Shutting up the Table Coach

[EarlCat]

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(Tossing him a chip) "Can you grab me a coke on your way back from the ATM?" [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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NICE

[CrisBrown]

Fred,

Yes, as a matter of fact, I do speak German. As for the fallacious statement that this misinterpretation dates to a Newsweek article from 1988, that is simply absurd. My best friend is German-born and has lived there all her life, and was fortunate enough to hear the original speech on the radio. She and her family giggled for a moment -- recognizing the obvious misstatement -- even as their hearts were lifted by his words. She certainly didn't read any 1988 Newsweek articles, and I'll put her experience over some anonymous internet troll any and every day of the week.

Cris

[Fred Garvin]

Anonymous Troll? I posted a scholarly citation. You wave your hands in the classic fashion of the urban myth.

The body rejected the organ...

[jedi]

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Do you speak German or just pretend to on the internet?


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I don't speak German, but my math teacher in high school is German (and from Germany), and he related the story to us in class and why JFK misspoke. I'll trust him over anyone else here.

[Fred Garvin]

The beauty of scholarly research is that you don't have to trust internet posters or your high school math teacher.

[Bremen]

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The beauty of scholarly research is that you don't have to trust internet posters or your high school math teacher.

[/ QUOTE ] You have to trust the person who did the research. Who is quite likely just as failable as any other source. Unfortunately I don't have access to the article in question, or a high school teacher <G>

[shemp]

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You have to trust the person who did the research. Who is quite likely just as failable as any other source.

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Incorrect. A specialist on technical questions pertinent to his technical field is certainly less fallible than someone without training. Secondly, it doesn't all come down to faith in that person, as prior to and post publication there is the scrutiny of his peers, and, finally, the test of time.

[jedi]

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The beauty of scholarly research is that you don't have to trust internet posters or your high school math teacher.

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Should I trust research, or a native speaker in this?

[Belok]

My favorite is (this is for coaches who bitch more than they teach)
"You know, I hear that PartyPoker has implemented code that reads the chat in each room."
"Yeah, it gives more bad beats to the people who whine the most. You should be careful."

[shemp]

You can do as you please. I'm not interested in telling you what you should do. If it is true that a jelly donut is or was not called a Berliner in Berlin, then you might want your native speaker to be a Berliner?