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11-20-2006, 03:20 AM
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| Is anyone else tired of referee threads  ?
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11-20-2006, 12:24 PM
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#42 | | Curmudgeon-in-Chief
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| Mr. Biggs: Using "pedanticism" instead of "pedantry" is---pedantic. ( And noting this is meta-pedantry.  )
Maybe we should stop emulating the negative press and start a thread on "Really Good Referees".
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11-20-2006, 12:34 PM
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11-20-2006, 12:59 PM
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#44 | | Curmudgeon-in-Chief
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11-20-2006, 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Inquartata  Mr. Biggs: Using "pedanticism" instead of "pedantry" is---pedantic. ( And noting this is meta-pedantry. ) | I actually only quoted RITFencing and epeemike, who were the ones who used the word. I technically never actually said it.
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11-20-2006, 01:34 PM
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11-20-2006, 02:42 PM
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Originally Posted by mrbiggs See these quotes from the thread:
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It also allows fencers to cheat by hitting themselves in the foot or leg. Obviously, this is very applicable in epee, somewhat in foil, and not at all in sabre. | Well, that would be unfair, wouldn't it!
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11-20-2006, 02:45 PM
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Originally Posted by LUDICROUS Is anyone else tired of referee threads ? | Is there any other kind!?!?
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