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>if you're gonna' get the newbie
how does my owning up to the same typo (esp. responding to a post which questioned that typo) constitute getting the newbie?
what's your agenda?
-joe (OFs get no respect) friday
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I'm from Calgary, Alberta and my native language is English. Although i have tried, unsuccessfully to master the language of french in school. I want to learn french and latin. What about yourself anna?
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defintion is a typo! what wasn't clear about that?!
-ron o. No reason to shout. The original post misspelled 'because', 'becuase'. I was just being a smart-alex. -bill (can't even tred water, let alone tsiwm) gannon-
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what's your agenda?
-joe (OFs get no respect) friday
1. Attention
2. Be allowed to free-associate.
3. Win/lose tough arguments with experts.
4. Let you know how much I enjoy your posts without telling you how much I enjoy your posts.
5. Avoid chores.
6. Increase my understanding of language.
7. Enhance my vocabulary.
8. Partake in an educational setting without having to pay a tuition.
9. Learn the buttons-and-bows of this galdern machine.
9a. Meld phenomenalists with chaoticists into a legitimate third-party, capable of winning three US Senate seats by the year 2020.
10.Distract you just enough to have Gabrial sneak my in-season mare into your stallion's paddock next Wednesday. ( or Monday)
-bill ( lived a good life from MASH residuals) gannon
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how does my owning up to the same typo (esp. responding to a post which questioned that typo) constitute getting the newbie? Becuase we all know that spell check would always catch that typo. Your gentle sarcasm was not lost in this sharn. bill ( braire ) gannon
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>Becuase we all know that spell check would always catch that typo.
sure, if you bother to use spell check.
-joe (sham-a-lam-a-ding-dong) friday
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Because.........their, I used spell check.
-bill ( ooh- heee - oooh- hah- hah- shim- sham- shim- a -lam- a ding -dong) gannon
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gentle sarcasm--huh?
tsuwm is rarely sarcastic, but when he is, he's not gentle about it!
but he is most usually a gentle kind man.
maybe, Just maybe, you mis read his post!
of course i, too could be wrong! But, i've been posting here pretty steadily for the past 7 years or so, and i've had the pleasure of meeting tsuwm in person, and i think i am a better judge of his character, (and when he is being sarcastic!)
I know i have a real problem with tone, (i sometimes sound harsh, when i am aiming for light banter) and i often have problems reading others tone
(ask poor Jackie.. i've learned to 'run' things past her.. Jackie, i repeatedly send her email or PM's and ask: "is this snarkly and mean? or am i being over sensetive and missing something?"--
most times, i am missing something..
Tone, is hard to judge..especially since, sometimes people post nasty stuff, and then slap on a smiley icon, and 'say' Just kidding..
it's hard to believe them..
other times, people gently point out.. that even the best of us, sometimes make typos.. and that the word in question, isn't a word.. (and it eludes us as we search for it in dictionaries) because its a typo!
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My point exactly!!! My wife was reading her E's from home today and had to call people to decipher the tone of their e's. Snarls turned to "Oh, sorry, I just needed more info" Or, " I didn't mean 'right this minute' I just meant ASAP.
tsuwm is my favorite poster. ( sorry about 3rd person here) and I thought I could jab him with some good natured jibes.
I am pleased to have this conversation and everyone's concern.
Tom
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golly, troy, I'm *always being sarcastic (if not cynical). - joe (there, I did it again) fridayp.s. - I wouldn't use an emoticon (<-spell-check flags that) if my reputation depended upon it. 
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