Jamie Risk wrote:
> "Rob Dixon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> >
> > Jamie Risk wrote:
> > >
> > > It's been my experience that readers of this group relish a
> > > demonstration of their persnicketiness.
> >
> > pernickety
> >
> > adj : characterized by excessive precision and attentio
> I think we can safely assume that Jamie meant the other definition...
Alas, that's true. Good thing people gave me the benefit of the doubt.
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Your response is a fascinating example of the word! ;)
"Rob Dixon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Hi Jamie.
>
> Jamie Risk wrote:
> >
> > It's been my experience that readers of this group relish a
> > demonstration of their persnicketiness.
>
> pernickety
>
> a
Ed Christian wrote:
> http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=persnickety
> http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=pernickety
>
> Though "pernickety" seems to have evolved 100 years before
> "persnickety", "persnickety" seems to be the preferred spelling...
>
> (t
;persnickety" seems to be the preferred spelling...
>
> (taken from Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary)
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Robin Norwood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 2:38 PM
> > To: Rob Dixon
> > Cc: [EMA
ling...
(taken from Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary)
> -Original Message-
> From: Robin Norwood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 2:38 PM
> To: Rob Dixon
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Looking for elegance ...
>
>
> &
"Rob Dixon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 'Other'? I got mine from dictionary.com and I think it means
> pretty much the same thing.
>
> BTW, my Chambers (English, real paper :) says that it's of Scots
> origin, meaning 'finical' (excessively precise in unimportant matters)
> or 'foppish' (affect
Robin Norwood wrote:
> "Rob Dixon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Hi Jamie.
> >
> > Jamie Risk wrote:
> > >
> > > It's been my experience that readers of this group relish a
> > > demonstration of their persnicketiness.
> >
> > pernickety
> >
> > adj : characterized by excessive precision an
"Rob Dixon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi Jamie.
>
> Jamie Risk wrote:
> >
> > It's been my experience that readers of this group relish a
> > demonstration of their persnicketiness.
>
> pernickety
>
> adj : characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details
>
>
> Is
Hi Jamie.
Jamie Risk wrote:
>
> It's been my experience that readers of this group relish a
> demonstration of their persnicketiness.
pernickety
adj : characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details
Is this what you meant? It doesn't tie in with your subject line. And
Thanks, pleasingly simple.
> CHOOSE ONE (untested).
>
> #
> # list slice (v. ugly)
> #
> my ($desc, @list) = (split /\t/, $_, 6)[4,0..3,5];
>
> #
> # splice
> #
> my @list = split (/\t/, $_, 6);
> my $desc = splice(@list, 4, 1);
>
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From: Robin Norwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> "Jamie Risk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > It's been my experience that readers of this group relish a
> > demonstration of their persnicketiness. For this I give the
> > following; it works, but doesn't appeal to me:
> >
> >my @tmp_list;
> >
On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 12:26:59PM -0400, Jamie Risk wrote:
> It's been my experience that readers of this group relish a
> demonstration of their persnicketiness. For this I give the
> following; it works, but doesn't appeal to me:
>
>my @tmp_list;
>my @list;
>my $description;
>p
"Jamie Risk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> It's been my experience that readers of this group relish a demonstration of
> their persnicketiness. For this I give the following; it works, but doesn't
> appeal to me:
>
>my @tmp_list;
>my @list;
>my $description;
>push @tmp_list, spl
It's been my experience that readers of this group relish a demonstration of
their persnicketiness. For this I give the following; it works, but doesn't
appeal to me:
my @tmp_list;
my @list;
my $description;
push @tmp_list, split(/\t/,$_,6);
push @list, $tmp_list[0],
$tmp_list[1],$
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