--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long <sharelong60@> wrote: > > > > Supplying some mental floss for this exchange and just > > in case Judy's use of quotation marks is obfuscating, > > I'm sure it's not me she is quoting as I did not write > > those words. Or even think them. Maybe herself? Or > > someone from another decade? > > > > PS I'd rather be a supposed "pompous, reality-avoiding > > dormouse" than a rageful, reality-obfuscating dirty > > fighter. BTW, The previous sentence shows the clean > > fighting way of using quotation marks as the words > > enclosed therein were actually written by a FFL poster. > > I think we may need a ruling from the judges on > this one, as to whether the use of quote marks > around your own words indicates an attempt to imply > they're someone else's. That sounds like a fairly > strong charge to level against someone without the > opinion of an expert. Couldn't they just be italics? > Is there an editor in the house? Oh wait...there > was one, back on July 31, 2007: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > Someday, Judy, *as* someone who corrects other > > > people's writing for a living, you might figure > > > out that a very common usage of quotation marks, > > > in the absence of italics, is *as* italics, as > > > a way of highlighting words and phrases. > > > > Bull, and you know it. Quote marks are *not* a > > common or even an accepted substitute for italics. > > > > What you and many others use is asterisks, as you > > just did above. > > > > > Only the truly paranoid would see them as an > > > attempt to quote *them* every time they're used. :-)
Well, now we know Barry must be thinking Share is truly paranoid. Actually this exchange was about a completely different type of situation, as Barry knows. If anybody wants me to explain further, I'll be happy to do so. > > > > Nope. You've been using quote marks around your > > own words in an attempt to imply they're someone > > else's as long as I've known you. It's just one > > of your many dishonest tricks. > > :-) > > > ________________________________ > > From: authfriend <authfriend@> > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2012 7:10 PM > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re:to Judy & everyone -- writing for the Church of > > $cientology > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long <sharelong60@> wrote: > > > > > > My apologies to everyone including Judy for my part in > > > this disagreement. If anyone has questions or concerns > > > about my part in it or in the one with Robin, again my > > > request is that you email me directly for sake of > > > sparing the forum any further negativity. > > > > "Especially the negativity of having my mistakes and > > falsehoods called to my attention. I really hate that." > > >
