From: Adam Hyman (email suppressed)
Date: Wed May 21 2008 - 08:06:41 PDT
But it is inappropriate to send a spelling correction to the whole list, and
not just to the person involved. Standard list manners.
Best,
adam
On 5/21/08 1:33 AM, "Jim Carlile" <email suppressed> wrote:
> No, a jerk is someone who has a Web page that can't spell the word 'artist'
> correctly. Especially if they ARE one.
>
> Or someone else who criticizes someone who merely points it out...
>
> You know, in the old days, this kind of notation would have been appreciated.
> No, actually, it wouldn't have been necessary-- because people KNEW HOW TO
> SPELL back then.
>
> Ah, irony........it so goes over people's heads these days, doesn't it?
>
>
>
>
> In a message dated 5/20/2008 8:24:19 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> email suppressed writes:
>>
>>
>>
>> jerk (plural jerks <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jerks> )
>>
>> 1. A quick, often unpleasant tug <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tug> or
>> shake.
>> 2. When I yell "OK," give the mooring line a good jerk!
>> 3. A sudden, uncontrolled movement, for instance, of the body.
>> 4. (physics) the change <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/change> in
>> acceleration <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/acceleration> with respect to
>> time <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/time> .
>> 5. Usage note: Jerk is measured in metres
>> <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/metre> per cubic
>> <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cubic> second
>> <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/second> (m/s3) in SI
>> <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/SI> units , or in feet
>> <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/feet> per cubic second (ft/s3) in imperial
>> <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/imperial> units.
>> 6. (US, slang <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#slang> ,
>> pejorative) A person who is unwelcome due to unlikable qualities and
>> behavior, often mean, foolish or disagreeable.
>> 7. A rich, spicy Jamaican marinade <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/marinade> ;
>> a dish <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dish> made with such a marinade.
>>
>>
>>
>> On May 20, 2008, at 8:04 PM, Jim Carlile wrote:
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On the Web page www.handmadefilm.org <http://www.handmadefilm.org/> ,
>>> 'artistic' is not spelled correctly.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> In a message dated 5/20/2008 8:12:51 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
>>> email suppressed writes:
>>>
>>>> Charles,
>>>>
>>>> The Handmade Film Institute, www.handmadefilm.org
>>>> <http://www.handmadefilm.org/> , exists particularly to
>>>> provide this information; it's in our resources section. Our goal is to
>>>> be
>>>> complete (more so than now!), so if something is missing that you'd like
>>>> to
>>>> know, let me know and we'll put it up. It's an ongoing project, and
>>>> helping
>>>> you (or anyone else) out would be a welcome impetus for its evolution.
>>>>
>>>> Robert Schaller
>>>> handmadefilm.org
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
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