A silly digression on nits and how to pick them.

Message: 5 Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:18:57 -0400 (EDT) From: brunians at brunians.org Subject: Re: (urth) A second dream team: Mucor, Oreb, and Pike Why is it important to you that other people should conform to your standards of correctness, Mark? If you understand what they are saying, is it really necessary that you point out to them that they are wrong? Why do you do this, if it is not necessary?

On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 9:08 PM, Kieran Mullen <kieran at ou.edu> wrote: On Wednesday night I read: Message: 5 Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:18:57 -0400 (EDT) From: brunians at brunians.org Subject: Re: (urth) A second dream team: Mucor, Oreb, and Pike Why is it important to you that other people should conform to your standards of correctness, Mark? If you understand what they are saying, is it really necessary that you point out to them that they are wrong? Why do you do this, if it is not necessary? And I immediately thought: "Eye suppoze ewer rite. If ewe can sea watt peephole are saying itz knot raleigh kneaded two poynt out tooth em that they are rung." Mr. Millman may have been a bit exasperated in his corrections, but they were short and to the point. I learned something from them. We should aspire to use these unfamiliar words correctly. Kieran "Should anal-retentive be hyphenated?" Mullen _______________________________________________

Kieran Mullen wrote: Mr. Millman may have been a bit exasperated in his corrections, but they were short and to the point. I learned something from them. We should aspire to use these unfamiliar words correctly.

Kieran Mullen wrote:

Mr. Millman may have been a bit exasperated in his corrections, but they were short and to the point. I learned something from them. We should aspire to use these unfamiliar words correctly.

As the corrected poster, I would like to say that I didn't mind too much. I would rather have had feedback on the substance of my post, but it was an interesting response anyway and it showed me that someone was reading and paying attention. I do attempt to use words correctly and the gender-neutral use of "inhumi" was a bit of a grammatical stretch. _______________________________________________

Kieran Mullen wrote:

Mr. Millman may have been a bit exasperated in his corrections, but they were short and to the point. I learned something from them. We should aspire to use these unfamiliar words correctly.

As the corrected poster, I would like to say that I didn't mind too much. I would rather have had feedback on the substance of my post, but it was an interesting response anyway and it showed me that someone was reading and paying attention. I do attempt to use words correctly and the gender-neutral use of "inhumi" was a bit of a grammatical stretch. _______________________________________________ Urth Mailing List To post, write urth at urth.net Subscription/information: http://www.urth.net

On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 7:05 AM, <brunians at brunians.org> wrote: But would a gay inhumu be an inhomo?

On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 7:05 AM, <brunians at brunians.org> wrote:

But would a gay inhumu be an inhomo?

I think he'd just be an inhumu in good humor.

From: "Matthew King" <automatthew at gmail.com> On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 7:05 AM, <brunians at brunians.org> wrote:

But would a gay inhumu be an inhomo?

I think he'd just be an inhumu in good humor. _______________________________________________

On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 3:52 PM, <jayrwasdf at comcast.net> wrote: Wouldn't that be a inhoho?

On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 2:14 PM, Matthew King <automatthew at gmail.com> wrote: On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 3:52 PM, <jayrwasdf at comcast.net> wrote:

Wouldn't that be a inhoho?

Tu quoque? _______________________________________________ Urth Mailing List To post, write urth at urth.net Subscription/information: http://www.urth.net

Wouldn't that be a inhoho? sorry. -j -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Matthew King" <automatthew at gmail.com> On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 7:05 AM, <brunians at brunians.org> wrote:

But would a gay inhumu be an inhomo?

I think he'd just be an inhumu in good humor. _______________________________________________

I think it's time to inhume this thread... On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 2:14 PM, Matthew King <automatthew at gmail.com> wrote:

On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 3:52 PM, <jayrwasdf at comcast.net> wrote:

Wouldn't that be a inhoho?

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On Aug 14, 2008, at 4:30 PM, brunians at brunians.org wrote: I tried, Lord knows. Maybe put a big rock over it?

On Aug 14, 2008, at 4:30 PM, brunians at brunians.org wrote:

I tried, Lord knows. Maybe put a big rock over it?

Throw it in a deep pit. That always works. No one ever escapes from deep pits.