spelling flame n. //
[Usenet] A posting ostentatiously
correcting a previous article's spelling as a way of casting scorn
on the point the article was trying to make, instead of actually
responding to that point (compare dictionary flame). Of
course, people who are more than usually slovenly spellers are
prone to think any correction is a spelling flame. It's an
amusing comment on human nature that spelling flames themselves
often contain spelling errors.
[Usenet] A posting ostentatiously
correcting a previous article's spelling as a way of casting scorn
on the point the article was trying to make, instead of actually
responding to that point (compare dictionary flame). Of
course, people who are more than usually slovenly spellers are
prone to think any correction is a spelling flame. It's an
amusing comment on human nature that spelling flames themselves
often contain spelling errors.
Related:
- spelling flame n. //
[Usenet] A posting ostentatiously
correcting a previous article's spelling as a way of casting scorn
on the point the article was trying to make,
instead of actually responding to that point (compare... - dictionary flame: [USENET] n. An attempt to sidetrack a debate
away from issues by insisting on meanings for key terms that
presuppose a desired conclusion or smuggle in an implicit premise.
A common tactic of people who prefer argument over... - dictionary flame n.
[Usenet] An attempt to sidetrack a
debate away from issues by insisting on meanings for key terms that
presuppose a desired conclusion or smuggle in an implicit premise.
A common tactic of people who prefer argument over... - Any errors in spelling,
tact or fact are transmission errors... - How many
rec.humour posters
-- does it take to change a light bulb ?
31. One to change the light bulb and thirty to flame... - How many
USENET users
-- does it take to screw in a ligth bulb?
Six. One to point out the spelling (you illiterate... - Spelling problems?
use "error-correcting" modems... - Beware the grammar / Spelling
Gestapo... - Condoning sloppy spelling is
guache...
