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Cunt_With_A_C OP t1_ixww9x9 wrote

Reply to comment by jrrackerley in What are some good off-campus housing options for graduate students? by Cunt_With_A_C

>You’te an exchange student (perhaps not a native English speaker) and the fact that you misspelled “Pittsburgh” is totally understandable and not at all a big deal, especially given that your spelling would not be flagged by the spellcheck.
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>Thank you for your kind words. And you're right; I'm in fact not a native speaker. I'm really looking forward to my stay there. I'll be sure to make the most of it. this subthread. Best wishes.

Thank you for your kind words. And you're right; I'm not a native speaker. I'm looking forward to my stay there. I'll be sure to make the most of it.

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BonnieIndigo t1_ixx4mnb wrote

Also, yikes at your username. Maybe you’re from a part of the world where that isn’t a huge insult, but in the US it is.

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HedgeRunner t1_ixxa91e wrote

LOL exactly. Look folks, if this guy had the time to think about creating a name that especially mentions the C word then he has the time to spell Pittsburgh.

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Cunt_With_A_C OP t1_ixy61hn wrote

Is forgetting the "h" really that deep?

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BonnieIndigo t1_ixz4tfj wrote

Yes. The fact that you don’t know that indicates that you need to do more “getting to know the city” research before moving here.

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jrrackerley t1_ixzi390 wrote

No. It doesn’t. It’s a simple mistake.

Are you as fluent in another language as this young speaker is in English? Do you never make mistakes when writing in your second language?

Everyone who’s so upset by “Pittsburg” [sic] should take it up with the powers behind the spellcheck that never flags it on Pittsburgh threads.

Seriously. That’s where your anger should be directed.

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BonnieIndigo t1_iy0jbx0 wrote

Any “anger” that you think I have is really not about Pittsburgh with an H, but about the misogynistic word in the other person’s username.

Also, for the record, I speak two other languages and also frequently visit other places where I am not fluent in the language and somehow I have never managed to misspell a city or town name in any of those places. And I don’t give a shit about anyone’s age, so don’t try to shame me in that regard.

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jrrackerley t1_iy0puo6 wrote

You’re missing the point. I wasn’t trying to shame you because I attributed some attitude about youth to you. Not at all. I’d brought the poster’s youth up as a mitigating favor. As is clear in its context.

If I was going to shame you about anything, which I’m not, it might be for this comment:

“Yes. The fact that you don’t know that indicates that you need to do more ‘getting to know the city’, research before moving here.”

It was pedantic, remarkably rude and just silly.

You write that you’ve never misspelled the foreign name of any city or town in any country you’ve visited. Perhaps. Perhaps you never make mistakes. Another possibility Is that you have, but the locals had manners.

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BonnieIndigo t1_iy0sqn3 wrote

I teach college. I have a doctoral degree from an Ivy. I care about words and names. I don’t misspell them, and if I accidentally did, I would correct it and beat myself up about it.

What you denigrate as “pedantic” is merely “respecting others.”

I note that in your comments to me you have not addressed or recognized at all the misogynistic slur in the other poster’s username, so apparently that’s A-OK with you while we argue about whether or not it’s necessary to spell the city name correctly?

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BonnieIndigo t1_iy1bhtp wrote

I see that you have attempted a reply, which Reddit hasn’t yet recognized somehow. That’s cute that you have an undergraduate degree from Columbia. You evidently have avoided learning the things that college is supposed to teach you. Columbia is probably embarrassed, because these things are things that you could have learned from any community college (at which I have also taught, before you think that that’s a potential arrow in your quiver). I’m sorry you’re so ignorant. Have a pretty life. You won’t get another response from me.

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Cunt_With_A_C OP t1_ixy5y2v wrote

Created a Reddit account a short while after watching The Boyz. First thing that came to mind. Been trying to change it but Reddit doesn't seem to allow username updates.

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BonnieIndigo t1_ixyga5l wrote

No, once you have an account, Reddit does not let you change the name. However, since the account is only a few days old, and you don’t have any meaningful history on it yet, you could just jettison it and make a new one with no real losses.

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