[Corpora-List] medication pronunciations (meta-discussion)

[Paula Newman]

Some months ago there was another instance of flooding the list with an
off-topic discussion  The solution recommended and adopted was to 
establish a google group for the purpose, and continue the discussion on
that group, 
 to be pursued by those interested.

Paula

> [Original Message]
> From: Emiliano Guevara <emiliano.guevara at unibo.it>
> To: James L. Fidelholtz <fidelholtz at gmail.com>
> Cc: CORPORA at UIB.NO <corpora at uib.no>
> Date: 4/1/2008 3:21:44 AM
> Subject: Re: [Corpora-List] medication pronunciations
>
> Very briefly:
>
> the meta-discussion that followed my provocative message (requesting  
> moderation from list members who are flooding the list with lengthy,  
> off-topic messages), and this one following Khurshid's similar  
> request, are more adequate in Corpora than the threads in which they  
> originated (James Fidelholtz is saying it himself...).
>
> Dear James, if you really think that I, as a member of this list,  
> don't have the right to ask you for moderation, please start a  
> separate discussion thread on that  topic and find what other members  
> think about it. I am totally sure that I can do it.
>
> And dear James, calling this "flaming" is completely absurd. You are  
> now defending off-topic threads that have nothing to do with corpora  
> or corpus linguistics. Remember this list is called "Corpora", and  
> not anything near "Say what you think about my favourite difficult  
> issue in language".
>
> Please forgive my intrusion, I promise I will not answer any other  
> meta-discussion on these matters.
>
> E.
>
>



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