From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/57375 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Frank Schmitt Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Wizards! I mean, Assistants! Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 19:59:55 +0200 Organization: Hamme net, kren mer och nimmi Sender: ding-owner@lists.math.uh.edu Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1084749048 17354 80.91.224.253 (16 May 2004 23:10:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 23:10:48 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ding-owner+M5915@lists.math.uh.edu Mon May 17 01:10:42 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.13]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BPUmH-0000ee-00 for ; Mon, 17 May 2004 01:10:42 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by malifon.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1BPUm2-0005v3-00; Sun, 16 May 2004 18:10:26 -0500 Original-Received: from util2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.23]) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1BPUkR-0005aG-00 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Sun, 16 May 2004 18:08:47 -0500 Original-Received: from justine.libertine.org ([66.139.78.221] ident=postfix) by util2.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BPUkO-0008F3-KJ for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Sun, 16 May 2004 18:08:44 -0500 Original-Received: from quimbies.gnus.org (quimbies.gnus.org [80.91.231.2]) by justine.libertine.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B72543A020A for ; Sun, 16 May 2004 18:08:43 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: from larsi by quimbies.gnus.org with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1BPUjx-0007r5-00 for ; Mon, 17 May 2004 01:08:17 +0200 Original-Received: from util2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.23]) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1BPSJ1-0004cE-00 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Sun, 16 May 2004 15:32:19 -0500 Original-Received: from justine.libertine.org ([66.139.78.221] ident=postfix) by util2.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BPSIz-000753-PT for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Sun, 16 May 2004 15:32:17 -0500 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.224.249]) by justine.libertine.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 318FB3A0208 for ; Sun, 16 May 2004 15:32:16 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BPSIx-0005mL-00 for ; Sun, 16 May 2004 22:32:15 +0200 Original-Received: from pd9ead6f3.dip0.t-ipconnect.de ([217.234.214.243]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 16 May 2004 22:32:15 +0200 Original-Received: from ich by pd9ead6f3.dip0.t-ipconnect.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 16 May 2004 22:32:15 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pd9ead6f3.dip0.t-ipconnect.de X-Face: :EL9TzGRN){7|oE2~xQ8Q(VjpjsXgX$~gi&rYD5J5p)$w\Thdl~v:7h`/n)J!8nXT%_+Wj6}@EHM8}QbA(9nX-wrQ:ch1%DauV[?kFasXUcnL#+"K8zOx&$@/M'/},q-eztaJra1|?C+p$h\2XnK-HB"8_U writes: >> Another idea is to spin something off the swedish word (but surely >> also part of most scandinavian languages) "(hus-)tomte" which are >> small creatures that help people do things, like milk a cow and >> other everyday matters. I don't know an english word for it, >> though. > > "Troll". :-) Or leprechaun. Both have some negative meanings in common games :-) -- Did you ever realize how much text fits in eighty columns? If you now consider that a signature usually consists of up to four lines, this gives you enough space to spread a tremendous amount of information with your messages. So seize this opportunity and don't waste your signature with bullshit nobody will read.