why does it irk me when Brits call illustrator 'Illy.'

my dad is British and I get along very well with him so it's not the nation.

Is that the same as me calling the British 'Brits'? Am I a hypocrite?

Yitz

You probably don't like the ring of it.  It's sounds a bit.......cheesy.
But it is a lot easier/faster to type.

Steve

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> From: "Yitz" <thanks@for.nothing>
> Organization: Bell Sympatico
> Newsgroups: alt.graphics.illustrator
> Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 10:28:34 -0500
> Subject: Brits
>
> why does it irk me when Brits call illustrator 'Illy.'
>
> my dad is British and I get along very well with him so it's not the natio
n.
>
> Is that the same as me calling the British 'Brits'? Am I a hypocrite?
>
> Yitz
>
>

Maybe just a little to sensitive...or intolerant. Just guessin'. Call me
anything but late for supper.

Yitz wrote:
> why does it irk me when Brits call illustrator 'Illy.'
>
> my dad is British and I get along very well with him so it's not the natio
n.
>
> Is that the same as me calling the British 'Brits'? Am I a hypocrite?
>
> Yitz
>
>

I'm Canadian and I write Illy. I don't say Illy though. I type it because
it's shorter and seems more accepted than AI.

"Yitz" <thanks@for.nothing> wrote in message
news:ImbFd.25491$b64.685583@news20.bellglobal.com...
> why does it irk me when Brits call illustrator 'Illy.'
>
> my dad is British and I get along very well with him so it's not the
nation.
>
> Is that the same as me calling the British 'Brits'? Am I a hypocrite?
>
> Yitz
>
>

Alexgirl wrote:
> I'm Canadian and I write Illy. I don't say Illy though. I type it because
> it's shorter and seems more accepted than AI.
>

i don't 'say' 'Illy' in public.. NOooooo.. sounds very gay.
like calling Photoshop 'Photy' or someink.
i don't like 'Illy' coz it makes it sound like a big girl's program.
i request, from now on, the abbreviated form of 'strator.
or Ill.
from a reactionary Brit

Yitz wrote:
>
> why does it irk me when Brits call illustrator 'Illy.'
>
> my dad is British and I get along very well with him so it's not the natio
n.
>
> Is that the same as me calling the British 'Brits'? Am I a hypocrite?
>
> Yitz

Maybe, I am Dutch, and I never used the word Illy until I saw it in this
group. I thought it sounded sweet and moreover I thought it saved me typing;
)

steg

MArtin Chiselwitt wrote:
>
> Alexgirl wrote: 
>
> i don't 'say' 'Illy' in public.. NOooooo.. sounds very gay.
> like calling Photoshop 'Photy' or someink.
> i don't like 'Illy' coz it makes it sound like a big girl's program.
> i request, from now on, the abbreviated form of 'strator.
> or Ill.
> from a reactionary Brit

Photy.......yikes!!!!!!!!!

steggy

On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 10:28:34 -0500, "Yitz" <thanks@for.nothing> wrote:

>why does it irk me when Brits call illustrator 'Illy.'

Almost everyone does so...

>my dad is British and I get along very well with him so it's not the nation.[/color
]

...so it's nothing to do with being British....

>Is that the same as me calling the British 'Brits'?

No - one are a group of people, the other is a piece of software...

>Am I a hypocrite?
>
No, you're an idiot.

--

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Miriam Webster says...

One entry found for illy.
Main Entry: il·ly
Pronunciation: 'i(l)-lE
Function: adverb
: not wisely or well : BADLY, ILL <his illy concealed pride -- Della Lutes>

This would kinda confirm what it does to Yitz. Eh!

Personally I go along with the less typing thing.

Alexgirl wrote:
> I'm Canadian and I write Illy. I don't say Illy though. I type it because
> it's shorter and seems more accepted than AI.
>
> "Yitz" <thanks@for.nothing> wrote in message
> news:ImbFd.25491$b64.685583@news20.bellglobal.com...
> 
>
> nation.
> 
>
>
>

"Yitz" <thanks@for.nothing> wrote in message
news:ImbFd.25491$b64.685583@news20.bellglobal.com...
> why does it irk me when Brits call illustrator 'Illy.'
>
> my dad is British and I get along very well with him so it's not the
nation.
>
> Is that the same as me calling the British 'Brits'? Am I a hypocrite?
>
> Yitz
>
>
Because it reminds you or Piccadilly, which you hate, remember?

Just kidding! I have no idea.  But since this NG is Illustrator specific,
maybe AI for Adobe Illustrator (like the file type) might work. It's half as
long as "Illy" and therefore about twice as fast to type, but it involves
both hands. On the downside, AI can mean Artificial Intelligence too.  But I
use that a lot too!

Just being s...Illy,

Peadge :-)