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What? A hariy trigger? No, not quite. I did read it, but simply didn't understand his joke. Doens't happen to me a lot but than again English is not my main lan
by digitalengineer 14y ago
What? A hariy trigger? No, not quite. I did read it, but simply didn't understand his joke. Doens't happen to me a lot but than again English is not my main language, Dutch is and it's easy to misread a short joke in another language.
Like I stated: I read it as if he was upset because OP excelled at this kind of research.
Like the dictionary:
ex·cel , ex·celled, ex·cel·ling.
verb (used without object) to surpass others or be superior in some respect or area; do extremely well: to excel in math.
Do you really think I would have reached over a 1000 karma if I had a hairy trigger? Oh, well, I do find it funny you're criticising me for making assumptions.
- rednukleus 14y agoHe was referring to Microsoft Excel.
- fluidcruft 14y ago> it's easy to misread a short joke in another language Perhaps you should approach reading other people's English with the same caution and lenience you're asking of your readers? I'll also state the obvious: your excuse lacks grammatical support. You were wrong, move on and stop making a scene.
- digitalengineer 14y agoThere's no reasoning with you. I'll leave the history of all my comments here as well as my twitter updates with the same name speak for me.
- conroe64 14y agoI think this conversation already does...
- alan_cx 14y agoWell, if I were not sure of the language, I'd be very careful about criticising and accusing those who do speak it well. That said, given your now seemingly playful use of the language, and my experience of the excellent English the Dutch generally speak, I'm not sure I entirely believe your reply. Although, as I'm not a mind reader I guess I'll have to let that go. Ironically, my reply to you put my Karma to over 1000...