| [r]Hallo, i'm new! [message #266967] |
Mo, 15 Mai 2006 00:09 |
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I'm new on these Usenet thingies, so anyone give any tips thanks!
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| Re: [r]Hallo, i'm new! [message #266973 ] |
Mo, 15 Mai 2006 01:36 |
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On 14 May, Jeto wrote:
> I'm new on these Usenet thingies, so anyone give any tips thanks!
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A good place to start is here -
<http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/emily-postnews/part1/>
If that doesn't fulfil all your requirements, you could do worse than
to look here -
<http://www.usenet.org.uk/usenet-information.html>
For Pratchett-specific Usenet guidelines which will be useful wherever
you go in Usenet, have a look here -
<http://www.lspace.org/faqs/>
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Brian Howlett - Email to From: address deleted unseen
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| Re: [I] Hallo, i'm new! [message #266974 ] |
Mo, 15 Mai 2006 01:43 |
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On 15 May, Brian Howlett wrote:
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> <http://www.lspace.org/faqs/>
Paying particular attention to the subject tagging FAQ, obviously...
D'oh!
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Brian Howlett - Email to From: address deleted unseen
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| Re: Hallo, i'm new! [message #267260 ] |
Di, 16 Mai 2006 18:03 |
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Brian Howlett wrote:
> Paying particular attention to the subject tagging FAQ, obviously...
And the spelling of the word "hello".
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| Re: [I] Hallo, i'm new! [message #267289 ] |
Di, 16 Mai 2006 20:31 |
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On 16 May, jgh [at] arcade.demon.co.uk wrote:
> Brian Howlett wrote:
>> Paying particular attention to the subject tagging FAQ, obviously...
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> And the spelling of the word "hello".
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It's rare to see "hallo" these days, but it used to be a lot more
common. "Hello" is certainly the accepted spelling nowadays.
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Brian Howlett - Email to From: address deleted unseen
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"A man with a briefcase can steal more money than any man with a gun"
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| Re: [I] Hallo, i'm new! [message #267301 ] |
Di, 16 Mai 2006 21:07 |
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Brian Howlett wrote:
> On 16 May, jgh [at] arcade.demon.co.uk wrote:
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>> Brian Howlett wrote:
>>> Paying particular attention to the subject tagging FAQ, obviously...
>> And the spelling of the word "hello".
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> It's rare to see "hallo" these days, but it used to be a lot more
> common. "Hello" is certainly the accepted spelling nowadays.
The other tip is to 'lurk' for a while (reading posts but not sending
replies) until you get the feel of the place. That way you are less
likely to incur the wrath (called being flamed) of others.
For instance, speculation is frowned on in this group because if you
said.. "I think a good plot line would be for *CENSORED* to *CENSORED*
with *CENSORED* causing a right *CENSORED* and resulting in *CENSORED*"
then this would prejudice TP (common speak for Terry Pratchett) from
using that very story line in another book because you may then say "Hey
that was my idea and /wasn't I clever/I want paying/" /delete as required.
If you are going to refer to a crucial point in the plot of a book that
others may not have read (could be any book) then don't say "Hey in SG
(Small Gods, you will find such title abbreviations a common thing) do
you realise that when *CENSORED* did *CENSORED* he was actually doing
*CENSORED* instead." unless you have put some thing like...
Spoiler Space
1
2
..where these represent lines 3 to 18
..
19
20
or
S
P
O
I
L
....represent E R S P A all on separate lines
C
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Here endeth the second lesson.
Enyoy
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| Re: [I] Hallo, i'm new! [message #267323 ] |
Di, 16 Mai 2006 22:31 |
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Also Sprach Brian Howlett:
> On 16 May, jgh [at] arcade.demon.co.uk wrote:
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>> Brian Howlett wrote:
>>> Paying particular attention to the subject tagging FAQ,
>>> obviously...
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>> And the spelling of the word "hello".
>>
> It's rare to see "hallo" these days, but it used to be a
> lot more common. "Hello" is certainly the accepted spelling
> nowadays.
According to QI, "hallo" isn't, strictly speaking, a greeting,
but an expression of surprise.
But the subject line still works.
--
Dave
Official Absentee of EU Skiffeysoc
http://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/sesoc
"What do monsters have nightmares about?"
"Me!"
-The Doctor
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| Re: [I] Hallo, i'm new! [message #267370 ] |
Mi, 17 Mai 2006 02:20 |
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Daibhid Ceanaideach <daibhidchenedelh [at] aol.com> wrote:
> Also Sprach Brian Howlett:
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> > On 16 May, jgh [at] arcade.demon.co.uk wrote:
> >
> >> Brian Howlett wrote:
> >>> Paying particular attention to the subject tagging FAQ,
> >>> obviously...
> >>
> >> And the spelling of the word "hello".
> >>
> > It's rare to see "hallo" these days, but it used to be a
> > lot more common. "Hello" is certainly the accepted spelling
> > nowadays.
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> According to QI, "hallo" isn't, strictly speaking, a greeting,
> but an expression of surprise.
Well, yeah, but my OED claims that "hello" is merely a variation on
"hallo", q.v., so the same goes for that.
Of course, neither of those eminent sources speaks Dutch.
Richard
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| Re: Hallo, i'm new! [message #268919 ] |
Do, 18 Mai 2006 12:53 |
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Are we sure its not view halloo?
Encarta Definition:
"hunter's cry: a shout of "view halloo!" whne the fox is sighted. Is
Jeto of the foxhunting persuasion?
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