RnF much more interesting since FE died - Page 12

Alawen · #1 06-13-2013, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Hasbinbad [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

That absolutely is NOT modern vs archaic.

Is this the part where I post dictionary links and you argue that the dictionaries are incorrect? We've been down that road before.

Alawen · #2 06-13-2013, 07:06 PM

Incidentally, your inability to avoid insults reduces your ability to communicate effectively far more than any word choice.

Hasbinbad · #3 06-13-2013, 07:07 PM

I choose my spots. They are meant playfully if that helps your sore ego.

Alawen · #4 06-13-2013, 07:11 PM

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I choose my spots. They are meant playfully if that helps your sore ego.

I am at an all time low after the brutal response to my sammich. You cannot make me feel any worse about myself at this time.

For revenge, I'm going to make some partially cooked onions.

Hasbinbad · #5 06-13-2013, 07:13 PM

Dictionaries commonly assign colloquial definitions to words. They are guides for common diction not professionalism. They also like to assign arbitrary definitions to words from other languages, though they have definite meanings in other languages. I'll let the professionals define professionalism and the French define amateur. But thanks.

Hasbinbad · #6 06-13-2013, 07:15 PM

Look, I'm not saying you're wrong in the observations you're making about what people think. I'm saying that what people think is wrong. I think you're absolutely correct that people are idiots and use words wrongly, and that the powers that be support that because they know it ends up in newspeak, which makes doubleplus good profits for the party.

Hasbinbad · #7 06-13-2013, 07:17 PM

Specificity is all that keeps the dumbification of mer'cuh at bay aladerp, how dare you champion the grey area?

Alawen · #8 06-13-2013, 07:39 PM

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Specificity is all that keeps the dumbification of mer'cuh at bay aladerp, how dare you champion the grey area?

At some point I think you have to ask yourself why you're writing at all. If you intentionally obfuscate things and then insist that it's the other party's ignorance leading to miscommunication, does that give you a stiffy?

You would be completely horrified by some of what I do on this contract. I fix all the fatal errors (editorial term for provably wrong spelling, grammar, punctuation) in blog posts written by engineers. I have to leave their horrible syntax, mixed metaphors, and assorted awkwardness intact.

Your A+ post includes fatal errors.

Hasbinbad · #9 06-13-2013, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Alawen [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

At some point I think you have to ask yourself why you're writing at all. If you intentionally obfuscate things and then insist that it's the other party's ignorance leading to miscommunication, does that give you a stiffy?

You would be completely horrified by some of what I do on this contract. I fix all the fatal errors (editorial term for provably wrong spelling, grammar, punctuation) in blog posts written by engineers. I have to leave their horrible syntax, mixed metaphors, and assorted awkwardness intact.

Your A+ post includes fatal errors.

RE: PP1 I do not intentionally obfuscate anything not related to my work as a rake and assassin, so your hair is a bird.
RE: PP2 You've basically gussied up being a grammar nazi. Good job.

radditsu · #10 06-13-2013, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Hasbinbad [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

RE: PP1 I do not intentionally obfuscate anything not related to my work as a rake and assassin, so your hair is a bird.
RE: PP2 You've basically gussied up being a grammar nazi. Good job.