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From: "steve.sun...@yahoo.com" <steve.sun...@yahoo.com>
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2014 11:08 PM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Students inquire about pandits during forum FF
Ledger 3/14/14
Sure Judy, you seem to feel it's important to apply a rigorous standard in
setting where it really doesn't matter much. But that's your prerogative of
course.
Sometimes that pays dividends here, I think. Oftentimes not.
Nitpicking over unimportant trivia that doesn't matter in the slightest as part
of trying to demean someone they don't like is their whole ACT. Now that they
can't lure the people they don't like into arguing with them one-on-one
(because most people have "wised up") they try to start bullshit threads like
this one to lower the whole tone of the forum and drag other people down to
their level just trying to plod through them looking for something more
meaningful to read. It's a form of revenge they act out in response to being
ignored.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <authfriend@...> wrote :
It's actually not fine, because it's misleading to those who know what the word
means. Basic rule of thumb: If you don't know what a word means and are too
lazy to look it up, don't use it. In this case, it appears that the idea was to
show off by using a fancier, more technical term when the word "article" would
have sufficed and been perfectly clear. But the more technical term was used
incorrectly, and lack of clarity was the result.
I would have liked to have seen a full transcript, so I asked for the URL. The
response to that request revealed the error, which Richard has been compounding
with his own irrelevant comments about "legal documents" and school records,
which had nothing to do with the issue.
I think for the great majority, (probably 99.9%) of people who have some
education, and for purposes of a chat room, the use of the term transcript in
this instance was fine. I think everyone understood it for what it was. Now,
maybe it, if someone felt so inclined it might warrant some minor
clarification. But doesn't it seem a little out of whack to attempt make some
over sized issue out of this.
You might want to direct that last comment to Richard. (Of course, you're now
attempting to make it an "over sized issue" yourself without even having
understood what the problem was.)
But perhaps "grudges" must always supersede general cordiality.
No, "grudges" aren't a factor here, except perhaps for yours against me.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <emilymaenot@...> wrote :
You are in delusion too much of the time, Richard. I don't know if you really
believe your convoluted posts or if you do it on purpose to amuse yourself.
You are losing/have lost all credibility with this MO. The point was to clear
up Share's lack of knowledge about using the word "transcript" to mean
"article" - it was an inaccurate use of the word in the way she was applying
it. Your post is completely irrelevant and meaningless. Case closed.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <punditster@...> wrote :
>From now on and henceforth, on
FFL, a
transcript means any written record of a speech, debate, or
a discussion; and shall not be used as a legal document in any
case law; or submitted to a school board as a record of grades
and course completed. To reiterate: A transcript is any written record of a
speech, debate, or
discussion. There are no legal documents on
this chat site. Case closed.
On 3/16/2014 10:45 AM, authfriend@... wrote:
>>>
A transcript is
a complete, verbatim written record of everything that was
said, without narrative interpolations (except perhaps for "[laughter]" or
"[applause]").
>
>>
>A transcript is
a complete, verbatim
written record of everything that was said, without narrative
interpolations (except perhaps for "[laughter]" or "[applause]").
>You are overruled 2-1:
On FFL and most other
discussion groups, a
transcript means any written record of a speech, debate,
or
discussion, not a legal document. Sorry, you don't make
the rules
around here. Now take your seat, Ms Stein.
