NSW/SYD: banning colours

<sigh> I know, I bwelatedly realised and stopped bothering 2 days ago

JL

 

Point to where I've claimed to have beaten you dickhead. I just stopped
responding to you.

JL
(yeah yeah I know but sometimes enough incitement and etc)

 

Yes, thats right Damien...

big (See John? Never engage to start with, it's often better that way...)
[/QUOTE]

You are right Big, you are so very right ! <sigh>

JL
( I just don't know that I have the willpower to avoid quixotic attempts)

 

Damn ! So there's not only consistency about the way coppers on ausmoto
spell, there's consistency about the way teachers on ausmoto (fail) to
argue.

JL
(there's gotta be a PhD thesis in this !!)

 

We're in gambit mode now, are we? If an Australian journalist was writing an
article for Le Monde, I would expect said journalist to write in French.
Does that answer your question.

Tell me, are you a school-teacher? Or just naturally a fuckwit?

I don't believe I said at any time that Aus spelling was superior in any
way. I said we should continue to spell the way we spell in Aus, and leave
the yanks to their version. And resist any attempts to adopt their version.
And I'm even happy for the French to continue to parlez Francais. How is
that bigoted?

No, should I have mentioned strine? When were you last as horrified by Aus
spoken on TV as what we hear in the Springer show?

Theo

 

Same confusion as before. That's not the action of justification, it's
the action of discrimination (inaccurately applied), it's the bit in
the paragraph below, not the bit in the paragraph above.

Indeed, I understand that. I'm skeptical that on the info available
that there will be any wider impact than a bunch of OMCGs won't be
able to get into a few pubs in Parramatta that are trying to go "up
market", you think there will be. OK. I think it more matters whether
this is going to be widely applied or it's just a couple of pubs.

Indeed This is the bit you are referring to - "collateral damage"
against those who look like a duck but turn out to just be a
goose.

JL

 

Errm if bouncers are too stupid to tell the difference between
Bandidos colours and a Ulysses logo why do you think they can tell the
difference between an electra-glide and any other HD ? Logical
inconsistency there mate.

JL
(besides I know at least one 1%er who has a full dress hogly (dunno
the exact model) in his stable )

 

So you're admitting that I am right then?

 

ROFL

 

No, we're not. But it was said that pretty much the sole grounds for
demanding that "Australian" spellings be used was that we are in
Australia. I was simply pointing out that even on that rather poor
basis, there are any number of very valid grounds for NOT using
"Australian" spellings even so. My example was simply one such example.

I think it's just a side-effect from hanging around you lot too much.

Maybe not directly, but surely you're smart enough to realise the actual
intent of your words? When you say "you MUST use OUR spelling, because
its OURS", what is that if not a statement of implied superiority? As
for the bigotry, look no further than your supporting criticisms that it
is preferable because it is NOT the spelling used by a certain other
culture.

If you wish to avoid claims of superiority and bigotry, then your
support for "Australian" spellings needs to be given without derogatory
references to other cultures, and in a way that demonstrates some degree
of objective understanding of evidence/argument that does not rely on
denigrating other forms, but rather demonstrates advantages not
otherwise possible.

But if you wish to continue to base your opposition to other forms on
the sole basis of their association with another culture (as you have
been doing), irrespective of the fact that they were actually originated
within your own culture anyway, then you must accept that you will
expose yourself to accusations of cultural bigotry. Because that's
exactly what it is, whether you like it or not.

 

I believe your example was for language to be used outside Australia. So not
a valid example. Sorry

You know the intent of my words? Maybe you infer the intent of my words.

You may not be aware that English was not my first language as I was not
born in Oz, so am slightly confused as to what you think my 'culture' might
be. I do sometimes have difficulty with English, as she is writ,
particularly when the rules conflict with the rules of my first language. I
suspect you don't have that problem.

Theo

 

No there isn't!

Moike

 

Yebbut, you're not a real teacher - you're just moonlighting aren't
you ?

JL

 

Ahh, so that's it. Harleys are easy to work on at home. That'd explain
why Pisshead is always working on his!

Nev..
'07 XB12X

 

Well, in Pete's defense, it does appear like those "they" bastards put a
Harley drive belt on the floor and built a whole trike around it.

regards,
CrazyCam

 

You confuse superiority with difference.

I am all for keeping Aus spelling so that we can remain different to
the other culture(s). There is no superiority involved, just a desire
to not end up in a planet wide beige culture, possibly dictated by
others.

SteveB

 

Agreed! I consistently fail to argue because I generally don't like
arguing...

betty

 

'specially the Yanks <running away>

betty

 

hrmph!!!!!!

I've got a contract this year to do VCE Maths for the *whole year*.

(OK, it's part time.....)

Moike

 

We're all quite lucky, that English has become the world language, and
we're native speakers of English when most of the rest of the world have
to learn it in addition to their own language, and in most cases English
is more difficult to learn that their own language. Why go and make it
more difficult for non-native English speakers by maintaining so many
different versions of English?

Nev..
'07 XB12X