From: Ant A. <349...@t8...> - 2008-11-30 21:22:57
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Hello Martin, Speaking from England, I'd say: He died in Australia or Sydney. He died at Port Philip Bay if it was a place; He died in Port Philip Bay if he drowned there. He died at 28 Chisholm Street - one lives at an address not in it. English as she is spoke, eh! Regards Ant . ** Withdraw from the EU! ** * No identity cards either! * . . On Sun, 30 Nov 2008, Martin Steer wrote: > Gramps' display uses "in" for locations whereas the narr. web page uses > "at". This bugs me a little bit, so I thought that I'd file a bug > report, suggesting "at" as preferable. Do other native English speakers > have a preference? > > he died at Australia > he died at Port Philip Bay > he died at Sydney > he died at 28 Chisholm St > > he died in Australia > he died in Port Philip Bay > he died in Sydney > he died in 28 Chisholm St > > -- > Martin > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > Gramps-users mailing list > Gra...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gramps-users > |
From: S. C. <ste...@gm...> - 2008-11-30 21:56:43
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> He died at Port Philip Bay if it was a place; > He died in Port Philip Bay if he drowned there. Thing is, he drowned in his bathtub. Is that "at" or "in" Port Philip Bay? > English as she is spoke, eh! Ah! A Canadian at heart, eh? :) </humour> Stéphane |
From: Algis K. <aka...@pc...> - 2008-11-30 22:07:38
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Hai, Yay - if I die at home, it sure will be here at home. If I die in a retirement village or in an old peoples home, that's in a home (of sorts). You can die at Port Phillip Bay, but if you die in Sydney Harbour, it will be in a harbour. That's because a sailing ship aims its stern at a port, but is towed into a harbour, me thinks. If I die sailing, it will be without - "at" or "in" -- just "die die finish". It is all to do with the fact English language freely borrows expressions, often from the days when "Britania ruled the waves". And would you know why my office is so small, that you could not swing a cat in it? (Who in blue heavens would swing a miouwing cat??? Would you like to know where this kind of "cat" comes from?). All this discussion is a lot of phurphy. (Would you like to know where "phurphy" comes from? Do you know what a phurphy means?) That's English as she is spoke, or is it the international language - broken English? :) OldAl. On Mon, 1 Dec 2008 08:22:51 Ant Astley wrote: > Hello Martin, > > Speaking from England, I'd say: > He died in Australia or Sydney. > He died at Port Philip Bay if it was a place; > He died in Port Philip Bay if he drowned there. > He died at 28 Chisholm Street - one lives at an address not in it. > > English as she is spoke, eh! > > Regards Ant > > . > > ** Withdraw from the EU! ** > * No identity cards either! * > > . > . > > On Sun, 30 Nov 2008, Martin Steer wrote: > > Gramps' display uses "in" for locations whereas the narr. web page uses > > "at". This bugs me a little bit, so I thought that I'd file a bug > > report, suggesting "at" as preferable. Do other native English speakers > > have a preference? > > > > he died at Australia > > he died at Port Philip Bay > > he died at Sydney > > he died at 28 Chisholm St > > > > he died in Australia > > he died in Port Philip Bay > > he died in Sydney > > he died in 28 Chisholm St > > > > -- > > Martin > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > > challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & > > win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event > > anywhere in the world > > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Gramps-users mailing list > > Gra...@li... > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gramps-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win > great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere > in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > Gramps-users mailing list > Gra...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gramps-users |
From: John R. <jr...@cl...> - 2008-11-30 22:13:31
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On Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:56:40 -0800 Stéphane Charette wrote: > > He died at Port Philip Bay if it was a place; > > He died in Port Philip Bay if he drowned there. > > Thing is, he drowned in his bathtub. Is that "at" or "in" Port Philip Bay? Nah! - That would be 'near' Port Philip Bay :-) > > > English as she is spoke, eh! John (New Zealand) |
From: Ken B <ken...@gm...> - 2008-11-30 22:26:41
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Kia ora, Algis Kabaila wrote: > Hai, > > Yay - > > if I die at home, it sure will be here at home. > If I die in a retirement village or in an old peoples home, that's in a home > (of sorts). > I agree with that. > You can die at Port Phillip Bay, but if you die in Sydney Harbour, it will be > in a harbour. That's because a sailing ship aims its stern at a port, but is > towed into a harbour, me thinks. > If you die "at" Port Phillip Bay it would be on the land surrounding the bay, If you die "in" Port Phillip Bay then you would be in the water. > If I die sailing, it will be without - "at" or "in" -- just "die die finish". > If you died while sailing then you would die "on" some yacht "in" Port Phillip Bay, or "on" some yacht "at" sea. Ken. > It is all to do with the fact English language freely borrows expressions, > often from the days when "Britania ruled the waves". > > And would you know why my office is so small, that you could not swing a cat > in it? (Who in blue heavens would swing a miouwing cat??? Would you like to > know where this kind of "cat" comes from?). All this discussion is a lot of > phurphy. (Would you like to know where "phurphy" comes from? Do you know > what a phurphy means?) > > That's English as she is spoke, or is it the international language - broken > English? :) > > OldAl. > > On Mon, 1 Dec 2008 08:22:51 Ant Astley wrote: > >> Hello Martin, >> >> Speaking from England, I'd say: >> He died in Australia or Sydney. >> He died at Port Philip Bay if it was a place; >> He died in Port Philip Bay if he drowned there. >> He died at 28 Chisholm Street - one lives at an address not in it. >> >> English as she is spoke, eh! >> >> Regards Ant >> >> . >> >> ** Withdraw from the EU! ** >> * No identity cards either! * >> >> . >> . >> >> On Sun, 30 Nov 2008, Martin Steer wrote: >> >>> Gramps' display uses "in" for locations whereas the narr. web page uses >>> "at". This bugs me a little bit, so I thought that I'd file a bug >>> report, suggesting "at" as preferable. Do other native English speakers >>> have a preference? >>> >>> he died at Australia >>> he died at Port Philip Bay >>> he died at Sydney >>> he died at 28 Chisholm St >>> >>> he died in Australia >>> he died in Port Philip Bay >>> he died in Sydney >>> he died in 28 Chisholm St >>> >>> -- >>> Martin >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's >>> challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & >>> win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event >>> anywhere in the world >>> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Gramps-users mailing list >>> Gra...@li... >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gramps-users >>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's >> challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win >> great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere >> in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >> _______________________________________________ >> Gramps-users mailing list >> Gra...@li... >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gramps-users >> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > Gramps-users mailing list > Gra...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gramps-users > > |
From: Algis K. <aka...@pc...> - 2008-12-01 05:26:52
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On Mon, 1 Dec 2008 09:26:32 Ken B wrote: > Kia ora, > > Algis Kabaila wrote: > > Hai, > > > > Yay - > > > > if I die at home, it sure will be here at home. > > If I die in a retirement village or in an old peoples home, that's in a > > home (of sorts). > > I agree with that. > > > You can die at Port Phillip Bay, but if you die in Sydney Harbour, it > > will be in a harbour. That's because a sailing ship aims its stern at a > > port, but is towed into a harbour, me thinks. > > If you die "at" Port Phillip Bay it would be on the land surrounding the > bay, If you die "in" Port Phillip Bay then you would be in the water. > Come, come now. You can be at bay on the land or on the boat (coming to land). Been there, done that and have photos to prove it. OldAl. > > If I die sailing, it will be without - "at" or "in" -- just "die die > > finish". > > If you died while sailing then you would die "on" some yacht "in" Port > Phillip Bay, or "on" some yacht "at" sea. > > Ken. > > > It is all to do with the fact English language freely borrows > > expressions, often from the days when "Britania ruled the waves". > > > > And would you know why my office is so small, that you could not swing a > > cat in it? (Who in blue heavens would swing a miouwing cat??? Would you > > like to know where this kind of "cat" comes from?). All this discussion > > is a lot of phurphy. (Would you like to know where "phurphy" comes from? > > Do you know what a phurphy means?) > > > > That's English as she is spoke, or is it the international language - > > broken English? :) > > > > OldAl. > > > > On Mon, 1 Dec 2008 08:22:51 Ant Astley wrote: > >> Hello Martin, > >> > >> Speaking from England, I'd say: > >> He died in Australia or Sydney. > >> He died at Port Philip Bay if it was a place; > >> He died in Port Philip Bay if he drowned there. > >> He died at 28 Chisholm Street - one lives at an address not in it. > >> > >> English as she is spoke, eh! > >> > >> Regards Ant > >> > >> . > >> > >> ** Withdraw from the EU! ** > >> * No identity cards either! * > >> > >> . > >> . > >> > >> On Sun, 30 Nov 2008, Martin Steer wrote: > >>> Gramps' display uses "in" for locations whereas the narr. web page uses > >>> "at". This bugs me a little bit, so I thought that I'd file a bug > >>> report, suggesting "at" as preferable. Do other native English speakers > >>> have a preference? > >>> > >>> he died at Australia > >>> he died at Port Philip Bay > >>> he died at Sydney > >>> he died at 28 Chisholm St > >>> > >>> he died in Australia > >>> he died in Port Philip Bay > >>> he died in Sydney > >>> he died in 28 Chisholm St > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Martin > >>> > >>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>-- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > >>> challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & > >>> win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event > >>> anywhere in the world > >>> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Gramps-users mailing list > >>> Gra...@li... > >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gramps-users > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > >> challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & > >> win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event > >> anywhere in the world > >> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Gramps-users mailing list > >> Gra...@li... > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gramps-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > > challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & > > win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event > > anywhere in the world > > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Gramps-users mailing list > > Gra...@li... > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gramps-users -- Algis Kabaila (Dr) http://akabaila.pcug.org.au/StructuralAnalysis/ |