On Aug 4, 2009, at 5:07 PM, "Daniel C." <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 4:48 PM, Levi Pearson<[email protected]>  
> wrote:
>> You know where you can take your linguistic elitism.  Jargon and  
>> silly
>> language manipulation have been a part of culture for as long as
>> language has existed, and it's certainly a big part of 'hacker'
>> culture.  Your pretension is the issue here, not ignorance.
>
> There is a difference between wordplay and a mistake.  One should be
> appreciated; the other corrected.

And whom may I ask is to make such a distinction? It might be a  
mistake, maybe it was intended. Better not jump to conclussions,  
because that's when we get it wrong. Give the man the benefit of the  
doubt, why not assume that it was a whitty comment and move on?  Why  
get all bent out of shape over it.

Dallin

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