Astr...ology or onomy?

Iv'e been working my nuts off (forgive expression) by arranging a public
viewing of the Transit next month. Our local Target newspaper is very
supportive and gave us a good write up in preparation and then they screw it
up by writing (in the first small paragraph) that this is a very rare
ASTROLOGICAL event!!

Can this really be? Have i been misled by this NG and astrology is really
true?? Please don't say yes!!

Seriously though, don't they ever read their transcripts?

Martin A
a dissapointed nutless astronomer



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"Stargazer" wrote in message
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Iv'e been working my nuts off (forgive expression) by arranging a public
viewing of the Transit next month. Our local Target newspaper is very
supportive and gave us a good write up in preparation and then they screw
it
up by writing (in the first small paragraph) that this is a very rare
ASTROLOGICAL event!!

Can this really be? Have i been misled by this NG and astrology is really
true?? Please don't say yes!!

Seriously though, don't they ever read their transcripts?

Martin A
a dissapointed nutless astronomer

As does this reporter I posted about a few days ago on the 17th. Post title
"Extremely rare "astrological" event..."

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...ace_venus_dc_2

Marcus

"Stargazer" wrote in message
...
Iv'e been working my nuts off (forgive expression) by arranging a public
viewing of the Transit next month. Our local Target newspaper is very
supportive and gave us a good write up in preparation and then they screw
it
up by writing (in the first small paragraph) that this is a very rare
ASTROLOGICAL event!!

Can this really be? Have i been misled by this NG and astrology is really
true?? Please don't say yes!!

Seriously though, don't they ever read their transcripts?

Martin A
a dissapointed nutless astronomer

I've been asked by my manager (delegator) to re-design and deploy a website
for an astrology and prediction site. *rolls eyes*
I think I'm stretching my "professional capacity" to the limit on this one!
Just wandering around the place singing "Where are you now Ophiuchus?" under
my breath could start a holywar. ;o)

Cheers,
Jim

On Thu, 20 May 2004 07:15:03 +0100, "J.Hill"
wrote:

I've been asked by my manager (delegator) to re-design and deploy a website
for an astrology and prediction site. *rolls eyes*
I think I'm stretching my "professional capacity" to the limit on this one!
Just wandering around the place singing "Where are you now Ophiuchus?" under
my breath could start a holywar. ;o)

Perfect. Just replace all of the astrological references with
astrononomical ones. Revenge is sweet.

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http://www.pbl33.co.uk
Most recent images http://www.pbl33.fast24.co.uk/recent_images.html

In message , Marcus Fox
writes

"Stargazer" wrote in message
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up by writing (in the first small paragraph) that this is a very rare
ASTROLOGICAL event!!

Can this really be? Have i been misled by this NG and astrology is really
true?? Please don't say yes!!

But it is one of those too. And probably something rare enough that
their "rules" don't even cover it. I predict that a few folk with eye
damage may result from looking at the sun with unfiltered optical
devices.

Seriously though, don't they ever read their transcripts?

Probably not.

As does this reporter I posted about a few days ago on the 17th. Post title
"Extremely rare "astrological" event..."

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...ace_venus_dc_2

Spare a thought for the poor hacks though. Astro-logy / -nomy is an
oddball.

They *may* have been trying to get it right - study of most other
subjects is X-logy :
Aerology, Biology, Cytology, Cosmology, Dendrology, Ecology, Geology,
Horology, Immunology, Lithology, Meteorology, Mycology, Neurology,
Ontology, Psychology, Physiology, Petrology, Radiology, Sociology,
Theology, Tribology, Urology, Virology, Vulcanology, Xylology,
Zoology...

F,J,K,Q,W,Y escape a casual alphabetic list - any offers?

Where-as the subjects named X-nomy are very thin on the ground:

Agronomy, Astronomy, Economy, Gastronomy, Physiognomy, Taxonomy

Astronomy is the only exact science lumped in with this motley crew.

FWIW I was once reported to have obtained an astrology O'level too ;-)

Regards,
--
Martin Brown

Pete Lawrence wrote:

On Thu, 20 May 2004 07:15:03 +0100, "J.Hill"
wrote:

I've been asked by my manager (delegator) to re-design and deploy a website
for an astrology and prediction site. *rolls eyes*
I think I'm stretching my "professional capacity" to the limit on this one!
Just wandering around the place singing "Where are you now Ophiuchus?" under
my breath could start a holywar. ;o)

Perfect. Just replace all of the astrological references with
astrononomical ones. Revenge is sweet.

With Sedna coming into Ophiucus wise Librans will find Venus bringing
a little spice into their passion by painting a small beauty-spot on
the Sun some time in early June. The signs are propitious for sending
all your money to PO Box 73, Appledore (used tenners and Tesco tokens
only)

--
Martin Frey
http://www.hadastro.org.uk
N 51 02 E 0 47

"Martin Brown" wrote in message
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In message , Marcus Fox
writes

"Stargazer" wrote in message
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up by writing (in the first small paragraph) that this is a very rare
ASTROLOGICAL event!!

Can this really be? Have i been misled by this NG and astrology is
really
true?? Please don't say yes!!

But it is one of those too. And probably something rare enough that
their "rules" don't even cover it. I predict that a few folk with eye
damage may result from looking at the sun with unfiltered optical
devices.

Seriously though, don't they ever read their transcripts?

Probably not.

As does this reporter I posted about a few days ago on the 17th. Post
title
"Extremely rare "astrological" event..."


http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...ace_venus_dc_2

Spare a thought for the poor hacks though. Astro-logy / -nomy is an
oddball.

They *may* have been trying to get it right - study of most other
subjects is X-logy :
Aerology, Biology, Cytology, Cosmology, Dendrology, Ecology, Geology,
Horology, Immunology, Lithology, Meteorology, Mycology, Neurology,
Ontology, Psychology, Physiology, Petrology, Radiology, Sociology,
Theology, Tribology, Urology, Virology, Vulcanology, Xylology,
Zoology...

F,J,K,Q,W,Y escape a casual alphabetic list - any offers?

Futurology, the study of the future
Japanology, the study of Japanese culture
Killology, the study of human beings killing other human beings (Grossman's
Theory)
Koniology, the study of dust and germs in the atmosphere
Kinesiology, the study of movement in relation to human anatomy; a branch of
medicine
Koreanology, the study of Korea
Kremlinology, the study of communist Soviet Union
Kymatology, the study of waves or wave motions

None I could find for Q, W Y, sorry

Marcus

Marcus Fox wrote
None I could find for Q, W Y, sorry

Marcus

Quackology? (See the zetatalk troll)

Denis
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"DT" wrote in message
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Marcus Fox wrote
None I could find for Q, W Y, sorry

Marcus

Quackology? (See the zetatalk troll)

I do suppose though if you can have Japanology and Koreanology as studies of
Japanese and Korean culture respectively, you could theoretically also have
Qatarology, Walesology and Yemenology? But technically Wales isn't even a
country.

Marcus

In message , Marcus Fox
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"DT" wrote in message
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Marcus Fox wrote
None I could find for Q, W Y, sorry

Marcus

Quackology? (See the zetatalk troll)

Or study of duck noises?

I do suppose though if you can have Japanology and Koreanology as studies of
Japanese and Korean culture respectively, you could theoretically also have
Qatarology, Walesology and Yemenology?

My (ancient) dictionary didn't have them in, but I think some of the
other k*-logy's did look OK.

I did find serendipitously in the same section "kakistocracy" which is a
perfect handle for the current US Bush administration ;-)

There is also "scientology", the study of L Ron Hubbard's bank account.

Regards,
--
Martin Brown