16 Dec
1998
16 Dec
'98
1:43 p.m.
Date sent: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 19:45:48 -0500
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From: CLASSICCMP(a)trailing-edge.com
To: "Discussion re-collecting of classic computers"
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Subject: RE: OT: Learning new words (was RE: "Single instance"
machines)
Originally to: classiccmp(a)u.WASHINGTON.EDU
How about "The wastepaper basket is yellow."
Paul Braun
NerdWare -- The History of the PC and the Nerds who brought it to you.
nerdware(a)laidbak.com
www.laidbak.com/nerdware
(mean?)
humorous streak. They taught him a very interesting form of
English - and colourful. Instead of saying "wow, excellent!", they
convinced him that the correct thing to say was "most spannerlike!", and
that a correct form of greeting was "Hello Sailor!". There were many more
interesting variations, and his English was eventually, suffice it to say,
unusual :)
Six words: "My hovercraft is full of eels"
Tim.