Represent = do reasonably well?

[Benjamin Barrett]

We just disagree on what constitutes boasting then :) BB

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> On 15 Jan 2014, at 15:00, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> How can he be boasting if he hasn't actually made the play yet??
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> I can expect to be proud of what I will do; I cannot boast about it before
> I have done it.
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> DanG
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> 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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>>> DanG
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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)".
>>>>
>>>> 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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