This is why America in general is Ethnocentric. People who are not anthropologists or people who are anthropologists go around giving this backwards view of people and then we can justifiably say, "WOW AT LEAST WE'RE NOT THEM HAW HAW WE DON'T HAVE SEX WITH OUR MOTHERS AND OUR CHILDREN AREN'T VIOLENT AT ALL"
It's anthropological comfort; just very dangerous and inaccurate.
Not really commenting on the subject, but...rhythmspoolNovember 15 2006, 06:22:20 UTC
1. Vince, please learn lj cuts. That was effing annoying.
2. Every last PENCE, not every last cent. (I realize that YOU didn't say cent, you friend did.) 100 pence = 1 pound. 1 dollar = 0.524136485 pounds. So roughly, a pence would be the British equivalent to an American penny.
3. "People who are not anthropologists or people who are anthropologists..." Which is it? I don't think your friend knows what he/she is trying to say. Also, 'ethnocentric' doesn't need to be capitalized in that sentence.
4. Sorry if I'm just picking on people here but I really can't stand it when someone perceives themself as being intelligent when GRAMMAR is clearly not a basic skill they possess.
Re: Not really commenting on the subject, but...rhythmspoolNovember 15 2006, 07:20:40 UTC
Where did I use bad grammar? And no, using cent in this context is WRONG because he specifically cited the 27 million POUNDS. Where he lives is irrelevant.
Re: Not really commenting on the subject, but...darkfire168November 15 2006, 07:31:04 UTC
Oooo and fail. Since pounds are no longer the currency of the UK, and that symbol can refer to both pounds AND euro's, he ACTUALLY cited 27 million EURO'S. And since PENCE are not the official denomination of the subset units within that currency, it would STILL not be in pence, even, god forbid, forgetting that context is STILL important. Oh, and then there's always the fact that one can convert money, meaning that yes, that 27 million euro's CAN be turned into cents. ^_^
And you fail at using proper grammar, punctuation, and capitalization in YOUR OWN journal posts so kiss it, kiss it good.
And lastly, I just LOVE how you TOTALLY commented on the article I posted and it's relevance, instead of nitpicking two OTHER RELEVANT posts, because you failed to have any kind of intelligent thought to add to the discussion. Bravo dear sister, bravo.
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It's anthropological comfort; just very dangerous and inaccurate.
All in all I totally agree with you.
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2. Every last PENCE, not every last cent. (I realize that YOU didn't say cent, you friend did.) 100 pence = 1 pound. 1 dollar = 0.524136485 pounds. So roughly, a pence would be the British equivalent to an American penny.
3. "People who are not anthropologists or people who are anthropologists..." Which is it? I don't think your friend knows what he/she is trying to say. Also, 'ethnocentric' doesn't need to be capitalized in that sentence.
4. Sorry if I'm just picking on people here but I really can't stand it when someone perceives themself as being intelligent when GRAMMAR is clearly not a basic skill they possess.
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2. Using cent in this context is just fine because Chris is from THIS country, so it is contextually colloquial, kiss it Ms. High and Mighty.
3. Eh, Naomi does that sometimes.
4. Isn't that the pot calling the kettle black?
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And you fail at using proper grammar, punctuation, and capitalization in YOUR OWN journal posts so kiss it, kiss it good.
And lastly, I just LOVE how you TOTALLY commented on the article I posted and it's relevance, instead of nitpicking two OTHER RELEVANT posts, because you failed to have any kind of intelligent thought to add to the discussion. Bravo dear sister, bravo.
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