Interesting read about the future of Ubuntu
Goh Lip
g.lip at gmx.com
Mon Dec 27 10:09:01 UTC 2010
On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 16:54:04 +0800, Cybe R. Wizard
<cyber_wizard at mindspring.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 08:04:17 +0000
> Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Yo, right on, my good man. I shall not refudiate you.
>>
>> I would not normally correct minor errors in language, but since
>> language is what we are talking about, and I am not sure whether this
>> was an intentional Palinism (and coming from Goh Lip I suspect it may
>> have been)
You betcha! :)
I thought correction would be in order. Refudiate is not a
>> word, I suspect there is confusion between refute and repudiate.
>> Also, in either case. it is the claim that would (or in this case
>> would not be) repudiated rather than the writer.
>>
>> Colin
>>
Thanks Colin, I assure you I did not 'misspoke' (Hillaryism?)
> It's plain to see that the Palin mind is in disrefute. ;-]
>
> Hot dog, I love this list and the clear-thinking that /can/ go on here
> from time to time.
>
> Cybe R. Wizard
Thanks for not misunderstanding (Bushism?) me.
I can appreciate the use of apt metaphors but some euphemisms can make me
cringe.
Perhaps we'll save this for some other day.
Cheers and take care - Goh Lip
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