[AccessD] OT: Words

Heh... Yeah, I knew what it mean, it just didn't make sense to me due to
how I read the meaning of "second to none" - which was "just above
nothing" vs Stuart's reading of "Never comes Second" (or by implicaiton,
always comes first") - although I have it on good authority from my
female friends that the best boys come last... :-P 

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Charlotte
Foust
Sent: Friday, 25 September 2009 10:18 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: Words

I'm with Stuart on this.  The expression has always meant top of the
heap.

Charlotte Foust 

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Collins,
Darryl
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 5:01 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: Words

 
Since it is Friday in Oz and this came up I thought I would throw in
another one.

"Second to None"....

Which is used in the context of "this is (one of) the best" - for
example "The quality of the workmanship was second to none", although
second to none to me would suggest it is only barely better than nothing
at all - you would almost be just as well off without it at all. Go
figure....

Aaah, English - even those for whom it is a first language stuggle to
figure it out sometimes.

Cheers
Darryl.


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