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|     to Rudy Canoza    |
|    Re: Instruction for stupid, plodding, kn    |
|    08 Jun 21 22:03:15    |
      XPost: alt.atheism, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics.usa.republican       XPost: alt.politics.democrats.d, alt.politics.trump, alt.religio       .christian.roman-catholic       XPost: alt.politics, alt.politics.democrats, alt.politics.republicans       XPost: talk.politics.guns       From: uiop@pol.com              Rudy Canoza wrote:              > On 6/8/2021 2:40 PM, uiop@pol.com wrote:       > > Rudy Canoza wrote:       > >       > > > On 6/8/2021 5:24 AM, uiop@pol.com wrote:       > > > > Rudy Canoza wrote:       > > > >       > > > > > I'm probably wasting my time, because stupid, plodding,       > > > > > knuckle-dragging right-wingnuts are not amenable to       > > > > > instruction and learning. Nonetheless, ethics and decency       > > > > > compel me to attempt it.       > > > > >       > > > > > typo — a simple keying error. You mean to key, for example,       > > > > > "error," but your fingers malfunction and instead you key       > > > > > "eror," "errot," "errir," or something like that. It often       > > > > > comes from striking an adjacent key, or from thinking you       > > > > > pressed the correct key but you didn't press it firmly       > > > > > enough. These are usually excusable. They are not excusable       > > > > > when the correct key is on the opposite side of the keyboard.       > > > > > Hartung does a lot of these. He'll key 'i' for 'e' or       > > > > > vice-versa, and those are on opposite sides of the keyboard       > > > > > and struck with fingers on different hands. Keying 'i' for       > > > > > 'e' or vice-versa is not a typo — it's a fuck-up.       > > > > >       > > > > > thoughto — this occurs most often with homonyms (which,       > > > > > contrary to most right-wingnuts' beliefs, are not pseudonyms       > > > > > for homos). For example, I absolutely and without any       > > > > > rational dispute know the difference between       > > > > > there/their/they're, to/too/two, your/you're, etc.       > > > > > Nonetheless, I occasionally absent mindedly key the wrong       > > > > > one. That's a thoughto. When you see a complete illiterate       > > > > > like little matteeeeB, who always uses the wrong one, you       > > > > > know it's not a thoughto, but illiteracy.       > > > > >       > > > > > grammaro — for me, these are almost always due to incomplete       > > > > > editing and revision. I'll sometimes key up a sentence with a       > > > > > singular subject, and of course my adjectives and verb tenses       > > > > > always agree with the number and gender of the subject.       > > > > > However, I then revise the text, and — for example — change       > > > > > the subject from singular to plural. On occasion, I forget       > > > > > to change the person/number of the adjectives or verbs. I'll       > > > > > start with a third person singular subject and third person       > > > > > singular verb, then revise the subject to third person plural       > > > > > but forget to change the verb. This is a grammaro.       > > > > >       > > > > > Thoughto and grammaro are my excellent neologisms. People       > > > > > like Kurtsie Nicklas, the boy whore of Burlington NC, or       > > > > > AlleyPussyBitch, who piss and moan about my neologisms (on       > > > > > which I have already instructed them), and who don't know the       > > > > > word "neologism," are only demonstrating their ignorance when       > > > > > they piss and moan about the excellent neologisms. If they       > > > > > had a lick of sense, which clearly they don't, they would       > > > > > adopt the neologisms and use them, because they fuck up their       > > > > > text all the time, and in a few cases, they could possibly       > > > > > explain away the fuck-ups by invoking the neologisms. But       > > > > > they're too fucking stupid for that.       > > > > >       > > > > > I'm smarter — by far — than both Kurtsie and AlleyPussyBitch.       > > > > > And they KNOW it, too.       > > > >       > > > > Your neologisms are not legit if you're the only person on       > > > > Earth who uses them.       > > >       > > > I'm not the only one who uses them, "Fix-it guy at Citco." Pretty       > > > obviously, Stain, you don't know what a neologism is.       > >       > > Oh really- who else then?       > >       >       > Some English professors I know and a couple of economists, "Fix it       > guy at Citco."              Are they all you?              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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