In article , Robert E A
Harvey writes
Jane Ransom wrote:
In article , Robert
E A Harvey writes
Amazing what you learn, ain't it. I bin fending off bunnies 30
years, on & off, and never heard of anyone doing this. But you are
quite right, they do, don't they!

Except recently the bunnies trying to get into the veg plot of an
acquaintance have figured out that they have to start burrowing a
couple of feet away to get under the horizontal mesh. It has taken
them about 20 years, but they have finally figured it out

so you are saying I'm 2/3rds less bright than a rabbit?

Am I?
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In article , Janet Baraclough.
.. writes

Far more likely, the people either left gaps around the gateposts in
the fence, or under the gate, or they leave the gate open sometimes.

Come on, Janet, it doesn't take an Einstein to recognise a *hole* when
one sees one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Nor does it need to be very high. We do fences around our new
plantings about 18ins high in 2in mesh. Theoretically a baby bun could
squeeze through that and any self respecting rabbit could hop over it
but they don't........yet.

That's fine, in areas that don't get much snow :-) It often drifts
against mesh fences; then the rabbits can walk over the fence.

Janet.

Kay Easton wrote in message ...
In article , Mike Lyle
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Jaques d'Alltrades wrote in message
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That's a moot point

Rusty, I love you! That's the first time in years that I've seen someone
spell 'moot' correctly (rather than the meaningless 'mute')

Kay, I love you too!

Now if only people would use 'fazed' not 'phased' and 'bated' rather
than 'baited' breath ...

And you're instead of your (where applicable), and lose instead of
loose, and eschew the greengrocers' apostrophe.......

You darlings really ought to join me and the other fanatics at
alt.usage.english: I've led such a sheltered life that I didn't even
*know* some people tried to spell it "mute". It must be Hell out
there!

They even *pronounce* it 'mute'!

Aaargh! They should be muted. Irregardless.

Mike.

Kay Easton20/4/04 11:58

In article , Mike Lyle
writes
Jaques d'Alltrades wrote in message
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In article , Jaques d'Alltrades
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That's a moot point

Rusty, I love you! That's the first time in years that I've seen someone
spell 'moot' correctly (rather than the meaningless 'mute')

Kay, I love you too!

Now if only people would use 'fazed' not 'phased' and 'bated' rather
than 'baited' breath ...

And you're instead of your (where applicable), and lose instead of
loose, and eschew the greengrocers' apostrophe.......

You darlings really ought to join me and the other fanatics at
alt.usage.english: I've led such a sheltered life that I didn't even
*know* some people tried to spell it "mute". It must be Hell out
there!

They even *pronounce* it 'mute'!

Perhaps they also says "Haitch". ;-) Just a small personal bugbear.
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Sacha
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In article , Sacha
writes

They even *pronounce* it 'mute'!

Perhaps they also says "Haitch". ;-) Just a small personal bugbear.

Eeee . . wot's in pronunciation.

Up here we have a place called Claughton pronounced Clafton and a place
called Quernmore pronounced Kwormer.

Each to his own!!!!!!!!!!!!
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On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 18:41:15 +0100, Janet Baraclough..
wrote:


Far more likely, the people either left gaps around the gateposts in
the fence, or under the gate, or they leave the gate open sometimes.

To attract limbo dancing bunnies?

Jane Ransom21/4/04 4:06

In article , Sacha
writes

They even *pronounce* it 'mute'!

Perhaps they also says "Haitch". ;-) Just a small personal bugbear.

Eeee . . wot's in pronunciation.

Up here we have a place called Claughton pronounced Clafton and a place
called Quernmore pronounced Kwormer.

Each to his own!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh certainly. But the letter H is the only letter of the alphabet that has
its own spelling and it is 'aitch' not 'Haitch'. ;-)
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On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 16:46:16 +0100, Sacha
wrote:

Jane Ransom21/4/04 4:06
n.co.uk

In article , Sacha
writes

They even *pronounce* it 'mute'!

Perhaps they also says "Haitch". ;-) Just a small personal bugbear.

Eeee . . wot's in pronunciation.

Up here we have a place called Claughton pronounced Clafton and a place
called Quernmore pronounced Kwormer.

Each to his own!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh certainly. But the letter H is the only letter of the alphabet that has
its own spelling and it is 'aitch' not 'Haitch'. ;-)

Haitch mute? :-)

In article , Sacha
writes
Jane Ransom21/4/04 4:06
n.co.uk


Oh certainly. But the letter H is the only letter of the alphabet that has
its own spelling and it is 'aitch' not 'Haitch'. ;-)

But 'haitch' is a regional thing, isn't it? West Midlands dialects. (you
must have heard a lot of it in your younger days!) Rather like 'ain't'.
And like 'It were' around here.

--
Kay Easton

Edward's earthworm page:
http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm

Kay Easton21/4/04 7:26

In article , Sacha
writes
Jane Ransom21/4/04 4:06


Oh certainly. But the letter H is the only letter of the alphabet that has
its own spelling and it is 'aitch' not 'Haitch'. ;-)

But 'haitch' is a regional thing, isn't it? West Midlands dialects. (you
must have heard a lot of it in your younger days!) Rather like 'ain't'.
And like 'It were' around here.


I don't remember it from my younger days but we didn't get out much. ;-)
To me, this is a fairly modern curse and seems to be all around us......
--

Sacha
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Sacha wrote in message .uk...
Kay Easton21/4/04 7:26

In article , Sacha
writes
Jane Ransom21/4/04 4:06


Oh certainly. But the letter H is the only letter of the alphabet that has
its own spelling and it is 'aitch' not 'Haitch'. ;-)

But 'haitch' is a regional thing, isn't it? West Midlands dialects. (you
must have heard a lot of it in your younger days!) Rather like 'ain't'.
And like 'It were' around here.


I don't remember it from my younger days but we didn't get out much. ;-)
To me, this is a fairly modern curse and seems to be all around us......

"Haitch" is pretty well the norm in Wales, even among highly-educated
speakers. And, by the way, some of the other letters do have
spellings: we have "em" and "en", as well as "zed", but I suppose
"double-u" is cheating!

Mike.

Mike Lyle22/4/04 5:20

Sacha wrote in message
.uk...
Kay Easton21/4/04 7:26

In article , Sacha
writes
Jane Ransom21/4/04 4:06


Oh certainly. But the letter H is the only letter of the alphabet that has
its own spelling and it is 'aitch' not 'Haitch'. ;-)

But 'haitch' is a regional thing, isn't it? West Midlands dialects. (you
must have heard a lot of it in your younger days!) Rather like 'ain't'.
And like 'It were' around here.


I don't remember it from my younger days but we didn't get out much. ;-)
To me, this is a fairly modern curse and seems to be all around us......

"Haitch" is pretty well the norm in Wales, even among highly-educated
speakers.

I think Kay must be right and it's regional. But to me, it's a new and I'm
sorry, yes, irritating habit.

And, by the way, some of the other letters do have
spellings: we have "em" and "en", as well as "zed", but I suppose
"double-u" is cheating!

Mike.

But look at how they appear in the dictionary. Go to the letter A and you
will see 'Aitch' standing alone as "the eighth letter of the alphabet (H,h.)
You will then go to Z and see it written as "Z (zed.....) got to 'M' (m,
em) etc.
IOW, only 'H' has a spelling, the others do not appear under a different
initial letter. H does not appear as Haitch - in my Collins the entries
under 'h' jump from 'hairst' to 'haith' to 'haji'. Sorry - but H is the
only letter with its own spelling rather than pronunciation aid.
Has it stopped raining yet? ;-)
--

Sacha
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On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 23:31:29 +0100, Sacha
wrote:

~Mike Lyle22/4/04 5:20

~
~ Sacha wrote in message
~ .uk...
~ Kay Easton21/4/04 7:26
~ ~
~ In article , Sacha
~ writes
~ Jane Ransom21/4/04 4:06
~ ~
~
~ Oh certainly. But the letter H is the only letter of the alphabet that has
~ its own spelling and it is 'aitch' not 'Haitch'. ;-)
~
~ But 'haitch' is a regional thing, isn't it? West Midlands dialects. (you
~ must have heard a lot of it in your younger days!) Rather like 'ain't'.
~ And like 'It were' around here.
~
~
~ I don't remember it from my younger days but we didn't get out much. ;-)
~ To me, this is a fairly modern curse and seems to be all around us......
~
~ "Haitch" is pretty well the norm in Wales, even among highly-educated
~ speakers.
~
~I think Kay must be right and it's regional. But to me, it's a new and I'm
~sorry, yes, irritating habit.
~
~And, by the way, some of the other letters do have
~ spellings: we have "em" and "en", as well as "zed", but I suppose
~ "double-u" is cheating!
~
~ Mike.
~
~But look at how they appear in the dictionary. Go to the letter A and you
~will see 'Aitch' standing alone as "the eighth letter of the alphabet (H,h.)
~You will then go to Z and see it written as "Z (zed.....) got to 'M' (m,
~em) etc.
~IOW, only 'H' has a spelling, the others do not appear under a different
~initial letter. H does not appear as Haitch - in my Collins the entries
~under 'h' jump from 'hairst' to 'haith' to 'haji'. Sorry - but H is the
~only letter with its own spelling rather than pronunciation aid.
~Has it stopped raining yet? ;-)

Sacha, my Dad would hug you. He has gone on about precisely this with
exactly that reasoning for as long as I can remember - I think if I'd
have said haitch at any point in my formative years I'd have been
shot.

:-)


--
jane

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone,
you may still exist but you have ceased to live.
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On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 23:31:29 +0100, Sacha
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~IOW, only 'H' has a spelling, the others do not appear under a different
~initial letter. H does not appear as Haitch - in my Collins the entries
~under 'h' jump from 'hairst' to 'haith' to 'haji'. Sorry - but H is the
~only letter with its own spelling rather than pronunciation aid.
~Has it stopped raining yet? ;-)

Sacha, my Dad would hug you. He has gone on about precisely this with
exactly that reasoning for as long as I can remember - I think if I'd
have said haitch at any point in my formative years I'd have been
shot.

:-)

NOW I feel old! ;-))
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Sacha
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