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| Cunning Linguists Languages and their use. What languages do you speak and why? What do words really mean? Can you say things in one language that you can't say in another? Should there be a national language? How many languages should a person know and what are they? |
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#1
 2008-09-26, 00:06 |
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 Expressions that need to die
I nominate "some say...", "they say..." etc.
It's used exclusively as a horribly misguided attempt to give the speaker credibility with a modified strawman argument.
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#2
2008-09-26, 06:04 |
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Re: Expressions that need to die
threads with not enough content that need to die
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#3
2008-09-26, 08:29 |
Self Respect 
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Re: Expressions that need to die
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Originally Posted by ChickenOfDoom
I nominate "some say...", "they say..." etc.
It's used exclusively as a horribly misguided attempt to give the speaker credibility with a modified strawman argument.
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I don't have my textbook with me right now, but I'm pretty sure that's not a Strawman. Although its been awhile since I took Critical Thinking, so I might be wrong... |
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#4
2008-09-28, 03:10 |
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Re: Expressions that need to die
I don't have my textbook with me right now, but I'm pretty sure that's not a Strawman. Although its been awhile since I took Critical Thinking, so I might be wrong...
Modified. It's not the same thing, but it's in the same category because they're misrepresenting the position of the majority to support their own claims.
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#5
2008-10-02, 13:54 |
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Re: Expressions that need to die
"Believe you me"
What the fuck, are we cavemen again?
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#6
2008-10-04, 11:00 |
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Re: Expressions that need to die
It is what it is.
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#7
2008-10-04, 20:51 |
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Re: Expressions that need to die
Modified. It's not the same thing, but it's in the same category because they're misrepresenting the position of the majority to support their own claims.
It's an appeal to the masses/popularity/common belief, not a strawman.
http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/
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#8
2008-10-28, 23:02 |
Captain Douche
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Re: Expressions that need to die
Its okay, he heard it on the grapevine.
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#9
2008-10-31, 03:41 |
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Re: Expressions that need to die
Experts predict that by 2017.....u gay.
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#10
2008-11-09, 08:28 |
Mitchell Y. McDeere
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Re: Expressions that need to die
The word 'like' being used 15 times a sentence.
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#11
2008-11-09, 10:10 |
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Re: Expressions that need to die
tabernac de bapteme, I fucking despise the word "oftentimes". WHAT COULD YOU NOT CONVEY IF YOU SIMPLY SAID "OFTEN"? jfk.
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