"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Sat, 22 Aug 2009 10:33:43 -0400, "cybercat" >
> wrote:
>>
>>I love Louisiana and Texas. They are like foreign countries in some
>>delightful ways.
>>
>>Where the "asshole" bit came into this thread, for me, is when people who
>>delight in "correcting" others hopped in. As usual, I automatically
>>assumed
>>that I was wrong, and sheepishly said, "oh, haha, that's how I remembered
>>it
>>from the menu 20 years ago." When in fact that was what was ON the
>>blinking
>>menu. It's a dish, not a gd French lesson. One of the elders in my family
>>used to be a teacher, and is rude enough to "correct" people all the time.
>>She uses the fact that she used to be a teacher to "justify" this. It
>>doesn't help. She just comes off as petty, tightassed, and looking for any
>>kind of ego boost she can get. Because she is so quick to do this, it
>>often
>>happens that she is wrong. Ahhhh. Happy moments for me come in most
>>unusual
>>places.
>>
> If you're talking to me, it was an honest question. I didn't know
> what an embrochette was. I had already looked it up and it seemed to
> vary. I wanted to know what you were talking about, but you've been
> on a real tear the last couple of days.
>

Whoah, there, Nelly. If I were talking to you I would address you. I was
talking about Goomba, and others like her.