Re: OT: what's with the 'i'?

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On Thu, 2013-01-31 at 16:44 -0700, Craig White wrote:
> On Thu, 2013-01-31 at 23:27 +0000, David G.Miller wrote:
> > Joe Zeff <joe <at> zeff.us> writes:
> > 
> > > 
> > > On 01/31/2013 08:34 AM, Andras Simon wrote:
> > > > I'd think it's the coolness thing.
> > > 
> > > What's cool about looking like an ignoramus?
> > I just go with these are the same people who aren't intelligent enough to
> > operate a baseball cap so they end up wearing it backwards.
> ----
> anyone who rides a motorcycle needs no explanation of why wearing a
> baseball cap backwards is a good thing.
> 
> The endless meta chatter on this topic is rather pointless.

As far as I'm aware, this is the only time the subject has come up in
all the years I've been on this list. And I clearly flagged it as OT, so
don't feel you need to read it.

> If the point of the OP was to make non-native English speakers
> uncomfortable so they won't post for fear of being attacked, then we
> really don't need to support that effort.

Well, since the predicate doesn't apply, we can safely ignore the
conclusion. And several of the most visible proponents do not appear to
be non-native English speakers.

poc

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