IPH 2007-05-20

Hello. I am IPH, an abstract artist and retired information technologist. I live in east Hampshire, southern England. I have created some new pages, and added to many others; I also tidy up grammar, syntax, and typographical errors wherever I happen to see them.

My chosen identifying trigram (not to be confused with a trigraph although, unless you are a phonetics linguistician, this is another word for the same thing) has nothing to do with anybody's Institute of Public Health because I am not an outstandingly healthy person: firstly, I do not do anything like enough exercise for the medical profession's liking; and secondly, I could never have considered a career in medicine because I am too squeamish, too easily disturbed by almost everything to do with the everyday practicalities connected with other people.

Like many Wikipedians I am a bit of a polymath, with many interests. My Userboxes tab expresses some of these in customary Wiki form. My English tab gives some idea of my approach to writing in English. My linguistician tab preserves my article (suppressed by the linguisticians) setting out the reasons why linguisticians should desist from objecting to, and blocking use of, the term linguistician for their occupation (specialists in linguistics).

Personal
♂This user is male.
This user is old enough to remember what a typewriter is, and that's all you need to know.
This user studied or studies at the University of Bristol
BScThis user has a Bachelor of Science degree.
This user is a mathematician.
MThis user is a member of Mensa.
This user is not a pet owner.
Culture
This user knows the Ultimate Answer.
This user knows that math is .
This user prefers the metric system.
This user likes geometry.
This user has a keen interest in physics.
This user is interested in psychology.
This user enjoys reading non-fiction.
This user likes the books of Douglas R. Hofstadter.
This user enjoys films.
QIThis user is Quite Interesting.
ISIHACThis user is a fan of I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue.
P&DThis user was about to drop off when suddenly, tap-tap-tap at the bloody window pane, d'you know who it was? Bloody Greta Garbo.
RDThis user is full of smeg.
ITHello, I.T. , have you tried turning it off and on again? Is it definitely plugged in?
This user is not interested in Uncyclopedia.
This user enjoys the works of
Sherlock Holmes.
Music
This user enjoys classical music.
This user loves the music of Gustav Mahler.
This user loves the music of Jean Sibelius.
This user enjoys Baroque music.
This user is a music composer.
This user has studied orchestration.
This user plays the clarinet.
This user plays the piano.
This user plays the organ.
This user is interested in Flamenco
This user plays the flamenco guitar.
Blue This user enjoys The Blues.
This user enjoys jazz music.
This user enjoys smooth jazz.
Miles This user listens to Miles Davis.
This user enjoys the big band sound
Other interests
This user is a bibliophile.
up Clue dnThis user is interested in Crosswords.
This user enjoys electronics or is an electronics hobbyist.

Location
This user is from Earth.
This user is a British Citizen and lives in the United Kingdom.
This user is of English ancestry.
This user lives in Hampshire
Contact
@This user can be reached by email.
This user has a website, which can be found here.
iph This user uses an email address with his own domain name.
Internet & Web
W3CThis user believes in compliance with W3C standards.
This user contributes to the
Internet Movie Database.
BBThis user contributes using a broadband connection.
HTML-4This user is an expert HTML user.
css-4This user is an expert Cascading Style Sheets user.
Computer & Internet
This user contributes using a PC.
This user has his display resolution set to 3840×1200.
This user contributes using Microsoft Windows XP.
Fx This user contributes using Mozilla Firefox.
This user contributes using Notepad.
ISPThis user uses the email account provided by their ISP.
Programming languages
asm-4This user is an expert assembly language programmer.
BASIC-4This user is an expert BASIC programmer.
C-4This user is an expert C programmer.
COBOL-2This user is an intermediate COBOL programmer.
JavaThis user can program in Java.
js-4This user is an expert JavaScript programmer.
pas-4This user is an expert Pascal programmer.
Perl-3This user is an advanced Perl programmer.
PHP-3This user is an advanced PHP programmer.
SQL-3This user is an advanced SQL programmer.
This user realizes that the Earth isn't an oblate spheroid, but rather a close approximation of one.
ipa-1
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This user has a basic understanding of the International Phonetic Alphabet.
這個用戶認為漢字簡化並無增添或破壞漢字之美。
这个用户认为汉字简化并无增添或破坏汉字之美。
This user thinks that simplification neither ruined nor increased the beauty of Chinese characters.
This user is interested in linguistics.

Public issues
This user is interested in politics.
This user is interested in law.
This user is an advocate of democracy.
This user wants to reform the United Nations.
This user is interested in environmentalism.
This user supports recycling.
This user supports public transit.
This user thinks that Bullfighting should be extinct.
This user supports the creation of an independent country for the Kurds.
This user would like a stable Iraq.
Food
This user eats fish.
This user eats chicken.
This user eats ham.
This user eats steak.
This user prefers pepperoni pizza.
This user likes a 'proper' Pasty.
This user loves Toad in the hole.
This user eats potatoes.
This user loves eating carrots.
This user eats green beans.
This user eats spinach.
This user eats apples.
This user eats bananas.
PearThis user eats pears.
This user eats strawberries.
This user loves cake.
This user enjoys muffins.
This user loves brownies.
This user eats chocolate.
This user enjoys jelly beans.
This user likes ice cream including mint chocolate chip flavour.
This user drinks water regularly.
This user drinks orange juice.
C2H5OH-1 This user drinks alcohol relatively infrequently and is probably the better for it.
This user drinks cider.

This user does not eat/drink — ever, under any circumstances — the following or anything containing any of them as an ingredient:

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  • eggs (except baked in a proper cake)
  • fungi of any kind (including mushrooms)
  • raw fish (including sushi)
  • tomatoes; cayenne or any other kind of capsicum (peppers)
  • pickles (ugh!) and it matters not the slightest whether they're from "The Pickle Guys" on the Lower East Side, or from anywhere else on the planet
  • aubergine — or, as AmE in its rather infantile way has it, "eggplant"; no egg is that colour and almost any fruit can be that shape
  • tabsco, or any sauce either hot or containing vinegar
  • popcorn
  • tea, coffee, Ovaltine, hot chocolate, or any hot milk drinks
  • Coca-cola or Pepsi-cola (or any variation)
  • ordinary wine (some fortified wines OK occasionally)
  • beer (whether ale, lager, stout, or any other kind)

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