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Old Nov 12th 2003, 2:25 am
  #856  
barney
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In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
(Marie Lewis) wrote:

    > That I should be called "illiterate" by you, reveals your idiocy.

Separating the subject and the verb with a comma? Tut.
 
Old Nov 12th 2003, 3:16 am
  #857  
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Following up to Marie Lewis

    >puntcuation.
    >>> What does that word mean?
    >>If you can't figure it out, too bad. I'm
    >>not surprised. Illiterate twat.
    >That I should be called "illiterate" by you, reveals your idiocy.

Illiterate can mean unable to read. I can read "puntcuation".
Marie cannot, so illiterate fits. It don't know if "twat" was
meant literally.
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Old Nov 12th 2003, 3:18 am
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"David" wrote
    | > I found out within a couple weeks that the university abroad
    | > was just as worthless acedemically as universities were in
    | > the US.
    | What does "worthless academically" mean ?

It describes the sort of university that turns out "a honor student" like
Robert.

    | I am sure your princess friend must have been badly advised to
    | mix with such "worthless academic" tutors ?

Perhaps the princess told Robert that Marlborough Secretarial College was
part of the University of Oxford and he believed her. Or perhaps Robert
ended up doing a Young Idea course at Lucie Clayton whilst the princess
brushed up on the deportment and flower arranging.

Owain
 
Old Nov 12th 2003, 4:22 am
  #859  
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On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 08:58:16 +0000, in rec.travel.europe, Reid <[email protected]>
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :

... Following up to Emilia <emilia@(dead)easy.com>
...
... >> two keys typed in the wrong order, as happens on usenet, i'm
... >> surprised you couldn't work that one out
... >
... >Don't be surprised! It is Usenet after all. There are some people who
... >don't have the mental capacity to read words which have typos in them.
... >There is no point in arguing with them....
...
... or mental will?

Ha ha !
 
Old Nov 12th 2003, 4:28 am
  #860  
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In article <[email protected]>, Deep Freud
Moors <deepfloydmar@yIaWON'ThBITEoYA!o.co.uk> writes
    >On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 06:44:22 +0100, Magda <[email protected]>
    >wrote:
    >>On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 01:50:15 +0000 (UTC), in rec.travel.europe,
    >>[email protected]
    >>arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
    >> ... In article <[email protected]>,
    >> ... deepfloydmar@yIaWON'ThBITEoYA!o.co.uk (Deep Freud Moors) wrote:
    >> ...
    >> ... >
    >> ... > A thank you from you, Magda? My cup runneth over! ;o)
    >> ...
    >> ... As I implied in another post, this must be the End Times. Let's
    >>enjoy them
    >> ... while they last. I certainly expect to see flaming lions wandering past
    >> ... the Tiber -- okay, the Orwell or Deben -- in the near future.
    >>La *paire de claques* qui se perd avec vous deux !... ;-))
    >Et tu aussi!
    >(or is it 'vous') ;o)
    >---
    >DFM, enjoying a brief moment between the usual RTE hostilities


Could be "vous." Could be "toi." Could not be "tu."
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Old Nov 12th 2003, 4:32 am
  #861  
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On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 20:47:15 +1000, in rec.travel.europe, Deep Freud Moors
<deepfloydmar@yIaWON'ThBITEoYA!o.co.uk> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this
    :

... On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 06:44:22 +0100, Magda <[email protected]>
... wrote:
...
... >On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 01:50:15 +0000 (UTC), in rec.travel.europe, [email protected]
... >arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
... >
... > ... In article <[email protected]>,
... > ... deepfloydmar@yIaWON'ThBITEoYA!o.co.uk (Deep Freud Moors) wrote:
... > ...
... > ... >
... > ... > A thank you from you, Magda? My cup runneth over! ;o)
... > ...
... > ... As I implied in another post, this must be the End Times. Let's enjoy them
... > ... while they last. I certainly expect to see flaming lions wandering past
... > ... the Tiber -- okay, the Orwell or Deben -- in the near future.
... >
... >La *paire de claques* qui se perd avec vous deux !... ;-))
...
... Et tu aussi!
...
... (or is it 'vous') ;o)

TOI !!

(Oh la la... If you go around saying "et tu aussi" it's nothing short of a miracle that
the French don't shoot you)
 
Old Nov 12th 2003, 11:01 am
  #862  
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[email protected] (Miguel Cruz) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
    > Robert <[email protected]> wrote:
    > >>> Not true in my case. I competed with students all over the US. Some
    > >>> attended prestigious universities like Harvard.
    > >
    > > I went abroad on a reciprocol student exchange program, not a Fulbright
    > > scholarship. I think I selected courses that my university in the US would
    > > accept as credit towards my degree. My major was finance but I still had
    > > some courses outside this subject I could select, like history. I found
    > > out within a couple weeks that the university abroad was just as worthless
    > > acedemically as universities were in the US. In fact one professor wrote
    > > on the blackboard word from word from the text book and we were supposed
    > > to copy it down! This mind you was the top university in the region. So I
    > > just spent the remainder of the time doing independent study (mostly
    > > related to business) and meeting and hanging out with new friends in a
    > > very beautiful setting.
    >
    > So basically, you're saying that you participated in a typical blow-off
    > study abroad program to which at least one Harvard student applied?
    >
    > miguel

No. I'm saying I had the time of my life living and studying in a
foreign country but I discovered that some overseas universities are
just about as worthless acedemically as they are in the US.
 
Old Nov 12th 2003, 11:23 am
  #863  
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On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 18:32:36 +0100, Magda wrote:

    > On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 20:47:15 +1000, in rec.travel.europe, Deep Freud Moors
    > ... Et tu aussi!
    > ...
    > ... (or is it 'vous') ;o)
    >
    > TOI !!
    >
    > (Oh la la... If you go around saying "et tu aussi" it's nothing short of a miracle that
    > the French don't shoot you)

OTOH if it were latin... (Famous last words, I guess.)
 
Old Nov 12th 2003, 11:28 am
  #864  
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[email protected] (David) wrote in message news:<[email protected]. com>...
    > [email protected] (Robert) wrote in message news:<[email protected] om>...
    >
    > > I went abroad on a reciprocol student exchange program, not a
    > > Fulbright scholarship. I think I selected courses that my university
    > > in the US would accept as credit towards my degree. My major was
    > > finance but I still had some courses outside this subject I could
    > > select, like history. I found out within a couple weeks that the
    > > university abroad was just as worthless acedemically as universities
    > > were in the US.
    >
    > What does "worthless academically" mean ? I am sure your princess
    > friend must have been badly advised to mix with such "worthless
    > academic" tutors ?

Even royalty can be deluded by commonly held beliefs, (ie. the
university is the place to go).
    >
    > In fact one professor wrote on the blackboard word
    > > from word from the text book and we were supposed to copy it down!
    >
    > Ask him if he wrote the text book.

There is no way this professor wrote the book or any book. She copied
it from the book on to the blackboard. We all had the book. What a
waste.
    >
    > > This mind you was the top university in the region.
    >
    > We expected nothing less. Cut down on the superlatives, and your posts
    > may be given more credit.
    >
    > So I just spent
    > > the remainder of the time doing independent study (mostly related to
    > > business) and meeting and hanging out with new friends in a very
    > > beautiful setting. Unfortunately I can not say which university it was
    > > as this might tell you who my princess friend is. Sorry.
    >
    > Did you study BS or do a complete BS degree ? All I can say from
    > reading your posts is that you seem to have learnt little of the
    > important social skills, which one would think "independent study"
    > would bring...
    >
    > Dave

My major was finance but the university does nothing to actually teach
you how to make money (they take your money though). The real test
comes from making money on your own. I have a degree in this respect.
I didn't know I lacked important social skills. I wonder if all the
friends I made during my study abroad felt the same way. Of the
students I met three kept in contact with me for a few years after but
only one (my princess friend)does today. In fact I have to send her an
email shortly.
 
Old Nov 12th 2003, 12:18 pm
  #865  
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On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 17:28:27 +0000, Marie Lewis
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >In article <[email protected]>, Deep Freud
    >Moors <deepfloydmar@yIaWON'ThBITEoYA!o.co.uk> writes
    >>On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 06:44:22 +0100, Magda <[email protected]>
    >>wrote:
    >>>On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 01:50:15 +0000 (UTC), in rec.travel.europe,
    >>>[email protected]
    >>>arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
    >>> ... In article <[email protected]>,
    >>> ... deepfloydmar@yIaWON'ThBITEoYA!o.co.uk (Deep Freud Moors) wrote:
    >>> ...
    >>> ... >
    >>> ... > A thank you from you, Magda? My cup runneth over! ;o)
    >>> ...
    >>> ... As I implied in another post, this must be the End Times. Let's
    >>>enjoy them
    >>> ... while they last. I certainly expect to see flaming lions wandering past
    >>> ... the Tiber -- okay, the Orwell or Deben -- in the near future.
    >>>La *paire de claques* qui se perd avec vous deux !... ;-))
    >>Et tu aussi!
    >>(or is it 'vous') ;o)
    >>---
    >>DFM, enjoying a brief moment between the usual RTE hostilities
    > Could be "vous." Could be "toi." Could not be "tu."

*sigh*

Yes, Marie, yes... thank you for disengaging your discretion once
again, and simply assuming everyone is dumber than you...
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DFM
 
Old Nov 12th 2003, 12:31 pm
  #866  
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On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 18:32:36 +0100, Magda <[email protected]>
wrote:

    >On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 20:47:15 +1000, in rec.travel.europe, Deep Freud Moors
    ><deepfloydmar@yIaWON'ThBITEoYA!o.co.uk> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this
    >:
    > ... On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 06:44:22 +0100, Magda <[email protected]>
    > ... wrote:
    > ...
    > ... >On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 01:50:15 +0000 (UTC), in rec.travel.europe, [email protected]
    > ... >arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
    > ... >
    > ... > ... In article <[email protected]>,
    > ... > ... deepfloydmar@yIaWON'ThBITEoYA!o.co.uk (Deep Freud Moors) wrote:
    > ... > ...
    > ... > ... >
    > ... > ... > A thank you from you, Magda? My cup runneth over! ;o)
    > ... > ...
    > ... > ... As I implied in another post, this must be the End Times. Let's enjoy them
    > ... > ... while they last. I certainly expect to see flaming lions wandering past
    > ... > ... the Tiber -- okay, the Orwell or Deben -- in the near future.
    > ... >
    > ... >La *paire de claques* qui se perd avec vous deux !... ;-))
    > ...
    > ... Et tu aussi!
    > ...
    > ... (or is it 'vous') ;o)
    >TOI !!
    >(Oh la la... If you go around saying "et tu aussi" it's nothing short of a miracle that
    >the French don't shoot you)

Oooh, please excuse my, Magda!

(Imagine how my girlfriend feels when I do that. If she ever annoys me
too much, I just mess my French up just enough so that she explodes!
She still hasn't figured out I do it on purpose yet!)
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DFM
 
Old Nov 12th 2003, 12:44 pm
  #867  
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"Owain" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
    > "David" wrote
    > | > I found out within a couple weeks that the university abroad
    > | > was just as worthless acedemically as universities were in
    > | > the US.
    > | What does "worthless academically" mean ?
    >
    > It describes the sort of university that turns out "a honor student" like
    > Robert.
    >
    > | I am sure your princess friend must have been badly advised to
    > | mix with such "worthless academic" tutors ?
    >
    > Perhaps the princess told Robert that Marlborough Secretarial College was
    > part of the University of Oxford and he believed her. Or perhaps Robert
    > ended up doing a Young Idea course at Lucie Clayton whilst the princess
    > brushed up on the deportment and flower arranging.
    >
    > Owain



Perhaps I did really meet a princess during my study abroad and maybe
you would like the opportunity too. Well you can. Studying abroad
starts with some research. You can find lots of information online
about almost every university in the world.
Meeting a princess is a lot harder to plan consciously but if you use
the subconscious technique I talked about in an earlier post it can be
done.
 
Old Nov 12th 2003, 5:23 pm
  #868  
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On 12 Nov 2003 16:01:14 -0800, [email protected] (Robert) wrote:
    >No. I'm saying I had the time of my life living and studying in a
    >foreign country but I discovered that some overseas universities are
    >just about as worthless acedemically as they are in the US.

Obviously, their ACADEMICS leave much to be desired...
 
Old Nov 12th 2003, 7:25 pm
  #869  
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On 12 Nov 2003 16:28:46 -0800, Robert wrote:

    > My major was finance ......
    > ...... I lacked important social skills.

I think the two go hand-in-hand.


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If the human brain were simple enough that we could understand it, we would
be so simple that we couldn't.
 
Old Nov 12th 2003, 7:43 pm
  #870  
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Following up to Robert

    >Even royalty can be deluded

In my experience "even" is misplaced here.
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