Well you could have just said "true". And of course I think everyone knows the full term. Then again I thought everyone in America would know where they are too so I guess you can't just assume things.
On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 10:39 AM, Horace Heffner <[email protected]>wrote: > > On Jun 17, 2009, at 12:24 PM, John Berry wrote: > > > Just what *is* a viable standard? To what degree should content be >> valued over courtesy? Just how anal do we have to become? >> > > You are the only one being anal about it so far... > > > > The term *anal-retentive* (or *anally retentive*, *anal retentive*), > commonly abbreviated to "anal", is used > conversationally<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversation>to describe a > person with such attention to detail that the obsession > becomes an annoyance to others, and can be carried out to the detriment of > the anal-retentive person. The term derives from > Freudian<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Freud> > psychoanalysis <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychoanalysis>. > > > From: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anal_retentive > > > Best regards, > > Horace Heffner > http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/<http://www.mtaonline.net/%7Ehheffner/> > > > > >
