Thanks Chris for your kind apology, which is appreciated. I do realise that without face to face contact it can be easy to create a wrong impression of what is being said.Chris Peterson wrote:Sorry, there was no intent to be condescending at all. The sentence was intended to be purely exclamatory.DavidLeodis wrote:Thanks neufer and Chris for your replies.
You state Chris "These sprites are produced by thunderstorms that are a few hundred miles away- typically, over the horizon. If that isn't seeing a storm from the side, I don't know what is!". I did not know, which is why I was trying to seek help which you have given but I did not need what seems to be the condescensive tone.
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I personally would never accuse Chris of being condescendingDavidLeodis wrote:Thanks Chris for your kind apology, which is appreciated. I do realise that without face to face contact it can be easy to create a wrong impression of what is being said.Chris Peterson wrote:Sorry, there was no intent to be condescending at all. The sentence was intended to be purely exclamatory.DavidLeodis wrote:
You state Chris "These sprites are produced by thunderstorms that are a few hundred miles away- typically, over the horizon. If that isn't seeing a storm from the side, I don't know what is!". I did not know, which is why I was trying to seek help which you have given but I did not need what seems to be the condescensive tone.
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CONDESCENDING, Yielding to inferiors; courteous; obliging.
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CONDESCEND, v.i. [F. condescendre, LL. condescendere, fr. L. con- + descendere.]
1. To descend from the privileges of superior rank or dignity, to do some act to an inferior, which strict justice or the ordinary rules of civility do not require. Hence, to submit or yield, as to an inferior, implying an occasional relinquishment of distinction.
2. To recede from ones rights in negotiation, or common intercourse, to do some act, which strict justice does not require.
3. To stoop or descend; to yield; to submit; implying a relinquishment of rank, or dignity of character, and sometimes a sinking into debasement.
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Quite so, I never feel obliged to yield to my inferiors (although I try to be polite). But you've provided an incomplete definition; my dictionary includes: to assume an air of superiority. I suspect that's the meaning David was seeing in my choice of words.neufer wrote:I personally would never accuse Chris of being condescending :!:
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CONDESCENDING, Yielding to inferiors; courteous; obliging.
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As an educator, I sometimes tread a fine line between assuming an air of superiority in a positive way, as we expect from a teacher, and coming off as a condescending jerk. Honestly, I never intend to sound like the latter, but as David quite correctly pointed out, in the absence of face-to-face communication, it can sometimes be difficult to read intent.
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Chris Peterson wrote:Quite so, I never feel obliged to yield to my inferiors (although I try to be polite). But you've provided an incomplete definition; my dictionary includes: to assume an air of superiority. I suspect that's the meaning David was seeing in my choice of words.neufer wrote:
I personally would never accuse Chris of being condescending
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CONDESCENDING, Yielding to inferiors; courteous; obliging.
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As an educator, I sometimes tread a fine line between assuming an air of superiority in a positive way, as we expect from a teacher, and coming off as a condescending jerk. Honestly, I never intend to sound like the latter, but as David quite correctly pointed out, in the absence of face-to-face communication, it can sometimes be difficult to read intent.
- So... how high is Chili
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http://www.thefreedictionary.com/sprite
sprite also spright (sprt)
n.
1. A small or elusive supernatural being; an elf or pixie.
2. An elflike person.
3. A specter or ghost.
4. Archaic A soul. ???
5. Meteorology A large, dim, red flash that appears above active thunderstorms in conjunction with lightning.
Does it look like a ghost? uh sort of I guess. how did it get it's name?
sprite also spright (sprt)
n.
1. A small or elusive supernatural being; an elf or pixie.
2. An elflike person.
3. A specter or ghost.
4. Archaic A soul. ???
5. Meteorology A large, dim, red flash that appears above active thunderstorms in conjunction with lightning.
Does it look like a ghost? uh sort of I guess. how did it get it's name?
Aliens will find Earth absolutely amazingly beautiful and fragile to behold. But if they get close enough, they'll see 7,000,000,000 of us and think "Uh oh, that's a lot for such a small planet. Wonder if we should help?"
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mjimih wrote:
Does it look like a ghost? uh sort of I guess. how did it get it's name?
- The Tempest Act 2, Scene 2
- That's a brave god and bears celestial liquor.
- The Comedy of Errors Act 2, Scene 2
- We talk with goblins, owls and sprites:
If we obey them not, this will ensue,
They'll suck our breath, or pinch us black and blue.
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the letter i with it's red spiked dot above it looks strangely similar to the apod photo.
What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
- William Shakespeare
What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
- William Shakespeare
Aliens will find Earth absolutely amazingly beautiful and fragile to behold. But if they get close enough, they'll see 7,000,000,000 of us and think "Uh oh, that's a lot for such a small planet. Wonder if we should help?"
Re: APOD: Red Sprite Lightning with Aurora (2013 May 22)
Know the quiet place within your heart and touch the rainbow of possibility; be
alive to the gentle breeze of communication, and please stop being such a jerk. — Garrison Keillor
alive to the gentle breeze of communication, and please stop being such a jerk. — Garrison Keillor
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Haha, nice! Mike seems disappointed that he missed the world first by 11 days. I think I would be too.
Just call me "geck" because "zilla" is like a last name.