Lotus's or Lotii?

[nitroman]

i just love it when people ask a question, get an answer and then completely disregard it......
whats the point in asking or joining in the conversation???.....

Im confused.....

No shackles can be placed upon will, desire, or inclination. The liberty within a man cannot be made prisoner or placed in chains. An individual's choices are the results of their own desires and preferences, and not forcibly overridden by external forces.

[theelanman]

i just love it when people ask a question, get an answer and then completely disregard it......
whats the point in asking or joining in the conversation???.....

Im confused.....

No shackles can be placed upon will, desire, or inclination. The liberty within a man cannot be made prisoner or placed in chains.

true...but facts is facts....why would you call a screwdriver a hammer?.....

[nitroman]

i just love it when people ask a question, get an answer and then completely disregard it......
whats the point in asking or joining in the conversation???.....

Im confused.....

No shackles can be placed upon will, desire, or inclination. The liberty within a man cannot be made prisoner or placed in chains.

true...but facts is facts....why would you call a screwdriver a hammer?.....

Fear of hammers? Noooo. Because anyone I'd likely talk to would call it a hammer. As simple as that.

[theelanman]

No shackles can be placed upon will, desire, or inclination. The liberty within a man cannot be made prisoner or placed in chains.

true...but facts is facts....why would you call a screwdriver a hammer?.....

Fear of hammers? Noooo. Because anyone I'd likely talk to would call it a hammer. As simple as that.

ah the kind of person who insists green is what ever colour I damn well want to call it...today its mostly orange....

[Nige]

And this week I'll mostly be wearing Orange (or is that Green?).

[GeoffSmith]

And I'll be wearing bananas (or is that Rip?).

[nitroman]

Yes, guilty. I do try not to dole out punishment as a social business though.

Now, I posed this to the professor who teaches Medical Communications @ UF and he says 'ol Jackonicko is 100% correct. He also told the class to use this phrase in conversation, even if it didn't apply, so here's hoping you never endure an endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (koh-LAN-jee-oh-PAN-kree-ah-TAWG-rah-fee), or ERCP for short.

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--Muhammad Ali

(But there's no reason you can't make money while doing it!)
-Matt

[Jackonicko]

koh-LAN-jee-oh-PAN-kree-ah-TAWG-rah-fee?

Not:

koh-LAN-jee-oh-PAN-kree-ah-TOGG-rah-fee?

[theelanman]

so whats the point of askin the question if the answer is ignored....
thus makin this thread pointless........

[GeoffSmith]

so whats the point of askin the question if the answer is ignored?

To avoid this thread becoming pointless because everyone ignored your question Gareth... what is the answer the question "what's the point of asking...... ?"

[theelanman]

so whats the point of askin the question if the answer is ignored?

To avoid this thread becoming pointless because everyone ignored your question Gareth... what is the answer the question "what's the point of asking...... ?"

youve just answered my question thanks geoff.....
this thread is fuckin pointless......

[nitroman]

Similarly, I always like to know what is legal, but that doesn't mean I'll obey the law 100% of the time. Perhaps the whole concept of personal freedom is not whacked into English schoolchildren from the beginning. In any case, there is a live & let live mentality which permeates US society. Thus the vicissitude of your concern for my personal behavior was unexpected.

[Jackonicko]

I'd have thought that a free-thinker like you would decide pronunciation for himself, not rely on some book.

Is it also fott-aw-grah-fee (photography) and sin-emma-taw-grah-fee (cinematography)?

I think not!



You're quite right - the "whole concept of personal freedom" is not whacked into English schoolchildren from the beginning. We rely on innate common sense rather than indoctrination.

[nitroman]

OK, that's fine with me. Can we all reign in the drama please? We have each explained our positions and logic honestly. That is all one should expect of a casual acquaintance.

[DeeAitch]

Maybe it'll be easier if I just sell one of 'em

[GeoffSmith]

I hope you've told the missus what she's started!

[surfboardfiller]

What you are talking about (those not talking boll@cks)is: Lotus Cars there for you have two Lotus Cars. Abbreviated to two Lotus's (correctly written: Lotus')

[Enright]

Oh God, don't start it all off AGAIN!!!