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Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum May 17th 19, 11:32 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.english.usage
Replies: 533
Views: 18,351
Posted By Peter Duncanson [BrE]
Please stop calling them apps!

On Thu, 16 May 2019 10:20:09 -0400, nospam
wrote:

In article , Apd wrote:

the rest of the world prefers app.

...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum October 15th 17, 11:54 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.usage.english,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 275
Views: 7,467
Posted By Peter Duncanson [BrE]
Convert those dastardly curly quotes to straight quotes on Windows?

On Sat, 14 Oct 2017 21:45:21 -0400, "Mayayana"
wrote:

"Jack Campin" wrote

| "This", for me, is alt.usage.english. I have never subscribed...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum October 9th 17, 01:29 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.usage.english,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 275
Views: 7,467
Posted By Peter Duncanson [BrE]
Convert those dastardly curly quotes to straight quotes on Windows?

On Mon, 9 Oct 2017 16:07:48 +1100, Peter Moylan
wrote:

On 09/10/17 03:06, Mayayana wrote:

The result is millions of people who equate their computer with MS
...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum October 8th 17, 09:35 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.usage.english,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 275
Views: 7,467
Posted By Peter Duncanson [BrE]
Convert those dastardly curly quotes to straight quotes on Windows?

On Sun, 8 Oct 2017 14:45:15 -0400, "Mayayana"
wrote:

"Andy Burns" wrote

| ASCII is standard in all uses
|
| Except when UK users want a pound...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum September 19th 17, 12:05 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.usage.english,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 5
Views: 261
Posted By Peter Duncanson [BrE]
Speak a ommon spelling error list (hints on demand)

On Fri, 15 Sep 2017 07:42:49 -0700, Ken Blake
wrote:

On Fri, 15 Sep 2017 08:00:37 -0230, Cheryl
wrote:

On 2017-09-14 5:19 PM, Wolf K...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum September 19th 17, 12:05 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.usage.english,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 579
Views: 11,050
Posted By Peter Duncanson [BrE]
Speak a ommon spelling error list (hints on demand)

On Fri, 15 Sep 2017 07:42:49 -0700, Ken Blake
wrote:

On Fri, 15 Sep 2017 08:00:37 -0230, Cheryl
wrote:

On 2017-09-14 5:19 PM, Wolf K...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum September 16th 17, 11:26 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.usage.english,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 579
Views: 11,050
Posted By Peter Duncanson [BrE]
Speak a ommon spelling error list (hints on demand)

On Fri, 15 Sep 2017 19:44:52 -0400, Wolf K wrote:

On 2017-09-15 08:30, Janet wrote:
In article ,
...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum September 15th 17, 10:13 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.usage.english,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 31
Views: 668
Posted By Peter Duncanson [BrE]
Speak a ommon spelling error list (hints on demand)

On Fri, 15 Sep 2017 15:28:57 -0500, Char Jackson
wrote:

On Fri, 15 Sep 2017 19:15:24 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote:

In message...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum September 15th 17, 10:13 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.usage.english,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 579
Views: 11,050
Posted By Peter Duncanson [BrE]
Speak a ommon spelling error list (hints on demand)

On Fri, 15 Sep 2017 15:28:57 -0500, Char Jackson
wrote:

On Fri, 15 Sep 2017 19:15:24 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote:

In message...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum September 15th 17, 02:52 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.usage.english,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 579
Views: 11,050
Posted By Peter Duncanson [BrE]
Speak a ommon spelling error list (hints on demand)

On Thu, 14 Sep 2017 13:18:53 -0400, CDB wrote:

On 9/14/2017 9:27 AM, Mayayana wrote:
"Robert Bannister" wrote

| Though an...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum September 15th 17, 02:52 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.usage.english,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 0
Views: 288
Posted By Peter Duncanson [BrE]
Speak a ommon spelling error list (hints on demand)

On Thu, 14 Sep 2017 13:18:53 -0400, CDB wrote:

On 9/14/2017 9:27 AM, Mayayana wrote:
"Robert Bannister" wrote

| Though an...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum September 14th 17, 11:21 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.usage.english,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 579
Views: 11,050
Posted By Peter Duncanson [BrE]
Speak a ommon spelling error list (hints on demand)

On Wed, 13 Sep 2017 20:40:34 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote:

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On Wed, 13 Sep 2017 09:26:39 +0100, "NY" wrote:

"Anders D. Nygaard"...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum September 13th 17, 07:52 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.usage.english,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 579
Views: 11,050
Posted By Peter Duncanson [BrE]
Speak a ommon spelling error list (hints on demand)

On Wed, 13 Sep 2017 14:03:29 +0100, "NY" wrote:

"charles" wrote in message
...
And members of the royal family...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum September 13th 17, 11:51 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.usage.english,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 579
Views: 11,050
Posted By Peter Duncanson [BrE]
Speak a ommon spelling error list (hints on demand)

On Wed, 13 Sep 2017 09:26:39 +0100, "NY" wrote:

"Anders D. Nygaard" wrote in message
...
"A duke (male) (British...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum September 4th 17, 05:59 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.usage.english,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 579
Views: 11,050
Posted By Peter Duncanson [BrE]
Speak a ommon spelling error list (hints on demand)

On Mon, 4 Sep 2017 17:38:01 +0100, Katy Jennison
wrote:

On 04/09/2017 10:09, Jack Campin wrote:
Likewise, there are several English place names which end in...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum September 3rd 17, 06:09 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.usage.english,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 63
Views: 1,414
Posted By Peter Duncanson [BrE]
Speak a ommon spelling error list (hints on demand)

On Sun, 3 Sep 2017 08:37:47 -0400, CDB wrote:

On 9/3/2017 5:54 AM, NY wrote:
"Ken Blake" wrote:

Sometimes the call is not from someone I...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum September 3rd 17, 06:09 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.usage.english,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 579
Views: 11,050
Posted By Peter Duncanson [BrE]
Speak a ommon spelling error list (hints on demand)

On Sun, 3 Sep 2017 08:37:47 -0400, CDB wrote:

On 9/3/2017 5:54 AM, NY wrote:
"Ken Blake" wrote:

Sometimes the call is not from someone I...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum September 1st 17, 07:19 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.usage.english,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 579
Views: 11,050
Posted By Peter Duncanson [BrE]
Speak a common spelling error list (hints on demand)

On Thu, 31 Aug 2017 20:17:20 -0700 (PDT), "Peter T. Daniels"
wrote:

On Thursday, August 31, 2017 at 6:08:52 PM UTC-4, Ken Blake wrote:
On Thu, 31 Aug 2017 14:11:57 -0500,...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum August 31st 17, 11:54 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.usage.english,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 579
Views: 11,050
Posted By Peter Duncanson [BrE]
Speak a ommon spelling error list (hints on demand)

On Thu, 31 Aug 2017 14:54:19 -0700, Ken Blake
wrote:

On Thu, 31 Aug 2017 19:14:14 +0100, "NY" wrote:

"Ken Blake" wrote in message...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum August 31st 17, 12:50 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.usage.english,alt.windows7.generalmrec.arts.books
Replies: 579
Views: 11,050
Posted By Peter Duncanson [BrE]
Speak a ommon spelling error list (hints on demand)

On Thu, 31 Aug 2017 12:35:24 +0100, Janet wrote:

In article , says...

"Steve Hayes" wrote

...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum August 30th 17, 03:58 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.usage.english,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 579
Views: 11,050
Posted By Peter Duncanson [BrE]
Speak a ommon spelling error list (hints on demand)

On Wed, 30 Aug 2017 08:28:19 -0400, "Mayayana"
wrote:

"Peter Moylan" wrote

| In many cases what has happened is that the pronunciation of a...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum August 29th 17, 07:00 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.usage.english,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 579
Views: 11,050
Posted By Peter Duncanson [BrE]
Speak a ommon spelling error list (hints on demand)

On Tue, 29 Aug 2017 18:31:01 +0100, "NY" wrote:

"Joe Scotch" wrote in message
...
But I find that statement hard to comprehend...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum March 5th 17, 03:07 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.os.linux,alt.usage.english
Replies: 34
Views: 246
Posted By Peter Duncanson [BrE]
How a typo took down S3, the backbone of the internet

On Sun, 5 Mar 2017 13:47:25 +0000, Richard Heathfield
wrote:

On 03/03/17 18:36, Lewis wrote:
In message Richard Heathfield ...
Forum: General XP issues or comments September 6th 15, 10:46 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.usage.english
Replies: 12
Views: 856
Posted By Peter Duncanson [BrE]
Exploit

On Sun, 06 Sep 2015 16:24:22 +1000, Peter Moylan
wrote:

On 2015-Sep-06 04:15, Peter Duncanson [BrE] wrote:
On Sun, 16 Aug 2015 13:12:42 -0400, micky...
Forum: General XP issues or comments September 5th 15, 07:15 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.usage.english
Replies: 12
Views: 856
Posted By Peter Duncanson [BrE]
Exploit

On Sun, 16 Aug 2015 13:12:42 -0400, micky
wrote:

In microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, on Sun, 16 Aug 2015 11:32:22
-0400, "Mayayana" ...
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