Re: Owen's Post

[Ari Davidow <ari...>]

Oh, good grief. If you want to call Owen up (you're in the same
neck of the woods, as you know) or e-mail him privately, Wolf,
that's fine. But he's gone and won't see your message.

I do not know why he chose to lay the burden on you, but it is clear
that he was considering leaving for a long time. I do not believe that
your message was offensive to anyone on the list. I think rather that
Owen was tired for whatever reasons (and will hopefully return when 
he has relaxed, spent time away, whatever).

Unless you are leaving the list because you choose not to be part of
it, I do hope that you will reconsider.

ari

At 12:12 PM 3/28/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>Dear Owen:
>
>With all due respect, what's a little semanticism among friends?
>
>As to the grammar, ask yourself: would you say
>"It was KINDNESS of you to help me with those packages?"
>(No parentheses allowed.)
>or, "It was KIND of you to help....?"
>
>I'm no trained linguist (although I am married to one) and, while I have
>learned that the English language gives one a lot of room to move and still
>be grammatically correct, some acceptable usage will always appear archaic
>or hackneyed to me.
>
>BTW -- Winston's rendering of the word in question (Yid: mentshlekhkayt)
>was German. 
>
>I apologize for being picayune.
>
>As it appears that it was my posting that has led to your decision to
>unsubscribe, I think I should be the one to resign from the List, not you.
>
>I'll see myself out.
>
>Wolf
>
>

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