Re: Interesting archeological discovery - Emperor Qin's tomb

From: Doug Weller (dweller_at_ramtops.removethisdemon.co.uk)
Date: 01/23/05 

Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 11:06:11 +0000

On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 10:06:50 GMT, in sci.archaeology, Stein R wrote:

>"I.E_Johansson" <inger_e.xjohansson@telia.xcom> wrote in
>news:G3HId.15052$d5.125649@newsb.telia.net:
>
>> "Stein R" <steinjr@nospam.com> skrev i meddelandet
>> news:Xns95E6F33C87E3Dsteinjr@193.213.112.19...
>
>
>> Dyslextic persons often are very good in understanding and
>> speaking several other languages but do have problem spelling, doing
>> interpunctation in all languages including their own, writing long
>> sentences and such but contrary to your assumption Stein most
>> dyslextic persons I have met are very good in other languages.
>
Dyslexia itself does not make people bad in other languages, true. But
dyslexia is a general term for reading disorders, and many of us are
convinced that whether or not Inger is dyslexic she often has problems
understanding what people have written, hence the sometimes very odd
responses.

http://www.macalester.edu/~psych/whathap/UBNRP/Dyslexia/index.html

> Irrelevant. We are not talking about dyslexics in general - we
>are talking about you, Mrs "B.A History", scholar extraordinary,
>inventor of the Internet, mostly unemployed substitute teacher
>of elementary school children, email friend of great, but anonymous
>scholars, who keep making outlandish claims about archaelogy, lin-
>guistics, geography and law that you, in at least three years of
>posting, have *never* been able to substantiate.
>
>
>> As well as in Mathematics and Music. Many of this worlds most
>> genius persons are and have been dyslextic. I know my IQ and EQ.

And I know my IQ, but although the numbers are impressive I know the
limitations of IQ as a measure. If Inger's EQ is high there is something
wrong with EQ. :-)
>
> Good for you. Somehow all that genius fail to communicate itself
>through your posts.
>
>
>> IF you can't follow my writing from A -> B and put it together
>> with B -> C under condition this or that, say more about your
>> own skill then it does of mine.
>
> No doubt. Now put up an example of a British English sentence,
>the same sentence expressed in American English, and show how
>the British English sentences will always be "more distinct"
>than the same thought expressed in American English ...
>
> Or shut up.

She can't give an example but I doubt she'll shut up.

Doug 

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