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Calling forum members by their names? Wed Jun 18, 2008 0:48 am  Calling forum members by their names?
 

Molly wrote:
Now, why do I often confuse your posts with certain members on, for example, these fora?

englishforums.com/English/LinguisticsDiscussionForum/Forum35.htm


Oh, I ask the other members to proof-read my posts first; and vice versa. We're all very close there.

Forum, not fora, by the way. (You only linked to one.)

Molly wrote:
Not so. He occasionaly proofreads my posts, he understands quite a bit of Nigerian English, we share the same interest in World Englishes and chat and debate quite a lot, one doesn't need too much language to communicate with one who is close to one, some people learn a sociloect/dialect quicker than others, etc.

He does an excellent job, then. And is he with you all the time, helping you post? Because sometimes you post very quickly indeed; yet the English is still fluent and lively and, well, rather British. (If a little masculine on occasion.)

Except that that's another interesting aspect. You write in perfectly British English. Yet you're a great champion of Nigerian English. You would even like us to talk about it more, on the forum.

Don't you think that's rather strange – letting your husband turn your Nigerian English into British English; and British English moreover in which you berate us for our lack of interest in Nigerian English?

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Calling forum members by their names? Wed Jun 18, 2008 1:44 am  Calling forum members by their names?
 

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He does an excellent job, then. And is he with you all the time, helping you post? Because sometimes you post very quickly indeed; yet the English is still fluent and lively and, well, rather British. (If a little masculine on occasion.)

Exactly the kind of sniping I've been talking about. You just can't quit, can you? Mr P. I've told you again and again that I will entertain your posts about my PRIVATE life on PMs if you like. This near obsession you have with me, my life and my postings, is getting out of hand, turning into something perverse in fact. Now you become an expert on masculine versus feminine writing, and all just to dig deeper and keep returning to your "I do not believe you are what you say you are" nonsense. Take a break. Go out an have a walk or buy certain magazines with glossy photos and head for a secluded spot. I'm tired of your Sh*tlock Holmes questioning. Tired of feeling that you want to push yet another poster of yet another forum. Go have fun with yourself somewhere.
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Calling forum members by their names? Wed Jun 18, 2008 21:30 pm  Calling forum members by their names?
 

Molly wrote:
I've told you again and again that I will entertain your posts about my PRIVATE life on PMs if you like.

You yourself brought up your domestic posting arrangements; though it did confirm that your posts are not written by a Nigerian.

As for PMs, here's your earlier message:

Molly wrote:
Yes, ask him to explain right here and not in PMs.

As you can see, you yourself demanded that I "explain right here and not in PMs". (In fact, you asked a moderator to make me do so.)

Molly wrote:
you want to push yet another poster of yet another forum

If I did indeed "snipe" the person you call your husband off that "other forum", it's rather strange that he's still posting there. See for instance:

A Man More Sniped Against Than Sniping.

You can see that he was instantly recognised and namechecked by the other mods, even though he had posted anonymously. And yet there he is, quite happily discussing linguistics with another moderator. And he has started several other threads, too.

(I should add that he doesn't need to post anonymously; he has at least three active accounts to his name.)

So tell me: why did you say he was "sniped off", when he's clearly still perfectly happy and able to post?

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Calling forum members by their names? Thu Jun 19, 2008 23:35 pm  Calling forum members by their names?
 

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You yourself brought up your domestic posting arrangements; though it did confirm that your posts are not written by a Nigerian.

What are you talking about now?

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As you can see, you yourself demanded that I "explain right here and not in PMs".

You're right, I should have asked for that. We know how you love your little PM chats, don't we? Flock off, Mr P-astor?

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You can see that he was instantly recognised and namechecked by the other mods, even though he had posted anonymously
.

Duh! Are all the mods over there as thick as you? They all saw that me and my husband post from the same ISP and they conclude idiotically. Please get a bit of quality over there, will you? But anyway, here you go again on your "I'll shame Molly even if it takes me a thousands of posts" attitude. Don't you wish you had better ways to spend your time and energy?

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So tell me: why did you say he was "sniped off", when he's clearly still perfectly happy and able to post?

He hasn't posted there for a long long time.
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Calling forum members by their names? Fri Jun 20, 2008 0:47 am  Calling forum members by their names?
 

Molly wrote:
Duh! Are all the mods over there as thick as you? They all saw that me and my husband post from the same ISP and they conclude idiotically. Please get a bit of quality over there, will you? But anyway, here you go again on your "I'll shame Molly even if it takes me a thousands of posts" attitude. Don't you wish you had better ways to spend your time and energy?


They simply know your style, old chap. It isn't difficult to spot.

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Calling forum members by their names? Fri Jun 20, 2008 8:03 am  Calling forum members by their names?
 

For the last time Mr P-rat: Tired of feeling that you want to push yet another poster off yet another forum. Go have fun with yourself somewhere.

My last word on this, totally off-forum, nonsense. Grow up!
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Calling forum members by their names? Fri Jun 20, 2008 11:49 am  Calling forum members by their names?
 

Molly wrote:
For the last time Mr P-rat: Tired of feeling that you want to push yet another poster off yet another forum. Go have fun with yourself somewhere.


Earlier, you asked me to help you find your "Milky" posts, from English Forums. Here they are:

No sign of "pushing" there.

Molly wrote:
this, totally off-forum, nonsense

You demanded the conversation yourself, in your note to Torsten:

Molly wrote:
Yes, ask him to explain right here and not in PMs.

I have only done as you requested.

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Calling forum members by their names? Fri Jun 20, 2008 13:24 pm  Calling forum members by their names?
 

Now you've explained your reasons for constantly referring to me as "he", "milky", and "metal" over months and months on THIS forum, please explain to the moderators of THIS forum, and anyone else who may be reading, why you decided to bring all your baggage and dirty laundry from OTHER fora/ums over to THIS forum.

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this, totally off-forum, nonsense

Your off-forum nonsense has being going on and on for months. It's not new.

Mr P, grow up! Stop your obsession with me and my husband.
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Calling forum members by their names? Sat Jun 21, 2008 2:59 am  Calling forum members by their names?
 

Well, I've asked three times; but it seems the "pushing my husband off other forums" evidence is not to be forthcoming.

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Calling forum members by their names? Sat Jun 21, 2008 9:15 am  Calling forum members by their names?
 

And your maturity seems not to be forthcoming. Go snipe elsewhere.
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Calling forum members by their names? Sat Jun 21, 2008 13:11 pm  Calling forum members by their names?
 

Molly wrote:
Go snipe elsewhere.

I'm not sure how requesting evidence for an allegation can be construed as "sniping".

_____

If I could make a mild response to a related comment in another thread:

Molly wrote:
Yankee wrote:
Molly wrote:
His moderating on one forum I frequent is mainly based on deleting the posts of posters who attack him and allowing his own posts where he attacks others.
Where's the proof, "Molly"?

How would one find proof for such, Amy?

If posts consist of "attacks", and are deleted, how would you know who had deleted them, if it isn't possible to "find proof for such"?

Either you know who deleted them, and therefore have proof; or you have no proof, and therefore don't know.

(I should add that I don't mind your comments, and I hope you'll continue to express your views; but the lack of logic in this instance was irresistible.)

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Calling forum members by their names? Sun Jun 22, 2008 23:09 pm  Calling forum members by their names?
 

Molly wrote:
One only has to look which moderators are online at any given moment to see who deletes "attacking" posts he doesn't like then and allows his own "attacking" own posts to remain. Mr P, you know that you do that, so why deny it?

I don't think MrP has ever attacked anybody. And I also don't think he's ever written anything vicous, so why do you feel 'sniped' or attacked? In fact, I'd say MrP's posts could serve as a paradigm for civilised communication, don't you think?
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Calling forum members by their names? Sun Jun 22, 2008 23:23 pm  Calling forum members by their names?
 

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In fact, I'd say MrP's posts could serve as a paradigm for civilised communication, don't you think?

Another sheep joins the fold.
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Calling forum members by their names? Sun Jun 22, 2008 23:32 pm  Calling forum members by their names?
 

Molly wrote:
Another sheep joins the fold.

Yes, we all know that you have no problems attacking others.

Have you ever noticed that other forum members don't usually attack each other? Don't you think it exceptional that poeple only ever get in trouble with you?
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Calling forum members by their names? Sun Jun 22, 2008 23:46 pm  Calling forum members by their names?
 

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Yes, we all know that you have no problems attacking others.

One of the best things about not having many "friends" here is i don't have to suck up to anyone.

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Have you ever noticed that other forum members don't usually attack each other?

That "usually" is telling.

Most of the people who "have trouble" with me are native-speakers who get p*ssed off when any nonnative questions their "authority". Nonnatives who have trouble with me are normally those who suck up to native-speakers. I never "have trouble" with Alan, for example and Nessie, Sweetpumpkin, Haihio. Pamela and a few others.

Face it, Ralf, you're just part of a flock with Mr P-astor as head. Think for yourself sometime, will ya?
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