Re: COMP spelling

Loic -- I don't know why iris-talk does that. I do know that it's pretty frustrating not to be able to use such grammatical and/or highlighting tools as italics, color, etc. Maybe John knows the reason. Am I giving Yahoo a bum rap? I've forgotten whether iris-talk is Yahoo. -- Griff
----- Original Message ----- From: "loic tasquier" <tasquierloic@cs.com> 
To: <iris@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2007 3:34 AM
Subject: [iris] COMP spelling



Hello Griff.
I've noticed that accents, apostrophes and dieresis ( two dots) , as well as other colours than black, or different from Times-New-Roman types of fond are 
not accepted on Iris-talk, and are replaced by other signs that make the
sentences look odd.
Same odd thing with the iris registration data on line.

When on iris-photo, each sign appears like it has been typed.

I would like to know why such a difference.

If anyone could give some information about this phenomenon, it would help
Irish or French speakers understand this phenomenon.

Looc
----- Original Message -----
 From: J. Griffin Crump
 To: iris@hort.net
 Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2007 1:34 AM
 Subject: Re: [iris] OT: puns
Yuk! I should have known better than to try to send an Irish phrase through Yahoo. The words are actually "Beannachtai orthu", with a diacritical mark 
 on the "i" and the "u".  --  Griff


 ----- Original Message -----
 From: "J. Griffin Crump" <jgcrump@cox.net>
 To: <iris@hort.net>
 Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2007 7:21 PM
 Subject: Re: [iris] OT: puns
> Linda -- There are various ways to collect those containers. The little > Irish class that I teach surprised me this week with a Christmas present 
 > of a big bottle of Bailey's Irish Cream.  Bless them!  (Beanneachtam
> orthz!) Another way might be to have a container emptying party after the > Geek Dinner next spring in Austin or at some other opportune time that the 
 > schedule might allow.   --  Griff
 >
 >
 > ----- Original Message -----
 > From: "Linda Smith" <irisgrower@cableone.net>
 > To: <iris@hort.net>
 > Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2007 6:40 PM
 > Subject: Re: [iris] OT: puns
 >
 >
 >> Hi Griff,
 >>
 >> Well, at least now I know where you get all the display bottles for
shows
 >> and where the party is going to be (though I've not seen a date for
yet).
 >>
 >> You know Griff you still owe us a party to get containers for spring
 >> shows
 >> across the nation.
 >>
 >> Linda in CW AZ
 >> -------Original Message-------
 >>
 >> From: J. Griffin Crump
 >> Date: 12/15/07 16:37:10
 >> To: iris@hort.net
 >> Subject: [iris] OT: puns
 >>
 >> Anner wrote:
 >>
>>>Of course a terrible pun is a good pun,?just as a good pun is a bad pun, 
 >>>and the worst puns are the ones that are not groanworthy,?not the ones
 >>>that
 >>>are.<
 >>
>> Yes, you've got it exactly. Or, at least, that's the way it seems when >> three of my friends, all inveterate punsters, and I are online arranging 
 >> for
 >> our occasional lunches. We usually meet at one of two local sandwich
 >> emporia, the Lost Dog or, if it's crowded, the Stray Cat, which is
 >> nearby.
 >> We may have to find somewhere else to meet, though, since we've about
 >> exhausted our store of dog and cat puns.
 >>
 >>>It's a paradox, as Gilbert and Sullivan would say, or whichever one of
 >>>them
 >>>wrote the lyrics.?<
 >>
>> Gilbert, a lawyer, wrote the lyrics. His profession must have reassured >> Sullivan, the composer, for their ditties often trod heavily on the toes 
 >> of
 >> authority.  I forget which one of them used to arrive at the dress
 >> rehearsal
 >> still frantically writing the last of his part of the work.  I like,
 >> particularly, from the Mikado:
 >>
>> "Our warriors in serried ranks assembled -- They never flinch and they 
 >> conceal it if they do."
 >>
 >> And, from Ruddigore (sung at breakneck speed):
 >>
>> "This particularly rapid unintelligible patter isn't generally heard and 
 >> if
 >> it is it doesn't matter . . . matter, matter, matter, matter" etc.  --
 >> Griff
 >>
 >>
 >> ----- Original Message -----
 >> From: <chatowhitehall@aol.com>
 >> To: <iris@hort.net>
 >> Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2007 5:02 PM
 >> Subject: Re: [iris] OT-BIO: Im back
 >>
 >>
 >>> Griff said:
 >>>
 >>> Sorry about the terrible puns. I didn't know there were any other
 >>> kind. --
 >>> Griff?
 >>>
 >>>
 >>> Oh,?mercy, Griff! Please don't tell me I've tossed out something with
 >>> the
>>> wrong English on it!?Of course a terrible pun is a good pun,?just as a 
 >>> good pun is a bad pun, and the worst puns are the ones that are not
 >>> groanworthy,?not the ones that are. Its a paradox, as Gilbert and
 >>> Sullivan
 >>> would say, or whichever one of them wrote the lyrics.?
 >>>
 >>> Thanks for sending the pictures along.?If I am remembering correctly
 >>> Michelle was about seventeen when she was here before. We have had so
 >>> few
>>> young members. Wonder whatever happened to?Rusty in Texas??So often?the 
 >>> young grow up and aren't interested in gardening any more.
 >>>
>>> Anner Whitehead, sending?from a remote location as a test?and?expecting 
 >>> to
 >>> see some line break issues and stray punctuation.
 >>>
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