Re: Chez Watt Re: Common ancestor between man and ape

Bob Casanova <nospam@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 12:52:40 -0400, the following appeared
in talk.origins, posted by Walter Bushell <proto@xxxxxxxxx>:

In article <mgspb3lq16b8p9cp0tsgds8kav7lvk71uc@xxxxxxx>,
Bob Casanova <nospam@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 15:57:15 -0400, the following appeared
in talk.origins, posted by Walter Bushell <proto@xxxxxxxxx>:

In article <1i2ijmw.kbig65hdxyx3N%j.wilkins1@xxxxxxxxx>,
j.wilkins1@xxxxxxxxx (John Wilkins) wrote:

UC <uraniumcommittee@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

You wrote that "Recent" was a technical term while "recent" wasn't,
and that the difference was due to capitalization.

The capitalized version happens to be a technical term in geology, and
is therefore capitalized. It's not a technical term because it's
capitalized; It's capitalized because it's a technical term.

And in this, UC is correct.

UC found to be correct. Film at 11.

"Film at 11" my ass! That would rate an interruption to
*anything* being televised.

("We interrupt this coverage of the nuclear destruction by
rapacious aliens of all the great cities of North and South
America, Europe and Asia to bring you this news flash!")

That is a little hyperbolic.

Ya think?

Yeah. UC would be right at least twice before aliens invaded.
--
John S. Wilkins, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Philosophy
University of Queensland - Blog: scienceblogs.com/evolvingthoughts
"He used... sarcasm. He knew all the tricks, dramatic irony, metaphor,
bathos, puns, parody, litotes and... satire. He was vicious."

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