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

--- faith  'fath\ n : firm belief in something for which there is no proof.
Webster's  Dictionary

> 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
>
>

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 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

That would be 'too' sensitive....

"donster" <don@moab-utah.com> wrote in message
news:qUbFd.3596$Bt3.1978@news01.roc.ny...
> Maybe just a little to sensitive...or intolerant. Just guessin'. Call me
> anything but late for supper.
>
> Yitz wrote: 
nation. 

Main Entry: Hec·ate
Pronunciation: 'he-k&-tE, 'he-k&t
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin, from Greek HekatE
: a Greek goddess associated especially with the underworld, night, and
witchcraft

?

"Hecate" <hecate@newsguy.com> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 10:28:34 -0500, "Yitz" <thanks@for.nothing> wrote:
> 
>
> Almost everyone does so...
> 
nation.
>
> ...so it's nothing to do with being British....
> 
>
> No - one are a group of people, the other is a piece of software...
> 
> No, you're an idiot.
>
>  --
>
> Hecate - The Real One
> Hecate@newsguy.com
> veni, vidi, reliqui

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

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