[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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