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4:29 AM
@Sklivvz Having a "correct term" requires there to be an arbiter. We aren't talking about the definition of "Volt", we are talking about the English language. [Insert standard descriptivist versus prescriptionist argument here.]
@Sklivvz That's where it gets into your political opinion, which is the controversial part.
 
 
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9:39 AM
@Oddthinking not an opinion at all. the content were false. the people who printed them admitted to it the day after the referendum.
@Oddthinking i provided a dictionary definition already
i'm off this discussion now because it's getting me personally upset. Please consider stopping this discussion because it's deeply insulting to me. thanks and see you later.
 
 
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11:45 AM
@Sklivvz Sorry - no offence meant. I was taking it rather... not light-heartedly as in jokingly, but not as a serious, high-stakes argument, and didn't realise it was insulting.
 
12:22 PM
@Oddthinking I am not a native speaker. It's hard enough to contribute in a foreign language without having to be singled out for a word when I've obviously done my homework. That's what makes me feel offended, we should be welcoming to everyone, not nitpicking on terms...
 
 
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Q: How to proceed when implicit and explicit claims diverge

Gareth McCaughanI have seen a number of instances of the following pattern. Someone says something that absolutely explicitly states X and also clearly implies Y. Y, of course, is more outrageous than X. In typical cases, X is true but not terribly surprising or interesting, whereas Y is false but would be s...

 

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