Milk Powder instead of Milk

Dilliwala · Dec 5th, 2007, 19:06

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Originally Posted by brownboy66

Hey!

It's not my fault! If your having to milk them twice a day you can't really avoid it. Plus I didn't use any acronyms, or words like broadband, megabit,etc......so there!

You're having to milk them twice a day here? Or did u mean back home? (Sheesh, the guy's a dairyman/farmhand too - is there ANYTHING he can't do??!!)
Just so long as u don't milk the bull too!

Sorry, cudn't resist - old Hindi saying, shash will know.

And UHT is an acronym....so there!

(Wasn't using techie in the narrow IT sense)

Nick-H · Dec 5th, 2007, 20:09

Eh? then you pronounce it.

Errr... mabe "uht" is pronounceable in Hindi!

It was Brownboys first technical victory: he pioneered plug'n'play cows: the cows plugged them selves in to the milking machine, and he sat back enjoying!

brownboy66 · Dec 5th, 2007, 20:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dilliwala

You're having to milk them twice a day here? Or did u mean back home? (Sheesh, the guy's a dairyman/farmhand too - is there ANYTHING he can't do??!!)
Just so long as u don't milk the bull too!

Well yes...should have put a tense on that - very much in the past and a few thousand miles away (can't imagine leaving a dairy farm back home, to travel to exotic india to....milk cows again)

(always wanted to use that smiley). And yes - funny enough we have the same "don't milk the bull" saying back home as well.

Alright! - maybe UHT is an acronym -

now hopefully, if any of the normal people have stayed around and not been frightened of by our usual OT banter - maybe we can go back on topic!

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Originally Posted by Nick-H

It was Brownboys first technical victory: he pioneered plug'n'play cows: the cows plugged them selves in to the milking machine, and he sat back enjoying!

unfortunately I can't lay claim to that invention (yes - there is an automated milking shed setup where the cows literally do walk in and plug themselves in so to speak)!

well....you mentioned it first!

Dilliwala · Dec 5th, 2007, 20:14

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Nick-H

Eh? then you pronounce it.

Errr... mabe "uht" is pronounceable in Hindi!

It was Brownboys first technical victory: he pioneered plug'n'play cows: the cows plugged them selves in to the milking machine, and he sat back enjoying!

Oh, now I get it. Not that acronyms vs. abbreviations debate again!

PnP cows -

Nick-H · Dec 5th, 2007, 20:18

It isn't a debate: it's not an acronym unless you can pronounce it as a word. Even better is when the word has become a part of the language to the extent that people have forgotten its origin was an abbreviation. Laser, Scaart, even SCSI maybe --- but U.H.T, no.

Of course, if they'd called it H. U. T. that'd be different!

Can you pronounce uht in hindi, by the way?

Glad you liked the PnP cows

Nick-H · Dec 5th, 2007, 20:20

Thing is, most techies never paid attention in English classes, so they don't know the difference, and, as a result, the word abbreviation is now becoming obsolescent. (Not obsolete

)

Dilliwala · Dec 5th, 2007, 20:26

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Can you pronounce uht in hindi, by the way?

Yes, and in English too. Makes no sense in either, but pronounce, yes.

Alright, it's a litany then, since u're the only one who seems to care about the distinction, heheheh.

PS: I'll look up the meaning of litany myself, please don't bother.

Normal people, BB? U chased them off when u started describing the various processes!

capt_mahajan · Dec 5th, 2007, 20:27

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the word abbreviation is now becoming obsolescent.

Is that like adolescent?

Getting worried. Cows have entered this thread.

brownboy66 · Dec 5th, 2007, 20:28

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Originally Posted by Dilliwala

Yes, and in English too. Makes no sense in either, but pronounce, yes.

and there was I worried about getting off topic......

brownboy66 · Dec 5th, 2007, 20:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dilliwala

Normal people, BB? U chased them off when u started describing the various processes!

well if any of them were hanging around - your designation of uht as a word will have finished them off for sure!

JuliaF · Dec 5th, 2007, 20:33

Er...

surely 'obsolescent' means 'becoming obsolete' ...

sorry Nick I couldn't resist

Dilliwala · Dec 5th, 2007, 20:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by brownboy66

and there was I worried about getting off topic......

Back to topic - look what shows up first in the 'Similar Threads' by Nick himself:

What about the Milk?

EDIT:
"well if any of them were hanging around - your designation of uht as a word will have finished them off for sure!"
I didn't say it was a word - the Q was whether it cud be pronounced.

Nick-H · Dec 5th, 2007, 20:35

Have you heard of Copper NanoTubes?

Apparently they are quite the in thing in certain academic circles, and have become popular on the internet due to their abbreviation, which, I'm sure, was never meant to be an Acronym.

I'm sure I don't have to remind you guys of the chemical symbol for copper...

Dilliwala · Dec 5th, 2007, 20:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nick-H

Have you heard of Copper NanoTubes?

Apparently they are quite the in thing in certain academic circles, and have become popular on the internet due to their abbreviation, which, I'm sure, was never meant to be an Acronym.

I'm sure I don't have to remind you guys of the chemical symbol for copper...

Alright, I no longer accept ANY blame for being OT! Since I did veer the thread back on-topic. So,

There was a bowler (cricket, Nick) from NZ (how apt and coincidental with BB around) by name of Bob Cunis.
Of whom a reporter once said, "Neither here nor there."

CNT's? What's so funny about that?

Love it, BTW.

capt_mahajan · Dec 5th, 2007, 20:42

Now everybody apologise to rakeshs

Dec 5th, 2007, 20:09	#17
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Nick-H Loud-mouthed, Noisy Bird Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 28,426	Thing is, most techies never paid attention in English classes, so they don't know the difference, and, as a result, the word abbreviation is now becoming obsolescent. (Not obsolete )

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