XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: nobody@oscarmayer.com   
      
   On Thu, 16 Nov 2023 20:55:30 -0500, Alan Browne wrote:   
      
   >> It's a common idiomatic usage, you simpleton.   
   >   
   > Simpleton would be an improvement.   
   >   
   > I think it's at "moron" working on graduating to "imbecile".   
   >   
   > (Or the other way around - haven't got time to parse the definitions).   
      
   An educated person long ago would never have made that speech mistake.   
   But even an uneducated person would be able to admit they were wrong.   
      
   If they were reasonable, they'd learn from it.   
      
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