e was perfectly acceptable. Even my
spell checker did not sneeze over it.

Get used to modern slang. It's far more fun!
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"Omelet" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:
>
>> "Bobo Bonobo®" > wrote in message
>> oups.com...
>> > On Aug 27, 3:51 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:
>> >> "Omelet" > wrote in message
>> >>
>> >> news >> >>
>> >> > The recent thread on dirty leeks made me think about just how many
>> >> > people have no clu' where food really comes from.
>> >>
>> >> I wonder how many don't know how to spell clue, and don't realize how
>> >> pointless affectation wreck the beauty of language, unless you're Mark
>> >> Twain.
>> >
>> > Shouldn't either affectation or wreck be plural?
>> >
>> > The sentence you wrote wasn't a very beautiful use of language.
>> >
>> > --Bryan
>>
>> You're absolutely correct. But, that was a mistake. Om's linguistic
>> horror
>> show is intentional, to draw attention. What a charter life underwriter
>> has
>> to do with dirty vegetables is beyond me.
>
> Using an apostrophe in place of the e was perfectly acceptable. Even my
> spell checker did not sneeze over it.
>
> Get used to modern slang. It's far more fun!

No. It's lame. There may be children watching. Children learn by example.
Your writing contains things children should not see. They need to be
employable in the future. If you cannot read, write and speak well, you are
as valuable to an employer as a melted ice cream cone on the sidewalk.

In article >,
"JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:

> > Get used to modern slang. It's far more fun!
>
> No. It's lame. There may be children watching. Children learn by example.
> Your writing contains things children should not see. They need to be
> employable in the future. If you cannot read, write and speak well, you are
> as valuable to an employer as a melted ice cream cone on the sidewalk.

Good. Let's see you go after "Krispy Kream" donuts and "Kwik wash"
laundromats.

Must suck to be so anal.

I used to be too. I'm a far happier person now that I got over it. ;-)
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"Omelet" > wrote in message
news
> In article >,
> "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:
>
>> > Get used to modern slang. It's far more fun!
>>
>> No. It's lame. There may be children watching. Children learn by example.
>> Your writing contains things children should not see. They need to be
>> employable in the future. If you cannot read, write and speak well, you
>> are
>> as valuable to an employer as a melted ice cream cone on the sidewalk.
>
> Good. Let's see you go after "Krispy Kream" donuts and "Kwik wash"
> laundromats.
>
> Must suck to be so anal.
>
> I used to be too. I'm a far happier person now that I got over it. ;-)
> --
> Peace, Om


I don't tilt at windmills. There's no way a corporation is going to change a
brand name to make me happy.

If you had a child, and her teacher kept slamming her writing because of
spelling errors, would you call the teacher and tell her she was being anal?

Omelet wrote:
> In article >,
> "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:
>
>>> Get used to modern slang. It's far more fun!
>>
>> No. It's lame. There may be children watching. Children learn by
>> example. Your writing contains things children should not see. They
>> need to be employable in the future. If you cannot read, write and
>> speak well, you are as valuable to an employer as a melted ice cream
>> cone on the sidewalk.
>
> Good. Let's see you go after "Krispy Kream" donuts and "Kwik wash"
> laundromats.
>
> Must suck to be so anal.
>
> I used to be too. I'm a far happier person now that I got over it. ;-)

Sorry, but I have to agree with him on this one. I've mentioned before the
text message mentality and kiddy email mentality should NOT carry over to
the workplace. No one I know in the business world wants to get an email
that says "kewl". (Not that any business email should say "cool" unless
they are referring to the air conditioning system.) I'd prefer anyone who
claims to be a business professional to know how to spell things and that
doesn't include "How R U?" and "Kewl". We aren't teaching the next
generation anything in the way of speaking (whatever their native language
is) by encouraging this crappy text-messaging lingo to go forward into their
professional lives. Try writing "kewl" into a legal brief. Or a mortgage
contract. Or your tax return. Sorry, it won't fly.

Jill

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
>
> "Omelet" > wrote in message
> news >
> > The recent thread on dirty leeks made me think about just
> > how many people have no clu' where food really comes from.
>
> I wonder how many don't know how to spell clue, and don't
> realize how pointless affectation wreck the beauty of
> language, unless you're Mark Twain.

It's whitetrashbonics, which is rapidly gaining acceptance
as a legitimate dialect of the American language. :-)

"Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
...
> JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
>>
>> "Omelet" > wrote in message
>> news >>
>> > The recent thread on dirty leeks made me think about just
>> > how many people have no clu' where food really comes from.
>>
>> I wonder how many don't know how to spell clue, and don't
>> realize how pointless affectation wreck the beauty of
>> language, unless you're Mark Twain.
>
> It's whitetrashbonics, which is rapidly gaining acceptance
> as a legitimate dialect of the American language. :-)

That certainly describes Omelet perfectly. She also likes to throw the
occasional foreign phrase into her messages in order to appear worldly.
Chooks, indeed.

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"JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:

> "Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
> ...
> > JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
> >>
> >> "Omelet" > wrote in message
> >> news > >>
> >> > The recent thread on dirty leeks made me think about just
> >> > how many people have no clu' where food really comes from.
> >>
> >> I wonder how many don't know how to spell clue, and don't
> >> realize how pointless affectation wreck the beauty of
> >> language, unless you're Mark Twain.
> >
> > It's whitetrashbonics, which is rapidly gaining acceptance
> > as a legitimate dialect of the American language. :-)
>
> That certainly describes Omelet perfectly. She also likes to throw the
> occasional foreign phrase into her messages in order to appear worldly.
> Chooks, indeed.

I started my internet career on a poultry list...
It was not just the Aussies that called them "chooks".

I'm sorry that you are so enamored of only one dialect.

Your loss babe.
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"Omelet" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:
>
>> "Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
>> >>
>> >> "Omelet" > wrote in message
>> >> news >> >>
>> >> > The recent thread on dirty leeks made me think about just
>> >> > how many people have no clu' where food really comes from.
>> >>
>> >> I wonder how many don't know how to spell clue, and don't
>> >> realize how pointless affectation wreck the beauty of
>> >> language, unless you're Mark Twain.
>> >
>> > It's whitetrashbonics, which is rapidly gaining acceptance
>> > as a legitimate dialect of the American language. :-)
>>
>> That certainly describes Omelet perfectly. She also likes to throw the
>> occasional foreign phrase into her messages in order to appear worldly.
>> Chooks, indeed.
>
> I started my internet career on a poultry list...
> It was not just the Aussies that called them "chooks".
>
> I'm sorry that you are so enamored of only one dialect.
>
> Your loss babe.
> --
> Peace, Om

I've got you sussed.