Represent = do reasonably well?

[Jonathan Lighter]

My interpretation of this kind of "representing" has long been rather
like showing off or "strutting your stuff."

JL


On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 6:07 PM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com>wrote:

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> 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
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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)".
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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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