Conor is absolutely right in his comments below. I'm guilty as charged.
I ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said:
>> I'm really blathering on with this topic .. hopefully I'm making sense.
>>
>> Jenn V.
And he said to me:
> Dare I say it? Doesn't the above kinda perpetuate the notion of women
> "probably being wrong" that was under discussion yesterday or so? I'd
> have been more inclined (assuming I, as a male, was inclined to think I
> might be wrong at all! :-) ) to say something along the lines of
>
> "All this made sense to me at the time of writing"
>
> Which says something like "I understood what I meant, even if you can't
> make sense of what I said and if so, I'd be glad to clarify" whereas
> there appears to be an implicit assumption of "I'm probably not making
> sense here but I hope I am" in your quote above.
>
> Not trying to be rude or anything.
No, Conor, it's not rude. It's precisely the kind of behaviour where I'm
undermining myself. Thank you for pointing it out.
After all, I'd like other people to notice if THEY inadvertently undermine
ME. So why should I be immune?
> PS. feel free to respond to the list if that suits.
Thank you. I cc'd to issues.
> PPS. Your thoughts on project planning and paper are so nice and sensible
> that I'm going to suffer when I start my next (solo) project next week.
> Just think; don't touch my keyboard for a week or two?!!
Heh. I'm dangerous!
Jenn V.
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you miss out on by being a geek?" - Dancer.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Jenn Vesperman http://www.simegen.com/~jenn/
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