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I *cannot* *stand* "alright," and I will write "all right" until I die.
I also correct it while I'm editing.
I think the root of my loathing is that I have never, in my entire life, >heard anyone pronounce it as one word to rhyme with "Allbright." Instead, >everyone sensibly says it as two words, but many sloppily write it as one.
There's also the dreadful "anymore," which is also written as one word
while consistently pronounced as two; I've never heard anyone say it with
the same cadence as "nevermore." I've also never seen anyone write >"anylonger." Current guidelines say that I should accept "anymore" when
"any longer" would also work, but not otherwise (e.g., "Bob doesn't work
here anymore" is supposed to be okay, but "Is there anymore beer?" is
not). I apply that when editing, but for my own writing, it's "any more."
This has been on my mind lately because I've been testing AIs, and all
of them write "alright" constantly. What do the rest of you make of
this abomination? Do you allow it when editing? Do you use it yourself?
Melissa
I *cannot* *stand* "alright," and I will write "all right" until I die.
I also correct it while I'm editing.
I think the root of my loathing is that I have never, in my entire life, heard anyone pronounce it as one word to rhyme with "Allbright." Instead, everyone sensibly says it as two words, but many sloppily write it as one.
There's also the dreadful "anymore," which is also written as one word
while consistently pronounced as two; I've never heard anyone say it with
the same cadence as "nevermore." I've also never seen anyone write "anylonger." Current guidelines say that I should accept "anymore" when
"any longer" would also work, but not otherwise (e.g., "Bob doesn't work
here anymore" is supposed to be okay, but "Is there anymore beer?" is
not). I apply that when editing, but for my own writing, it's "any more."
This has been on my mind lately because I've been testing AIs, and all
of them write "alright" constantly. What do the rest of you make of
this abomination? Do you allow it when editing? Do you use it yourself?``
I *cannot* *stand* "alright," and I will write "all right" until I die.
I also correct it while I'm editing.
In article <MPG.435301576dba53fe9896d4@news.eternal-september.org>,
The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:
I *cannot* *stand* "alright," and I will write "all right" until I die.
I also correct it while I'm editing.
Generally agreed, but the very personal hill-I-will-die-on is "wax
paper". It is not paper that is made of wax. It is not paper *for*
wax. It is paper *to which wax has been applied*, that is, *waxed*
paper. The French have it right, with "papier cir|-". Drives me nuts
every time I open the kitchen drawer where I keep the stuff.
(By this logic, Lidia Bastianich's malapropism "plastic paper"[1] would
be perfectly OK, but it's still "plastic wrap" to me.)
-GAWollman
[1] I think. Or maybe it was "plastic foil"?
I *cannot* *stand* "alright," and I will write "all right" until I die.
I also correct it while I'm editing.
I think the root of my loathing is that I have never, in my entire life, heard anyone pronounce it as one word to rhyme with "Allbright." Instead, everyone sensibly says it as two words, but many sloppily write it as one.
There's also the dreadful "anymore," which is also written as one word
while consistently pronounced as two; I've never heard anyone say it with
the same cadence as "nevermore."
I've also never seen anyone write
"anylonger." Current guidelines say that I should accept "anymore" when
"any longer" would also work, but not otherwise (e.g., "Bob doesn't work
here anymore" is supposed to be okay, but "Is there anymore beer?" is
not). I apply that when editing, but for my own writing, it's "any more."
This has been on my mind lately because I've been testing AIs, and all
of them write "alright" constantly. What do the rest of you make of
this abomination? Do you allow it when editing? Do you use it yourself?
There's also the dreadful "anymore," which is also written as one word
while consistently pronounced as two; I've never heard anyone say it with
the same cadence as "nevermore." I've also never seen anyone write "anylonger." Current guidelines say that I should accept "anymore" when
"any longer" would also work, but not otherwise (e.g., "Bob doesn't work
here anymore" is supposed to be okay, but "Is there anymore beer?" is
not). I apply that when editing, but for my own writing, it's "any more."
This has been on my mind lately because I've been testing AIs, and all
of them write "alright" constantly. What do the rest of you make of
this abomination? Do you allow it when editing? Do you use it yourself?
I *cannot* *stand* "alright," and I will write "all right" until I die.
I also correct it while I'm editing.
I think the root of my loathing is that I have never, in my entire life, heard anyone pronounce it as one word to rhyme with "Allbright." Instead, everyone sensibly says it as two words, but many sloppily write it as one.
There's also the dreadful "anymore," which is also written as one word
while consistently pronounced as two; I've never heard anyone say it with the same cadence as "nevermore." I've also never seen anyone write "anylonger." Current guidelines say that I should accept "anymore" when
"any longer" would also work, but not otherwise (e.g., "Bob doesn't work here anymore" is supposed to be okay, but "Is there anymore beer?" is
not). I apply that when editing, but for my own writing, it's "any more."
This has been on my mind lately because I've been testing AIs, and all
of them write "alright" constantly. What do the rest of you make of
this abomination? Do you allow it when editing? Do you use it yourself?
On Fri, 10 Oct 2025 12:41:49 -0400, The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:
I *cannot* *stand* "alright," and I will write "all right" until I die.
I also correct it while I'm editing.
I think the root of my loathing is that I have never, in my entire life,
heard anyone pronounce it as one word to rhyme with "Allbright." Instead,
everyone sensibly says it as two words, but many sloppily write it as one. >>
There's also the dreadful "anymore," which is also written as one word
while consistently pronounced as two; I've never heard anyone say it with
the same cadence as "nevermore." I've also never seen anyone write
"anylonger." Current guidelines say that I should accept "anymore" when
"any longer" would also work, but not otherwise (e.g., "Bob doesn't work
here anymore" is supposed to be okay, but "Is there anymore beer?" is
not). I apply that when editing, but for my own writing, it's "any more."
This has been on my mind lately because I've been testing AIs, and all
of them write "alright" constantly. What do the rest of you make of
this abomination? Do you allow it when editing? Do you use it yourself?
Melissa
Since you asked...on a scale of 0 to 10 for annoyance, both are scored
as 0.
I *cannot* *stand* "alright," and I will write "all right" until I die.
I also correct it while I'm editing.
I think the root of my loathing is that I have never, in my entire life, >heard anyone pronounce it as one word to rhyme with "Allbright." Instead, >everyone sensibly says it as two words, but many sloppily write it as one.
There's also the dreadful "anymore," which is also written as one word
while consistently pronounced as two; I've never heard anyone say it with
the same cadence as "nevermore." I've also never seen anyone write >"anylonger." Current guidelines say that I should accept "anymore" when
"any longer" would also work, but not otherwise (e.g., "Bob doesn't work
here anymore" is supposed to be okay, but "Is there anymore beer?" is
not). I apply that when editing, but for my own writing, it's "any more."
This has been on my mind lately because I've been testing AIs, and all
of them write "alright" constantly. What do the rest of you make of
this abomination? Do you allow it when editing? Do you use it yourself?
Since you asked...on a scale of 0 to 10 for annoyance, both are scored
as 0.
Tony Cooper hat am 10.10.2025 um 18:49 geschrieben:
Since you asked...on a scale of 0 to 10 for annoyance, both are scored
as 0.
Is 0 the lowest or the highest value for annoyance?
Just asking, because German school notes go from 1 (excellent) to 6
(failed) and I was very careful to make sure that my young children
never spoke proudly to my Italian mother about their 1 notes. In Italy,
10 is the best (you'll hardly ever get it) and 1 is just a tick better
than 0 (actually, you'll never get it - the lowest conceivable note in
Italy was 2, when I went to school there).
Tony Cooper hat am 10.10.2025 um 18:49 geschrieben:
Since you asked...on a scale of 0 to 10 for annoyance, both are scored
as 0.
Is 0 the lowest or the highest value for annoyance?
Just asking, because German school notes go from 1 (excellent) to 6
In article <10cbrrj$b2m2$1@dont-email.me>,
Silvano <Silvano@noncisonopernessuno.it> wrote:
Tony Cooper hat am 10.10.2025 um 18:49 geschrieben:
Since you asked...on a scale of 0 to 10 for annoyance, both are scored
as 0.
Is 0 the lowest or the highest value for annoyance?
In American "masculinist" culture, a "10" is the most beautiful woman imaginable.
In article <10cbrrj$b2m2$1@dont-email.me>,
Silvano <Silvano@noncisonopernessuno.it> wrote:
Tony Cooper hat am 10.10.2025 um 18:49 geschrieben:
Since you asked...on a scale of 0 to 10 for annoyance, both are scored
as 0.
Is 0 the lowest or the highest value for annoyance?
In American "masculinist" culture, a "10" is the most beautiful woman >imaginable.
Just asking, because German school notes go from 1 (excellent) to 6
We say "grades"; I think the BrE is "marks"?
American grades go from A+ to D-, then F (failed). How these
interconvert with numerical scores varies a lot between teachers and >institutions; for percentage scores, I recall A as being >90%, B >80%,
C >70%, but sometimes they are assigned based on an assumed normal[1] >distribution, so C (or C+) is the mean, B is plus one sigma, A is plus
two sigma, and so on. Sometimes letter grades have a less
quantitative basis than that, but there's also a huge pressure never
to fail any student unless they just don't turn anything in.
There is in addition something called a "grade point average" which
converts the letter grades back to numbers for the purpose of summary >statistics, and there are two different schemes for this (basically
depending on whether a D counts for anything or not). The more common
system is A = 4.0, B = 3.0, and so on, with a plus or minus adding or >subtracting 0.3 points. If you hear someone described as "a 4.0
student" in AmE that's the same as saying a "straight-A student", that
is, an underchallenged student who got perfect marks on everything
(and probably also overcoddled, from a rich family who paid for
outside tutoring and who were not afraid to go into the school and
argue for higher grades for their precious Buffy).
[1] Which may not actually be a valid assumption, but how many--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
teachers bothered to do even basic distribution identification?
Another common practice was to "curve" the numerical score, so that
(say) 50% correct would receive a 70.
In article <10cbrrj$b2m2$1@dont-email.me>,
Silvano <Silvano@noncisonopernessuno.it> wrote:
Tony Cooper hat am 10.10.2025 um 18:49 geschrieben:
Since you asked...on a scale of 0 to 10 for annoyance, both are scored
as 0.
Is 0 the lowest or the highest value for annoyance?
In American "masculinist" culture, a "10" is the most beautiful woman >imaginable.
Just asking, because German school notes go from 1 (excellent) to 6
We say "grades"; I think the BrE is "marks"?
American grades go from A+ to D-, then F (failed). How these
interconvert with numerical scores varies a lot between teachers and >institutions; for percentage scores, I recall A as being >90%, B >80%,
C >70%,
two sigma, and so on.
Sometimes letter grades have a less
quantitative basis than that, but there's also a huge pressure never
to fail any student unless they just don't turn anything in.
There is in addition something called a "grade point average" which
converts the letter grades back to numbers for the purpose of summary >statistics, and there are two different schemes for this (basically
depending on whether a D counts for anything or not). The more common
system is A = 4.0, B = 3.0, and so on, with a plus or minus adding or >subtracting 0.3 points. If you hear someone described as "a 4.0
student" in AmE that's the same as saying a "straight-A student", that
is, an underchallenged student who got perfect marks on everything
(and probably also overcoddled, from a rich family who paid for
outside tutoring and who were not afraid to go into the school and
argue for higher grades for their precious Buffy).
-GAWollman--
[1] Which may not actually be a valid assumption, but how many
teachers bothered to do even basic distribution identification?
Another common practice was to "curve" the numerical score, so that
(say) 50% correct would receive a 70.
I *cannot* *stand* "alright," and I will write "all right" until I die.
I also correct it while I'm editing.
I think the root of my loathing is that I have never, in my entire life, >heard anyone pronounce it as one word to rhyme with "Allbright." Instead, >everyone sensibly says it as two words, but many sloppily write it as one.
There's also the dreadful "anymore," which is also written as one word
while consistently pronounced as two; I've never heard anyone say it with
the same cadence as "nevermore." I've also never seen anyone write >"anylonger." Current guidelines say that I should accept "anymore" when
"any longer" would also work, but not otherwise (e.g., "Bob doesn't work
here anymore" is supposed to be okay, but "Is there anymore beer?" is
not). I apply that when editing, but for my own writing, it's "any more."
This has been on my mind lately because I've been testing AIs, and all
of them write "alright" constantly. What do the rest of you make of
this abomination? Do you allow it when editing? Do you use it yourself?
That said, I find that a Google ngram shows that "fine toothcomb", "fine >tooth-comb" (even worse) have declined since about 2012, and
"fine-toothed comb", "fine-tooth comb" have risen sharply since the
1990s and are now the more common expressions. Good.
I *cannot* *stand* "alright," and I will write "all right" until I die.
I also correct it while I'm editing.
I think the root of my loathing is that I have never, in my entire life, >heard anyone pronounce it as one word to rhyme with "Allbright." Instead, >everyone sensibly says it as two words, but many sloppily write it as one.
On Fri, 10 Oct 2025 12:41:49 -0400, The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:
I *cannot* *stand* "alright," and I will write "all right" until I die.
I also correct it while I'm editing.
I think the root of my loathing is that I have never, in my entire life,
heard anyone pronounce it as one word to rhyme with "Allbright." Instead,
everyone sensibly says it as two words, but many sloppily write it as one.
But isn't a "nemesis" something that comes back to bite you rather
than something you simply loathe?
On 10/10/2025 22:42, Garrett Wollman wrote:
In article <10cbrrj$b2m2$1@dont-email.me>,
Silvano-a <Silvano@noncisonopernessuno.it> wrote:
Tony Cooper hat am 10.10.2025 um 18:49 geschrieben:
Since you asked...on a scale of 0 to 10 for annoyance, both are scored >>>> as 0.
Is 0 the lowest or the highest value for annoyance?
In American "masculinist" culture, a "10" is the most beautiful woman
imaginable.
So presumably a 1 is enough to launch a hundred ships.
Den 10.10.2025 kl. 18.41 skrev The True Melissa:
There's also the dreadful "anymore," which is also written as one word
while consistently pronounced as two; I've never heard anyone say it with
the same cadence as "nevermore." I've also never seen anyone write
"anylonger." Current guidelines say that I should accept "anymore" when
"any longer" would also work, but not otherwise (e.g., "Bob doesn't work
here anymore" is supposed to be okay, but "Is there anymore beer?" is
not). I apply that when editing, but for my own writing, it's "any more."
I think that I write two words.
This has been on my mind lately because I've been testing AIs, and all
of them write "alright" constantly. What do the rest of you make of
this abomination? Do you allow it when editing? Do you use it yourself?
I speak and write one word.
On Fri, 10 Oct 2025 12:41:49 -0400, The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:
I *cannot* *stand* "alright," and I will write "all right" until I die.
I also correct it while I'm editing.
I think the root of my loathing is that I have never, in my entire life, >heard anyone pronounce it as one word to rhyme with "Allbright." Instead, >everyone sensibly says it as two words, but many sloppily write it as one.
But isn't a "nemesis" something that comes back to bite you rather
than something you simply loathe?
On Fri, 10 Oct 2025 12:41:49 -0400, The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:
I *cannot* *stand* "alright," and I will write "all right" until I die.
I also correct it while I'm editing.
I think the root of my loathing is that I have never, in my entire life,
heard anyone pronounce it as one word to rhyme with "Allbright." Instead,
everyone sensibly says it as two words, but many sloppily write it as one.
While you're at it, one could also mention "alot", which usually makes
me pause to work out whether is a misspelling of "allot" or a
conjuction of "a lot".
There's also the dreadful "anymore," which is also written as one word
while consistently pronounced as two; I've never heard anyone say it with
the same cadence as "nevermore." I've also never seen anyone write
"anylonger." Current guidelines say that I should accept "anymore" when
"any longer" would also work, but not otherwise (e.g., "Bob doesn't work
here anymore" is supposed to be okay, but "Is there anymore beer?" is
not). I apply that when editing, but for my own writing, it's "any more."
This has been on my mind lately because I've been testing AIs, and all
of them write "alright" constantly. What do the rest of you make of
this abomination? Do you allow it when editing? Do you use it yourself?
AIs get their word patterns from stuff people wrote.
In my own writing I usually write those words disjunctively.
If I don't, it's usually a typo (didn't press the space bar hard
enough), and spelling checkers usually pick up the errors for me. Why
didn't they in the stuff that's fed to AI?
I*cannot* *stand* "alright," and I will write "all right" until I die.
I also correct it while I'm editing.
On 11/10/25 03:41, The True Melissa wrote:
I*cannot*-a *stand*-a "alright," and I will write "all right"
until I die.
I also correct it while I'm editing.
How do you feel about the frontseat and backseat of a car?
I *cannot* *stand* "alright," and I will write "all right" until I die.
I also correct it while I'm editing.
I think the root of my loathing is that I have never, in my entire life, heard anyone pronounce it as one word to rhyme with "Allbright." Instead, everyone sensibly says it as two words, but many sloppily write it as one.
There's also the dreadful "anymore," which is also written as one word
while consistently pronounced as two; I've never heard anyone say it with
the same cadence as "nevermore." I've also never seen anyone write "anylonger." Current guidelines say that I should accept "anymore" when
"any longer" would also work, but not otherwise (e.g., "Bob doesn't work
here anymore" is supposed to be okay, but "Is there anymore beer?" is
not). I apply that when editing, but for my own writing, it's "any more."
This has been on my mind lately because I've been testing AIs, and all
of them write "alright" constantly. What do the rest of you make of
this abomination? Do you allow it when editing? Do you use it yourself?
On 2025-10-10 15:52, Richard Heathfield wrote:
On 10/10/2025 22:42, Garrett Wollman wrote:
In article <10cbrrj$b2m2$1@dont-email.me>,
Silvano-a <Silvano@noncisonopernessuno.it> wrote:
Tony Cooper hat am 10.10.2025 um 18:49 geschrieben:
Since you asked...on a scale of 0 to 10 for annoyance, both are scored >>>>> as 0.
Is 0 the lowest or the highest value for annoyance?
In American "masculinist" culture, a "10" is the most beautiful woman
imaginable.
So presumably a 1 is enough to launch a hundred ships.
Of course. It's a centiHelen.
Just asking, because German school notes go from 1 (excellent) to 6
We say "grades"; I think the BrE is "marks"?
In article <10cbukp$1nrg$1@usenet.csail.mit.edu>,
Garrett Wollman <wollman@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> wrote:
Just asking, because German school notes go from 1 (excellent) to 6
We say "grades"; I think the BrE is "marks"?
No... marks are a score on a test - how many you get right, or a
percentage or similar. Hence "full marks". Grades are usually
something like A-F or 1-6.
If your mark on an exam was 90 out of 100 your grade would probably be
an A.
-- Richard
In article <10cdjoi$dfcd$1@artemis.inf.ed.ac.uk>,
Richard Tobin <richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk> wrote:
In article <10cbukp$1nrg$1@usenet.csail.mit.edu>,
Garrett Wollman <wollman@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> wrote:
Just asking, because German school notes go from 1 (excellent) to 6
We say "grades"; I think the BrE is "marks"?
No... marks are a score on a test - how many you get right, or a
percentage or similar. Hence "full marks". Grades are usually
something like A-F or 1-6.
If your mark on an exam was 90 out of 100 your grade would probably be
an A.
-- Richard
I will ask: What happens when you get 101% in an A level paper (don't ask - it was a Maths paper)
On 2025-10-11 13:45:03 +0000, charles said:
In article <10cdjoi$dfcd$1@artemis.inf.ed.ac.uk>, Richard Tobin
<richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk> wrote:
In article <10cbukp$1nrg$1@usenet.csail.mit.edu>, Garrett Wollman
<wollman@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> wrote:
Just asking, because German school notes go from 1 (excellent) to 6
We say "grades"; I think the BrE is "marks"?
No... marks are a score on a test - how many you get right, or a
percentage or similar. Hence "full marks". Grades are usually
something like A-F or 1-6.
If your mark on an exam was 90 out of 100 your grade would probably be
an A.
-- Richard
I will ask: What happens when you get 101% in an A level paper (don't
ask - it was a Maths paper)
I got 101% on an O level paper, and again, it was maths paper. I think
it could arise if you gave an answer to a problem that was not only
correct but was perceived to be better than the model answer.
In my case: 8 questions each gaining 32 marks would give a maximum of 256. However, before the days of pocket calculators, somebody decided it was easier to percentage the marks out of 250. I got 252; a classmate 254.
On 11/10/25 03:41, The True Melissa wrote:
I*cannot*-a *stand*-a "alright," and I will write "all right" until I die. >> I also correct it while I'm editing.
How do you feel about the frontseat and backseat of a car?
On 2025-10-10, The True Melissa wrote:
I *cannot* *stand* "alright," and I will write "all right" until I die.
I also correct it while I'm editing.
I think the root of my loathing is that I have never, in my entire life,
heard anyone pronounce it as one word to rhyme with "Allbright." Instead,
everyone sensibly says it as two words, but many sloppily write it as one. >>
There's also the dreadful "anymore," which is also written as one word
while consistently pronounced as two; I've never heard anyone say it with
the same cadence as "nevermore." I've also never seen anyone write
"anylonger." Current guidelines say that I should accept "anymore" when
"any longer" would also work, but not otherwise (e.g., "Bob doesn't work
here anymore" is supposed to be okay, but "Is there anymore beer?" is
not). I apply that when editing, but for my own writing, it's "any more."
This has been on my mind lately because I've been testing AIs, and all
of them write "alright" constantly. What do the rest of you make of
this abomination? Do you allow it when editing? Do you use it yourself?
It used to annoy me (a long time ago) until I thought about it
logically and compared it with "already" & "altogether".
"How did I do on the test?"
"Alright." vs "All right."
They are pronounced differently and have different meanings.
On 2025-10-11, lar3ryca wrote:
On 2025-10-10 15:52, Richard Heathfield wrote:
On 10/10/2025 22:42, Garrett Wollman wrote:
In article <10cbrrj$b2m2$1@dont-email.me>,
Silvano-a <Silvano@noncisonopernessuno.it> wrote:
Tony Cooper hat am 10.10.2025 um 18:49 geschrieben:
Since you asked...on a scale of 0 to 10 for annoyance, both are scored >>>>>> as 0.
Is 0 the lowest or the highest value for annoyance?
In American "masculinist" culture, a "10" is the most beautiful woman
imaginable.
So presumably a 1 is enough to launch a hundred ships.
Of course. It's a centiHelen.
ITYM a deciHelen.
On 11/10/25 03:41, The True Melissa wrote:
I*cannot*-a *stand*-a "alright," and I will write "all right" until I die. >> I also correct it while I'm editing.
How do you feel about the frontseat and backseat of a car?
In article <10cbukp$1nrg$1@usenet.csail.mit.edu>, Garrett Wollman <wollman@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> wrote:
Just asking, because German school notes go from 1 (excellent)
to 6
We say "grades"; I think the BrE is "marks"?
No... marks are a score on a test - how many you get right, or a
percentage or similar. Hence "full marks". Grades are usually
something like A-F or 1-6.
If your mark on an exam was 90 out of 100 your grade would probably
be an A.
On 2025-10-11 06:19, Adam Funk wrote:
On 2025-10-11, lar3ryca wrote:
On 2025-10-10 15:52, Richard Heathfield wrote:
On 10/10/2025 22:42, Garrett Wollman wrote:
In article <10cbrrj$b2m2$1@dont-email.me>,
Silvano-a <Silvano@noncisonopernessuno.it> wrote:
Tony Cooper hat am 10.10.2025 um 18:49 geschrieben:
Since you asked...on a scale of 0 to 10 for annoyance,
both are scored
as 0.
Is 0 the lowest or the highest value for annoyance?
In American "masculinist" culture, a "10" is the most
beautiful woman
imaginable.
So presumably a 1 is enough to launch a hundred ships.
Of course. It's a centiHelen.
ITYM a deciHelen.
I should have been more specific.
A 10 is a centiHelen.
A 1 is a milliHelen.
In American "masculinist" culture, a "10" is the most
beautiful woman imaginable.
On 11/10/2025 22:48, lar3ryca wrote:
On 2025-10-11 06:19, Adam Funk wrote:
On 2025-10-11, lar3ryca wrote:
On 2025-10-10 15:52, Richard Heathfield wrote:
On 10/10/2025 22:42, Garrett Wollman wrote:
In article <10cbrrj$b2m2$1@dont-email.me>,
Silvano-a <Silvano@noncisonopernessuno.it> wrote:
Tony Cooper hat am 10.10.2025 um 18:49 geschrieben:
Since you asked...on a scale of 0 to 10 for annoyance, both are >>>>>>>> scored
as 0.
Is 0 the lowest or the highest value for annoyance?
In American "masculinist" culture, a "10" is the most beautiful woman >>>>>> imaginable.
So presumably a 1 is enough to launch a hundred ships.
Of course. It's a centiHelen.
ITYM a deciHelen.
I should have been more specific.
A 10 is a centiHelen.
A 1 is a milliHelen.
No, a 10 is a Helen because
In American "masculinist" culture, a "10" is the most beautiful
woman imaginable.
10: Helen, 1000 ships
1: deciHelen, 100 ships
0.1: centiHelen, 10 ships
0.01: milliHelen, 1 ship
0.00001: microHelen, 1 canoe
0.00000001: nanoHelen, 1 matchbox
On 2025-10-12 00:59, Richard Heathfield wrote:
On 11/10/2025 22:48, lar3ryca wrote:
On 2025-10-11 06:19, Adam Funk wrote:
On 2025-10-11, lar3ryca wrote:
On 2025-10-10 15:52, Richard Heathfield wrote:
On 10/10/2025 22:42, Garrett Wollman wrote:
In article <10cbrrj$b2m2$1@dont-email.me>,
Silvano-a <Silvano@noncisonopernessuno.it> wrote:
Tony Cooper hat am 10.10.2025 um 18:49 geschrieben:
Since you asked...on a scale of 0 to 10 for annoyance,
both are scored
as 0.
Is 0 the lowest or the highest value for annoyance?
In American "masculinist" culture, a "10" is the most
beautiful woman
imaginable.
So presumably a 1 is enough to launch a hundred ships.
Of course. It's a centiHelen.
ITYM a deciHelen.
I should have been more specific.
A 10 is a centiHelen.
A 1 is a milliHelen.
No, a 10 is a Helen because
In American "masculinist" culture, a "10" is the most
beautiful woman imaginable.
10: Helen, 1000 ships
1: deciHelen, 100 ships
0.1: centiHelen, 10 ships
0.01: milliHelen, 1 ship
0.00001: microHelen, 1 canoe
0.00000001: nanoHelen, 1 matchbox
Not being American, I'll stick with the Greek meaning.