OT- Pet Peeve

"SnakeFiddler" wrote in message
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O.K. folks, I just have to vent. Been listenin' to a lot of CNN and
NPR,
and if I hear another journalist mis-use the word "whether", by
saying
whether or not- I will scream!!! Aren't these folks supposed to
know
better?!

A word of advice; unless you REALLY like to mix it up, it's best to
avoid matters concerning proper English usage. People WILL disagree,
and strenuously, whether they know whereof they speak or not.

Wolfgang

"Wolfgang" wrote in message
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"SnakeFiddler" wrote in message
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O.K. folks, I just have to vent. Been listenin' to a lot of CNN and
NPR,
and if I hear another journalist mis-use the word "whether", by
saying
whether or not- I will scream!!! Aren't these folks supposed to
know
better?!

A word of advice; unless you REALLY like to mix it up, it's best to
avoid matters concerning proper English usage. People WILL disagree,
and strenuously, whether they know whereof they speak or not.


Touché
Wolfgang, can I ask whether you have received the package or not?
It left Sweden the on the 11th of December.

/Roger

"Roger Ohlund" wrote in message
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Wolfgang, can I ask whether you have received the package or not?

Not yet.

It left Sweden the on the 11th of December.

I hope it isn't fresh fruit.

Wolfgang

On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 08:36:50 -0600, "Wolfgang" wrote:


"Roger Ohlund" wrote in message
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Wolfgang, can I ask whether you have received the package or not?

Not yet.

It left Sweden the on the 11th of December.

I hope it isn't fresh fruit.

Wolfgang


I hope it isn't lutefisk (Do they eat that in Sweden?). It'll never make
it past Homeland Security.

g.c.

"George Cleveland" wrote in message
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On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 08:36:50 -0600, "Wolfgang"
wrote:


"Roger Ohlund" wrote in message
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Wolfgang, can I ask whether you have received the package or not?

Not yet.

It left Sweden the on the 11th of December.

I hope it isn't fresh fruit.

Wolfgang


I hope it isn't lutefisk (Do they eat that in Sweden?). It'll never
make
it past Homeland Security.

On the other hand, if it IS lutefisk.....or grits, or beets, or
haggis, for example....then it really doesn't matter how long it takes
to arrive.

Wolfgang
um.....or plutonium, for that matter.

"Wolfgang" wrote in message
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"George Cleveland" wrote in message
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On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 08:36:50 -0600, "Wolfgang"
wrote:


"Roger Ohlund" wrote in message
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Wolfgang, can I ask whether you have received the package or not?

Not yet.

It left Sweden the on the 11th of December.

I hope it isn't fresh fruit.

Wolfgang


I hope it isn't lutefisk (Do they eat that in Sweden?). It'll never
make
it past Homeland Security.

On the other hand, if it IS lutefisk.....or grits, or beets, or
haggis, for example....then it really doesn't matter how long it takes
to arrive.

Wolfgang
um.....or plutonium, for that matter.

Talking about traditional national recipes, ever had fermented Baltic
herring?
I is a Swedish speciality with a long tradition.
There was this Brittish TV cook by the name Floyd who said that it was the
second worst thing he ever tasted in any of the available continents, the
worst was some kind of larvae. He came to the conclusion that the only way
to eat it was together with a lot of Vodka......which isn't all that far
from how we eat it ;-)
Don't worry about the package being stopped in customs, as long as the guy
checking the package is a law obiding citizen it should be OK.
Strange though that it should take so long.
(And yes we eat "lutfisk")

/Roger

"Roger Ohlund" wrote in message
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Talking about traditional national recipes, ever had fermented
Baltic
herring?

Um....no, I have not yet had the pleasure.

I is a Swedish speciality with a long tradition.
There was this Brittish TV cook by the name Floyd who said that it
was the
second worst thing he ever tasted in any of the available
continents, the
worst was some kind of larvae.

Well, bearing in mind that Hell is a place where the cooks are
reputedly English, I'd guess that anything THEY find revolting is
worthy of note and placing high on the "No, thanks" list.

He came to the conclusion that the only way
to eat it was together with a lot of Vodka......which isn't all that
far
from how we eat it ;-)

Seems rather roundabout to me. After all, if it's fermented, you
could just distill it and then it would BE vodka.

Don't worry about the package being stopped in customs, as long as
the guy
checking the package is a law obiding citizen it should be OK.
Strange though that it should take so long.

The machinations of the byzantine fraternity that is the U.S Postal
Service are inscrutable to mere mortals. However, six days out from
Sweden is a bit too early to panic

(And yes we eat "lutfisk")

That's o.k., we eat hot dogs....and Wonder Bread.....and
Twinkies.......

Wolfgang

On the other hand, if it IS lutefisk.....or grits, or beets, or
haggis, for example....then it really doesn't matter how long it takes
to arrive.

Wolfgang
um.....or plutonium, for that matter.

I'll place Baluks up against the only haggis I ever tried to ingest. Both
are better described as catfish bait than food. Beet aversion? Is that
common?

--
Stev Lenon 91B20 '68-'69
Drowning flies to Darkstar

http://web.tampabay.rr.com/stevglo/i...age92kword.htm

"Roger Ohlund" wrote in news:brpri3$er$1
@green.tninet.se:

Talking about traditional national recipes, ever had fermented Baltic
herring?

Is that like a Coney Island Whitefish?

Scott

On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 16:07:21 +0100, "Roger Ohlund"
wrote:
Talking about traditional national recipes, ever had fermented Baltic
herring?

If it's called "sil" (or something like that), yup.

/daytripper (I've had worse :-p)