Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Jan 9)

[Bengt Richter]

On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 07:27:42 +1100, Tim Churches <tchur at optushome.com.au> wrote:

>Josiah Carlson wrote:
>> QOTW:  Jim Fulton: "[What's] duck typing?"
>> Andrew Koenig: "That's the Australian pronunciation of 'duct taping'."
>
>I must protest.
>1) No (true-blue) Australian has every uttered the words 'duct taping', 
>because Aussies (and Pommies) know that the universe is held together 
>with gaffer tape, not duct tape. See http://www.exposure.co.uk/eejit/gaffer/
>b) If an Australian were ever induced to utter the words 'duct typing', 
>the typical Strine (see 
>http://www.geocities.com/jendi2_2000/strine1.html ) pronunciation would 
>be more like 'duh toypn' - the underlying principle being one of 
>elimination of all unnecessary syllables, vowels and consonants, thus 
>eliminating the need to move the lips (which reduces effort and stops 
>flies getting in).
>
>Tim C
>Sydney, Australia
LOL. Thanks, needed that ;-)

Regards,
Bengt Richter