In article , Matt Ion says...
>
>On 28/02/2010 8:26 PM, Duggy wrote:
>> On Feb 27, 1:51 pm, Jan  wrote:
>>> Hey, I've got an idea!
>>>
>>> Let's not discuss the original post at all.  Let's discuss language as
>>> argumentatively as possible.
>>>
>>> Yeah, that sounds like fun.
>>
>> Don't know about fun or not, but it sounds like the internet in
>> general and usenet in particular.
>
>As the old phrase goes, "Arguing on the internet is like running in the 
>Special Olympics: even if you win, you're still retarded."
>
>(Yes, it's politically incorrect... but what really salient adages aren't?)
>

Perhaps.  But generally the folks here respect themselves and each other more
than these samples would indicate:

>You just didn't understand what he wrote.
>You are now THE authority for the English language? 
>Does that mean we all have to pay homage to you?
>...you are not well read.
>Spoken like someone who doesn't understand how language works.
>Get over it.
>Rubbish.

Jan
(who will probably be making many typos for a while, having sliced off a portion
of her left index fingrr over the weekend.)


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