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I'm about curious about SVN does the name hint at Subversion, many different smaller versions or the word subversiv? Because my mind goes to subversive, subterfuge and generally the darker spectrum of those words when I hear the name subversion rather than just svn.
And git... reminds me of a British person insulting someone. Can't we get a repository with a name that can't be misinterpreted? I'm out of the name spawning committee as the first name that pops up in my mind would have been suppository...
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Member 11683251 wrote: Can't we get a repository with a name that can't be misinterpreted?
Who says it's a misinterpretation? Sounds just about right for the evil spreading, life denying, mind warping ******s to me!
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OK Portsmouth has a reputation for being a bit thick. I can't deny it after reading the comments on this story[^]. Seriously read the article and then the comments (starting from the bottom).
Words fail me as they are all serious comments.
p.s. I go under the name The Libertine on this site.
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Real enough, and not confined to Portsmouth. I love the one about the Leap Year, and the shower.
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That comment about water is right.
You know fish pee in water..... Among other things!
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You mean they don't have lavatories?
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My dog died tonight after climbing into the tumble drier. At least he died in Comfort.
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Forgot to put him on delicate cycle did we?
New version: WinHeist Version You didn't fall from the stupid tree you got dragged through the whole dumbass forest.
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PompeyThree wrote: the tumble drier What's a "tumble drier"? It's drier than what? Your dog?
I would have upvoted the joke* if you had spelled "dryer" correctly.
Nah, just kidding.
* I assume it is.
You have just been Sharapova'd.
modified 19-Nov-15 0:52am.
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What's a 'tumble dryer'? Something that dries tumbles? Stupid language all round is that there English!
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Why is the Presidents name pronounced "olland"**, rather than "Holland"? Are you all Cockneys in disguise? Also do you get the 'H' sound using a 'J' like the Spanish with Jalepeno. I have a team in Mexico and they say "Je je je" when they mean to laugh ie he he he
**According to British Newsreaders in the last few days.
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its interesting - Im not a native speaker of any other language than English (and even then, after a drop alcohol ....)
I'm not sure if the 'H' in 'Holland' is completely silent - I know there's a definate French pronunciation of the 'o' that may obscure the softer 'H'
.. as for Spanish - yes, one quickly learns that 'j' sounds like 'h', 'll' sounds like 'y' etc, but I dont get the reverse you imply
to me its all 'potato'/potAto etc - I can mostly make myself understood, and tend to go with the local lingo of wherever I am/whom-ever I am with
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PompeyThree wrote: Why is the Presidents name pronounced "olland"**, rather than "Holland"? Should be obvious for everyone:
French people don't use English pronunciation to speak French
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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Très inconsidérée.
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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Mais oui! C'est vrai! But English people don't shouldn't use English pronunciation to speak French either.
Which is why it wouldn't be pronounced Holland even if the H was sounded. The final 'e' requires the lengthened vowel in the second syllable. And also why it's a really bad idea to tell the waiter in a French restaurant that you were there because the Hote cuisine was Highly recommended.
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From what I know, both English and French are not phonetic, and therefore, WYRINHYS*.
* What You Read Is Not How You Speak
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Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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The same reason that mercans pronounce 'herbs' as '<glottal stop>erbs'.
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Now that's just cruel!
Surely the dog has better things to do with his day!
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Which reminds me of a question that's been bugging me for awhile, who cleans up Guide Dogs poo?
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They're specially trained to clean up after themselves.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I guess they're not trained by politicians then?
New version: WinHeist Version You didn't fall from the stupid tree you got dragged through the whole dumbass forest.
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Nah... Dogs eat it, politicians talk it...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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