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Re: villians
Posted By: Brunnen-G, on host 210.55.40.92
Date: Friday, November 5, 1999, at 20:07:22
In Reply To: Re: villians posted by Chris on Friday, November 5, 1999, at 19:58:07:

> How can I whisper? It's hard to be quiet when you're typing. I don't have the stuff to make the computer read, and I don't suppose too many of my fellow forumites do, either.

> Just thought I'd nit-pick. Well, not literally, you have to take it as an idiom.

Oh no, not another one. I used to work with someone like you. If I used any type of metaphor, simile or allusion whatsoever, she jumped on it as an example of imprecision. It was like working with some sort of android. You had to phrase everything *exactly* right if you wanted to extract any answers.

See post below re: nitpicking. What a manky expression.


Link: Nit-picking about nit-picking

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