In article , (Adrian) wrote:

They were, but they were number series that never got issued before
the annual suffix was introduced - so they've been kept (with others)
for issue to newly imported pre-63 vehicles or to pre-63 vehicles
that have somehow lost their original numbers.

http://fleetdata.co.uk/agerelated.html

Fascinating!

Peter Beale ) gurgled happily, sounding much like
they were saying :

Don't mind the gurgling, but why have I been pluralised? :-)

--
Peter Beale

Peter Beale ) gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying :

Peter Beale ) gurgled happily, sounding much like
they were saying :

Don't mind the gurgling, but why have I been pluralised? :-)

"They" is used as a (slightly awkward) gender-neutral singular, rather than
"he/she/it", or "s/he" or some similar godawful murdering of the language.

http://www.crossmyt.com/hc/linghebr/austheir.html#X1a

In article , (Adrian) wrote:

"They" is used as a (slightly awkward) gender-neutral singular,
rather than "he/she/it", or "s/he" or some similar godawful murdering
of the language.

http://www.crossmyt.com/hc/linghebr/austheir.html#X1a

Interesting. However, hallowed by age though it may be, I find its use
considerably uglier than "he or she" or the other alternatives you
mention. But it takes all sorts....

--
Peter Beale

Peter Beale ) gurgled happily, sounding much like s/he/it
was saying :

"They" is used as a (slightly awkward) gender-neutral singular,
rather than "he/she/it", or "s/he" or some similar godawful murdering
of the language.

http://www.crossmyt.com/hc/linghebr/austheir.html#X1a

Interesting. However, hallowed by age though it may be, I find its use
considerably uglier than "he or she" or the other alternatives you
mention. But it takes all sorts....

Better?

In article , (Adrian) wrote:

Better?

:-) I think the "it" could be left out!

--
Peter Beale

On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 13:11:21 +0100, Helen Deborah Vecht
wrote:

(Peter Beale)typed


In article ,
(Paul Corfield) wrote:

On route from Germany to Evobus at Coventry where the route 73
vehicles are being delivered to & then stored.

Thanks, Paul. If it was the 73, I should have expected to see three of
them! :-)

Nah, 73s come in bunches of five...

well they won't in future. It will be horrible in future.

I'm sure they were mostly Routemasters yesterday.

but only until 3rd September this year. Enjoy them while you can.
--
Paul C


Admits to working for London Underground!

On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 at 15:52:00, Peter Beale wrote:

In article ,
(Adrian) wrote:

"They" is used as a (slightly awkward) gender-neutral singular,
rather than "he/she/it", or "s/he" or some similar godawful murdering
of the language.

http://www.crossmyt.com/hc/linghebr/austheir.html#X1a

Interesting. However, hallowed by age though it may be, I find its use
considerably uglier than "he or she" or the other alternatives you
mention. But it takes all sorts....

As may be, but I'm no spring chicken, and I well remember using the
"indeterminate they" when I was at school. Normally along the lines of
"Is anybody sitting there?" "Yes, they are!" (meaning the seat was
reserved). In vain did the school staff point out that "She is" would
be more correct than "they are"......
--
Annabel Smyth
http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/index.html
Website updated 6 June 2004

"Annabel Smyth" wrote in message
...

As may be, but I'm no spring chicken, and I well remember using the
"indeterminate they" when I was at school. Normally along the lines of
"Is anybody sitting there?" "Yes, they are!" (meaning the seat was
reserved). In vain did the school staff point out that "She is" would
be more correct than "they are"......

Surely the reply should be "Yes, somebody is". In Yorkshire, it would be
"'appen".
--
Terry Harper, Web Co-ordinator, The Omnibus Society
75th Anniversary 2004, see http://www.omnibussoc.org/75th.htm
E-mail:
URL: http://www.terry.harper.btinternet.co.uk/

"Peter Beale" wrote in message
o.uk...
In article ,
(Helen Deborah Vecht) wrote:

Nah, 73s come in bunches of five... I'm sure
they were mostly Routemasters yesterday.

Used to be threes when I lived in Newington Green in the 1970s.

Still, there's inflation for you!

The 253 used to always come in bunches of seven. I was told this by someone,
and I experienced it myself. Given that the old 253 was effectively two
overlapping routes, this isn't too surprising, although 6 might be more
expected.

--
John Rowland - Spamtrapped
Transport Plans for the London Area, updated 2001
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acro...69/tpftla.html
A man's vehicle is a symbol of his manhood.
That's why my vehicle's the Piccadilly Line -
It's the size of a county and it comes every two and a half minutes

Terry Harper ) gurgled happily, sounding much
like they were saying :

"Annabel Smyth" wrote in message
...

As may be, but I'm no spring chicken, and I well remember using the
"indeterminate they" when I was at school. Normally along the lines of
"Is anybody sitting there?" "Yes, they are!" (meaning the seat was
reserved). In vain did the school staff point out that "She is" would
be more correct than "they are"......

Presumably, the gender of the person sitting there would be known, though?
Can I also guess that it was a girl's school?

Not always the case on Usenet...

Surely the reply should be "Yes, somebody is". In Yorkshire, it would be
"'appen".

So:-

Terry Harper ) gurgled happily, sounding much
like somebody was saying :

Nah, don't think so. We know who was saying, not just a "somebody". We just
don't know what gender you are. It's relatively easy to take an educated
guess on you from your use of your name (although there are female Terrys),
but "Piccadilly Pilot"? "Magic Mushrooms"? "Solar Penguin"?

How scary is this, when your attribution lines are being grammar-pedanted,
and you're *defending* them....?