Henry Spencer (was Re: System V Release 4.0 Developer Conferences)

Henry Spencer henry at utzoo.uucp
Thu Oct 6 03:17:05 AEST 1988


In article <1687 at ficc.uu.net> peter at ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes:
>... Another Henry Spencer vote except when he's getting my goat
>by ignoring the main thrust of someone's article to jump on a nit.

Argh!  Grossly improper English usage!  One does not "jump on a nit",
one "picks a nit"!

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The meek can have the Earth;    |    Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology
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