Sorry Harv. Yes that was Word
2007. This is Word 1997-2003 and 47kb versus 24kb. g
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Sent: Friday, 4 May 2007 2:35 PM
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Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] Hobbys revisited [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]
Hi Geoff,
I'm one of those weird ones who does actually want to read your
5-page document on hobbys vs hobbies - but I can't open your word attachment. I
had a similar problem the other day with an attachment my sister sent me and
she said they had recently upgraded to Word 2007 and it seems there may be a
problem with our work system (Word 2003) reading the newer versions (a patch is
apparently being worked on by the IT people here but no time frame for its
installation!). I wonder if this might be a similar situation. Both hers and
your documents have a .docx extension rather than the normal .doc extension.
Could you please try to save the document as an earlier version under Save As,
or else simply paste the text into an email for me?? Sorry, but I am
interested...
Harv
Harvey Perkins
CRC Programme
ph (02) 6240 7103 fax (02) 6123 5525
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From: Geoffrey
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Sent: Friday, 4 May 2007 13:56
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Subject: [canberrabirds] Hobbys revisited
You may recall the exchange about the spelling ’hobbys’ in
which a couple of other people were quite interested. I had a nagging doubt
about it and did a bit of a Google and was amazed to find that Julian’s
labelling in FLIKR of a Canberra pic ‘Australian Hobbys’ is practically the
world authority for how you spell ‘Australian Hobby, two or more of’.
This is no doubt being followed in all the best books and journals. The
question is tied up with whether you should say ‘I saw two Hobbys (or Hobbies)’
or ‘I saw two hobbies’, which, as it turns out is a much more difficult
question.
The attached note is the result of further research and
thought on the subject. BE WARNED - do not look at this
unless you are interested in words and language.
You might think I am mad for having written 5 pages on the
subject. As evidence to the contrary I might mention that I once turned
up for a COG walk where it was pouring rain with mud everywhere. A lot of
people went on it but not me.
