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Re: Funny English and Linguistics stuff...
« Reply #300 on: April 26, 2011, 03:19:34 PM »
Cut a check, invoice, work order, military order.  It's from days before electronic reproduction.  Folks used to "cut a record" to carve a physical groove, and then  they "cut a tape" which was a grooveless carryover.  (But still sometimes groovy.)  Today we "burn" CDs.

As for checks and orders and such, old mimeographs were hand-cranked and used cut stencils.
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« Reply #301 on: April 26, 2011, 03:28:35 PM »
For printed copy, a stencil assemblage is placed in a typewriter. The typewriter ribbon has to be disabled so that the bare, sharp type element strikes the stencil directly. The impact of the type element displaces the wax, making the tissue paper permeable to the oil-based ink. This is called "cutting a stencil."
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« Reply #302 on: April 26, 2011, 03:53:25 PM »
Yeah, I wondered if it had to do with those funny check writing machines that put the amount in stripey, multi colored numbers.
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Re: Funny English and Linguistics stuff...
« Reply #303 on: April 26, 2011, 03:58:28 PM »
I find it exceedingly funny recent days to ask "Who the hell" questions.
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« Reply #304 on: April 26, 2011, 04:16:13 PM »
Isn't the answer always "Satan" ?

Anyway, I thought cursing like that around here was kind of frowned upon.
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Re: Funny English and Linguistics stuff...
« Reply #305 on: April 26, 2011, 04:30:59 PM »
I think people here have always assumed that I tolerate less swearing than I actually do.
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« Reply #306 on: April 26, 2011, 04:37:03 PM »
Sounds like a challenge.   ;)


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Re: Funny English and Linguistics stuff...
« Reply #307 on: April 26, 2011, 04:42:07 PM »
Just remember that I can ban you.
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« Reply #308 on: April 26, 2011, 04:55:42 PM »
I find it exceedingly funny recent days to ask "Who the hell" questions.
I figured it was something.
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« Reply #309 on: April 26, 2011, 04:56:07 PM »
Just remember that I can ban you.


I'm sure there'd be a community uprising if you did that.
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Re: Funny English and Linguistics stuff...
« Reply #310 on: April 26, 2011, 06:07:35 PM »
You wanna play chicken with me? :pirate:
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Re: Funny English and Linguistics stuff...
« Reply #311 on: April 26, 2011, 06:26:55 PM »
Jonathon -- Jesse just said that you're too afraid of him to ban him because you're a big poopy head.
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Re: Funny English and Linguistics stuff...
« Reply #312 on: April 26, 2011, 07:52:35 PM »
Doesn't this all belong in the kerfluffle thread?
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Re: Funny English and Linguistics stuff...
« Reply #313 on: April 27, 2011, 01:34:14 AM »
Who the hell spells it "cheque?"
Brits, Ausies, Canadians, and weirdo Americans.
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Re: Funny English and Linguistics stuff...
« Reply #314 on: April 27, 2011, 04:53:47 AM »
Who the heque spells it "cheque?"

Improved that for you.
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« Reply #315 on: April 27, 2011, 06:00:40 AM »
 :D
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« Reply #316 on: April 27, 2011, 08:11:03 AM »
Indeed you did!
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Re: Funny English and Linguistics stuff...
« Reply #317 on: May 23, 2011, 12:34:42 PM »
Georgetown misspells "Facsimile" while apologizing for misspelling "University"

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At the school's commencement this weekend, programs were distributed with "Georgetown University" spelled "Georgetown Univeristy" on the cover. To fix the problem, Georgetown told disappointed grads, families, and friends to contact the registrar, who will provide corrected copies of the program to anyone requesting one.

Alas, the bottom of the letter apologizing for the spelling mistake listed the "facsimilie" number of the registrar's office.
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Re: Funny English and Linguistics stuff...
« Reply #318 on: May 23, 2011, 12:47:39 PM »
Whoopsie.
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« Reply #319 on: May 23, 2011, 12:48:25 PM »
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Re: Funny English and Linguistics stuff...
« Reply #320 on: May 24, 2011, 12:50:59 AM »
Huh. I wonder if my boss is moonlighting there.
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« Reply #321 on: May 24, 2011, 06:49:53 PM »
My boss from the eye clinic called and asked how I was enjoying my mothership.
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Re: Funny English and Linguistics stuff...
« Reply #322 on: May 25, 2011, 01:03:31 AM »
They let you fly the mothership?
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Re: Funny English and Linguistics stuff...
« Reply #323 on: May 25, 2011, 05:47:54 AM »
Well, it's hers after all.
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« Reply #324 on: May 25, 2011, 07:27:01 AM »
Well, it's hers after all.
Actually it's her mother's. I'm not sure what her mother calls it. The myship?
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