[Trombone-l] Personal attacks - please take it offline

Wayne Dyess texastbone at gt.rr.com
Tue May 29 10:01:24 CDT 2007


I thought the same thing about "fora".  Glad to know I'm not alone.

Interesting fact:  Doug Yeo was the very person who told me that I  
should ignore a troll back some years ago.  That worked, too.

Best path to take.

It works!


--Wayne



On May 29, 2007, at 7:42 AM, Keith Marr wrote:

> An incidental point about Doug's article: The use of "fora" as the  
> plural
> for forum would be correct in a Latin sentence, but as we're  
> speaking in
> English the plural is forums. A common mistake which wouldn't be worth
> mentioning except for the fact that he is talking at one stage  
> about the
> standard of English in postings.
>
> I don't see trolls as a problem, ignoring them is the best  
> antidote. So my
> approach is to just delete ed neeley's postings without reading  
> them. He's
> only seeking to promote and if you rise to it, he'll keep doing it.
>
> Cheers!

Wayne Dyess
The Night & Day Orchestra
http://www.ndotex.com
Lamar University-Beaumont, Texas
Professor of Music




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