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Posted by George E. Cawthon on August 11, 2005, 11:57 pm
Jeff Wisnia wrote:
> Gideon wrote:
>
>> Try one or more of the following:
>> 1) Using a good dictionary.
>> 2) Phoning the folks who ran the ad mentioning united inches.
>> 3) Doing a Google search using these search terms:
>> definition "united inches"
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> Why did you feel you needed to tell him that, Gideon?
>
> It's not like the OP posted his question to "alt.cooking casseroles",
> you know.
>
> Seems to me this newsgroup would look like the ideal place to get an
> arcane term like that explained.
>
> I for one learned one more thing I hadn't known before by following this
> thread.
>
> Jeff
>
> P.S. Don't bother asking me why *I* felt I needed to tell *you* that,
> Gideon, 'cause I couldn't come up with an answer other that I have *way*
> too much time on my hands right now, and I'm in a PO'd mood. I'm sitting
> here at home waiting for a "tree guy" to come over and give me an
> estimate and he's nearly an hour overdue allready. <G>
>
May I add to your discussion? I too have never
heard the term, but I do like to learn new ones.
I haven't checked the internet for the term and I
am not going to. There are many arcane terms, but
united inches is just plain dumb, it doesn't make
sense and almost everyone uses a different term.
It's no wonder we haven't heard it before, and
business using it is living in the past, way past.
As for Gideon's disdain, he is also wrong. I have
many different dictionaries, good ones and not
one has united inches. Before somebody points out
that united inches is an old term, my 1900
copyright Webster International doesn't show the term.
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