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I'm with you, Faldage. We have to use a bit of common humanity in our use of language and not go to war over every little difference, because ultimately none of us speak the same language. The features we share differ from context to context, the features that vary we can discuss with interest, but above all we have to have enough respect for our fellow sufferers to try and understand their substantive points, as well as taking pleasure or amusement from their choice of language.
An allied point in a discussion about questions ranged over recent weeks at Mike & Melanie's site:
http://www.takeourword.com/TOW127/page4.html#would
(see the previous week for the original Curmudgeon's Corner piece)
A (courteous) war on curmudgeons! and architectificationists
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