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      04-22-2011, 08:02 PM   #45
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Ironic != sarcsastic. As I said, it was ironic that the person complaining about grammar used improper grammar. You pointed out that irony. You did not mock him. Sarcasm can involve irony, but it does not always. Likewise, irony is not always sarcastic.

“Irony must not be confused with sarcasm, which is direct: sarcasm means precisely what it says, but in a sharp, caustic, ... manner." - Eric Partridge (Lexographer)

I'll ignore the personal attacks, an example of an ad hominem logical fallacy.
I was mocking him. Just like I mocked you.

Um, I think I know what my own intent was when I made the original post.

What's the point, Sparky? Or is it "Eric Partridge the world famous lexographer?"
That was sacrasm, btw. LOL.

Anywhoo, it's getting boring now. It was fun at first, but now you've become strangely nerdy. Like those kids we'd beat up after school.

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Oh great so now we're talking about math too?
Now dat be funny.

"I do derision every time I do my ciphering" --Jethro Bodine, 1978.
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      04-22-2011, 08:18 PM   #46
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I do derision every time I do my ciphering" --Jethro Bodine, 1978
The Hillbillies went off the air in 1971

Little things like that make you lose all credibility
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He may be a brilliant mechanic though. I really don't care if my mechanic can't speak or write a lick of English. If my brakes are broken and breaks are what he's good at fixing, and his breaks are my brakes, and he doesn't take breaks while fixing my brakes, nor break my brakes when he's breaking them in with braking, and at the end of the day my brakes are not broken, then we're good. I wrote that as a tribute to this thread and will now sell it to Montessori as a nursery rhyme for kids.
Kind of meant, a long rambling post that talks down to others, where spelling is good for the most part and yet cant spell the word hes an "authority" on.
Saw it happen on a Corvette forum Im a member where some jerk off was berating another, going on and on about how much of an audiophile(he spelled it correctly) he is yet spelled base numerous times refering to subs. Guy turned out to be a know nothing and was outed.
Just stuck with me. know what you mean though.
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I do derision every time I do my ciphering" --Jethro Bodine, 1978
The Hillbillies went off the air in 1971

Little things like that make you lose all credibility
Max Baer(spelling?) who played Jethro, became a big Hollywood bigshot after the show. useless trivia.
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      04-22-2011, 09:05 PM   #49
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This thread is funny and illustrative to an extent of my thoughts on this subject. I have for some time not held a person's use of the English language against him simply because it is not an issue that goes to character. There may be several reasons for an adult's inability to string a few words together correctly to form a sentence, many of which are likely to have been from the formative years and, therefore, outside of his control. Typically, none of these reasons makes him an unworthy/bad person or a fool. Some of the brightest and most successful people I know cannot use English correctly. In addition, none of us is perfect, and I have found that snobbery of any variety almost inevitably results in the snob exposing his dirty drawers and arse in embarrassment. As for Bimmerpost, it is just not that important for the spelling and the grammar in a context such as this to be correct, every time. That said, some spelling and grammatical errors can be distracting, but I simply interpret them and move on. It's not that big a deal. Incidentally, I learned English so the use of a word such as "practice" as a verb is a little distracting as well, but then again, immaterial to the effectiveness of what we're all trying to do here.
Popped in thread, this was first post I see. when I see big block post like this, I read 2 words in and skip.
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Thread is retarded. Move to proper section.
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Kind of meant, a long rambling post that talks down to others, where spelling is good for the most part and yet cant spell the word hes an "authority" on.
Saw it happen on a Corvette forum Im a member where some jerk off was berating another, going on and on about how much of an audiophile(he spelled it correctly) he is yet spelled base numerous times refering to subs. Guy turned out to be a know nothing and was outed.
Just stuck with me. know what you mean though.
true true and understood. btw, i'm jealous of the vette. nice car!
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Thread is retarded. Move to proper section.
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      04-23-2011, 12:04 PM   #53
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I do derision every time I do my ciphering" --Jethro Bodine, 1978
The Hillbillies went off the air in 1971

Little things like that make you lose all credibility
Silly man!

It was a quote Jethro Bodine made long after he went off camera and the show was off the air.

Anybody who knows Mr. Bodine knows this.......
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I was mocking him. Just like I mocked you.

Um, I think I know what my own intent was when I made the original post.

What's the point, Sparky? Or is it "Eric Partridge the world famous lexographer?"
That was sacrasm, btw. LOL.

Anywhoo, it's getting boring now. It was fun at first, but now you've become strangely nerdy. Like those kids we'd beat up after school.

Me like RagingClue better:



Now dat be funny.

"I do derision every time I do my ciphering" --Jethro Bodine, 1978.
No, you were not. Mocking involves imitating in a scornful manner. You were not imitating him. You corrected his grammar. It was an ironic, indirect insult. In correcting his grammar, you implicitly pointed out the irony in his post. As Eric said, sarcasm is more direct, in that you address the problem directly (i.e. "I'm so glad we're having our grammar corrected by such a world-class grammarian.").

That thing about Eric Partridge was sarcasm, good job. You were mocking my use of his quote by calling him "world famous." Ironically (because you would not expect the sarcastic exaggeration to wind up being true), he kind of is famous.

Again, I'll ignore the ad hominem, unless you actually think calling me nerdy really helps your argument somehow.
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Who did? Also, it looks like you attempted to write "Banned", but it says "Bamned" under your username. If you want to go tit for tat!

Nice car by the way!
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No, you were not. Mocking involves imitating in a scornful manner. You were not imitating him. You corrected his grammar. It was an ironic, indirect insult. In correcting his grammar, you implicitly pointed out the irony in his post. As Eric said, sarcasm is more direct, in that you address the problem directly (i.e. "I'm so glad we're having our grammar corrected by such a world-class grammarian.").

That thing about Eric Partridge was sarcasm, good job. You were mocking my use of his quote by calling him "world famous." Ironically (because you would not expect the sarcastic exaggeration to wind up being true), he kind of is famous.

Again, I'll ignore the ad hominem, unless you actually think calling me nerdy really helps your argument somehow.
Let it go already.

This is getting a bit too weird for my blood......
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Thread is retarded. Move to proper section.
I agree and I started this thread. Didn't think it was going to take such a weird twist.

*turns around and walks away...slowly*
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      04-25-2011, 03:21 PM   #58
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Let it go already.

This is getting a bit too weird for my blood......
Ha, you're the one dishing out the insults and I'm the one who needs to let it go. It was originally intended to be a "haha gotcha," sorta thing, but someone had to respond arrogantly and refused to own up to his mistake (we all make them).

Also, what does "too weird for my blood" mean? I've never heard that expression before (honest question).
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