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Post #259338

Author
Obi Jeewhyen
Parent topic
Has technology accelerated that much?
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Date created
30-Nov-2006, 1:37 PM
Whoa, I didn't mean to touch off a firestorm.

Vigo, your command of the English language is so proficient, I assumed you were merely making a spelling error ... and not posting in a second (or in your case, third) language. Furthermore, if it's the proper spelling in Germany, a simple statement to that effect (as I requested) would have been sufficient.

In any case, as a German, you are likely to be upset a bit by common internet terms such as "spelling nazi" and "grammer nazi." I think you will just have to develop a thicker skin about it. The term has been co-opted for any kind of extreme, since it is the epitome of extremism. (Similarly, in the States, every politcal scandal is the something-gate, referring (in perpetuity it seems) to an ultimate example of political scandal). No one meant offense by using the term "spelling nazi" ... and I meant no offense by being one.


Likewise, I took no offense at your comment about my countrymen. Many are fat and lazy and stupid and I guess a majority of them elected George Bush. Nuff said. But I don't fit the description of the ugly American, and so I looked past your generalization. Please do the same about the 'nazi' phrase, and please accept my apologies about your spelling in a non-native tongue.



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