Re: Neighbo(u)rhood
- From: Tony Cooper <tony_cooper213@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2006 08:41:06 GMT
On Tue, 03 Jan 2006 02:53:18 -0500, Wavy G
<RaisedByElves@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>The news had come out in the First World War: The bloody Red Baron was
>flying wonce more. The Allied Command ignored all of its men, and
>called on "Tony Cooper" to do it again!
>
>>On Tue, 03 Jan 2006 04:40:36 +0200, Steve Hayes
>><hayesmstw@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>On Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:03:43 -0500, Robert Lieblich <r_s_lieblich@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>Dunno, Coop. What would a house like that sell for if it were in good
>>>>shape? There's a neighborhood only a couple of miles from where I
>>>>live (here in Greater Laurel) where you'd be lucky to get a handyman's
>>>>special that size for much less than half a mill.
>>>
>>>That usage of "neighborhood" strikes me as odd.
>>>
>>>In similar circumstances I would say "place" -- why neighborhood?
>>>
>>>Or does it indicate that neighborhood and neighbourhood differ not just in
>>>spelling, but in meaning as well?
>>
>>Spelling variations have nothing to do with it.
>
>That's odd. The "one"/"won" thing, which I thought was pretty
>prevalent, at least in my neck of the woods, seems to be an important
>issue here.
The difference between "neighborhood" and "neighbourhood" is what we
call "pondial". In other words, people from opposite sides of the
ocean use different spellings for certain words. "Color" and
"Colour", for example.
Steve posts from South Africa, and he uses the conventional British
spelling of words. Seeing a different spelling from what he's used to
makes him wonder if there is a difference between the words.
Your spelling of "won" for "one" is not conventional on either side of
the pond. It's merely an affectation on your part. It may be
considered a clever affectation in other newsgroups, but this is a
newsgroup that takes a special interest in words. In this group, your
affectation looks silly.
Your initial line is much the same. It may be considered clever in
some newsgroups, but it looks silly in this newsgroup.
No one's saying you can't look silly. Purl Gurl strives for silly,
and achieves it with great regularity. Bill Bonde insists on long,
tedious, sig lines that look silly. RJ Valentine has a quoting style
that give many here hives and shingles. Areff takes silliness to the
extreme with his initialisms. Rey wore out his shock value years ago.
Young Joey built his reputation on his phoney whigger style. The
Other Fran specialized in pomposity. I make more silly errors every
day in posts than some do in their posting lifetimes.
The point is not that anyone is asking you to change, but that your
silliness has been noted. If this is the way you want to be
perceived, then go for it. However, people won't pay much attention
to what you have to say because of how you say it. Your choice.
If you want an example of posting style over-riding posting content,
look no further than Purl Gurl. She sometimes has interesting things
to say, but no one gives her content much weight because she's
encasing her diamonds in mudballs.
--
Tony Cooper
Orlando, FL
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