I was going to stop, but then...

Duane Rettig  <duane@franz.com> wrote:
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| We still have a good argument going!
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Alrighty, then!

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| Harald Hanche-Olsen <hanche@math.ntnu.no> writes:
| > I was gonna ask if that was the possessive (the Up of the Head) or a
| > statement of fact (the Head is Up), but I restrained myself.
| 
| Yeah, just like we say in California: "Surf's Up!".
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"Surf's Up!" is indeed a simple statement of fact in the
indicative mood -- "The surf is up."  But "Heads Up!" is
imperative mood, as in "Get your @$!^$# heads up if you
don't want them knocked off!"  Think prairie dogs...    ;-}


-Rob

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