Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 23:05:50 03/22/00
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On March 22, 2000 at 18:52:20, Fernando Villegas wrote:
>On March 22, 2000 at 13:35:28, Dave Gomboc wrote:
>
>>On March 22, 2000 at 09:38:37, Fernando Villegas wrote:
>>
>>>Dan:
>>>Each time I see you writting this kind of funny stuff, I feel this site is
>>>getting better and more mature, more pleasant, more relaxed. I hope nobody will
>>>have the silly idea to separate these things from chess things in a second,
>>>different board because of a fundamentalist definition of this place as a sheer
>>>"computer chess place". It is in the mix where the kick is. Pity that some heavy
>>>squared heads does not understand that, but as much they does not ask for a
>>>crusade againts lawbreakers, all is fine.
>>>With LOL
>>>Fernando
>>
>>I'm not exactly sure what you're attempting to accomplish with this message.
>>Speaking for myself only, it manages to appear simultaneously complimentary and,
>>well, uncomplimentary. Presumably I am misinterpreting it.
>>
>>Dave
>
>Dave:
>It is completely complimentary. If you think there is something else, you are
>wrong. Just remember I am not english fluent and so, sometimes, I miss the
>subtilities of this fine idiom. Or it is said "language"? So I was just trying
>to say thanks for a well written and funny piece of fiction.
>Cheers
>Fernando
I'll take the time to point out a few adjectives that in the context of your
message appeared as uncomplimentary to me, so that the next time you intend to
say something completely complimentary, it stands a better chance of coming out
that way.
- silly
- fundamentalist
- heavy squared
The next time you encounter a situation where someone in a position of group
responsibility is doing their best (and mostly, I think, succeeding) to act in a
way that is palatable to the group, as opposed to their personal preference, you
might refrain from poking them in the eye with a stick.
Dave
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