As a speaker I would probably ask that very rude person if they would like to take over. Graham Nicholls
-----Original Message----- From: zanspi <[email protected]> To: alpine-l <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, 15 Jan 2011 13:41 Subject: Re: [Alpine-l] another civility issue Corrections would be acceptable only when you know the person wants to know the correct (?) pronunciation. Correcting speakers would be unbelievably rude, not to mention disruptive. Most of the time you know what the person is saying no matter how he/she pronounces the words. I remember Howard Pfeiffer's take on pronunciation: "Just say it loudly" Anne Spiegel. -----Original Message----- From: Jim McKenney <[email protected]> To: 'Alpine-L, the Electronic Rock Garden Society;postings copyright by authors.' <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, Jan 15, 2011 8:20 Subject: [Alpine-l] another civility issue One obvious area of consensus in our recent threads on pronunciation was that most people consider it extremely rude to publicly correct someone else’s pronunciation. But there is another aspect of this greater issue which intrigues me. And I’ll bet that many of those outraged at the idea that some pronunciations might be “better” than others will not hesitate to indulge in this bit of lack of civility. In most groups to which I belong, members will not hesitate to correct one another (sometimes very rudely) about the identification of plants, especially if the “wrong” botanical name is used. It goes so far that some people will pipe up and – comity be damned – sharply correct a speaker’s identification during a lecture/slide presentation. In the past this was confined mostly to persons with a highly specialized knowledge of the area in question (and we have not shortage of experts here). But now that so many popular gardening publications jump at the chance to use the latest and greatest name, everyman now thinks himself an expert. How do the rest of you feel about this practice of correcting one another and correcting speakers? Jim McKenney _______________________________________________ lpine-l mailing list [email protected] ttp://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l _______________________________________________ lpine-l mailing list [email protected] ttp://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l
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