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Harold Adrain Russell Philby - 08 Dec 2004 06:40 GMT
I've sold the beloved Integra and have inherited an Accord:

Does anyone know how to spell "Granny Panties" in Italian?
bob - 08 Dec 2004 21:35 GMT
I believe it is...

Fiat

> I've sold the beloved Integra and have inherited an Accord:
>
> Does anyone know how to spell "Granny Panties" in Italian?
Harold Adrain Russell Philby - 08 Dec 2004 23:02 GMT
>> I've sold the beloved Integra and have inherited an Accord:
>> Does anyone know how to spell "Granny Panties" in Italian?
>
>I believe it is...
>
>Fiat

1st:  It is FIAT, not "Fiat", as it is an acronym for Fabbrica
Italiana Automobili Torino.

2nd:  You are obviously a source of "knowledge" concerning a wide
variety of automobiles: I am "truly" humbled, and "tremble at your
feet".
bob - 09 Dec 2004 05:36 GMT
And here I thought it stood for

Fix It Again Tony

>>> I've sold the beloved Integra and have inherited an Accord:
>>> Does anyone know how to spell "Granny Panties" in Italian?
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
> variety of automobiles: I am "truly" humbled, and "tremble at your
> feet".
Harold Adrain Russell Philby - 09 Dec 2004 16:20 GMT
>>>> I've sold the beloved Integra and have inherited an Accord:
>>>> Does anyone know how to spell "Granny Panties" in Italian?
[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]
>
>Fix It Again Tony

...It would still then be FIAT, not Fiat, nutsack.
bob - 10 Dec 2004 16:45 GMT
What is your problem?  A couple of lighthearted posts in response to your
original, and it degrades into vulgarity.  Wow.  That really whips all us
denizens of usenet land into shape.

>>>>> I've sold the beloved Integra and have inherited an Accord:
>>>>> Does anyone know how to spell "Granny Panties" in Italian?
[quoted text clipped - 15 lines]
>
> ...It would still then be FIAT, not Fiat, nutsack.
Harold Adrian Russell Philby - 10 Dec 2004 17:00 GMT
>What is your problem?  A couple of lighthearted posts in response to your
>original, and it degrades into vulgarity.  Wow.  That really whips all us
>denizens of usenet land into shape.

"Lighthearted"...

How "wonderful" for you, that such ignorant prejudice comes so easily.

I wouldn't tolerate your crap in a bar or cafe, I won't here either.
bob - 10 Dec 2004 17:49 GMT
The good Lord really overlooked you when it came to common sense and social
interaction didn't he?  You are an arrogant fool.  If you couldn't see humor
in the responses, I can almost feel pity for you.  But after all, you were
the same pompous moron that had to ask when to change a timing belt.  Google
too hard to handle for you?  Sadly, cretins like lessen the utility of this
group.

As for the bar, you'll just have yourself and other mental dwarves like
yourself  to tolerate.

Oh, and by the way, I'm italian.

>>What is your problem?  A couple of lighthearted posts in response to your
>>original, and it degrades into vulgarity.  Wow.  That really whips all us
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>
> I wouldn't tolerate your crap in a bar or cafe, I won't here either.
Harold Adrian Russell Philby - 10 Dec 2004 18:00 GMT
>The good Lord really overlooked you when it came to common sense and social
>interaction didn't he?  You are an arrogant fool.  If you couldn't see humor
>in the responses, I can almost feel pity for you.  

...Nothing funny about cultural intolerance.

>But after all, you were
>the same pompous moron that had to ask when to change a timing belt.  Google
>too hard to handle for you?  

Google starts discussions?

>Sadly, cretins like lessen the utility of this group.

Your idiotic responses are now "utilitarian"?

>As for the bar, you'll just have yourself and other mental dwarves like
>yourself  to tolerate.
>
>Oh, and by the way, I'm italian.

...Eating frozen pizza does not make one Italian, "paisan".
bob - 10 Dec 2004 18:29 GMT
Nothing is funny about cultural intolerance - there simply wasn't any here.
How is making light of an auto manufacturer culturally intolerant?  Did I
miss how Fiat and Italy are now synonyms?  Tantamount to equating "Jaguar,
can pass anything on the street except a service station" to UK (or now US)
bashing.  That is a less than tenuous link.  In fact, it is a non-existent
link.

Oh and by the way, you may like to check the Fiat website - where you might
just find (I know it will be hard for you to do so, with the amazing lack of
alacrity in all things web you've displayed) the name of the company is
"Fiat Auto SpA".

Have you used your MI6 contacts to check my ancestry, comrade?

>>The good Lord really overlooked you when it came to common sense and
>>social
[quoted text clipped - 21 lines]
>
> ...Eating frozen pizza does not make one Italian, "paisan".
Harold Adrian Russell Philby - 10 Dec 2004 19:18 GMT
>Nothing is funny about cultural intolerance - there simply wasn't any here.
>How is making light of an auto manufacturer culturally intolerant?  Did I
>miss how Fiat and Italy are now synonyms?  

You're an Italian, yet know nothing of Italy's industrial history?

>Tantamount to equating "Jaguar,
>can pass anything on the street except a service station" to UK (or now US)
>bashing.  That is a less than tenuous link.  In fact, it is a non-existent
>link.

"Fix It Again *Tony*"...  Why not Tommy, Timmay?

>Oh and by the way, you may like to check the Fiat website - where you might
>just find (I know it will be hard for you to do so, with the amazing lack of
>alacrity in all things web you've displayed)

FFS... One hasty post...

>the name of the company is "Fiat Auto SpA".

And yet still FIAT is an acronym for Fabbrica Italiana Automobili
Torino.  ..."Fiat" is a marketing-friendly homonym.

>Have you used your MI6 contacts to check my ancestry, comrade?

LOL
bob - 10 Dec 2004 20:02 GMT
>>Nothing is funny about cultural intolerance - there simply wasn't any
>>here.
>>How is making light of an auto manufacturer culturally intolerant?  Did I
>>miss how Fiat and Italy are now synonyms?
>
> You're an Italian, yet know nothing of Italy's industrial history?

Less than I should, but Italy is so much more than Fiat, wouldn't you say?

>>Tantamount to equating "Jaguar,
>>can pass anything on the street except a service station" to UK (or now
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>
> "Fix It Again *Tony*"...  Why not Tommy, Timmay?

The remark is not a slam on Tony, it is a slam on Fiat.  Picking a name that
most would construe as consistent with the manufacturer's country isn't
really out of place is it?  So the only comment, if you will, being made
about Tony is to be a typical Italian name, that happens to start with "T".
I don't know anyone that uses Tony as a slur against Italians.  If such a
loaded name were used, I could definitely see your point of view.  The
bottom line remains, it is not Tony at center of this remark, it is Fiat.
Overactive political correctness has ruined even simple discourse.

>>Oh and by the way, you may like to check the Fiat website - where you
>>might
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
> And yet still FIAT is an acronym for Fabbrica Italiana Automobili
> Torino.  ..."Fiat" is a marketing-friendly homonym.

Yes, the logo on the cars is FIAT, and yes I already knew the origin of it,
but in fact the company name is Fiat.  Dinging me for referring to it the
same way as the company itself, hardly seems warranted.

>>Have you used your MI6 contacts to check my ancestry, comrade?
>
> LOL

I'm glad you appreciated that humor.  Is it time to stop wasting our time on
this thread?
a - 10 Dec 2004 18:01 GMT
>>What is your problem?  A couple of lighthearted posts in response to your
>>original, and it degrades into vulgarity.  Wow.  That really whips all us
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>
> How "wonderful" ...

Stop that.  They're used incorrectly, annoying and quite ironic.  I can
just imagine you signing air-quotes with your fingers as you type.

a
a - 10 Dec 2004 17:59 GMT
>>>I've sold the beloved Integra and have inherited an Accord:
>>>Does anyone know how to spell "Granny Panties" in Italian?
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
> variety of automobiles: I am "truly" humbled, and "tremble at your
> feet".

For someone correcting others' posts, you deserve an award for the
arbitrarily and incorrectly using quotation marks.

a
Harold Adrian Russell Philby - 10 Dec 2004 18:44 GMT
>>>Fiat
>>
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
>For someone correcting others' posts, you deserve an award for the
>arbitrarily and incorrectly using quotation marks.

Just when did the use of quotation marks to indicate 1) a direct
quotation, or 2) ironic usages, become either "arbitrary" or
"incorrect"?
a - 10 Dec 2004 19:12 GMT
> Just when did the use of quotation marks to indicate 1) a direct
> quotation, or 2) ironic usages, become either "arbitrary" or
> "incorrect"?

Print your post, take it to your 10th grade English teacher and they
will explain what you did wrong.

a
Harold Adrian Russell Philby - 10 Dec 2004 20:28 GMT
>> Just when did the use of quotation marks to indicate 1) a direct
>> quotation, or 2) ironic usages, become either "arbitrary" or
>> "incorrect"?
>
>Print your post, take it to your 10th grade English teacher and they
>will explain what you did wrong.

...Why can't you answer a simple, direct question?
a - 10 Dec 2004 21:07 GMT
>>>Just when did the use of quotation marks to indicate 1) a direct
>>>quotation, or 2) ironic usages, become either "arbitrary" or
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>
> ...Why can't you answer a simple, direct question?

Ok, I'll start off with the above because you're still doing it.  Using
quotes around the word "arbitrary" and the word "incorrect" is
unnecessary.*  You weren't quoting me there nor were you denoting irony,
you may have intended to, but you were actually using the words yourself.

A direct quote would read like:
"Arbitrary," a said.

They way your sentence above really reads is:
 ...become either the word "arbitrary" or the word "incorrect".

You just should have typed the words with no quotes because you were
trying to suggest what those words meant, not the actual words themselves.

a

PS. Don't be discouraged; Herman Melville didn't get it right either...

* Note: In this sentence, quotation marks are used to denote the words
themselves, not their meanings.
Harold Adrian Russell Philby - 11 Dec 2004 15:19 GMT
>>>>Just when did the use of quotation marks to indicate 1) a direct
>>>>quotation, or 2) ironic usages, become either "arbitrary" or
[quoted text clipped - 23 lines]
>* Note: In this sentence, quotation marks are used to denote the words
>themselves, not their meanings.

[blink.  ...blink, blink.]

Yeah...

...I'm going to charitably conclude English is not your native
language, and bid you a long and happy life.
bob - 10 Dec 2004 19:02 GMT
Actually, you are giving him too much credit, as his correction, is actually
incorrect.

>>>>I've sold the beloved Integra and have inherited an Accord:
>>>>Does anyone know how to spell "Granny Panties" in Italian?
[quoted text clipped - 14 lines]
>
> a
a - 10 Dec 2004 19:10 GMT
> Actually, you are giving him too much credit, as his correction, is actually
> incorrect.

Hilarious, isn't it?

:0)

a
a - 10 Dec 2004 18:06 GMT
>>>I've sold the beloved Integra and have inherited an Accord:
>>>Does anyone know how to spell "Granny Panties" in Italian?
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
> variety of automobiles: I am "truly" humbled, and "tremble at your
> feet".

For someone correcting others' posts, you deserve an award for
arbitrarily and incorrectly using quotation marks.

a
 
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