[Speakers] Segues and Segways

[Robert G. Brown]

On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 08:26:08 -0400, Adam Tauno Williams <adam at morrison-ind.com> wrote:

>> >1.) find (man find), a segue (since Bob insists on the Italian spelling)
>> Um, I found that spelling in an ENGLISH dictionary, and AFAIK, it is the 
>> ONLY spelling for a word of that meaning.
>Okay, true.  But my experience is that no one (at least where I work)
>can read "segue" and have any idea what your talking about.  
We can't help it if you work with illiterates!:)

>I concede the point but stand by my 21st century spelling of "segway".  
Well, then we'll hafta diffah.

>> The Spelling used "segway" was not found in any dictionary just checked, 
>Not yet!  I'm cutting edge. :)
Or merely looney! :))

>Evolution still underlines it as wrong too.
See? Who ARE you going to beleive, a respected e-mail application of
people in YOUR office?? :)

>> but is the brand name for a series of small gyrostabilized 2 wheel vehicles.
>I been to the inventor's house; very very cool....riding a motor bike through i
>down-town is like wearing a big target on your back and carrying a sign that says 
>"squish me please".
Which sems like a segway.. h, um.. 'cuse me. a SEGUE to another topic entirely..

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