| Re: English Lesson: Monty Python |
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| gadfyl (gadfyl@mosquitoe.net) |
2007/02/27 11:04 |
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From: gadfyl@mosquitoe.net
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Subject: Re: English Lesson: Monty Python
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 13:04:43 -0500
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Matt Ford wrote:
> gadfyl wrote:
>> Matt Ford wrote:
>> > If yo want to ask anything about the English language or British
>> > culture, come to askaboutenglish.blogspot.com, its free and I will
>> > answer you question
>>
>> I could offer to do dental work free of charge. I'm sure you would agree that I mean well.
>> Lots of good intentions can't compensate for my lack of competence in dentistry.
>> So recognizing my limitations, I don't do dental work on anyone.
>>
>> Your spelling, grammar, and punctuation skills are so poor that it is hard to think of you as someone who is actually competent to give much advice on those areas.
>
> Ok, well, I think your point has some validity (actually none), but
> again it is full of arrogance and sarcasm.
>
> Could you give me some examples of my poor spelling, punctuation and
> grammar (from my site)?
There is no need to visit your site.
You provided fine examples in this very newsgroup.
>> Why would you represent the transcript as matching the video clip without even bothering to check its accuracy?
>>
>> I reckon you could have given proper credit to the author of the transcript rather than presenting it as your own work.
>>
> And I think I'll pass on the dental work for now.
That doesn't address the question.
>> I appreciate that you are trying (but I think you do not know what you are doing).
> www.askaboutenglish.com
I consider my point proved.
For example, you claim, "The letter 'l' is quite often silent."
But in some of the examples you give, the 'l' is weakened to a 'w' (psalm --> sawm, not sam).
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