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GSquared SSC Guru Points: 260824 More actions · Answer 1

Gaby Abed (7/9/2009)
For all you lovers of English, here is a sentence without punctuation:
that that is is that that is not is not that that is not is not that that is that that is is not that that is not is not that it it is
It makes perfect grammatical sense with the right punctuation. 😀

Yep. Even makes sense sense, not just grammatical sense.

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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 2

Kit G (7/9/2009)
By the way Steve, I'm not getting e-mail notifications of postings. Not sure if others are still experiencing this.

I suspect the lack of emails is one of the lesser of the problems at the moment...

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Kit G SSCrazy Points: 2888 More actions · Answer 3

GilaMonster (7/9/2009)
Kit G (7/9/2009)
By the way Steve, I'm not getting e-mail notifications of postings. Not sure if others are still experiencing this.
I suspect the lack of emails is one of the lesser of the problems at the moment...

No doubt. Just giving some information. When it gets fixed, it gets fixed. Until then, the refresh button on the browser does just fine in checking to see if there are more posts to THE THREAD. Skynet is probably to blame for everything anyway. 😎

-- Kit

Luke L SSC-Dedicated Points: 35547 More actions · Answer 4

Kit G (7/9/2009)
GilaMonster (7/9/2009)
Kit G (7/9/2009)
By the way Steve, I'm not getting e-mail notifications of postings. Not sure if others are still experiencing this.
I suspect the lack of emails is one of the lesser of the problems at the moment...
No doubt. Just giving some information. When it gets fixed, it gets fixed. Until then, the refresh button on the browser does just fine in checking to see if there are more posts to THE THREAD. Skynet is probably to blame for everything anyway. 😎

Hey, looks like email notifications are working again!

-Luke.

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Kit G SSCrazy Points: 2888 More actions · Answer 5

Luke L (7/9/2009)
Kit G (7/9/2009)
GilaMonster (7/9/2009)
Kit G (7/9/2009)
By the way Steve, I'm not getting e-mail notifications of postings. Not sure if others are still experiencing this.
I suspect the lack of emails is one of the lesser of the problems at the moment...
No doubt. Just giving some information. When it gets fixed, it gets fixed. Until then, the refresh button on the browser does just fine in checking to see if there are more posts to THE THREAD. Skynet is probably to blame for everything anyway. 😎
Hey, looks like email notifications are working again!
-Luke.

So... was Skynet responsible for the lack of emails? Or did Skynet fix the lack of emails? Do I really want to know? :hehe:

-- Kit

GabyYYZ SSCertifiable Points: 7913 More actions · Answer 6

GSquared (7/9/2009)
Gaby Abed (7/9/2009)
For all you lovers of English, here is a sentence without punctuation:
that that is is that that is not is not that that is not is not that that is that that is is not that that is not is not that it it is
It makes perfect grammatical sense with the right punctuation. 😀
Yep. Even makes sense sense, not just grammatical sense.

Heh heh...here's the answer.

That that is, is. That that is not, is not. That that is not, is not that that is. That that is, is not that that is not. Is not that it? It is.

I'm not sure which English language ancestor to blame for this one (though I strongly suspect Latin).

Gaby________________________________________________________________"In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not." - Albert Einstein

tosscrosby SSCoach Points: 18045 More actions · Answer 7

Emails be a'flowing again. Woohoo - withdrawls are over!!

-- You can't be late until you show up.

Florian Reischl SSC-Dedicated Points: 37301 More actions · Answer 8

Jan Van der Eecken (7/8/2009)
Paul White (7/6/2009)
GSquared (7/6/2009)
Isn't that supposed to be all one word? (Alloneword, even.)
That looks vaguely like German :unsure:
(Flo: consider Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän¹)
edit: better still:
Donaudampfschifffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft²
or
Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz³
(Ok so I googled)
1: "Danube steamship company captain."
2: "association of subordinate officials of the head office management of the Danube steamboat electrical services"
3: "beef labeling regulation & delegation of supervision law"
That last one won an award
You missed the
Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftskapitaenskajuetenschluesselloch
one.
Will leave it up to you to google that one...

Sorry for late answer, have been busy at work.

Let me add the:

Augeninnendruckmessgeräteprüfungsgesetzverpflichtungsformularvordrucklayouterstellungsassistent

Yeah, we don't need spaces or commas to create sentences. 😛

Chad Crawford SSChampion Points: 11610 More actions · Answer 9

Let me add the:
Augeninnendruckmessgeräteprüfungsgesetzverpflichtungsformularvordrucklayouterstellungsassistent

Ummm... to measure the intra-ocular fluid pressure via tonometry from the outside of the eye as a basis for ordering pizza via a wireless network?

Edited: Quoted the wrong word 🙁

Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 10

Florian Reischl (7/9/2009)
Jan Van der Eecken (7/8/2009)
Paul White (7/6/2009)
GSquared (7/6/2009)
Isn't that supposed to be all one word? (Alloneword, even.)
That looks vaguely like German :unsure:
(Flo: consider Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän¹)
edit: better still:
Donaudampfschifffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft²
or
Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz³
(Ok so I googled)
1: "Danube steamship company captain."
2: "association of subordinate officials of the head office management of the Danube steamboat electrical services"
3: "beef labeling regulation & delegation of supervision law"
That last one won an award
You missed the
Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftskapitaenskajuetenschluesselloch
one.
Will leave it up to you to google that one...
Sorry for late answer, have been busy at work.
Let me add the:
Augeninnendruckmessgeräteprüfungsgesetzverpflichtungsformularvordrucklayouterstellungsassistent
Yeah, we don't need spaces or commas to create sentences. 😛

Care to provide a translation?

Florian Reischl SSC-Dedicated Points: 37301 More actions · Answer 11

Lynn Pettis (7/9/2009)
Florian Reischl (7/9/2009)
Augeninnendruckmessgeräteprüfungsgesetzverpflichtungsformularvordrucklayouterstellungsassistent
Care to provide a translation?

I feared this question... it's very hard kind of officialese.

@chad-2: Right direction since you ordered the pizza.

I did my best to translate it to English (I'm not sure if this makes any sense):

Intra-ocular fluid pressure measurement regulation template layout assistant

A tool which helps to create layouts for intra-occular fluid pressure measurement forms

(hope this makes more sense :hehe:)

Source:

http://de.woobby.com/result/show/1717-Die-laengsten-und-unnoetigsten-deutschen-Woerter

Edit: Added the source

Bruce W Cassidy SSChampion Points: 12668 More actions · Answer 12

Bruce W Cassidy

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July 9, 2009 at 2:24 pm

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[font="Verdana"]The email must flow![/font]

Jan Van der Eecken SSCrazy Eights Points: 9029 More actions · Answer 13

Florian Reischl (7/9/2009)
Lynn Pettis (7/9/2009)
Florian Reischl (7/9/2009)
Augeninnendruckmessgeräteprüfungsgesetzverpflichtungsformularvordrucklayouterstellungsassistent
Care to provide a translation?
I feared this question... it's very hard kind of officialese.
@chad-2: Right direction since you ordered the pizza.
I did my best to translate it to English (I'm not sure if this makes any sense):
Intra-ocular fluid pressure measurement regulation template layout assistant
A tool which helps to create layouts for intra-occular fluid pressure measurement forms
(hope this makes more sense :hehe:)
Source:
http://de.woobby.com/result/show/1717-Die-laengsten-und-unnoetigsten-deutschen-Woerter
Edit: Added the source

Hey Flo, that's not German! Or have they introduced the word "layout" into the Duden and I didn't notice? 😛

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Florian Reischl SSC-Dedicated Points: 37301 More actions · Answer 14

Jan Van der Eecken (7/9/2009)
Florian Reischl (7/9/2009)
Lynn Pettis (7/9/2009)
Florian Reischl (7/9/2009)
Augeninnendruckmessgeräteprüfungsgesetzverpflichtungsformularvordrucklayouterstellungsassistent
Care to provide a translation?
I feared this question... it's very hard kind of officialese.
@chad-2: Right direction since you ordered the pizza.
I did my best to translate it to English (I'm not sure if this makes any sense):
Intra-ocular fluid pressure measurement regulation template layout assistant
A tool which helps to create layouts for intra-occular fluid pressure measurement forms
(hope this makes more sense :hehe:)
Source:
http://de.woobby.com/result/show/1717-Die-laengsten-und-unnoetigsten-deutschen-Woerter
Edit: Added the source
Hey Flo, that's not German! Or have they introduced the word "layout" into the Duden and I didn't notice? 😛

http://www.duden-suche.de/suche/abstract.php?shortname=fx&artikel_id=97331

😉

Since more and more English words become common in German business, business German sounds more and more like a cocktail with two parts German and one part English.

"Conference-calls", "meetings", "account manager", "leeds", "reviews", "acknowledgments", "confirms", ...

Bruce W Cassidy SSChampion Points: 12668 More actions · Answer 15

Florian Reischl (7/9/2009)
Since more and more English words become common in German business, business German sounds more and more like a cocktail with two parts German and one part English.
"Conference-calls", "meetings", "account manager", "leeds", "reviews", "acknowledgments", "confirms", ...

[font="Verdana"]I assume "leeds" is related to football, not business? :-D[/font]