RE: 'Shots fired' in Munich shopping centre
July 23, 2016 at 2:34 pm
(This post was last modified: July 23, 2016 at 2:36 pm by Thumpalumpacus.)
(July 23, 2016 at 12:35 pm)RobertE Wrote:(July 23, 2016 at 12:14 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Sure, so long as you stop saying that I'm being misleading when in fact I'm not. Such an expert in the language should certainly have been able to read what was, in fact, plain English.
I read your response and replied to it. I didn't actually say that "you", were being misleading in any way. And I do apologise should I have given that impression.
This is a distinction without a difference. Saying that my words are misleading, in a format where I am only known only by words, is calling me misleading. Thanks for your apology. Moving right along --
(July 23, 2016 at 12:35 pm)RobertE Wrote: Part of your quote:
Quote:The video posts upthread indicates a home-grown origin
... and the whole of it, so that you don't, ahem, mislead others by removing the context:
(July 23, 2016 at 12:26 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: The video posts upthread indicates a home-grown origin, but I sure don't know enough to form a cogent view.
So yeah, there's that. You realize that quote-mining is against the rules, right?