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Re: Apologies to all teachers.

Post by Upphew » Fri Dec 18, 2009 7:49 pm

brengun wrote:and in conclusion one shouldn,t devalue the seriousness of the issue by indulging in pedantic points of grammar / typo errors
One shouldn't devalue the seriousness of the issue by writing with bad grammar and with typos... especially as Firefox is nice and underlines almost all typos.
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Re: Apologies to all teachers.

Post by Pursuivant » Fri Dec 18, 2009 8:06 pm

Naah, we aren't pedantic here. You are just from a culture where people are nice to idiots. Here you get whacked with a log and shoved under the ice.
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Re: Apologies to all teachers.

Post by AldenG » Sat Dec 19, 2009 12:39 am

Pursuivant wrote:Naah, we aren't pedantic here. You are just from a culture where people are nice to idiots. Here you get whacked with a log and shoved under the ice.
Mass cultures are more likely to do that to their smart people, I think.
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Re: Apologies to all teachers.

Post by Rob A. » Sat Dec 19, 2009 2:59 am

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Re: Apologies to all teachers.

Post by silk » Sat Dec 19, 2009 4:03 am

AldenG wrote:
Pursuivant wrote:Naah, we aren't pedantic here. You are just from a culture where people are nice to idiots. Here you get whacked with a log and shoved under the ice.
Mass cultures are more likely to do that to their smart people, I think.
There is a name for this: Semmelweis reflex

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Re: Apologies to all teachers.

Post by Pursuivant » Sat Dec 19, 2009 12:02 pm

AldenG wrote: Mass cultures are more likely to do that to their smart people, I think.
Thats why Finns need that "dogs bark" distance I guess ;)
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