--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> 
wrote:
> > > [...]
> > > > Um, it doesn't "just happen" to refute it, it's
> > > > chosen quite deliberately because it *does* refute
> > > > it.  (Actually the correct term here is "rebut,"
> > > > not "refute," unless we're talking about correcting
> > > > a misquote.  "Rebut" means to prove wrong; "rebut"
> > > > simply means to challenge.)
> > > 
> > > Is this one of those "damned if you do, damned if
> > > you don't" arguments?
> > > 
> > > Or perhaps marklar is marklar?
> > 
> > Huh??
> 
> You said: "Rebut" means to prove wrong; "rebut" simply means
> to challenge."

Urk.  So I did.  I meant "refute" means to prove wrong...

> marklar is marklar.

No idea what marklar is.  But your "damned if you do"
wisecrack almost made me pee my pants now that you've
pointed out my error.








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