On Fri, 3 May 2002, Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: > > > > I see 2 patterns superimposed on each other. > > 1 You like to argue with Americans > > 2 You have a problem admitting that you are a disagreeable cuss > > I'd say the latter is an inexcusable personal attack (weather it was meant funny > or not). If Jeroen had said something like this he'd be crusified by a number of > people on this list by now. I don't think it is funny and it doesn't contribute > anything to the discussion.
In American terms, "disagreeable cuss" is actually a pretty mild description, the sort a contrarian might proudly apply to himself, the sort of thing one says with a wink and a grin. It might be tough to parse that out from an e-mail, though. Marvin Long Austin, Texas
