On Apr 7, 5:44 pm, "John Briggs" <john.brig...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Chess One wrote:
> > "Charlie Wilkes" <charlie_wil...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> >news:pan.2008.03.19.15.54.19@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> >>> Snap poll: What do people thinkPhilhas been smoking?
>
> >> Hmmm. Good question.
>
> >> At one time alt.usenet.kooks bestowed an award called "Illucidious
> >> Maximus," to recognize individuals with a flair for incomprehensible
> >> writing.
>
> >> From what I have seen, Prof.Innesis without peer in this regard and
> >> would be an excellent candidate for this award, if it still exists.
>
> >> Charlie
>
> > I suppose one benefit of being an abusenik is that you are free to be
> > free of wit and wits. I wonder if other net-stalkers will join you in
> > your content-free abuse campaign. If you are too thick to understand
> > content, consider that it might not be other people's fault, and you
> > might go join Eyeore and in the 100 acre wood where you can be
> > bi-polar together.
> > OTOH - if you wanted to leave the 'Old English is Dead' school of
> > thought, then its necessary to not only understand the 4 words /are/
> > old English, but that this has a bearing on the intelligence of the
> > person who wrote them. That is to say, not attempting content is, to
> > use a psychological word, daft.
>
> > Formerly there were 2 areas of discussion here - the amount of Celtic
> > language absorbed or adopted or migrated into English, and the other
> > to do with County name suffixes. It is insufficient in either case to
> > say what you 'believe' or even what others believe, or even what
> > whole groups of people conspire together to warm themselves with,
> > from the shelter of the 100 acre wood.
>
> > Instead you have to make a reasonable try to say how you know what you
> > propose. You don't have to be right, but you do need to adequately
> > state your perspective.
>
> > Otherwise, sadly, it moo moo moo for you [unless you prefer donkey
> > noises] or even frogs!~
>
> > WILKY; a frog or toad [West]
>
> Can't you find other groups to troll?
> --
> John Briggs
He's already made a home in rec.games.chess.politics, and occasionally
in humanities.lit.author.shakespeare.
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