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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