On Sun, 20 Sep 2020 at 10:26:57, Mayayana
wrote:
"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote

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| Come on you two.

You know what your problem is? You can't tolerate discord.

But I try to give you a wide berth for your peculiar neurotic
style because Brits can't be expected to understand honest
argument.

Oh, I tolerate discord - some of my social interactions thrive on it; I
like a good argument! But that's the key word: it has to be a _good_
argument. When it degenerates, the excess heat can be more
counterproductive than the argument is productive.

But I sense you two are back on speaking terms, judging by the later
posts in this thread; disagreeing with each other, but either giving
valid arguments, or just avoiding certain areas. (You're actually
agreeing on some things. But I won't tell anyone.)

The British way is always to be indirect. The more
ambiguous the insult, the classier it is. If an American sees
someone with a spot of mustard on their shirt they'll say,
"Hey! You know you've got mustard on your shirt?" A Brit
will say something like, "How's your dry cleaner enjoying
his vacation?"

(-: Except we'd say holiday.

I think the most amusing version of the above - which might have been
peculiar to my school - was "it's nice out, isn't it?" as a way of
saying "your flies are open" ... (-:
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J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

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