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On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 09:30:51 +0100, "Arne H. Wilstrup" ahw wrote:

Thank you! A praise from an Irishman - that's rare and great.

There is no such word as "rare".

- Dan
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Daniel G. McGrath
Binghamton, New York
e-mail: dmcg6174[AT]gmail[DOT]com

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On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 09:30:51 +0100, "Arne H. Wilstrup" ahw wrote:

Thank you! A praise from an Irishman - that's rare and great.

There is no such word as "rare".


Of course there is - just look it up in a dictionary. You are not a
native speaker of English, I presume?

"Dan McGrath" skrev i meddelelsen
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On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 09:30:51 +0100, "Arne H. Wilstrup" ahw wrote:

Thank you! A praise from an Irishman - that's rare and great.

There is no such word as "rare".

As I said before, "Of course there is" - e.g.
http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/rare_1?view=uk

Still not convinced?

"Arne H. Wilstrup" ahw wrote:

"Dan McGrath" skrev i meddelelsen
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On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 09:30:51 +0100, "Arne H. Wilstrup" ahw wrote:

Thank you! A praise from an Irishman - that's rare and great.

There is no such word as "rare".

As I said before, "Of course there is" - e.g.
http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/rare_1?view=uk

Still not convinced?

Any bets on who wins this argument?
And when...

--
Les (BrE)
Hell rarely freezes over.

Arne H. Wilstrup wrote:
"Dan McGrath" skrev i meddelelsen
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On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 09:30:51 +0100, "Arne H. Wilstrup" ahw wrote:

Thank you! A praise from an Irishman - that's rare and great.
There is no such word as "rare".

Of course there is - just look it up in a dictionary. You are not a
native speaker of English, I presume?

Arne, Daniel is autistic and has fixations with certain words.
Occasionally these get the better of him and he challenges their use
across Usenet. Don't try to discuss it.

At other times he makes interesting contributions though.

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David
meal-twit: http://twitter.com/omrud

"the Omrud" skrev i meddelelsen
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Arne H. Wilstrup wrote:
"Dan McGrath" skrev i meddelelsen
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On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 09:30:51 +0100, "Arne H. Wilstrup" ahw wrote:

Thank you! A praise from an Irishman - that's rare and great.
There is no such word as "rare".

Of course there is - just look it up in a dictionary. You are not a
native speaker of English, I presume?

Arne, Daniel is autistic and has fixations with certain words.

How on Earth should I know?


Occasionally these get the better of him and he challenges their use
across Usenet. Don't try to discuss it.

I teach in 6 different classes, and in three of them there are
altogether 4 autist - all boys but with different symptoms, so I know a
little about it.

At other times he makes interesting contributions though.

I am sure of that - but you knew something I didn't know - and being an
autist doesn't mean that you cannot contradict what he or she is saying
if you do it in the right way. But you have to know the very person
first.
All autists are not alike, you know.

Arne H. Wilstrup wrote:
"the Omrud" skrev i meddelelsen
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Arne H. Wilstrup wrote:
"Dan McGrath" skrev i meddelelsen
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On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 09:30:51 +0100, "Arne H. Wilstrup" ahw wrote:

Thank you! A praise from an Irishman - that's rare and great.
There is no such word as "rare".
Of course there is - just look it up in a dictionary. You are not a
native speaker of English, I presume?
Arne, Daniel is autistic and has fixations with certain words.

How on Earth should I know?

Look, don't get nowty with me. I told you a straightforward fact which
I assumed you *didn't* know. I didn't complain about your posting. You
really are very combative.

If I'm intending to provoke you, you will be in no doubt about it at
all. If I state a simple fact, I mean nothing by it other than to
impart the fact.

Occasionally these get the better of him and he challenges their use
across Usenet. Don't try to discuss it.

I teach in 6 different classes, and in three of them there are
altogether 4 autist - all boys but with different symptoms, so I know a
little about it.
At other times he makes interesting contributions though.

I am sure of that - but you knew something I didn't know - and being an
autist doesn't mean that you cannot contradict what he or she is saying
if you do it in the right way. But you have to know the very person
first.

You can try it all you like, but in the case of this topic, you won't
get a response.

All autists are not alike, you know.

Golly. (That's an AUE term for "Don't teach your grandmother to suck
eggs", which is an English expression you might know, or if not which
you can check out for yourself.)

Dan has been posting to AUE for many years and we are very familiar with
him and his obsessions. *You* cannot diagnose him from one post.

I feel very uncomfortable talking about him in the third person - I
consider it impolite, but it's the only simple way to tell newcomers and
others reading about the behaviour which they find strange. I won't get
into a discussion about this.

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David
meal-twit: http://twitter.com/omrud

On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:47:00 GMT, the Omrud
wrote:

Arne H. Wilstrup wrote:
"Dan McGrath" skrev i meddelelsen
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On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 09:30:51 +0100, "Arne H. Wilstrup" ahw wrote:

Thank you! A praise from an Irishman - that's rare and great.
There is no such word as "rare".

Of course there is - just look it up in a dictionary. You are not a
native speaker of English, I presume?

Arne, Daniel is autistic and has fixations with certain words.
Occasionally these get the better of him and he challenges their use
across Usenet. Don't try to discuss it.

At other times he makes interesting contributions though.

On the other hand, there is no such word as "gullible".

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* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *

On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 23:08:46 +0100, "Arne H. Wilstrup" ahw
wrote:

"the Omrud" skrev i meddelelsen
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Arne H. Wilstrup wrote:
"Dan McGrath" skrev i meddelelsen
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On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 09:30:51 +0100, "Arne H. Wilstrup" ahw wrote:

Thank you! A praise from an Irishman - that's rare and great.
There is no such word as "rare".

Of course there is - just look it up in a dictionary. You are not a
native speaker of English, I presume?

Arne, Daniel is autistic and has fixations with certain words.

How on Earth should I know?

You couldn't; that's why he told you. Take the chip off your
shoulder.


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************* DAVE HATUNEN ) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *

Arne H. Wilstrup wrote:
"the Omrud" skrev:
Arne H. Wilstrup wrote:
"Dan McGrath" skrev

There is no such word as "rare".

Of course there is - just look it up in a dictionary. You are not a
native speaker of English, I presume?

Arne, Daniel is autistic and has fixations with certain words.

How on Earth should I know?

Arne, here's something that Daniel's mother wrote:
http://alt-usage-english.org/McGrath.html

I found it by using the search box for "Daniel" at the AUE Web site.
http://alt-usage-english.org/index.shtml

There is a problem, though -- how is anyone new to the group ever going to
find it? I couldn't locate any link to it at any place a newby might read.
Maybe I missed it, but if I did, so would many others. It is on the site
map, of course, but who'd know?
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Skitt (AmE)