Overmod Lithonia Operator Correct. 3750 in Strasbourg. 1631 in Altoona. You people who raked me over the coals for Klemperer will have a field day with this.
Lithonia Operator Correct. 3750 in Strasbourg. 1631 in Altoona.
You people who raked me over the coals for Klemperer will have a field day with this.
Lithonia OperatorI'm not famliar with Klemperergate.
Overmod Lithonia Operator I'm not famliar with Klemperergate. I am stuck with posting on the iPhone for a while. The wack combination of autocorrect rules in iOS 13.4.1 does not like it when I try to type Dave Klepper's last name and substitutes 'Klemperer' with the same dreary zeal it injects greengrocer's apostrophes into 'its' and a host of plurals any predictive algorithm from an actual tech company would recognize a quarter-century ago. What appears to be new in the 'latest and greatest', though, is that it apparently does a periodic spell check (that you can't turn off without crippling text entry in other ways) that 'corrects' you back to what crApple decides is right. This would not be so bad if it were not so uniformly not right. And the lack of warning leaves one sandbagged when the result is particularly ridiculous...
Lithonia Operator I'm not famliar with Klemperergate.
I am stuck with posting on the iPhone for a while. The wack combination of autocorrect rules in iOS 13.4.1 does not like it when I try to type Dave Klepper's last name and substitutes 'Klemperer' with the same dreary zeal it injects greengrocer's apostrophes into 'its' and a host of plurals any predictive algorithm from an actual tech company would recognize a quarter-century ago. What appears to be new in the 'latest and greatest', though, is that it apparently does a periodic spell check (that you can't turn off without crippling text entry in other ways) that 'corrects' you back to what crApple decides is right. This would not be so bad if it were not so uniformly not right. And the lack of warning leaves one sandbagged when the result is particularly ridiculous...
These systems that think they know better than you (who really know what you mean) are arrogant, apparently designed by arrogant people who believe they know far more than the people who really know what other people's names are.
Johnny
(lame joke deleted)
Johnny, how do you pronounce your last name?
I've assumed it was with the accent on the second syllable (ges), and the gg is pronounced like a J. "Duh-Jess'-Tee." Is that correct?
Or is it with the accent on the first syllable, with the gg pronounced hard, as in "go"?
Or none of the above?
Enquiring minds need to know.
My name is Dean Abramson, and 2/3 of humans who see it written first (like if you've filled out a form at a doctor's office) pronounce it, while looking at the form, "Abrahamson." I'm not thin, but people still think I need ham.
Lithonia Operator Johnny, how do you pronounce your last name? I've assumed it was with the accent on the second syllable (ges), and the gg is pronounced like a J. "Duh-Jess'-Tee." Is that correct? Or is it with the accent on the first syllable, with the gg pronounced hard, as in "go"? Or none of the above? Enquiring minds need to know. My name is Dean Abramson, and 2/3 of humans who see it written first (like if you've filled out a form at a doctor's office) pronounce it, while looking at the form, "Abrahamson." I'm not thin, but people still think I need ham.
When my immigrant ancestor came to Virginia in 1675, there was no "s" at the end; some time in the first third of the 19th century, the "s" was added; I know of no explanation. My wife's comment about the name was, "If you hear it, you cannot spell it, and if you read it, you cannot pronouce it."
Once, I was talking with a friend who continually said "Diggs"--until I asked him if he ate iggs for breakfast--and he was embarassed. I have heard some other mispronunciations. People see unfamiliar names, and think they know how to pronouce them.
Deggesty Lithonia Operator Johnny, how do you pronounce your last name? I've assumed it was with the accent on the second syllable (ges), and the gg is pronounced like a J. "Duh-Jess'-Tee." Is that correct? Or is it with the accent on the first syllable, with the gg pronounced hard, as in "go"? Or none of the above? Enquiring minds need to know. My name is Dean Abramson, and 2/3 of humans who see it written first (like if you've filled out a form at a doctor's office) pronounce it, while looking at the form, "Abrahamson." I'm not thin, but people still think I need ham. How to pronounce it? As one syllable, rhyming with a favorite breakfast food of many. The "ty" on the end is the abbreviation of "the Younger" which was a distinction certain friends in college gave me; the common address they used was simply "Younger." My brother was known to them as "Kindly"--short for "Kindly Old Uncle Tommy Degges," and he was known as "Kindly." The proper abbreviation of my name "t/y." When my immigrant ancestor came to Virginia in 1675, there was no "s" at the end; some time in the first third of the 19th century, the "s" was added; I know of no explanation. My wife's comment about the name was, "If you hear it, you cannot spell it, and if you read it, you cannot pronouce it." Once, I was talking with a friend who continually said "Diggs"--until I asked him if he ate iggs for breakfast--and he was embarassed. I have heard some other mispronunciations. People see unfamiliar names, and think they know how to pronouce them.
How to pronounce it? As one syllable, rhyming with a favorite breakfast food of many. The "ty" on the end is the abbreviation of "the Younger" which was a distinction certain friends in college gave me; the common address they used was simply "Younger." My brother was known to them as "Kindly"--short for "Kindly Old Uncle Tommy Degges," and he was known as "Kindly." The proper abbreviation of my name "t/y."
Hey, thanks! That's very interesting. Not just about your name, but also what it reinforces about the idea of "one doesn't know what one doesn't know." I'd see your moniker and your photo (you look like the perfect gentleman you seem to be online), and I'd think, There's Johnny DuhJessTee. Ain't the internet great? The Information Superhighway. Oh well. I just never figured you for a one-syllable guy, Mr. Degges!
The quote from your wife is hysterical! Loved that.
Thanks for indulging me. And I will just figure the photo is really you ...
Lithonia Operator And I will just figure the photo is really you ...
He's in the running for best looking forum member.
It's been fun. But it isn't much fun anymore. Signing off for now.
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1. Yes, Dean, that is I in the picture. A few years ago, I met KCS Fan in Shreveport. I had told him what hotel I would be staying in; he was waiting for me, and saw me when I walked in and recognized me.
2. Zug, I think I look better in my picture than you do in your picture. You just as well drop out of the contest.
Deggesty2. Zug, I think I look better in my picture than you do in your picture. You just as well drop out of the contest.
That hurt.
Hey, I can't figure out how to change an avatar at all, which is why I've stuck with the orange sitting on a bar of "Irish Spring" look all these years!
Flintlock76 Hey, I can't figure out how to change an avatar at all, which is why I've stuck with the orange sitting on a bar of "Irish Spring" look all these years!
I think you have to click on Edit Profile first, then you'll have the ability to change the avatar.
Well, waddaya know? It worked! Cool, huh?
So long "Irish Spring!" I've been using "Safeguard" lately anyway!
Flintlock76 Well, waddaya know? It worked! Cool, huh? So long "Irish Spring!" I've been using "Safeguard" lately anyway!
Deggesty Flintlock76 Well, waddaya know? It worked! Cool, huh? So long "Irish Spring!" I've been using "Safeguard" lately anyway! You look as though you mean business now.
You look as though you mean business now.
I DO. Too bad you can't see the bayonet!
Interestingly, this facility was apparently broken for months -- broken in a way that would leave you in manly-scent-but-I-like-it-too land without even being able to recover what you had. For that to be fixed indicates that IT is actively fixing the chronically broken stuff that does not involve advertising money opportunities... a very good sign.
Overmod Interestingly, this facility was apparently broken for months -- broken in a way that would leave you in manly-scent-but-I-like-it-too land without even being able to recover what you had. For that to be fixed indicates that IT is actively fixing the chronically broken stuff that does not involve advertising money opportunities... a very good sign.
IF CYNACISM WAS A HAND GRENADE....
I wish they would fix the deal where the links to other pages are all whacked out. I think it happens on Page 5. Or somewhere around there. It has links to 0 and -1, IIRC.
Do you have preferences set to 'last post first'? That produces many comical effects. Here's a pop quiz: what page number displays before -1? (Hint: it isn't -2)
Remember the old adage 'to really screw things up requires a computer'. Well, we shouldn't forget that behind a screwed-up program there is usually a screwed up...
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