dobro
Well-known member
Alternately, you could get your hands on the nearest mic available to you and do some recording, instead of looking up my arse with a microscope searching for things to wonder about... 
Lame Thrower
New member
Dobro, you almost made me spit out my morning tea with that one.
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hk_runner
New member
only trying to be helpful
Littledog,
You're right that none of us misinterpreted dobro's phrase. Even I, the one who tried to make clarification, didn't misinterpret dobro's phrase. Nevertheless there's a clearer way of putting that message across.
Dobro himself acknowledged that after reading my post.
I enjoy the casual and colourful use of language in a bbs. But in this particular case I noticed that the sentence was referring to Harvey. It would have been unfortunate if a sentence intended to highlight the guru's contribution had appeared to mean something opposite, even though Harvey, I'm sure, would understand the intended meaning.
Double negatives ain't no problem in my book. But dobro's original sentence is not a double negative. It is not a slang or an idiomatic expression either.
In my post I didn't call for strict compliance with syntax. I took care to avoid using words like "mistake", "error", "wrong" or "confusing". In the last paragraph I emphasized that I was only trying to be helpful. I even apologised in advance for pointing out something obvious.
These efforts do not appear to be adequate for some.
Littledog,
You're right that none of us misinterpreted dobro's phrase. Even I, the one who tried to make clarification, didn't misinterpret dobro's phrase. Nevertheless there's a clearer way of putting that message across.
Dobro himself acknowledged that after reading my post.
I enjoy the casual and colourful use of language in a bbs. But in this particular case I noticed that the sentence was referring to Harvey. It would have been unfortunate if a sentence intended to highlight the guru's contribution had appeared to mean something opposite, even though Harvey, I'm sure, would understand the intended meaning.
Double negatives ain't no problem in my book. But dobro's original sentence is not a double negative. It is not a slang or an idiomatic expression either.
In my post I didn't call for strict compliance with syntax. I took care to avoid using words like "mistake", "error", "wrong" or "confusing". In the last paragraph I emphasized that I was only trying to be helpful. I even apologised in advance for pointing out something obvious.
These efforts do not appear to be adequate for some.
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littledog
New member
Well, I was just trying to be helpful too. With a name like "hk" I thought maybe you were from Hong Kong and might not have an appreciation for American idioms.
In any event, I found the expression to be colorful, amusing, and artistic; in spite of the author's attempted retraction. You found it ambiguous and disturbing. As we used to say around the orchestra pit: "One man's Hindemith is another man's poison!"
Life goes on... (and apparently so will this thread...)
In any event, I found the expression to be colorful, amusing, and artistic; in spite of the author's attempted retraction. You found it ambiguous and disturbing. As we used to say around the orchestra pit: "One man's Hindemith is another man's poison!"
Life goes on... (and apparently so will this thread...)
dobro
Well-known member
hk, you're obviously a well-meaning sort of person and doing your best. Keep at it.
Queue
Active member
Or should that be ironic? Dobro?
Queue
ausrock
Well-known member
Dobro,
I notice you said earlier that you had tried to stop spam here..............may I ask how?
I notice you said earlier that you had tried to stop spam here..............may I ask how?
