• Re: carcase vs. carcass

    From CPM Systems@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jan 5 02:47:42 2022
    Many office furniture companies, such as those that specialize in desks, chairs, and filing cabinets, don't always have a plan for how to use the right keywords and long tail keywords to market their business online.
    https://sites.google.com/view/furnituremanufacturers/

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  • From krw@notreal.com@21:1/5 to cpmsystems.in@gmail.com on Wed Jan 5 11:53:05 2022
    On Wed, 5 Jan 2022 02:47:42 -0800 (PST), CPM Systems
    <cpmsystems.in@gmail.com> wrote:

    Many office furniture companies, such as those that specialize in desks, chairs, and filing cabinets, don't always have a plan for how to use the right keywords and long tail keywords to market their business online.
    https://sites.google.com/view/furnituremanufacturers/

    "Think about the comfort of your employer:"

    Well, I suppose some do think about their employer a lot but their
    "comfort" probably isn't at the top of the list.

    "...that they don't be able to complain about any issue..."
    Ah, Chinglish. What do you expect?

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  • From Peter Dickason@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jan 31 10:34:42 2022
    Carcase is what the kids keep Hot Wheels in; carcass is the dead
    opussum on the yellow center line of the roadway ;-)

    That's what a car case is to me. In my 53 years of life I have never before seen the word 'carcase'. I had to google it and still it wasn't obvious. Finally, I determined the word they meant was carcass and that some references say they are
    interchangeable. Great. This is why I hate the English language and why I was never good at it in school. There is no logic to it whatsoever and basically derived from the drunken hoards of the middle ages.

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  • From Eli the Bearded@21:1/5 to gurupeterd@gmail.com on Mon Jan 31 20:16:19 2022
    In rec.woodworking, Peter Dickason <gurupeterd@gmail.com> wrote:
    In my 53 years of life I have never before seen the word 'carcase'. I
    had to google it and still it wasn't obvious. Finally, I determined
    the word they meant was carcass and that some references say they are interchangeable. Great. This is why I hate the English language and
    why I was never good at it in school. There is no logic to it
    whatsoever and basically derived from the drunken hoards of the middle
    ages.

    Old English loved a good compound word, like German does today.
    "Word-hoard" has been used as a modern version of what Old English would
    use to describe a vocabulary (or a dictionary). I've seen "word-hoard"
    used in translations of _Beowolf_ for example.

    But to really bring your point home, the hordes were drunk, not the
    hoards. :^)

    Elijah
    ------
    carcase = carnal (flesh) + case (box)

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  • From Leon@21:1/5 to Peter Dickason on Tue Feb 1 14:29:22 2022
    On 1/31/2022 12:34 PM, Peter Dickason wrote:
    Carcase is what the kids keep Hot Wheels in; carcass is the dead
    opussum on the yellow center line of the roadway ;-)

    That's what a car case is to me. In my 53 years of life I have never before seen the word 'carcase'. I had to google it and still it wasn't obvious. Finally, I determined the word they meant was carcass and that some references say they are
    interchangeable. Great. This is why I hate the English language and why I was never good at it in school.

    So what was your first language? ;~) I am certain every language has
    it's issues.

    There is no logic to it whatsoever and basically derived from the
    drunken hoards of the middle ages.

    There is logic to it but only about 90% of the time. Phonics are often
    not my friend. I don't care for words that begin with a silent letter.
    What is the point?

    Pneumonia, Xylophone, Knife to name a few. And why does "sure" not have
    an "h"in it?

    Don't get me started on sword.

    Banks that have failed for some reason thought that their name should
    have Banc in their name.

    And last but certainly not least......

    NYU, yes a university. Who would have thought New York Vniversity?
    Spelling is not that University's strong point. Yes, University begins
    with a "V" on the building letters just below the NYU flag.

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  • From Scott Lurndal@21:1/5 to Leon on Tue Feb 1 20:42:47 2022
    Leon <lcb11211@swbelldotnet> writes:
    On 1/31/2022 12:34 PM, Peter Dickason wrote:

    NYU, yes a university. Who would have thought New York Vniversity?
    Spelling is not that University's strong point. Yes, University begins
    with a "V" on the building letters just below the NYU flag.


    This goes back to Roman times. You try to hand carve a U.

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  • From Scott Lurndal@21:1/5 to Scott Lurndal on Tue Feb 1 22:52:24 2022
    scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) writes:
    Leon <lcb11211@swbelldotnet> writes:
    On 1/31/2022 12:34 PM, Peter Dickason wrote:

    NYU, yes a university. Who would have thought New York Vniversity? >>Spelling is not that University's strong point. Yes, University begins >>with a "V" on the building letters just below the NYU flag.


    This goes back to Roman times. You try to hand carve a U.

    https://www.dictionary.com/e/theletteru/

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  • From DerbyDad03@21:1/5 to Leon on Tue Feb 1 15:46:14 2022
    On Tuesday, February 1, 2022 at 3:29:33 PM UTC-5, Leon wrote:
    On 1/31/2022 12:34 PM, Peter Dickason wrote:
    Carcase is what the kids keep Hot Wheels in; carcass is the dead
    opussum on the yellow center line of the roadway ;-)

    That's what a car case is to me. In my 53 years of life I have never before seen the word 'carcase'. I had to google it and still it wasn't obvious. Finally, I determined the word they meant was carcass and that some references say they are
    interchangeable. Great. This is why I hate the English language and why I was never good at it in school.
    So what was your first language? ;~) I am certain every language has
    it's issues.
    There is no logic to it whatsoever and basically derived from the
    drunken hoards of the middle ages.
    There is logic to it but only about 90% of the time. Phonics are often
    not my friend. I don't care for words that begin with a silent letter.
    What is the point?

    Pneumonia, Xylophone, Knife to name a few. And why does "sure" not have
    an "h"in it?

    Don't get me started on sword.

    Banks that have failed for some reason thought that their name should
    have Banc in their name.

    And last but certainly not least......

    NYU, yes a university. Who would have thought New York Vniversity?
    Spelling is not that University's strong point. Yes, University begins
    with a "V" on the building letters just below the NYU flag.

    OK, so not exactly along the same line of thought, but you reminded
    me of something.

    I used to work for a company that had database of our customers.
    When we'd create an entry for a customer, the system automatically
    created a "Short Name". It was a simple process: Last name followed
    by first initial.

    Don Smith -> SMITHD
    Sue Jones -> JONESS

    Now, luckily, this was all internal and the customer never saw their
    Short Name, because...

    Soon after I started working there, I took on a new customer. A
    Chinese gentleman named Kiu Chin. I'll leave to you to figure
    the Short Name that the system created.

    BTW...the Short Name became hardcoded into the system with no
    ability for the user to modify it. That Short Name stayed attached
    to Mr. Chin's account for many years, until that database was
    eventually retired.

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  • From Leon@21:1/5 to Scott Lurndal on Wed Feb 2 17:20:40 2022
    On 2/1/2022 2:42 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
    Leon <lcb11211@swbelldotnet> writes:
    On 1/31/2022 12:34 PM, Peter Dickason wrote:

    NYU, yes a university. Who would have thought New York Vniversity?
    Spelling is not that University's strong point. Yes, University begins
    with a "V" on the building letters just below the NYU flag.


    This goes back to Roman times. You try to hand carve a U.

    I did not know that NYU went back to Roman Times! ;~)

    It still looks stupid. One would have thought that the flag would have
    had a V too.

    https://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb11211/51858716716/in/dateposted/

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  • From meff@21:1/5 to Scott Lurndal on Thu Feb 3 01:37:07 2022
    On 2022-02-01, Scott Lurndal <scott@slp53.sl.home> wrote:
    This goes back to Roman times. You try to hand carve a U.

    Roman Latin didn't really make a distinction between 'U' and 'V'. I'm
    not sure that it was carving purposes that drove this choice, but
    maybe.

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