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Old 12-10-2010, 07:18 PM   #219
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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger View Post
I did ask if "we" as a society are somehow afraid of becoming cultured or learning that maybe we are frequently incorrectly pronouncing words.

my disliking fancy restaurants getting the name of one of their dishes wrong is me acting condescending. Insecurity maybe?

they perceive that me knowing how to pronounce a single word somehow makes me appear as some condescending jerk who thinks that anyone who says it wrong isn't cultured.

I never once equated me knowing how to pronounce bruschetta with me being cultured nor did I make a link to someone getting it wrong not being cultured.
Really Cecil, either you're putting a lot of effort into trolling and doing a good job of it, or you need to reflect a little more on what you've written and how you're constantly implying that you know better than others. It's not a very open discussion if someone just assumes the correctness of their position.
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