jp@lanl.ARPA (07/16/85)
Lest anyone become confused, lightening is the phenomenon of the descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity occuring toward the end of pregnancy. Lightning is a luminous electric discharge in the atmosphere. Got it now?? Jim Potter jp@lanl.arpa
rdp@teddy.UUCP (07/16/85)
In article <28361@lanl.ARPA> jp@lanl.ARPA writes: > >Lest anyone become confused, lightening is the phenomenon of the descent >of the uterus into the pelvic cavity occuring toward the end of pregnancy. > >Lightning is a luminous electric discharge in the atmosphere. > >Got it now?? > >Jim Potter jp@lanl.arpa FLAME! Having had, over the last 14 months, been intimately involved with the conception, gestation, successful delivery and subsequent upbringing of 2 healthy children, and having, more recently, observed the phenomenon of luminous electrical discharge in the atmosphere, and havin, in the article Mr. James Potter refers to, explained my observations of a phenomenon which only a complete fool could mistake for anything other than luminous electric discharge in the atmosphere, you're damned right I've got it now! The sort of completely non-informational reply and the invariable flame it demands clutters the net with pointless nonsense. The intent of my article was to put forth my observations for discussion regarding those observations, NOT to have my occasional slip of fingers or spelling rules pointed out in a totally non-productive way. Sorry, folks, but what my discussion has to do with the above's reply completely eludes me and everyone else here that has read said reply.
jp@lanl.ARPA (07/17/85)
Reply by mail failed. Don't be so quick to take offense, sir. I deliberately did not aim my admittedly sarcastic note directly at your article. The occasion was merely the 300th time such spelling has occurred. Yours was obviously a slip of the fingers since. My favorite misspelling by supposedly educated physicists is not "lightening" anyway, it's "magnent"! So return your burner to low and I'll crawl back into my hole. Jim Potter jp@lanl.arpa
dgary@ecsvax.UUCP (D Gary Grady) (07/17/85)
> >Lest anyone become confused, lightening is the phenomenon of the descent > >of the uterus into the pelvic cavity occuring toward the end of pregnancy. > > > >Lightning is a luminous electric discharge in the atmosphere. > > > >Got it now?? > >Jim Potter jp@lanl.arpa > > FLAME! > The sort of completely non-informational reply and the invariable flame it > demands clutters the net with pointless nonsense. A good many people misspell lightning; I though Jim's gently humorous response was completely inoffensive (not to mention informative - I'd never heard of lightening before). I don't believe it "demands" a flame in response. Unfortunately the gentlest of helpful corrections can be misconstrued as a vicious personal attack by those desiring to do so. -- D Gary Grady Duke U Comp Center, Durham, NC 27706 (919) 684-3695 USENET: {seismo,decvax,ihnp4,akgua,etc.}!mcnc!ecsvax!dgary
herbie@watdcsu.UUCP (Herb Chong [DCS]) (07/21/85)
there is a big difference between lightening and lightning. i suggest those of you who flamed jim better look in a dictionary before flaming in reply. Herb Chong... I'm user-friendly -- I don't byte, I nybble....
lwall@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Larry Wall) (07/30/85)
As it happens, lightning was consistently misspelled in the subtitles of
"The Emerald Forest". How embarassing.
No, I don't know what that has to do with physics.
Larry Wall
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