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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 11:54 AM Original message |
So what do you do if someone *actually is* articulate? |
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ZombieNixon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
1. Yes, you are. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 12:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. I'm the articulatest of all |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
2. no, you have a rare trait called "discernment" |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 11:59 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Screw discernment! I'm here for a fight! |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 12:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. it's like shooting fish in a barrel |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
5. Does that only apply to speaking? |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 12:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Well, it's difficulter for me to assess the articulateness of one's typing |
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BuelahWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 12:41 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. My beef about inarticulate typing |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 12:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. That baffled me all through college |
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Hard_Work (283 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 01:34 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. My gawd, |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
8. Bill Clinton is one of those rare people with who is articulate, charming and full of charisma. |
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BuelahWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
9. If you're bad so am I |
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Shine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
10. If someone is articulate, I am generally impressed and like you, listen appreciatively. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 12:58 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. To my shame, I've only lately become aware of the subtle racist baggage the term |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 01:09 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. here is a good column from today's Washington Post on t he subject |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
14. ummm . . . . I dunno. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
16. Yes, well, if the person really is above-average in articulateness, there's |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 01:40 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. That's my point exactly |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
17. I say "eloquent," or some other big $0.50 word I found in the thesaurus |
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Wapsie B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
18. It poses a problem in the corporate world |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 01:41 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. That's true--it's all about CYA accountability |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
22. Depends. Is the person black? |
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