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From: Brimstone on 20 Aug 2006 11:48 Ivor Jones wrote: > "mattic" <this(a)wontwork.com> wrote in message > news:VmWFg.14944$rP1.1997(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au > > [rest of long post snipped] > >> But, as far as where you live, Ivor, that's >> Europe, mate, > > (a) no it isn't, it's England > > (b) you're not my mate. No mate of mine would insult me over and over > and over again despite my asking them not to. It would appear that Mr Jones' difficulty with language is not confined to his ethnic origins.
From: Ivor Jones on 20 Aug 2006 11:49 "David Taylor" <davidt-news(a)yadt.co.uk> wrote in message news:slrneeggs2.1l0t.davidt-news(a)outcold.yadt.co.uk > On 2006-08-20, Ivor Jones <ivor(a)despammed.invalid> wrote: > > "Alex Heney" <me8(a)privacy.net> wrote in message > > news:5jefe2tsqltf4tmb71n6ag44gjr8v5cbht(a)4ax.com > > > > > > No, but the words you use are defined either by a > > > dictionary, or by common usage where that has not yet > > > been incorporated. > > > > > > On either count, you are using the word incorrectly. > > > > Which particular word..? I don't care except for one > > specific word, European. That word does not and never > > will apply to me. > > Perhaps what you beleieve "European" to mean doesn't > apply to you. No meaning of the word applies to me. You continually saying it does will not make it so. Only I can make it so and I don't. > Unfortunately, common usage of the word doesn't really > give you the option of deciding whether it applies to you > or not Wrong. > It merely does or does not. And to you, it does > apply. Wrong Ivor
From: Ivor Jones on 20 Aug 2006 11:51 "Rob Morley" <nospam(a)ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:MPG.1f5257782ef491ee98a59f(a)news.individual.net [snip] > It's not my argument it's yours, and you're doing a > singularly poor job of making it. Maybe if you told us > the specific mental impairment from which you suffer then > others would find it easier to see things from your point > of view. I don't care whether you see things from my point of view or not. I am merely stating the fact that I am not a European. That and only that is what you and others can't (or won't) grasp. Ivor
From: Ivor Jones on 20 Aug 2006 11:52 "Richard Brookman" <THErichard.brookmanOBVIOUS(a)btinternet.com> wrote in message news:4kqv2oFd7h8iU1(a)individual.net [snip] > OK, Ivor - in one sentence, how would you define the word > "European"? That it is a word, and that it has a > meaning, there is no doubt. Your understanding of what > it means might help to clarify things somewhat. It means relating to the continent known as Europe. I do not relate to the continent known as Europe, therefore I cannot be a European. Ivor
From: Ivor Jones on 20 Aug 2006 11:54
"Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:tKmdndO6lrveiXXZnZ2dnUVZ8t2dnZ2d(a)bt.com [snip] > Yes you are, but it has nothing to do with nationality. I am not and it has everything to do with nationality. Ivor |