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* Warning yelled out at baseball games when a foul fly ball heads for
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Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
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| * Warning yelled out at baseball games when a foul fly ball
| heads for the stands.
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Ob. nitpick: There is no apostrophe in "Heads up!" ;-} ;-}
-Rob
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Rob Warnock wrote:
> Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
> +---------------
> | * Warning yelled out at baseball games when a foul fly ball
> | heads for the stands.
> +---------------
>
> Ob. nitpick: There is no apostrophe in "Heads up!" ;-} ;-}
Your right!
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Kenny
Why Lisp? http://wiki.alu.org/RtL_Highlight_Film
"I've wrestled with reality for 35 years, Doctor, and I'm happy to state
I finally won out over it."
Elwood P. Dowd, "Harvey", 1950
+ Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>:
| Rob Warnock wrote:
|> Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
|> +---------------
|> | * Warning yelled out at baseball games when a foul fly ball
|> | heads for the stands.
|> +---------------
|> Ob. nitpick: There is no apostrophe in "Heads up!" ;-} ;-}
|
| Your right!
I was gonna ask if that was the possessive (the Up of the Head) or a
statement of fact (the Head is Up), but I restrained myself. But now
that the thread is ruined anyway, I feel justified in reminiscing a
bit in public: I spent a year in Toronto about 25 years ago. At the
time, there was a pair of jazz musicians performing there, with the
names of Wright and Wong. Unfortunately I never got around to going
to one of their concerts, but imagine the word play made possible by
such names. (I know, jazz musicians don't usually talk a lot. What a
pity.)
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than thinking does: but it deprives us of whatever chance there is
of getting closer to the truth. -- C.P. Snow
Harald Hanche-Olsen <······@math.ntnu.no> writes:
> + Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>:
>
> | Rob Warnock wrote:
> |> Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
> |> +---------------
> |> | * Warning yelled out at baseball games when a foul fly ball
> |> | heads for the stands.
> |> +---------------
> |> Ob. nitpick: There is no apostrophe in "Heads up!" ;-} ;-}
> |
> | Your right!
>
> I was gonna ask if that was the possessive (the Up of the Head) or a
> statement of fact (the Head is Up), but I restrained myself.
Yeah, just like we say in California: "Surf's Up!".
> But now
> that the thread is ruined anyway, I feel justified in reminiscing a
> bit in public:
Why is it ruined? Kenny didn't agree with Rob, as in "You're right",
but instead he acknowledged Rob's right to say what he said. We still
have a good argument going!
:-)
> I spent a year in Toronto about 25 years ago. At the
> time, there was a pair of jazz musicians performing there, with the
> names of Wright and Wong. Unfortunately I never got around to going
> to one of their concerts, but imagine the word play made possible by
> such names. (I know, jazz musicians don't usually talk a lot. What a
> pity.)
Of course they were playing jazz; it's the only venue where
they wouldn't have to worry about being right and wrong...
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I was going to stop, but then...
Duane Rettig <·····@franz.com> wrote:
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| We still have a good argument going!
+---------------
Alrighty, then!
+---------------
| Harald Hanche-Olsen <······@math.ntnu.no> writes:
| > I was gonna ask if that was the possessive (the Up of the Head) or a
| > statement of fact (the Head is Up), but I restrained myself.
|
| Yeah, just like we say in California: "Surf's Up!".
+---------------
"Surf's Up!" is indeed a simple statement of fact, but "Heads Up!"
is imperative mood, as in "Get your @$!^$# heads up if you don't
want them knocked off!" Think prairie dogs... ;-}
-Rob
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627 26th Avenue <URL:http://rpw3.org/>
San Mateo, CA 94403 (650)572-2607
I was going to stop, but then...
Duane Rettig <·····@franz.com> wrote:
+---------------
| We still have a good argument going!
+---------------
Alrighty, then!
+---------------
| Harald Hanche-Olsen <······@math.ntnu.no> writes:
| > I was gonna ask if that was the possessive (the Up of the Head) or a
| > statement of fact (the Head is Up), but I restrained myself.
|
| Yeah, just like we say in California: "Surf's Up!".
+---------------
"Surf's Up!" is indeed a simple statement of fact in the
indicative mood -- "The surf is up." But "Heads Up!" is
imperative mood, as in "Get your @$!^$# heads up if you
don't want them knocked off!" Think prairie dogs... ;-}
-Rob
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Rob Warnock <····@rpw3.org>
627 26th Avenue <URL:http://rpw3.org/>
San Mateo, CA 94403 (650)572-2607
····@rpw3.org (Rob Warnock) writes:
> I was going to stop, but then...
>
> Duane Rettig <·····@franz.com> wrote:
> +---------------
> | We still have a good argument going!
> +---------------
>
> Alrighty, then!
>
> +---------------
> | Harald Hanche-Olsen <······@math.ntnu.no> writes:
> | > I was gonna ask if that was the possessive (the Up of the Head) or a
> | > statement of fact (the Head is Up), but I restrained myself.
> |
> | Yeah, just like we say in California: "Surf's Up!".
> +---------------
>
> "Surf's Up!" is indeed a simple statement of fact in the
> indicative mood -- "The surf is up." But "Heads Up!" is
> imperative mood, as in "Get your @$!^$# heads up if you
> don't want them knocked off!" Think prairie dogs... ;-}
Except when used by military surfer officers, in which case it's
imperative. "Surfs up!" "Surfs up, sir!"
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On 2005-10-20 05:58:08 -0400, ····@rpw3.org (Rob Warnock) said:
> "Surf's Up!" is indeed a simple statement of fact in the
> indicative mood -- "The surf is up." But "Heads Up!" is
> imperative mood, as in "Get your @$!^$# heads up if you
> don't want them knocked off!" Think prairie dogs... ;-}
Surely, "Heads Down!" would be better if you don't want them knocked off?
Zac