This is getting silly. But it's Friday.

I've heard Brits say it "Man-DATE-ory" Accent on the second syllable. As
in "manDATE."

--
Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
Bend, Ore.

On 07/18/2014 01:10 PM, SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott ) wrote:
> wow...
> never heard that one...far as I know everyone knows that word is
> pronounced   'man - duh - tory' ..........and that's all.
> Like it's mandatory to say it that way.  lol
>
>
> On 7/18/2014 8:43 AM, Stephen Grisanti wrote:
>> And nearly every career Air Force enlisted person I met pronounced the
>> word mandatory as "mandantory."  Let's hope Alistair has been spared
>> that.
>>
>> Stephen
>>
>>
>> On Friday, July 18, 2014 2:35 PM, "SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )"
>> <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> lol..
>> that's just one genre of course...
>> old military-based acronyms.
>>
>> there are whole other realms of course.
>> NRE
>> SO
>> OSO
>> for example, and on and on.
>>
>> ( one means 'new relationship energy', one means Significant Other, and
>> the last one is Other Significant Other )
>>
>>    gets complicated when people start talking about their OSO's DW's
>> daughter .
>> ( DW = dear wife )  lol.
>>
>> still got a great 87 Syncro Doka with 1.9 AAZ TD engine for sale here in
>> So. Oregon .
>> runs fine ...needs various cosmetics like a headliner , etc.
>> asking price is $ 15,500 and I am pretty sure the owner would take 'any
>> decent' offer.  Needs a new home for sure.
>>
>> bfn ( bye for now )
>> Scott
>>
>> On 7/18/2014 7:21 AM, Old Volks Home wrote:
>>> Clearly Alistair never served in the military where SOP was part of the
>>> daily lingo, ad nauseum.
>>>
>>> :)
>>>
>>> Jim Thompson
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>>> 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
>>> 72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
>>> 75 914 1.8 "Nancy"
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>>>
>>> On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 6:36 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Scott, Jim, whoever,
>>>>
>>>> You have to stop using jargon in your messages. What the heck is SOP?
>>>>
>>>> Soldiers on parade?
>>>>
>>>> Starboard or port?
>>>>
>>>> Strange old Protestant?
>>>>
>>>> Sherry or port?
>>>>
>>>> Sandwiches or pasta?
>>>>
>>>> Sunrise over Portland?
>>>>
>>>> The choices are endless.
>>>>
>>>> Alistair
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Jul 15, 2014, at 3:28 PM, "SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )" <
>>>> scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> wrote:
>>>>> there is ALWAYS RISK with just adding a bypass wire like that.
>>>>> perhaps you have already ..
>>>>> but until enough of the harness is revealed and inspected to be sure
>>>>> you've found ALL the melted/shorted stuff..
>>>>> you really can't be totally.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'd sure carry two fire extinquishers ( SOP on these old rigs ) ..
>>>>> and have a way to get batteries disconneted like Right Now.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 7/10/2014 6:21 AM, Karl Wolz wrote:
>>>>>> What I Lind of expected (the bypass, that is).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Karl Wolz
>>>>>> Sent from my electronic umbilicus
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Jul 10, 2014, at 9:16 AM, "Stuart MacMillan"
>>>>>>> <stuartmacm@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> Ric ran a new wire from the switch to the solenoid.