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[A. J. Raffles]

Originally posted by taikara+Oct 17 2005, 11:39 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (taikara @ Oct 17 2005, 11:39 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-A. J. Raffles@Oct 16 2005, 09:35 AM
By the way, there is no such thing as a spring semester.

Not true!

I had a spring semester at Washington and Lee University... we had 12 week long fall and winter semesters, and then a 6 week spring semester in which we took less classes, but twice as often.

Okay, maybe not at Oxford, but they do in fact exist! [/b][/quote]
All right, all right! *hides head in shame at utter lack of knowledge about US universities*

We have Michaelmas, Hilary and Trinity, and I believe you can call them autumn term, winter term and summer term as well. No spring semester, though...

[Sebatianos]

Originally posted by A. J. Raffles@Oct 17 2005, 12:32 AM
By the way, a friend of mine squealed with delight when she spotted Sebatianos' card on my desk this afternoon. For one horrible second I thought she was going to reveal herself as Danny252, but it turns out that she'd been working for a bank (I think) in Slovenia for a couple of months and absolutely loved it. Slovenia, that is, not the bank.

I'm glad to hear that... and although I'm not 100% sure, but I think our banks wouldn't let just aout anybody to work for them (sorry Danny252, maybe you'll make a wonderful banker someday, but I doubt you're old enough to be one already).

BTW - Which bank did she work for?

[A. J. Raffles]

Can't remember, but I'll ask her when I see her this afternoon.

[Fruit Pie Jones]

I was just certain that Raffles was going to point out that the Latin root of semester means "six months," so the concept of a "spring semester" is fundamentally flawed, because spring doesn't last for six months no matter where you live. Although I'm somewhat disappointed, I recognize that this is prescriptivism taken to an unrealistic extreme, so perhaps I should hold Raffles in higher regard for not doing such a thing, regardles of how tempted she may have been. :bleh:

[Blood-Pigggy]

Originally posted by Fruit Pie Jones@Oct 18 2005, 03:57 PM
I was just certain that Raffles was going to point out that the Latin root of semester means "six months," so the concept of a "spring semester" is fundamentally flawed, because spring doesn't last for six months no matter where you live. Although I'm somewhat disappointed, I recognize that this is prescriptivism taken to an unrealistic extreme, so perhaps I should hold Raffles in higher regard for not doing such a thing, regardles of how tempted she may have been. :bleh:

Or, you just saved me the trouble of saying that no one cares.
Not to be offensive, it's just that everyone except those insanely picky scholars don't care at all.

The only thing they care about is that they call other people dumb online for misspelling a word, then misspelling "misspell".

[Sebatianos]

Originally posted by Blood-Pigggy@Oct 18 2005, 10:59 PM
"misspell".

You're sending a postcard to Miss Pell? I didn't know you met her too

[Blood-Pigggy]

I assume you think I did spell it wrong, well on the contrary...
Dictionary

[Shrek]

ok, ok.... Could you guys get back on tópic, please? Post your address here or pm if you want to get any postcard....

damnit... forgot to buy my postcards, again sorry! so far I got 4 addresses: Romano, Sebastianos, TheChosen and Danny252; anybody else?

[A. J. Raffles]

Originally posted by Blood-Pigggy+Oct 18 2005, 08:59 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Blood-Pigggy @ Oct 18 2005, 08:59 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Fruit Pie Jones@Oct 18 2005, 03:57 PM
I was just certain that Raffles was going to point out that the Latin root of semester means "six months," so the concept of a "spring semester" is fundamentally flawed, because spring doesn't last for six months no matter where you live.* Although I'm somewhat disappointed, I recognize that this is prescriptivism taken to an unrealistic extreme, so perhaps I should hold Raffles in higher regard for not doing such a thing, regardles of how tempted she may have been.* :bleh:

Or, you just saved me the trouble of saying that no one cares.
Not to be offensive, it's just that everyone except those insanely picky scholars don't care at all.

The only thing they care about is that they call other people dumb online for misspelling a word, then misspelling "misspell". [/b][/quote]
Sorry to be getting this even further off-topic, but really, Piggy, but what exactly was the point of that comment? FPJ is certainly not an insanely picky scholar, as you seem to be implying. He just happens to care about spelling and grammar, and there's nothing wrong about that. If you ask me, more people ought to be picky about the sort of English they write, really...

[Blood-Pigggy]

Originally posted by A. J. Raffles+Oct 18 2005, 05:32 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (A. J. Raffles @ Oct 18 2005, 05:32 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>

Or, you just saved me the trouble of saying that no one cares.
Not to be offensive, it's just that everyone except those insanely picky scholars don't care at all.

The only thing they care about is that they call other people dumb online for misspelling a word, then misspelling "misspell".

Sorry to be getting this even further off-topic, but really, Piggy, but what exactly was the point of that comment? FPJ is certainly not an insanely picky scholar, as you seem to be implying. He just happens to care about spelling and grammar, and there's nothing wrong about that. If you ask me, more people ought to be picky about the sort of English they write, really... [/b][/quote]
If you ask me I was being sarcastic and silly, but it seems that for the past two months you haven't realized my more "outlandish" behavoir, disregard any comments you see as not up to your standard.
And my post really didn't have less of a point than FPJ's, so there's no reason to be hypocritical and chastise me for making off topic posts while you yourself were doing the same previously.

In other regards, take what I say more lightly, and don't take it into consideration too much, or you'll be overdoing it, as most people seem to do in certain cases. And as for the spelling and grammar thing, there's really no need for over extensive accuracy in a online board simply existant for discussion between individualy beings, as it was being discussed before, it's purpose was undeniably needed because the discussion about "semesters" was in progress.

In a more on topic side - I'm too nit-picky about giving my address out, and what would my parents think if I get a post card from some place off in Norway or England?