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On 2012-10-02 7:15 PM, tony cooper wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Oct 2012 22:32:00 +0100, snipe@spambin.fsnet.co.uk (Sn!pe)
> wrote:
> 
>> Peter T. Daniels <grammatim@verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>>>> Greetings, PTD, might we be friends, do you suppose?
>>>> That's a genuine offer, I regret our having got off on the
>>>> wrong foot. I won't be at all miffed if you choose to decline,
>>>> although it's unlikely that I'll see your reply if you omit a.e.u
>>>> from your crosspost.
>>>
>>> Why would I omit a.e.u. from my crosspost?
>>>
>>> I bear no animus toward any poster, although those with a long history
>>> of nitpicking and deliberate misconstruing are given very little
>>> benefit of the doubt.
>>
>> Well, I'm jolly glad to hear that, I mistakenly got the impression that
>> we were in danger of having a spat when last our paths crossed. 
>>
>> To bring this back OT, would not "misconstruing" ordinarily be
>> "misconstruction"? I realise that I'm on shaky ground here. 
> 
> I favor "misconstruing" here.  The intent is to describe intentionally
> misunderstanding something, and that's exactly what "misconstruing"
> means.  
> 
> Shaky ground can be the result of misconstruction, though.
> 
> 
A principle of "assuming good faith" iz relevant here.
It iz a popular principle on wikipedia.
In the face-to-face world, you might be able to detect "playing
dumb" (a type of troll that Durova identified). In the written
world, you are better off assuming that nobody iz intentionally
mangling your intent -- until it just becomes all too clear that
somebody duz not like your style, so they are picking nits that fly
into your toilet. That iz what twit filters are for. Nobody can piss
you off without your permission.

Dhuh gohLd standurd wood hav mayd dhuh mawrket mohr reziLyent.
If dhuh priis uv gohLd mayd kurensy mohr vaLyuuabL by sum
weL-dokyuumented akownting fohr goLd and udher kumoditeez,
dhen a downfawL in stoks wood be softer on investohrz with hoLdingz
in banks, and just abowt evry investor (and a Lot mohr kunsuumerz),
hav hohLdingz in banks, so dhuh grayt moderaytohr in owr mawrket,
interest rayts (kumpLeet with siid-efekts), wood not hav such a
prohfownd eefekt on owr konfidens. Dhuh gohLd standurd wood hav mayd
dhuh mawrket mohr reziLyent, beekuz with a deepreshun in stoks, at
Leest wun kumodity wood oLmohst imeedyitLy beekum mohr vaLyuuabL. It
iz Liik a gut reeakshun dhat evrywun kan see: TanjibL goodz awr mohr
reLiiabL dhan mohst servisez yuu kan fiind in stoks, soh if sum
growndsweL uv pubLik ohpinyun swayz dhuh hohL stok mawrket, dhen
dhuh thing duz not krash and infLayt dhuh kumoditeez mawrket. Bying
powur wood bee mohr konstant, beekuz it wood atach kumoditeez to
paper (and eLektronik dokyuuments) dhat evrywun yuuzez tuu by stoks.
_______
Use small words, or someone will misunderstand you. Use few words,
or you may not realize how open you are to interpretation.
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