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On Saturday, 25 July 2015 17:15:40 UTC+2, Chris L Peterson wrote:

The only point you made is that your comments always devolve to ad
hominems.

Please,Sir! Does "ad hominem" in Snellfish, mean "pedant," in English, Sir?

On Saturday, July 25, 2015 at 11:15:40 AM UTC-4, Chris L Peterson wrote:
On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 04:24:05 -0700 (PDT), wsnell01 wrote:

You don't know what "gratuitous" means, do you?

In this context it means "unnecessary." Those words can be referred to without speaking them or spelling them out.

No, they can't. Not when we're discussing the specific words
themselves.

Incorrect.

When those words are the subject of a discussion they can be, and usually are, referred to without writing them out or saying them.

On Saturday, July 25, 2015 at 1:21:38 PM UTC-4, Chris.B wrote:
On Saturday, 25 July 2015 17:15:40 UTC+2, Chris L Peterson wrote:

The only point you made is that your comments always devolve to ad
hominems.

Please,Sir! Does "ad hominem" in Snellfish, mean "pedant," in English, Sir?

No, pedant = chrisb = peterson and ad-hominem (you should learn what that means) best describes your and peterson's methods of participating in discussions.

On Mon, 27 Jul 2015 05:47:06 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Saturday, July 25, 2015 at 11:15:40 AM UTC-4, Chris L Peterson wrote:
On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 04:24:05 -0700 (PDT), wsnell01 wrote:

You don't know what "gratuitous" means, do you?

In this context it means "unnecessary." Those words can be referred to without speaking them or spelling them out.

No, they can't. Not when we're discussing the specific words
themselves.

Incorrect.

When those words are the subject of a discussion they can be, and usually are, referred to without writing them out or saying them.

Only by silly people who don't understand what language actually is.