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Experts, pointyheaded jargon, and @%!@*#!-ups.

Posted by: MDG on November 23, 1999 at 16:33:24:

In Reply to: history, usenet, academia, etc. posted by Floyd on November 23, 1999 at 10:24:03:

: Now, would you mind telling me what your subject line ("Better yet, pronounce") was meant to communicate? I can't figure out what you meant at all.
: -Floyd

I was being cryptic. Honestly, that was another example of e-haste making e-waste. I meant to title my message, "Better yet, pronounce Korzybski," but somehow the big K got away when I tried to cut and paste.

Sorry about being persnickety. I know there's nothing wrong with citing others, especially when those others have thought deeply about a subject, but sometimes the constant reference to obscure (from the layman's POV) authors, coupled with the use of academic jargon so dense and convoluted that one needs a machete to cut through it, makes me wonder if what's written here on these forums can ever have any practical meaning in the bigger world.



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