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Surely life isn't sucking at the mo', is it?
Frizzychick Posted Jan 21, 2001
I shall keep my eye on it and be prepared to be unamused. How will we know what's your stuff? Do you sign your stuff, and what name?
Surely life isn't sucking at the mo', is it?
Nick O`Teen Posted Jan 21, 2001
Oh, he'll probably mention it on the page. I don't sign my stuff (it's too stupid 
) but it'll be credited to my actual real-life name.
He doesn't post anything new on the weekend; he puts something new up there each day of the week except saturday/sunday. The site is locally-themed and is really meant for his group of friends (which I think includes me). This means any humour doesn't necessarily require global appeal, although sometimes they're funny anyway. Of course, a lot of the comics there aren't even meant to be funny. It's just him telling another one of his bizarre stories.
I see that you (correctly) haven't got your hopes up. 
Surely life isn't sucking at the mo', is it?
Frizzychick Posted Jan 22, 2001
I'm sure it will be something.
Oops, better get to work...
Surely life isn't sucking at the mo', is it?
Nick O`Teen Posted Jan 24, 2001
What inspired you to learn SQL, anyway?
Surely life isn't sucking at the mo', is it?
Nick O`Teen Posted Jan 25, 2001
My nephew is doing his homework and he has to identify the vowels in a series of words. This has led to the question, "What, precisely, is the rule for determining whether 'Y' is a vowel or a consonant, in a given word?"
I can't seem to find an answer anywhere on the internet. It seems that 'Y' would be a vowel in these words:
syrup
fry
and a consonant in these words:
yacht
yawn
but what about words containing dipthongs, like "myopia"? And what about a word like "monday"? Is the 'y' a vowel or a consonant? What on earth is the rule?
I can't believe I'm 36 and I've nobody ever taught this rule to me. All anyone ever said is, "a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y". This is driving me nuts.
Surely life isn't sucking at the mo', is it?
C Hawke Posted Jan 25, 2001
Simple.. Y is a vowel when there isn't another vowel in the word so the rule that each word has a vowel is kept.
"a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y". is a better compromise than "every word has a vowel, execept fry, sky..............."
CH
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