On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 07:27:42 +1100, Tim Churches <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Josiah Carlson wrote: >> QOTW: Jim Fulton: "[What's] duck typing?" >> Andrew Koenig: "That's the Australian pronunciation of 'duct taping'." > >I must protest. >1) No (true-blue) Australian has every uttered the words 'duct taping', >because Aussies (and Pommies) know that the universe is held together >with gaffer tape, not duct tape. See http://www.exposure.co.uk/eejit/gaffer/ >b) If an Australian were ever induced to utter the words 'duct typing', >the typical Strine (see >http://www.geocities.com/jendi2_2000/strine1.html ) pronunciation would >be more like 'duh toypn' - the underlying principle being one of >elimination of all unnecessary syllables, vowels and consonants, thus >eliminating the need to move the lips (which reduces effort and stops >flies getting in). > >Tim C >Sydney, Australia LOL. Thanks, needed that ;-) Regards, Bengt Richter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
