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OnPoint: Association of Community Retailers. Again.

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  • linger,

    (By contrast, practice is the favoured American spelling for both noun and verb. So much for consistency – which, I note, no-one spells with an ‘ns’…)

    Tokyo • Since Apr 2007 • 1944 posts Report Reply

  • linger,

    (…Buggrit, you know what I mean. At the end. ‘nsy’. )

    Anyway. Yeah. Joe Bennett. Wonderful column.

    Tokyo • Since Apr 2007 • 1944 posts Report Reply

  • Sacha, in reply to linger,

    sought to match spelling to pronunciation

    the way of the future as we return to a mainly oral culture digitally.

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report Reply

  • Mark Graham,

    You should read Flat Earth News. roughly 80% of news stories in the UK are straight PR items. Sucks but keep reading the Guardian.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 218 posts Report Reply

  • linger, in reply to Sacha,

    we return to a mainly oral culture digitally

    going digital but throwing away the manual,
    as it were, leaving only speech

    Tokyo • Since Apr 2007 • 1944 posts Report Reply

  • Ian Dalziel, in reply to linger,

    culturevasion...

    ...we return to a mainly oral culture digitally
    going digital but throwing away the manual,
    as it were, leaving only speech

    applying digits to the oral area usually results in 'talking into the great white telephone...' according to the Junior Upchuck Manual
    :- <<<
    ;- )
    <Ducks...>

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report Reply

  • Islander, in reply to Ian Dalziel,

    Truly laughed out loud!

    Big O, Mahitahi, Te Wahi … • Since Feb 2007 • 5643 posts Report Reply

  • nzlemming, in reply to Ian Dalziel,

    You, sir, are a very strange man. Keep on keeping on! :-D

    Waikanae • Since Nov 2006 • 2937 posts Report Reply

  • linger,

    Junior Upchuck Manual

    truly (as Dorothy Parker almost put it),
    not a book to be tossed lightly aside,
    but hurled with great force

    Tokyo • Since Apr 2007 • 1944 posts Report Reply

  • Islander, in reply to linger,

    grrraauuuup!

    Big O, Mahitahi, Te Wahi … • Since Feb 2007 • 5643 posts Report Reply

  • nzlemming, in reply to Islander,

    grrraauuuup!

    Surely that belongs on the other thread?

    Waikanae • Since Nov 2006 • 2937 posts Report Reply

  • Islander, in reply to nzlemming,

    Well, I like to think of it as having equal -eerrrmm- equal application...

    Big O, Mahitahi, Te Wahi … • Since Feb 2007 • 5643 posts Report Reply

  • Phil Lyth,

    (almost a threadjack I know)

    New on the Ministry of Health website, they are listing their meetings w/ Big Tobacco. Recent meetings include discussion removal of power walls.

    This is required under a treaty, Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. I suspect all Ministries (and Ministers?) will be obliged to report meetings. Must ask.

    Wellington • Since Apr 2009 • 458 posts Report Reply

  • nzlemming,

    Definite threadjack (because I’m too tired to go looking for the original thread)

    Briefings to Incoming Ministers are out

    I’ve found 2 that haven’t yet put them up so far (the External Reporting Board and the Commerce Commission), and two doc files (CreativeNZ and SportNZ), one xls (to be fair it is an appendix to Treasury’s BIM) and one docx (Health Quality & Safety Commission). The rest all offer PDF files, a few offer HTML versions as well, and a few offer doc files alongside the PDFs.

    Happy downloading ;-)

    Waikanae • Since Nov 2006 • 2937 posts Report Reply

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