Re: Why "kompressor" in German?

Thomas Carter wrote:

Messrs. Phoglund and Marques:

Obviously you seem to have a difficulty dealing with opinions you don't like.

Only when such opinions are presented in an offensive way, or are themselves so, a dislike for the person - not a difficulty dealing with the opinion - arises.

You might like to think twice before you put forth unwarranted

What, pray tell, are 'warranted' inferences then? That you are a member of the human species? For all I know you could be from Antares. You write in english under an english name and say outlandish things about german. If people take you for an english speaker with a deficient knowledge of german, that is not an unwarranted inference, that is the logical inference. Complaining about it makes one look ridiculous. In my country we have a saying more or less amounting to 'one who wishes not to be called a wolf won't dress in a wolf's costume'.

inferences (Mr. Phoglund, I am not a native English speaker, and I am not
monolingual - I am sure you are familiar with the concept of nom de plume)

For crying out loud, get a life. 'Nom de plume'!

Phoglund does have this annoying tendency to blanket-insult english speaking / american people every so often. But phoglund is otherwise rather nice.

or dogmatic opinions (Mr. Marques, if you think that my view is "utter
delusion", you might like to try: A) To be more polite expressing your
disagreement, and B) support your view with reasons).

If you don't think that there is a political motivation in the "k"/"c"
please say so politely and support your view with reasons.

Thinking that there needs to be a 'political motivation' for such a usage and insisting on it in face of every evidence is called, politely, prejudice. Either that, or your spelling of Thomas with a h is pedantic - prove it isn't or shut up.

And do try to learn the meaning of words (cf. 'dogmatic') before spurting them. It looks so 18th century, you know.

If you don't like the fact that your view is a deluded one, that's not other people's fault. I don't have to present any 'reasons' to support that - more in fact than I already have. I guess you could be one of those people that wander through wikipedia, see sentences like 'the US was originally composed of British colonies' and don't rest until you add 'reference / citation needed', 'disputed fact' or the like*.

(*) Notice the use of 'could be' to forestall unwarranted accusations of 'unwarranted inferences'.

It all amounts to the fact that you probably don't realise that your view is more unnerving than the tone of the responses you've received so far (this one included). But it is.

And 'utter delusion' wasn't an insult. It's a description.
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