"Rob Dixon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi Jamie.
>
> Jamie Risk wrote:
> >
> > It's been my experience that readers of this group relish a
> > demonstration of their persnicketiness.
>
> pernickety
>
> adj : characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details
>
>
> Is this what you meant? It doesn't tie in with your subject line. And
> thanks for pointing out the alternative spelling with an 's' - I
> didn't know that one.
According to my dictionary, the 's' version can also mean:
persnickety
adj 1: used colloquially of one who is overly conceited or
arrogant; "a snotty little scion of a degenerate
family"-Laurent Le Sage; "they're snobs--stuck-up and
uppity and persnickety" [syn: bigheaded, snooty, snot-nosed,
snotty, stuck-up, too big for one's breeches, uppish]
Which doesn't sound very flattering... :-)
I think we can safely assume that Jamie meant the other definition...
-RN ("a snotty little scion of a degenerate family")
--
Robin Norwood
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"The Sage does nothing, yet nothing remains undone."
-Lao Tzu, Te Tao Ching
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