Dyslexia and English Orthography was "surprise"

[Gordon, Matthew J.]

I must have missed your reply to the post in which your interpretation of the dyslexia study from Science was challenged. I think this is one that Ron had in mind with his comments.


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From: American Dialect Society on behalf of Tom Zurinskas
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Subject:      Re: Dyslexia and English Orthography was "surprise"
 
For the record, I've addressed all posts directed at me, even those that are not directed at me but involve me as this one below.

The arrogant, unapologetic Mr Butters strikes again.

Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
see truespel.com


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> Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:59:41 -0500
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> The point of "how like him" is that TZ rarely answers posts that directly co=
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> se with him, only his continued insistence that his opinions are facts, even=
> when they are contradicted by basic findings of linguistic science.
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> Not that your opinion of what is or is not "insulting" is relevant. If you t=
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> nt to the list owner. Your lectures on bad manners are in themselves, arroga=
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> On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 12:39 AM, wrote:
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>> But how like him to ignore the evidence and cling tenaciously to an
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>> nt statistic in support of an impossible course of action.
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> Insulting wording. How about:
> But he is ignoring the evidence and clinging tenaciously to an irrelevant
> statistic in support of an impossible course of action.
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> Randy Alexander
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