Re: typedef ... refactored

From	Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: typedef ... refactored
Date	2020-08-29 02:24 +0100
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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Kaz Kylheku <793-849-0957@kylheku.com> writes:
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> "That begs the question", has the following two meanings:
>
> 1. "That is circular reasoning: it assumes a truth that it
> purports to be establishing."
>
> 2. "By the way, I will have you all know that I'm neither well read nor
> well educated, and a careless speaker/writer who unthinkingly copies
> other people's utterances like a toddler in order to fit in socially,
> but the previous discussion raises the question ..."

Only two?  What about

3. "I'll have you know I went to Oxford/Cambridge, but rather than
learning how to communicate, I worked on how to signal that I am
well-read and educated."

4. "English is not my first language so I rely on dictionaries at lot.
I now have to find some other source because I don't want to be sneered
at by people who claim to be well-read and educated."

> When a phrase is misused, there is always a stigmatizing signal present
> in it, which is an undeniable part of its meaning.  The correct word or
> phrase is, of course, not saddled with that baggage, which amounts to an
> overpoweringly convincing reason to prefer it.

In the UK, stigmatising is unfair (or evidence-free) negative branding.
Did you mean that?  The rest of the post doesn't suggest that you think
it's unfair.

> What makes misuses particularly embarassing is that it's easy to train
> oneself to avoid them, without undertaking the difficulty of becoming
> well read or educated. The list of commonly misused phrases and words,
> and of malapropisms, is not overwhelmingly long; the topic can be
> studied with little effort.

I can't help thinking I've missed some joke and I've been taken in.

-- 
Ben.

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  Re: typedef ... refactored Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2020-08-14 13:37 +0100
    Re: typedef ... refactored Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2020-08-14 14:54 +0200
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                Re: [OT] words. Was: typedef ... refactored David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2020-08-17 10:50 +0200
                Re: [OT] words. Was: typedef ... refactored Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2020-08-17 12:00 +0100
              Re: typedef ... refactored Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com> - 2020-08-17 17:51 +0300
                Re: typedef ... refactored Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2020-08-17 16:06 +0100
                Re: typedef ... refactored Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2020-08-17 10:48 -0700
                Re: typedef ... refactored scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2020-08-17 19:36 +0000
                Re: typedef ... refactored Siri Cruise <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-17 14:06 -0700
              Re: typedef ... refactored Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2020-08-28 03:53 -0700
                Re: typedef ... refactored Kaz Kylheku <793-849-0957@kylheku.com> - 2020-08-28 15:30 +0000
                Re: typedef ... refactored Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2020-08-29 02:24 +0100
                Re: typedef ... refactored Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2020-09-02 23:10 -0700
                Re: typedef ... refactored Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2020-09-02 04:11 -0700
        Re: typedef ... refactored Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2020-08-14 18:37 +0200
        Re: typedef ... refactored Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2020-08-14 10:29 -0700
          Re: typedef ... refactored David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2020-08-14 21:10 +0200
            Re: typedef ... refactored Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2020-08-14 12:32 -0700

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