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> it is in exhortation, not as a demand
You're just begging for it, eh! :-)
To earnestly advise or to demand, that is the question.
In the end it does matter two hoots what you intended your imperative usage to be, but what it was understood to be. And I say it was a demand. Considering I did misquote you, I will still (against my better judgement), (reluctantly) accept your explanation (this one time) (as a favour).
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trapped in a revolving door?
I mo beg off from this one.
I do know a long joke that involves being trapped in a revolving door.
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You do that veteran.
This 'begging the question' phrase has salted many an old wound round here - it's probably a wise turn.
What was that tag again?...
Rapport was established only superficially
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This is the first time I have ever done this. People, let me repeat myself: It's often interesting to see what newer people have to say. But this particular one struck a chord, in that at the time, we lamented loudly over how that thread was going on, and on, and on.
I was not calling a "yart". For the third time, this particular one struck a chord. Even if I had been calling a "yart", to me that is not necessarily a negative thing.
I am quite willing to see it as someone telling me that there is info. that I or others might want to look at.
If I had known that that post would bring out all this
negativism, I would not have made it. I will say that we
old-timers did not seem to realize the effect that using this kind of tactic would have on newcomers, but since so many of you have pointed this out to us, this behavior has pretty much ceased. There really is no need to keep bringing it up. If apologies were made, they were made. If they weren't, it's a bit late now, but just in case, I apologize.
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but just in case, I apologize
Me too!
what on earth is everyone on around here - and who's got mine?! 8<)
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what on earth is everyone on around here
Would folks kindly see my post of Tue Jul 31 06:36:41 2001
in I & A, under Memorial: how to contribute?
I know that we can't help getting upset at times, but.
I also keep in mind that I am so thankful that the last words my beloved friend got from me were words of love, and how I would hate it if the last words I got from or gave to someone I cared about were ugly. Actually, come to think of it, it wouldn't matter who it was--I hate to think of anyone's final words being remembered as ugly. We never know when something might happen, people. [/sermon]
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To try to get everyone back into our usual jolly humor, and relative to "beg", why don't we all just say, like H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N, "I big depotment." No, that has nothing to do with a department store. If you've never read it, I highly recommend The Education of Hyman Kaplan by Leo Rosten. A real classic for linguaphiles and screamingly funny. I haven't been able to google it to provide a link, but I did see a link to Amazon to buy it.
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Shouldn't that be H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N?
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