by Guest » Sat May 14, 2011 6:29 pm
Chris Peterson wrote:Guest wrote:So you had a compulsion to take your pen, uh! no, your keyboard, to "correct" my remark ?
Well, yes. When a factual error is made, I am often compelled to post a correction or clarification.
And we appreciate and usually learn loads from your lessons, sincere - more so on your professional domain of competence than linguistics though.
I often make errors (don't you ever ?) - so I have checked my facts just now and indeed it seems the Nothern star's name is Alruccabah. If it is not, then I made a "factual error". Otherwise your intervention about what is - or is not - a proper name was rather devoid of meaning and surely off topic. Hence my reaction, which was not necessary either. I apologise to all contributors and "lurkers" alike.
And Chris, before I shut it up for good, have this analogy :
President of the USA is not a "proper name", [/i]Barack Obama is. Yet both "labels" designate the same person (ATM; like the Polar, the President is going to change overtime, only faster...)
Sorry I'm not in a good mood, and it appears, you neither.
I'm in a fine mood today. Sorry you're not!
Thank you. Well, to close this digression : I only wished to give the Polar Bear's name, for whomever it might interest to learn it. No ground for flaming each other. 'Later...
[quote="Chris Peterson"][quote="Guest"]So you had a compulsion to take your pen, uh! no, your keyboard, to "correct" my remark ? [/quote]
Well, yes. When a factual error is made, I am often compelled to post a correction or clarification.[/quote]
And we appreciate and usually learn loads from your lessons, sincere - more so on your professional domain of competence than linguistics though.
I often make errors (don't you ever ?) - so I have checked my facts just now and indeed it seems the Nothern star's name is Alruccabah. If it is not, then I made a "factual error". Otherwise your intervention about what is - or is not - a proper name was rather devoid of meaning and surely off topic. Hence my reaction, which was not necessary either. I apologise to all contributors and "lurkers" alike.
And Chris, before I shut it up for good, have this analogy : [i]President of the USA[/i] is not a "proper name", [/i]Barack Obama is. Yet both "labels" designate the same person (ATM; like the Polar, the President is going to change overtime, only faster...)
[quote][quote]Sorry I'm not in a good mood, and it appears, you neither.[/quote]
I'm in a fine mood today. Sorry you're not![/quote]
Thank you. Well, to close this digression : I only wished to give the Polar Bear's name, for whomever it might interest to learn it. No ground for flaming each other. 'Later...