Represent = do reasonably well?

[Laurence Horn]

And, supporting BB, isn't "I can lick/beat up any man in this place" the canonical boast?  Or is that technically a challenge instead?

LH

> 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)".
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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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