Hands-on with the iRex iLiad - Page 10

NatCh · 05-17-2006, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Riocaz

We wait with baited breath...

"bated" -- otherwise it sounds like you've been eating worms and minnows.

doctorow · 05-17-2006, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by NatCh

"bated" -- otherwise it sounds like you've been eating worms and minnows.

* yummy * you've been describing my lunch meal here.

Riocaz · 05-17-2006, 11:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NatCh

"bated" -- otherwise it sounds like you've been eating worms and minnows.

You are absolutely correct.

I apologise (I knew I should have checked that spelling).

Makes me sound like a participant on "I'm a celebrity, get me out of here" (A UK celeb reality show)

CommanderROR · 05-17-2006, 11:41 AM

lol...I looked at the sentence and saw that something was not right...but somehow my brain didn't register that the mistake was a simple misspelling of bated as baited...^^

NatCh · 05-17-2006, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Riocaz

I knew I should have checked that spelling

nah, spell checker wouldn't have caught it as "baited" is spelled correctly.

Reminds me of the time I wrote in a paper about someone being "borne" on such and such a date -- it was 4:30 AM and the spell checker merrily let it through.

Fortunately that prof had a good sense of humor as that was only one of the multitude of such errors on that paper.

(you should always start your papers sooner than 6 hours before the morning they're due)

Didn't mean to be nitpicky, sometimes I can't help myself. Oddly enough, the more obscure, unimportant points seem to be more tempting for me, probably further indication of my own oddity.

TadW · 05-17-2006, 11:48 AM

Tsk tsk, guys, you really know how to make new joiners feel bad.

Whether bate, bait, berate, or whatever, we get the meaning, right?

Riocaz · 05-17-2006, 11:49 AM

Well in my (half-hearted) defence:

Even the UK press use the wrong spelling. But I had hoped my grasp of spelling was a bit better than the Daily Mirror :-)

http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-bai1.htm

NatCh · 05-17-2006, 11:55 AM

You're right, TadW, bad habit,

Riocaz, I certainly meant no offense and respectfully apologize for any I gave.

I'll attempt in the future to bate my berates, however baited I may feel.

Riocaz · 05-17-2006, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by NatCh

nah, spell checker wouldn't have caught it as "baited" is spelled correctly.

No but a dictionary (or google) would have. Which is what I meant.

Quote:

Originally Posted by TadW

Tsk tsk, guys, you really know how to make new joiners feel bad.

Whether bate, bait, berate, or whatever, we get the meaning, right?

True, but this is a forum devoted to mobile publishing/reading. So one should do their best to use language correctly. (On a complete tangent: When the h*ll did I turn into a member of the Royal Family?)

And anyway it was funny. :-)

Quote:

Originally Posted by NatCh

Riocaz, I certainly meant no offense and respectfully apologize for any I gave.

No apology neeeded. No offence was given, nor taken.

CommanderROR · 05-17-2006, 05:41 PM

I don't want to drive you nuts...but why haven't we heard from Henrycat yet? Maybe his internet is down once again...or his Iliad wasn't returned yet...:-)

I think it's about time we got our own Iliads...if this goes on much longer we'll pester Henrycat so much he'll drop his Iliad out of the weindow just to escape out never-ending stream of questions...and then we'll probably just go ahead and ask whether it survived the fall...^^

Scifier · 05-17-2006, 07:52 PM

Hi,

As soon as we started talking about spellings and dictionaries:

I’m not a native English speaker and I’m frequently using “touch-and-translate”
feature of software I use to read the e-books (I’m using Haali Reader with my Pocket PC).

Are there any chances that this feature (instant translation of the word) might be included to iLiad OS (software pack, whatever) any time soon?

TadW · 05-18-2006, 03:53 AM

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Originally Posted by CommanderROR

I don't want to drive you nuts...but why haven't we heard from Henrycat yet? Maybe his internet is down once again...or his Iliad wasn't returned yet...:-)

It seems quite natural that his boss doesn't want to return the iLiad to him

Riocaz · 05-18-2006, 04:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TadW

It seems quite natural that his boss doesn't want to return the iLiad to him

You make a fair and valid point...

Has anyone heard about a seemingly nice guy randomly attacking his Boss with a sharp implement due to him hogging a new gadget?

tribble · 05-18-2006, 04:46 AM

Henrycat probably got send away to a mission somewhere near Antactica in the last minute. Oh, and his boss just didnt have the time to give him back his iLiad. Damn, the world is sooo bad.

Henrycat · 05-18-2006, 04:59 AM

Boss in Spain... Maybe tomorrow he'll be back...

Shouldn't have shown him how to "print" docs to pdf, probably reading da vinci code before going to see the movie...

05-17-2006, 07:52 PM	#146
Scifier [=>>=] Posts: 24 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Asus 620BT (was), Irex Iliad (was), Kindle Keyboard, Android phone	Hi, As soon as we started talking about spellings and dictionaries: I’m not a native English speaker and I’m frequently using “touch-and-translate” feature of software I use to read the e-books (I’m using Haali Reader with my Pocket PC). Are there any chances that this feature (instant translation of the word) might be included to iLiad OS (software pack, whatever) any time soon? Last edited by Scifier; 05-17-2006 at 10:43 PM.

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05-17-2006, 11:41 AM	#139
CommanderROR eink fanatic Posts: 2,022 Karma: 4924 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Germany Device: STAReBOOK, iRex Iliad, Sony 505, Kindle 2	lol...I looked at the sentence and saw that something was not right...but somehow my brain didn't register that the mistake was a simple misspelling of bated as baited...^^

05-17-2006, 11:48 AM	#141
TadW Uebermensch Posts: 2,583 Karma: 1094606 Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Italy Device: Kindle	Tsk tsk, guys, you really know how to make new joiners feel bad. Whether bate, bait, berate, or whatever, we get the meaning, right?

05-17-2006, 11:49 AM	#142
Riocaz Fulfilled but not by iRex Posts: 932 Karma: 286846 Join Date: May 2006 Location: London Device: Far too many	Well in my (half-hearted) defence: Even the UK press use the wrong spelling. But I had hoped my grasp of spelling was a bit better than the Daily Mirror :-) http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-bai1.htm

05-17-2006, 11:55 AM	#143
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	You're right, TadW, bad habit, Riocaz, I certainly meant no offense and respectfully apologize for any I gave. I'll attempt in the future to bate my berates, however baited I may feel.

05-17-2006, 05:41 PM	#145
CommanderROR eink fanatic Posts: 2,022 Karma: 4924 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Germany Device: STAReBOOK, iRex Iliad, Sony 505, Kindle 2	I don't want to drive you nuts...but why haven't we heard from Henrycat yet? Maybe his internet is down once again...or his Iliad wasn't returned yet...:-) I think it's about time we got our own Iliads...if this goes on much longer we'll pester Henrycat so much he'll drop his Iliad out of the weindow just to escape out never-ending stream of questions...and then we'll probably just go ahead and ask whether it survived the fall...^^

05-18-2006, 04:46 AM	#149
tribble iLiad Maniac Posts: 1,382 Karma: 2369 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Germany Device: Bookeen Opus (i love that thing) and iPad (what an irony)	Henrycat probably got send away to a mission somewhere near Antactica in the last minute. Oh, and his boss just didnt have the time to give him back his iLiad. Damn, the world is sooo bad.

05-18-2006, 04:59 AM	#150
Henrycat Zealot Posts: 149 Karma: 1146 Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Pernes. A small village in Portugal. Device: Kindle Voyage	Boss in Spain... Maybe tomorrow he'll be back... Shouldn't have shown him how to "print" docs to pdf, probably reading da vinci code before going to see the movie...

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