On Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at 7:26 AM Rebecca via agora-discussion
<agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote:
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> On Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at 11:14 PM Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion <
> agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote:
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> > On 6/7/2020 9:36 PM, Aris Merchant via agora-discussion wrote:
> > >> Amend each of Rule 1023 ("Agoran Time"), Rule 2496 ("Rewards"), and
> > >> Rule 2602 ("Glitter"), in that order, by changing the text
> > >> "in an officially timely fashion" to read "in a stately fashion".
> >
> > This is another case (like my WILL last month) that adding a word like
> > "stately" that means nothing is more confusing than "officially timely"
> > which at least contains the appropriate concepts (official and timely).
> >
> > -G.
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> >
> Agreed, there is no concept of the passing of time whatsoever inherent in
> the phrase "stately fashion". "officially timely" is kind of gross but it's
> also something that doesn't matter enough for me to be mad about it.Yes, there is? From the OED, one of the definitions of stately is "Of movement or gait: slow and dignified; deliberate, sedate". So it's like saying, "in a sedate fashion". I could use that if people would prefer? -Aris
