1) I don't call people I disagree with barking mad, unless they really are barking mad. I believe this is the first time in a few months I've called anyone barking mad, and in the intervening time there have been plenty of people with whom I've had disagreements. I think most people on this list would agree that Mr Jack and Naree is "barking mad".
2) Yes, but how many of them? I never said with absolute certainty that all of those were BS examples, only that much of the list was BS. None of the examples which I made it clear I was fairly certain were universal were objected to, and even many of the ones which were objected to proved a point, for example "autumn" vs "fall": there's one variant that's understood in both places, and another that is only understood in one. Which one should be chosen?
3) Mr. Jack & Naree's most recent message is a bit daft ("looks like he failed"). If he had the sense to check, he would see that that message was not, in fact, a response to his "troll test" e-mail but rather to his earlier e-mail which was written in all-caps. And, if it takes two to troll, why is just about everybody else on this list calling him a troll? Does that mean that they're all trolls too? And, of course, this isn't a response to him, but a note to you which is related to but not in response to his message. And if anyone so wishes, I invite them to inform Mr Macdaddy that the troll test, from now on, applies to him as well: if he IS a troll, he'll make another post to this or related threads; if he ISN'T a troll, he won't.
Mark
On 23/09/05, Rowan Collins rowan.collins@gmail.com wrote:
On 23/09/05, Mark Williamson node.ue@gmail.com wrote:
Arguing and trolling is one thing, but writing a response in all-caps is another.
Yes, so much worse than calling somebody you don't agree with "barking mad", only to find that the examples you are objecting to are verified by a number of other users. Hm...
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