Represent = do reasonably well?

[Dan Goncharoff]

How can he be boasting if he hasn't actually made the play yet??

I can expect to be proud of what I will do; I cannot boast about it before
I have done it.

DanG


On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 5:51 PM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com>wrote:

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> His text sounded like a boast of skill not merely a statement that his
> manner of play would be prideful. BB
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> > On 15 Jan 2014, at 13:59, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> > Is there no pride in the game of go?
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> > On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 4:47 PM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com
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> >>> On Jan 15, 2014, at 1:43 PM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at GMAIL.COM>
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> >>> On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 4:28 PM, Benjamin Barrett <
> gogaku at ix.netcom.com
> >>> wrote:
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> >>>> see if I don't represent, bitch
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> >>> I would say, "carry myself proudly (and, often, loudly)".
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> >> For a game of go, what does that mean? Does it include being cremated as
> >> long as you are proud while doing it? BB
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