---In FairfieldLife@{{emailDomain}}, <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
You're in a real hole, auth, as anyone can see. You said it was "standard
practice," which it isn't, as I pointed out. Then you backtracked and redefined
"standard practice," wanting to make that phrase mean what you needed it to
mean to get yourself out of the hole you had dug for yourself. But "standard"
is just not the right word in this context, even though you are still using it
in your post today.
Feste, you really have nothing to work with here but you are trying,
valiantly. Just give it up, go back to whatever you were doing before you got
caught up in this cesspool called FFL. I know you have better things to do; get
out that old gingerbread recipe from your grandmother, water the Christmas
tree, write your last-minute holiday cards, take an extra spin around the town
square but please do something more important than whatever this is you're
doing here.
---In FairfieldLife@{{emailDomain}}, <authfriend@...> wrote:
I explained what i meant by "standard practice." Did you miss that part of my
post?
Feste backed and filled:
<< You are so silly, auth. You have not proved a thing. You said it was
"standard practice," which it isn't. OK, so you've found a few examples of it.
Very clever, but my point remains valid. And. That's. All. I. Have. To. Say. >>
---In FairfieldLife@{{emailDomain}}, <authfriend@...> wrote:
Hee hee. In the "relevant thread," Feste didn't believe me when I explained to
him that the period-after-every-word convention was now a standard way to
indicate emphasis on the Web:
"I don't think you have even remotely established this as 'standard practice.;
On the contrary, it's an unusual deviation from the norm. I wasn't impressed by
the link you provided. It was a lot of people asking about the use of periods
after every word, but not a single example that I could see. Nor have I seen a
single example of its use by a good writer. Where are these blogs in which it
is 'standard practice'?"
And I responded:
"No, I didn't suggest that the Google links were to examples. I was responding
to Richard's claim that it didn't exist, essentially, because he'd never seen
it. Obviously many people have seen it, but you wouldn't expect to see links to
examples, for pete's sake. As I said, the next time I come across an example,
I'll give you a link. But you're still overinterpreting 'standard practice,' as
I explained and you ignored" [i.e., it isn't "standard" in that it's used any
time someone wants to indicate emphasis, but rather that it's used often enough
that most readers have seen it before and don't think it's weird; they
understand what it's meant to convey].
As I said I would, I've now provided links to four different examples. (Let me
know if anyone wants to see links to the posts I just quoted.) And now Feste's
pissed off because he looks like an ass for having been so unpleasantly
skeptical (along with Richard and Barry).
Feste huffed:
You are making an ass of yourself again, auth, as anyone who cares to read the
relevant thread can see for themselves.
---In FairfieldLife@{{emailDomain}}, <authfriend@...> wrote:
(Also for Barry and Richard.)
"...Again, these are fake quotes. Palin. Did. Not. Say. Any. Of. These.
Things."
http://www.realclearreligion.org/articles/2013/12/18/sarah_palin_christmas_warrior.html
http://www.realclearreligion.org/articles/2013/12/18/sarah_palin_christmas_warrior.html
