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"D. Edward Gund v. Brighoff" wrote:
> 
> NOTE FOLLOW-UPS!  In almost everyone of my posts to this thread, I've set
> them to sci.lang *only*, but people keep changing them back when they re-
> ply.  This discussion is not on topic for bit.listerv.autism and should
> not be continued there.

Yes, I changed my responses, including this one, back to
bit.listserv.autism. Do you read that NG? If not, how do you know
what's on topic and what isn't? Even if this is somewhat of a
diversion, language and autistic confusion about it are very much on
topic for an autism NG. Also, autistic people exchanging ideas and
questions is always on topic.  The thread started there, I want to
continue it there. I don't like missing threads and I don't want to
subscribe to sci.lang to follow it.

> >Thank you for that enlightening response. (NOT)
> 
> Likewise.

It was not my purpose to enlighten you. I thought *you* were
responding to *my* questions, not the other way around. Ask me about
something I know about and I will be pleased to enlighten you.

> A word so big that you may have to look in a *college* dictionary for it.

As I said, I don't appreciate the condescension. Just because I am
not obsessed with linguistics does NOT mean I'm stupid. I expect my
vocabulary and IQ rival yours in other areas, but that's not the
issue here. I was asking questions - just curious - participating in
a thread on an AUTISM list. I do like this, though, it points out
rather clearly that we are not the only ones lacking in social
skills.

> >Sounds daunting. Why can't you just answer the question instead of
> >being so condescending?
> It's not; it's a very accesible work.  If you find it too daunting, start
> in a general encyclopedia, like the _Colliers_ or _Britannica_.  I wasn't
> trying to be condescending.  (Obviously, I am now--it only takes on surly
> response to change my attitude.)  I was just trying to avoid having to
> type out a Linguistics 101 lecture.

If you don't *want* to respond, then don't. No one is forcing you to
type anything. Like I said, I am not stupid, I am disabled. Reading
is very challenging for me, so topics of less than obsessive
interest are not usually worth the effort.

> >Well who started cross-posting this anyway?
> 
> Not I!

Nor I, so please don't get on my case for posting what is a
perfectly reasonable question in the NG I intended to post it in.

> Regardless of where it started out, it's in sci.lang now--as anyone who
> pays even the remotest attention to the Newsgroups line in the header
> would realise.

Yes, I did notice that, which is why I put bit.listserv.autism back
in. I left sci.lang in case people there were following. I will
remove it from any future replies. (I don't need to post somewhere
where people are going to treat me like an idiot for asking
questions - something it took me years to learn to do.)

> I don't know how you do things in your newsgroup, but I
> assume you, too, have a FAQ so you don't have to explain what autism is to
> every newbie who shows up.  Why should you expect us to operate different-
> ly?

I don't know if we have a FAQ, but we do explain autism to anyone
who asks or we send them to websites where they can get the
information they seek. Specific questions are always answered.

Sorry to have invaded your elitist little space. (Though I really
shouldn't be apologising as I'm not the one who started the
crossposting.) I will leave you to whatever it is you do there
besides putting down people with disabilities.

--
Kalen

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