Posted by beardedlady on July 30, 2002, at 15:25:18
In reply to Re: Oh No! LostBoy... Please Come back... (LAME)...... » kid_A, posted by janejj on July 30, 2002, at 12:18:03
> > have precious little command of the english language...
> SNOB !!!!!!Actually, a snob is someone who flaunts his social superiority or whose condescension of his inferiors comes from social or intellectual pretension. KidA is far from pretentious, and I have it on good authority that he rarely holds his pinky out when taking tea.
It shouldn't be too much to expect that a person have a good grasp of his native tongue. (What is too much to expect, however, is that he grasp his native tongue and hold it.)
Maybe elitist is a better word.
beardy
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