Re: Keeping other stuff with addresses

David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> schrieb:

However, as a native speaker of English, I'd like to correct Tim - or at
least add more nuance.  "If it walks like a duck..." simply means "I
think it is what it appears to be".  It does /not/ have any specific
implication of calling someone a liar, unless it /appears/ that the
person has been lying.  It is, however, a phrase unlikely to be used in
a positive manner - it could be used when someone has clearly been
hypocritical to call them a hypocrite, or other such things.
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Is it an insult?  If the phrase is used appropriately, then it is just
putting emphasis on something that other people - but perhaps not the
poster in question - can see.  When someone uses that phrase about
something you have written, it is time for reflection on what you have
posted and how it might have appeared to others.  You don't take it as a
personal insult - you think carefully about why others might see your
writings as something warranting the response.  And you might ask for
clarification.

First, thanks for the clarification.

I have drawn my own conclusions from this thread:  I have put Tim
in my killfile.  If he understands other the way he does (and then
accuses them of "gratituitous insults") it makes little sense for
me to reply to him, and the best way to do it is not read his
posts at all.

@Tim: You can have the official last word, because I will not read
your reply.