atw: Re: This does not make sense
- From: "Michelle Hallett" <michelle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 11:14:04 +1000
Hi Rod,
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.
Regards
Michelle
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[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rod Stuart
Sent: Tuesday, 21 May 2013 10:55 AM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: This does not make sense
I thought it was pretty much on the topic that Bob had started i.e. "heat
glurges to the surface"!
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???
On 21 May 2013 10:50, LIVERANI Petra <Petra.LIVERANI@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Hi Rod,
Can you please label any posts where you express an attitude towards the
phenomena of global warming or human-induced climate change as OT.
Regards,
Petra
Petra Liverani
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[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
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:
"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."
Apart from being total nonsense, it really belies the source of the ABC's
stories:
World English Dictionary
glurge (ɡlɜːdʒ) <http://dictionary.reference.com/help/luna/IPA_pron_key.html>
<http://dictionary.reference.com/help/luna/IPA_pron_key.html>
<http://dictionary.reference.com/help/luna/IPA_pron_key.html> —
<http://dictionary.reference.com/help/luna/IPA_pron_key.html> n
<http://dictionary.reference.com/help/luna/IPA_pron_key.html>
<http://dictionary.reference.com/help/luna/IPA_pron_key.html> stories,
<http://dictionary.reference.com/help/luna/IPA_pron_key.html> often sent by
email, that are supposed to be true and uplifting, but which are often
fabricated and sentimental
<http://dictionary.reference.com/help/luna/IPA_pron_key.html>
<http://dictionary.reference.com/help/luna/IPA_pron_key.html> On 21 May 2013
06:45, Bob Trussler <bob.trussler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
<http://dictionary.reference.com/help/luna/IPA_pron_key.html> 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> 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.
<http://dictionary.reference.com/help/luna/IPA_pron_key.html> 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> 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> Bob Trussler
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