ELSEIF Block Would be Good.

[Melanie]

I've said this (in various ways) before, but I'll repeat it again…

You buy a screwdriver for your toolkit. It screws really well and works as advertised – it screws those screws without damaging their heads and leaves a professional clean result. Over time, the screw manufacturers change the head to a Philips, or a Torx or a Star or a Hex. And in response that original screwdriver manufacturer brings out a new tip that's compatible, so your screws can still be screwed professionally and cleanly.

Meanwhile, other manufacturers have brought out Ratchet Screwdrivers and Cordless Screwdrivers, and although those other screwdrivers for sure claim to be quicker or easier to use with more features like textured grip handles, but sometimes they also mess up the heads of those screws and really they might not leave a solid professional job, although admittedly everyone can see they're quicker and easier to use especially for the inexperienced or hobbyist or DIYer.

Meanwhile, that trusty old screwdriver in the bottom of the toolbox just goes on and on, doing not only the job it was originally bought to do, but doing it with a lot of the newer kinds of screws that have come onto the market.

Now I'm talking about a screwdriver here, but you can read into it any way you want.

Some folks just get on with it, some folks just whinge…

[Pic_User]

...some folks just whinge…

Hey, I had to look-up (Google) whinge.
Even my spell checker hic-cupped on it.

Where did I find it, first Google hit?
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language!

I am now adding it to my everyday vocabulary., as I have also added whilst and other useful verbiage.
Other North Americans, think I talk funny. (except mister_e)

Thanks,
-Adam-

[mister_e]

You don't want to hear me A perfect mix of bad and pretty bad English + Quebec French accent

http://wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html#errors

[Melanie]

Adam - Start by junking Websters dictionary (together with all his miss-spellings). I always harboured the thought that the good folks of New England were ready to adopt the Queens English proper and rejoin the Commonwealth. Perhaps that was the real reason for the Queens reconnoiter last week...

[Pic_User]

Oh, that explains why the Queen visited.
When I heard she was coming to America, I started hiding all the tea!
Thought it was a tax collection expedition.

It really is nice to see all the different spellings and word uses in this international forum. Not just the misspellings, which are fun too. The phrases that are very close to our local vernacular, remind us where we come from.

BTW - The spelling differences are because, we shaved letters out of the Queens English, so we could recycle them into new words! (less code space too)
Consider my Webster’s dictionary junked.

Cheers,
-Adam-