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is "tick" new zealandese for check?

Post 1

Friday, August 20, 2004 - 8:38pm

Greetings.

I approve of this change and think that the elimination of unsactioning was a wise decision. Even impolite posters can be addressed in some other manner.

I am
G. Stolyarov II
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Post 2

Friday, August 20, 2004 - 9:41pm

Eli - "tick" *is* New Zealandese for "check." Guess I'd better go edit. :-)

Post 3

Friday, August 20, 2004 - 10:22pm

heh heh. i figured it was, i was just being difficult.

: )
eli

Post 4

Saturday, August 21, 2004 - 2:21am

Eli,

Other way. "Check" is Americanese for tick. ;-)

Post 5

Saturday, August 21, 2004 - 5:40am

I approve. I have never been unsanctioned, and had lived in terror of my first downtick. (Neither of those facts is much to my credit, I realize!)

But every forum needs a means of dealing with disrupters and I hope there will be some method of control.

Post 6

Saturday, August 21, 2004 - 5:54am

Cameron,

Other way. "Check" is Americanese for tick. ;-)

Yes, it's all very confusing.

In America, after a meal in a restaurant, if you ask for a "check" they bring you a "bill," which you can pay by "check." If you forget the "tip" the waiter will be "ticked."

That should explain it.

Regi

Post 7

Saturday, August 21, 2004 - 10:15am

I like cheese.

Saturday, August 21, 2004 - 8:29am

I can remember having a work phone conversation with a Canadian once, where we both had the same application up on our computers. The forms (or screens) of this application had a green "tick" which had the same function as "OK" or "Enter".
So he talked me thru a form, I entered the data and then he told me to "check" - to which I replied "everything looks good".
"So what do you see now"?
"Just what I keyed in"
"that's strange - did you check it"?
"Yep - all looks good"

Anyway - after about 5 minutes of this I finally figured it out.....

Post 9

Saturday, August 21, 2004 - 12:09pm

Jeremy Johnson wrote:

I like cheese.

What did you mean by this?

Luke Setzer

Post 10

Saturday, August 21, 2004 - 1:46pm

Given Mr. Stolyarov's past record on unsanctioning, am I the only person who found his response above rather amusing?

MH

Post 11

Saturday, August 21, 2004 - 2:31pm

No.

Saturday, August 21, 2004 - 2:37pm

Given Mr. Stolyarov's past record on unsanctioning, am I the only person who found his response above rather amusing?

Nah...I smirked when I read it.

Post 13

Saturday, August 21, 2004 - 4:10pm

Ihr tickt wohl alle nicht mehr richtig - den Check Point Charly haben wir doch l�ngst abgeschafft! Bringt mal Euren Ticker auf Vordermann!
Inglisch (literal): You're not ticking right in your minds - we got rid of Check Point Charly a long time ago! Get your ticker (heart-replacement) up to date (to your predecessor)!
There's a great book series here in Germany called 'English for Runaways' - literal German translation: 'Englisch f�r Fortgeschrittene' (English for Advanced students) - Fortgeschritten literally meaning 'stepped away' :-)
VSD

Post 14

Saturday, August 21, 2004 - 4:10pm

Nothing nefarious, Luther. I thought it's time everyone knew the truth: I like cheese.

By the by, I'd appreciate it if all the cheese-lovers sanctioned my cheese-loving...or be branded evaders of the fourth degree. I'm waiting.

By the by the by, it's just Jeremy...or J....or Grandmaster J....J-Slice....J-diggity-dawg....or Dirk.

(Edited by Jeremy on 8/21, 4:16pm)

Post 15

Saturday, August 21, 2004 - 4:56pm

Dirk,

By the by, I'd appreciate it if all the cheese-lovers sanctioned my cheese-loving...or be branded evaders of the fourth degree. I'm waiting.

Having a little wine with our cheese, are we?

Regi

Post 16

Saturday, August 21, 2004 - 5:18pm

"Given Mr. Stolyarov's past record on unsanctioning, am I the only person who found his response above rather amusing?"

:-) The secreat sniper has been caught....I love it!

Post 17

Saturday, August 21, 2004 - 6:56pm

Mmmmmm... cheese.

Saturday, August 21, 2004 - 7:00pm

am I the only person here who misses the unsanction button? there are some times when someone just deserves it.

Post 19

Saturday, August 21, 2004 - 7:37pm