Register Log In Wordsmith.org Forums General Topics Q&A about words Composited Search Advanced Forum Search Forums Calendar Active Threads

Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 6 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 It was a Doh! moment, Max Q #10538 12/05/00 01:10 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 I realized* last night in bed that I had been doing CTRL-0198 and not Æ. *I see that Ænigma has a US English spelling bias; it didn't like realise. Hmm, lessee, sulphur sulfur both OK aluminum aluminium. ¡Lo and/or behold! For aluminium it suggests aluminum. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: It was a D'oh! moment, Max Q #10539 12/05/00 06:23 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 M Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Aah, Homer - a true prophet of the modern age - just as his namesake was millennia ago. A quick search of the archives would reveal dozens of such moments on my part, I assure you. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Alt, schmalt #10540 12/05/00 06:39 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York [rant]I am ever so slightly annoyed that one presumes all users here are Gates clones. I for one am a cave-dwelling Mac renegade, and my Æ is not the result of any Alt + a random assortment of numbers. [/rant] Not that anyone asked Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Alt, schmalt #10541 12/05/00 06:57 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 M Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 [rant]I am ever so slightly annoyed that one presumes all users here are Gates clones. I for one am a cave-dwelling Mac renegade, and my Æ is not the result of any Alt + a random assortment of numbers. [/rant] Not that anyone asked [petulant retort] Sorry, Anna. Your post reminded me of a scene from Weird Al Yankovich's movie "The Vidiot from UHF." There were a collection of movie previews in it, and one was for the movie "Gandhi II - He's back, and this time he ain't taking any crap." In that Mohandesque spirit, I am leaping to my own defence, with a quote from my earlier post on the subject of accented characters: . For those Windows users who use only a few accented characters, here are some of the more common - hold down the Alt key while pressing the numbers on the numeric keypad. [/petulant retort] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Alt, schmalt #10542 12/05/00 07:00 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 In reply to: I am ever so slightly annoyed that one presumes all users here are Gates clones. And I, AnnaS, am a PC Philistine who still hasn't figured out how you MacFolk right click. I did not know that there was another way of doing it. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 6 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,322 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 501 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 25 A C Bowden 15 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,542 wofahulicodoc 10,535 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

Default Style BlackNTan Drab eBay GooG v2 infopop new dark new light original dark original stock rounded corners Slate snow sunny dropshadow theblues Touch Of Grey UBB.threads UBB.threads - Dark UBB.threads - Light UBBCentral UBBCentral - Crimson UBBCentral - Lime UBBCentral - Marshmallow UBBCentral - Mocha UBBCentral - Zen UBBT77 UBBT77 - Dark ubbthreads ubbthreads-dark Forum Rules · Mark All Read Contact Us · Forum Help · Wordsmith.org