C++ array relative C question

[Mabden]

What the Hell is a ploater? Who ploates? Why is it bad to ploat? Can I
ploat with a friend? Is it just as bad in a hot tub?

Does "Limey" mean "Englishman" or "Briton"?

"Well, obviously it's not meant to be taken literally." It refers to any
eaters of lime or lime juice.
Historically, it was the British Fleet, since they needed a way to stave
off scurvey and limes were the most long-lived and condensed way to
transport vitamin (that's v-eye-tim-in, not vit-e-min, you limey
bastard) C.

I don't know what regions / countries comprised the British fleet, but I
do know they were ALL limey bastards.

It's one or the other, but
I have never found out which. If it's "Englishman" then Mabden's
accusation is wrong, as I think Mark is Scottish.

I think you just explained a lot. I apologize for arguing with the
mentally handicapped. Had I realized it was a Scot, I would of course
given it much more leeway on things like grammar and spelling and
thought and speech and communication and critical thinking and
interaction with others.

Your apology for him is excepted*.

Is there a comp.lang.c.comedy?

 

[Thomas Stegen]

I think you just explained a lot. I apologize for arguing with the
mentally handicapped. Had I realized it was a Scot, I would of course
given it much more leeway on things like grammar and spelling and
thought and speech and communication and critical thinking and
interaction with others.

Your apology for him is excepted*.

Is there a comp.lang.c.comedy?

You must be a teenager?

 

[Mabden]

You must be a teenager?

I hope to get my pubes soon.

Does that excite you?

 

[Thomas Stegen]

I hope to get my pubes soon.

So not a teenager then.

Does that excite you?

Do you want it to excite me? For the record, no it does not.

Good bye.

 

[Richard Bos]

And it's Spaghetti with Meat Sauce, not Bollocks-naise, you damn Limey
Bastards!!! ;-)

Ah. Another barbarian.

It's "ragù alla Bolognese", you lack-tongue!

Richard

 

[Michael Mair]

Probably from the same one I'm from, where the subject is nearly
universally referred to as "math". While the Queen might disagree,
that's the way it is.

While I'm sorry for you, the Rest of the World can't be held

responsible

for the USA's inability to even write english, let alone speak it...

Oh, they are from the USA...
The only logical solution would have been that they are from
Australia, talking about a continent -- but, as someone else
pointed out, people in Australia know about maths
I would like to recall the fact that there also is Canada on
the same continent as the USA even if this comes as a
surprise. Maybe we can also get a Canadian opinion on this
topic...


[snip]

But then, the US was mostly colonised by ethnic cleansing
of one sort or another, so its unfair to also expect them to bother

with

stuff like grammar and spelling.)

No snipping, since it is quite fragmented already. My Canadian opionion
is that we call the Math. No plural. Sorry if I'm such an asshole that I
sound American ;-) BTW, we share a continent, hence my use of the term,
instead of country.

IMO it does not really matter in a nonsense-thread but
I will oblige for now...

The thing with the Canadians certainly backfired *g*
About the shared continent: As there are English-speaking people
on more than one continent, it was -- at least to me -- not clear
which continent you were talking about.

So, are you saying that Australia has only its native peoples?
???


Or that London is full of English people (what was your dinner tonight,
a curry)?

Tonight is still a good deal in the future. Remember, we have an
eastward-rotating globe...

What the hell does the grandmother / witch stuff mean??? Am I offended
or just stupid? I honestly DO misunderstand.

Figure it out. It was meant to be witty and probably
offensive to you.

You seem to think that the people who have come to the USA are lesser
people than you yourself. I detect a bias for the "English" in you. You
seem to classify people as "English" and "Ethnic", and you seem to
believe that the "Ethnic" people are a sub-class of people. Apparently
in your world, "those people" can't write or spell. You seem to think
they are not really humans but animals who could better themselves, if
only they still allowed you to whip some sense into them.

Actually, I do not care where you are from. I have friends in the
US, in Canada, Northern Ireland, England and know some people from
Australia I like. If I have an opinion, it is based on the people
I know and the things I have experienced or at least on facts from
reliable sources (that is: Not ramblings from the Web or the media).

I certainly do not whip sense into anyone and would oppose such an
act if I were present when someone else tried to do this.

As for alphabetization/alphabetisation and cultivatedness:
I do not think that there is as much of a divide as some people
seem to believe.

And finally: I do not think any single person "lesser than me myself".


--Michael

 

[CBFalconer]

Oh, they are from the USA...
The only logical solution would have been that they are from
Australia, talking about a continent -- but, as someone else
pointed out, people in Australia know about maths
I would like to recall the fact that there also is Canada on
the same continent as the USA even if this comes as a
surprise. Maybe we can also get a Canadian opinion on this
topic...

Expatriate, but I go to a math class to study maths.

 

[Michael Mair]

Hiho,

Expatriate, but I go to a math class to study maths.

Thank you!
Now, I finally know for sure

Apart from that, I still think of mowing when hearing math...


Cheers
Michael

 

[Guillaume]

So how do you say

Only to the ignorant.

He clearly doesn't know the famous saying: "Tomayto, Tomahto..."

 

[Mark McIntyre]

Does "Limey" mean "Englishman" or "Briton"? It's one or the other, but
I have never found out which. If it's "Englishman" then Mabden's
accusation is wrong, as I think Mark is Scottish.

Limey applies to the British (something to do with the sailors eating limes
to stave off scurvy). However since I've killfiled Mabden its largely
immaterial. And yes, I'm Scots.

 

[Mark McIntyre]

Yes it is. Mathematics is one concept.

FCOL.

 

[Mark McIntyre]

Expatriate, but I go to a math class to study maths.

Now isn't that *exactly* like canadians to be neither one ner the other...
gd&r

 

[Dave Vandervies]

Now isn't that *exactly* like canadians to be neither one ner the other...
gd&r

Yep.
Well, except when it isn't.


dave

 

[Old Wolf]

Part of the English-speaking world call it "math", the other
part call it "maths". What's all the fuss?
Also, probably most of the rest of the world call it "math"
because they learn English from American textbooks / tutorials
/ teachers (eg. I've heard Filipinos talk about 'math').

Thank you!

I went to a maths class to study maths (New Zealand)
Unfortunately, my maths teacher had a habit of calling
me 'Math' (short for Matthew, my name when not in my
wolf costume). I don't think the possessive form of that
was ever used though

Apart from that, I still think of mowing when hearing math...

Mowing ?!

 

[CBFalconer]

Now isn't that *exactly* like canadians to be neither one ner the
other...
gd&r

Of mixed blood - Scots, Welsh, Austro-Hungarian, Usanian. What do
you expect? And Canadians, like Pascal, should be capitalized. By
now the family, including in-laws, incorporates Filipino, Japanese,
Italian, Czech, Irish, and who knows what else.

 

[Old Wolf]

Math is singular, as is Moose,

"Maths" isn't a plural as such, it's a contraction of
"Mathematics". Or are you going to tell me that you call
it "Mathematic" ?

or to make it relevant to this newsgroup:
Code. When someone refers to "the software codes" one generally
realizes it is a clueles newbie talking.

Actually I consider it to be a non-English speaker talking

Code is the sum of all the lines written, there is no plural of code.

The plural of code is surely codes (look in the dictionary).
However since code is the sum of all lines written, as you say,
it is a single entity, therefore it is correct to use the singular form.

As for speaking properly, there are rules in the language that govern
how words should be spoken.

Chapter and verse?
There is only the way that people speak it. You can attempt to
search for patterns in this..

For instance, "later" and "latter". a vowel one consonant away
from a letter makes it sound like Fonzie's "Ay" (ape), but two

^^^^^^ ITYM 'another vowel'

away makes it sound like "ah" (car).

A common pattern but by no means a hard and fast rule.
Note that according to your description, the vowel
after the consonant is 'short' in both cases, it's the
one before it that changes (from 'long' to 'short').

So how do you say "tomato"?
It is clearly t-O (oh!)-m-A(Ay!)-to, not t-O-mah-to.

By that reasoning, later would have a 'long' e.
And what about every other word that has V-C-V and
is unrelated? (eg from this post: 'every' isn't eee-very).

Also, there is no F in think.

Are you referring to people who mis-pronounce "th" ?

 

[Mabden]

"Maths" isn't a plural as such, it's a contraction of
"Mathematics". Or are you going to tell me that you call
it "Mathematic" ?

Of course not. Mathematics is also singular, despite the s at the end.
Again, you don't talk about "those mathematics". OK, I have decided to
allow the English to continue to call it "Maths". But only in the
interest of killing this thread. ;-)

Actually I consider it to be a non-English speaker talking

Well, that's a special case. I meant when a newspaper or TV show, both
of whom have editors, make this mistake. Any foreigner may mispronounce
a non-native language. It's when they misuse their own that they should

code.

The plural of code is surely codes (look in the dictionary).

If one is dealing with multiple cyphers, you are correct.

However since code is the sum of all lines written, as you say,
it is a single entity, therefore it is correct to use the singular

form.

Which is all I said, so why the argument? You can also add an s when you
use the word as a verb, of course. One codes their code.

Chapter and verse?

Ummm... I leart it in skool!

There is only the way that people speak it. You can attempt to
search for patterns in this..

Now that is just wrong. Or very, very true. Scary!

For instance, "later" and "latter". a vowel one consonant away
from another vowel makes it sound like Fonzie's "Ay" (ape), but two
away makes it sound like "ah" (car). [my quote corrected, thanks]

A common pattern but by no means a hard and fast rule.
Note that according to your description, the vowel
after the consonant is 'short' in both cases, it's the
one before it that changes (from 'long' to 'short').

Huh? Well, of course the one before... Perhaps I was unclear what "it"
was. I meant the first vowel changes, not the second one. I guess I
assumed that was understood.

By that reasoning, later would have a 'long' e.
And what about every other word that has V-C-V and
is unrelated? (eg from this post: 'every' isn't eee-very).

Yet there's also "Evening". Go figure.

Are you referring to people who mis-pronounce "th" ?

Yes, as I was talking to an "England created English" snob. Then I saw
Eastenders on PBS. OMG.

So where would this be ON topic? Because we should stop this thread in
comp.lang.c.

 

[Allin Cottrell]

Ah dinnae ken whit yer babblin aboot, so why disnae ye hadawaeanshite

"haud yer wheesht", surely?

Allin Cottrell

 

[Michael Mair]

Hi Old Wolf,

I went to a maths class to study maths (New Zealand)
Unfortunately, my maths teacher had a habit of calling
me 'Math' (short for Matthew, my name when not in my
wolf costume). I don't think the possessive form of that
was ever used though
*g*



Mowing ?!

Umh, yes. Chris McDonald was (somewhere further up) so friendly to
provide definitions from the OED, among them
"1. A mowing; the action or work of mowing; that which may be or has
been mowed; the portion of a crop that has been mowed."

This (and the second definition he provided) is also what I learned as
meaning of "math". As the first has the same meaning as the (southern ?)
German word "Mahd", it certainly stuck. I was completely unaware that
there is the third meaning as contracted version of Mathematics...
So, when Mabden came up with the issue, I looked it up on the web to be
sure, got the "informal American Englisch for Mathematics", and wrote
my provocative answer... :-/
Next time I will certainly look it up somewhere else.


Cheers
Michael

 

[Mark McIntyre]

"haud yer wheesht", surely?

indeed, but 30 years south of the border has polluted my mind....