atw: Re: This does not make sense
- From: Rod Stuart <rod.stuart@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 11:16:57 +1000
I suppose that is it in a nutshell. There is no 'science' about it at all.
To you it is political, and to to Petra religious intolerance.
On 21 May 2013 11:14, Michelle Hallett <michelle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Rod,****
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> I would say your comment about the word ‘glurges’ was on topic. Your
> comments about the ‘mythical’ nature of climate change were not. We all
> have differing political viewpoints, what we share in common is our
> profession and, I presume, our love of language.****
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> Regards****
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> Michelle****
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> *From:* austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
> austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Rod Stuart
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 21 May 2013 10:55 AM
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> *To:* austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* atw: Re: This does not make sense****
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> I thought it was pretty much on the topic that Bob had started i.e. "heat
> glurges to the surface"! ****
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> If the All Bull Corp announced some other mythical phenomenon as fact,
> such as "Santa's reindeer glurged into the air" would that not be on
> topic???****
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> On 21 May 2013 10:50, LIVERANI Petra <
> Petra.LIVERANI@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:****
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> Hi Rod,****
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> Can you please label any posts where you express an attitude towards the
> phenomena of global warming or human-induced climate change as OT.****
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> Regards,****
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> Petra****
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> *From:* austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
> austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Rod Stuart
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 21 May 2013 10:22 AM
> *To:* austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* atw: Re: This does not make sense****
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> Here is one for you. On the ABC news site <
> http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-20/global-warming-could-be-slower-than-first-thought-report/4701010>there
> is the usual BS about the mythical 'global warming' etc. in which this
> little gem is dropped, much like excrement for the rear end of a bull: ***
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> "For example, an El Nino is when the heat stored in the ocean temporarily
> *glurges* out so the surface warms up but the total amount of heat in the
> system doesn't change."****
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> Apart from being total nonsense, it really belies the source of the ABC's
> stories:****
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> World English Dictionary****
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> *glurge** * (ɡlɜːdʒ)
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> stories,**** <http://dictionary.reference.com/help/luna/IPA_pron_key.html>
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> often sent by email, that are supposed to be true and
> uplifting, but which are often fabricated and sentimental
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> On 21 May 2013 06:45, Bob Trussler <*bob.trussler@xxxxxxxxx*>
> wrote:****<http://dictionary.reference.com/help/luna/IPA_pron_key.html>
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> We all moan about the falling standards in grammar these days, but
> something strange is happening. Forget the standards, as some things don’t
> even make
> sense.****<http://dictionary.reference.com/help/luna/IPA_pron_key.html>
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> An ABC TV newsreader said “a high day of drama”.
> Suely, it should be “a day of high drama”? Maybe the writer was a bit
> high when they wrote this.
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> Later in the same news broadcast, we were told about thieves in Cannes who
> stole “the safe in a hotel room packed with jewels”.
> Why would anyone steal the safe when the room was packed with jewels? Now
> I am really
> confused.****<http://dictionary.reference.com/help/luna/IPA_pron_key.html>
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> Then I relaxed with some good news as I read about “a suspected boat of 83
> asylum seekers …”
> At least the asylum seekers had been accepted as genuine and only the boat
> was a suspect. I am still wondering what would the boat be suspected of.
> Maybe someone suspected that it was a boat but wasn’t
> sure.****<http://dictionary.reference.com/help/luna/IPA_pron_key.html>
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> Bob Trussler****<http://dictionary.reference.com/help/luna/IPA_pron_key.html>
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