--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_re...@...> wrote: <snip> > So, to answer your question, I.Am, you have *not* > been singled out because of your use of or supposed > misuse of the English language.
Certainly not. That's *Barry's* odd notion, not one entertained by either "I am the eternal" or moi. Obviously Barry didn't bother to read what I was tweaking (not bashing) "I am the eternal" about, or he would have found it pretty humorous too. It's a more generic > syndrome, having to do with MOUSS sufferer's "with- > drawal symptoms" described above. > > For example, statistically, in the last 7 days (which > spans two FFL "posting weeks") this particular MOUSS > sufferer has made a total of 41 posts. In 43% of these > posts (18 of 41) she felt the need to slam someone and > insult them. I get a huge kick out of Barry spending his time going over my posts with a fine-toothed comb, apparently entering them in some sort of database so he can come up with "statistics" to characterize them. I get an even bigger kick out of the fact that after all this effort, his "statistics" are WAAAAAAAY off. That's because, first of all, he assumes every post of mine in response to one of his, or that even mentions him, is a slam or insult. (That's *usually* the case but not always.) Second, he counts every time I *disagree* with somebody as a "slam" or an "insult" even when it's perfectly polite. > But the reason was NOT because of the victims' lack of > familiarity with or lack of knowledge of the English > language, as can be proved by the fact that 24% of her > total number of posts (10 of 41) were spent slamming > someone who makes his living writing the English > language (moi). This statistic is close to accurate. However, Barry's use of the English language often does lead one to wonder where he learned it; it doesn't seem to be the same English the rest of us speak. Also, almost all of that percentage of my posts to or about Barry were in response to *his* slamming or insulting me or someone else. > So it's not your use of English. Never was. Again, it's only Barry's fantasy that I was criticizing "I am the eternal"'s use of English. Had nothing to do with his use of English. Run these same stats > on *any* other poster on this forum and you'll probably > not find as high a percentage of slams and insults. No doubt. But try running stats on *Barry's* posts for the percentage of those with slams and insults. It's by far the highest of anybody here. > It's the MOUSS, and the fact that you're handy, and > few of the other people she habitually insults on this > forum bother replying to her any more, if they bother > reading her in the first place. They don't like it when I call them on their unfairness and inaccuracy. Ignoring stuff that might make them uncomfortable is one way of dealing with it. So you're just the > latest target du jour for Mean Old Ugly Schoolmarm > Syndrome because she's hoping to get an argument > going with you, and to get that "withdrawal symptoms" > monkey off her back. Actually I *quit* this one before it could develop into an argument. A very large proportion of Barry's mistakes are the result of his not reading the exchanges he criticizes. > It's not personal. It's just that you are WRONG, > damnit, and it's the duty of Mean Old Ugly Schoolmarms > to "correct" anything that is WRONG. I loved that cartoon somebody posted a link to, of the guy sitting in front of his computer explaining to his wife that he couldn't come to bed because "somebody is wrong on the Internet."
