Re: US-ASCII (was: Re: Invalid UTF-8 sequences)

From: Clark Cox (clarkcox3@gmail.com)
Date: Fri Dec 10 2004 - 21:32:30 CST

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    On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 13:28:59 -0800, Michael (michka) Kaplan
    <michka@trigeminal.com> wrote:
    > From: "Kenneth Whistler" <kenw@sybase.com>
    >
    > > On the other hand, for many English speakers, "RSVP" is simply
    > > learned as an unanalyzed verb, pronounced "aressveepee", meaning
    > > "send a response to this message". And to castigate such speakers
    > > for politely prepending a "please" to that verb is a little
    > > too much, don't you think?
    >
    > We actually know of a person here who used to refer to a bigwig guest as a
    > "Very VIP person". I don't think she was corrected for some time -- its
    > entertaining to let them find out on their own, sometimes....

    There are always the classics: "ATM Machine" and "PIN Number"

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