What a malfunctioning spell checker again. :-) John Ross On 25-May-10, at 6:35 AM, Terry Farrell wrote: > Actually John, "thingee" is indeed a word, but was simply > misspelled. The correct spelling is thingy. > > thing·y [thing-ee] <dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif> > Show IPA noun,pluralthing·ies,adjective > –noun > 1. > Facetious. any small item whose name is unknown or forgotten. > > However, not everyone new that it wasn't a 60-foot spinet. That is > certainly news that is knew to me! ;-) > > Proper English use makes things readable and understandable. > > Terry Farrell > Husband of Peggy, the English teacher...... > > On May 24, 2010, at 2:35 PM, John Ross wrote: > >> 'thingee', what is that? (G) >> John Ross >> On 24-May-10, at 3:33 PM, Joseph Garrett wrote: >> >>> >>> John Ross said: "We have the 'tool police', and I thought we had >>> the 'english' police, >>> but I forget who. >>> As long as the intent is understood, who cares about the spelling. >>> It >>> is not as if it is a court of law, where the absence of a comma >>> causes >>> major problems. >>> When you read the rest of the sentence, it is normally not a problem >>> to see what is meant. i.e. the apostrophe before the '60 or after >>> 60'. >>> We all new that it wasn't a 60 foot spinet. But we had some fun >>> with it. >>> >>> >>> John! >>> Please???!! Don't get me mixed up in this inane grammarian >>> intercourse! It's all I can do to maintain the TOOL thingee!<G> >>> [G] >>> Joe >>> >>> >>> Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon) >>> Captain, Tool Police >>> Squares R I >>> >>> >>> >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100525/a30cb91d/attachment-0001.htm>
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