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Old February 12th 12, 01:24 PM posted to sci.electronics.repair,uk.rec.audio,uk.tech.broadcast
J G Miller
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On Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:27:59 +0000, Don Pearce wrote:

Why do people write and say "of"? It makes absolutely no sense at all.


It is all to do with the inevitable consonant and vowel shifting that
occurs in dialects and languages, something like

formally he would have

can become he would avv

which becomes he would aff

which become he would of

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Old February 12th 12, 01:26 PM posted to uk.rec.audio,uk.tech.broadcast
Bill Wright[_2_]
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Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:

Germany may not of had the resources, but they may of had better scientists.
They certainly were years ahead of the Allies in rocket science.

As long as we are speculating, I started this with the timing of the US
invasion of occupied France, June 6, 1944, and saying that things would
of turned out differently if it had occured a year or two later. Care
to speculate on what the Soviet Army would of done too?


When you get the urge to write 'of', consider whether it would be better
to write 'have'. Just a friendly tip.

It wasn't a US invasion by the way. It was a United Nations invasion.

Bill
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Old February 12th 12, 01:31 PM posted to uk.rec.audio,uk.tech.broadcast
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Don Pearce wrote:
On Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:23:57 +0000 (UTC), J G Miller
wrote:

On Sunday, February 12th, 2012, at 11:14:03h +0000,
Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:

Germany may not of had the resources

^^
^^

have


Why do people write and say "of"? It makes absolutely no sense at all.

d

Because in speech it can be 'may not've had the resources' which the
listener later attempts to reproduce in writing. The ''ve' is
interpreted as 'of'. I blame the teachers.

Bill
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Old February 12th 12, 01:33 PM posted to uk.rec.audio,uk.tech.broadcast
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William Sommerwerck wrote:
There is a story (of questionable validity) that work on atomic weapons was
halted, because they were based on "Jewish" science.


No, the Nazis were nutters, not daft. When you deal with nutters you
soon realise that they don't usually allow their nuttiness to
disadvantage them.

Bill
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Old February 12th 12, 01:33 PM posted to sci.electronics.repair,uk.rec.audio,uk.tech.broadcast
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Don Pearce wrote...

Why do people write and say "of"? It makes absolutely no sense at all.

I call it phonetic writing, it seems to be more common these days, they
have never seen the written phrase so write what they think people are
saying.
The country is going to the dogs.
Our local paper does a "man in the street" item where they ask passers
by their opinions on local issues: They recently asked "do you use the
new library?"
http://www.the-neighbourhood.com/projects/corby-cube
Of the five people interviewed, one responded yes, he particularly
liked military books, one said he didn't read much and prefered to
watch DVD's but he had been to see the library and the other three said
they hadn't read a book since they left school and had never been near
the place.

I'm a member of the local Free Cycle group and people regularly offer
or ask for chests and sets of draws. One lady offered an otterman; he
was in good condition apparently, and on one memorable occasion
somebody was trying to get rid of a big red poof.

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Old February 12th 12, 02:41 PM posted to uk.rec.audio,uk.tech.broadcast
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In message , Bill Wright
writes
Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:

Germany may not of had the resources, but they may of had better scientists.
They certainly were years ahead of the Allies in rocket science.
As long as we are speculating, I started this with the timing of the
US
invasion of occupied France, June 6, 1944, and saying that things would
of turned out differently if it had occured a year or two later. Care
to speculate on what the Soviet Army would of done too?


When you get the urge to write 'of', consider whether it would be
better to write 'have'. Just a friendly tip.

It wasn't a US invasion by the way. It was a United Nations invasion.

I think you're thinking of Korea. We didn't have a UN in 1944*, and the
League of Nations was, by then, defunct.
*It started in October, 1945.
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Old February 12th 12, 02:44 PM posted to sci.electronics.repair,uk.rec.audio,uk.tech.broadcast
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J G Miller wrote:

It is all to do with the inevitable consonant and vowel shifting that
occurs in dialects and languages, something like

formally he would have

can become he would avv

which becomes he would aff

which become he would of


A lot (which I was taught not use) of things have changed in the last 50
years and English has mutated. In my case, I don't really care, I try to
use what I remember is proper grammar, but sometimes I am behind the times
or fail.

You can imagine my shock the first time I read that someone was gifted a
blender and other modernizations that have occured in the last decade.

But, sometimes I am just being a wise guy because on the internet no one
notices, and one can break the rules, such as starting a sentence with but.

On that note on a local mailing list, someone asked:

"Many people have been recomending me to study to become a technical
writer. Does anyone know anything about it? Is there a demand in Israel?
Whats the pay like? How advanced does my English have to be?"

I wrote back "Your English is not good enough."

He never even said thank you.

Geoff.



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My high blood pressure medicine reduces my midichlorian count. :-(


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Old February 12th 12, 02:54 PM posted to sci.electronics.repair,uk.rec.audio,uk.tech.broadcast
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"Geoffrey S. Mendelson" wrote in message
...
David Looser wrote:

You were privy to the deliberations of the Japanese government? I'm
impressed!


Oh, come on. I said IMHO, and it was exactly that, an opionon of someone
born after the war, commenting in 2012 what they did in 1945.

OK :-)

An awful lot of "ifs" there!


Yes, that's why it's speculaton.


The US threw enormous recourses at building an atomic bomb, recourses
that
Germany simply didn't have in 1944. They didn't have the recourses to
build
a transatlantic stealth bomber either. The fighter (which of course never
saw action) was no more than a concept demonstrator, it didn't have the
range to reach the UK let alone the US, nor did it have the load-carrying
capability to carry an atomic bomb. How long would it have taken Germany,
already coming under serious pressure from the Red Army and seriously
short
of fuel, materials and manpower to develop both?


I have no idea. What we do know is that the US accomplished most of it
through "brute force" (my words) by throwing enormous recourses (your
words)
at it.

Germany may not of had the resources, but they may of had better
scientists.
They certainly were years ahead of the Allies in rocket science.


Just because they were years ahead in rocket science doesn't mean they were
years ahead in everything. For example they had nothing to compare with the
British "Ultra" code-breaking operation. Also they lagged behind the allies
with Radar. When it comes to nuclear science, many of their best scientists
left the country in the late pre-war period either because they were Jewish
or because they were unwilling to work for the Nazis. These scientists then
lent their expertise to the Manhattan project. The US atomic bomb
development effort was greatly aided by the contribution of scientists from
Germany or from countries occupied by Germany.

As long as we are speculating, I started this with the timing of the US
invasion of occupied France, June 6, 1944, and saying that things would
of turned out differently if it had occured a year or two later. Care
to speculate on what the Soviet Army would of done too?


Allied invasion!

Would have done about what? By 1944 the Red Army was on a roll which Germany
was unable to stop. Had there been no D-day landing then in my view the
Soviets would simply have gone on to occupy the whole of Germany, and
probably Italy and all the countries occupied by Germany as well.
Whether they would have been able to set up puppet communist regimes in them
(and keep them all in order) they way they just about managed in Eastern
Europe is another matter entirely.

David.






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Old February 12th 12, 02:56 PM posted to uk.rec.audio,uk.tech.broadcast
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In article ,
Bill Wright wrote:
It wasn't a US invasion by the way. It was a United Nations invasion.


The UN wasn't formed then. More than a year after D-day.

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Old February 12th 12, 04:01 PM posted to uk.rec.audio,uk.tech.broadcast
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Ian Jackson wrote:
In message , Bill Wright
writes
Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:

Germany may not of had the resources, but they may of had better
scientists.
They certainly were years ahead of the Allies in rocket science.
As long as we are speculating, I started this with the timing of the US
invasion of occupied France, June 6, 1944, and saying that things would
of turned out differently if it had occured a year or two later. Care
to speculate on what the Soviet Army would of done too?


When you get the urge to write 'of', consider whether it would be
better to write 'have'. Just a friendly tip.

It wasn't a US invasion by the way. It was a United Nations invasion.

I think you're thinking of Korea. We didn't have a UN in 1944*, and the
League of Nations was, by then, defunct.
*It started in October, 1945.


No, it was the United Nations, albeit in embryonic form. The name
'United Nations' came into being in 1942 when 'The Declaration by United
Nations' of that year was made. It was the basis of the modern UN.

Bill
 




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