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* On 2006.01.26, in <20060126160016.n79761hpq88g04c8@xxxxxxx.xx.xx>, * "Martin Ebourne" <lists@xxxxxxx.xx.xx> wrote: > > I quote from a dialogue box that pops up while entering a repeating alarm: > > "NOTE: It is recommended that you open the Alarms dialog (sic) box and I think "dialog" is an accepted spelling now in American, which is really too bad since it's just another case of letting people who can't spell guide orthography. But I have no problem with "dialog box", which is probably a leading character in the devolution of "dialogue", actually -- why? Because there's no bleeding dialogue going on in a dialog box. Seriously, what kind of sanctimonious, condescending nimwit would come up with that completely transparent hoodwinkery? Stop trying to make me feel like I'm working alongside my computer, who loves me! It's times like this that I remind myself I use a steroidal NeXT, not a Macintosh. Even if it's delusory. And for all that, Steve-o is now $3.5 billion more smug. -- -D. dgc@xxxxxxxx.xxx NSIT University of ChicagoThere's stuff above here
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