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Re: Not Saving Private Ryan.
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 2 Jun 2004 15:34:49 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur wrote:
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I thought you were referring a thread at some point in the past. It is
clear I mentioned it 1st in this thread and that you have called yourself
part-irish in the past. I’m not sure what your point is? Have I offended
you?
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No, no offense. I just thought there was irony to you faulting Americans
for not being able to identify themselves simply as Americans, and then
doing the same yourself to someone who had not done so. :-)
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Well you have identified yourself “Half-Irish”. Why is it a problem for me to
remind you of that?
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Searching under the phrase you place in quotes yields no messages that I can
find where I said such. Wouldn’t be accurate anyway since I am not
half-Irish.
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Search for “bruce
half irish”. It is not the phrase i place in quotes, but you do say you are
half Irish!
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The problem lies in that you keep ascribing phrases to me that I didn’t use to
back up your point,
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I see your point: I’ve been sloppy with my “quotes” when I should have used use
‘these’ to parenthesise terminology I wished to highlight. Please accept my
apologies.
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and that you keep doing it and keep not seeing the irony in
it. :-)
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“Americans don’t do irony”; that is why your sit-coms are so bad! I’m British;
we invented irony!
Scott A
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) Not another word safari! If you have an exact cut and paste quote, I can figure it out. I'm 1/4 Irish. The most I can figure is that I was sloppy and said something about the Irish "half" of the family because I only deal with the German and (...) (20 years ago, 2-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) Searching under the phrase you place in quotes yields no messages that I can find where I said such. Wouldn't be accurate anyway since I am not half-Irish. The problem lies in that you keep ascribing phrases to me that I didn't use to back up (...) (20 years ago, 2-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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