Shutter Bugger

LOL! It (an Oxford Dictionary... a paltry dictionary says Pnagy) is the one and only dictionary I have, apart from a dictionary of biological terms. And that Oxford is the one and only dictionary I finally looked into to see the exact definition of "Topography"... as in the photos you bloody ignoramus. The second photo I posted is the uncropped version of the first photo I posted... the photo you falsely claimed I
cropped the non existent third definition from.'... and that is proof for you and everyone else to see that your claims are false. It's all here in the thread bud... That's irrefutable.

Now you make a new claim (falsely... again) that I have looked through many dictionaries to find the definition of "Topography". What a klutz!

I think you actually know how wrong you are, and all the braying you are doing is your idea of "damage control". And it's so blatant, I't amazes me how brazen your cr#p is. You should be dam well flogged bud.

I cant wait for your next installment here. My morbid curiosity of how big an arse you are prepared to make of yourself is irresistible.

Let's have it dickhead!

PNagy Loc: Missouri City, Texas

You are just one of those idiots who keep insisting insolently that you are right when you have clearly been proved wrong. For the nth time, here are the facts of this dispute:

1. You insisted that my use of the word "topography" was incorrect.

2. You added scurrilous insults to your incorrect contention.

3. I picked several dictionaries at random. Every one of them corroborated that my use of the word was correct. They listed my use as anywhere between the first and the third meaning of the word.

4. You claim to have found one dictionary that did not list this meaning, and conclude therefore that you are right. The online Oxford I found not only lists the definition I used, but lists it as the first definition.

"1. The arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area: the topography of the island." (http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/topography)

You may have a badly abridged pocket version of the Oxford Dictionary. It does not matter, however, since if one dictionary out of several failed to include a definition of a word, the correct conclusion is should be that the overwhelming majority, not the dissenter was right. You should make a credible case why all the others are wrong. You are, however, too unintelligent to think that logically, or if you are, your judgment is skewed by your utter lack of intellectual integrity. Finally, you seem to have a bizarre and incongruous fixation on male genitalia, to which you have several times referred.

tradergeorge Loc: Newport, Kentucky

All this "Appeal To Authority", i.e. dictionaries, is pointless. I, and many others, often use words not in a literal sense, but rather in a metaphorical manner to paint a picture of the meaning. In this sense, "topography" could be used to express the overall layout of any idea. If we insist on being literal in the usage of EVERY word, even if it is correct by the reigning authority, we lose all sense of literature, analogy and license in communication. The language quickly becomes stagnant.

PNagy Loc: Missouri City, Texas

tradergeorge: All this "Appeal To Authority", i.e. dictionaries, is pointless. I, and many others, often use words not in a literal sense, but rather in a metaphorical manner to paint a picture of the meaning. In this sense, "topography" could be used to express the overall layout of any idea. If we insist on being literal in the usage of EVERY word, even if it is correct by the reigning authority, we lose all sense of literature, analogy and license in communication. The language quickly becomes stagnant.

Nagy: Thank you for pointing this out. I think I already had some idea of using a word metaphorically. However, this was a case in which I used the word correctly and was still corrected. I'll leave it up to you to figure out the purpose of the false correction. The purpose of my responses was self defense.

tradergeorge Loc: Newport, Kentucky

Like you, I used to feel the need to defend against every attack, no matter where from. These days, I pick my battles a bit more carefully. Sometimes I will engage, just as an academic exercise, but I try to never take it seriously, especially against the stoically literal. I view their lack of imagination as their loss. They do not need to be beaten down any more by me. They are already miserable enough and most of those close to them see them for what they are. Take care...

PNagy Loc: Missouri City, Texas

Thanks. Great point: even if topography weren't defined in dictionaries as I used it, its use in that manner should be understood, especially by those who have pointed out how brilliantly creative they were, and how prosaic I am. As a matter of fact, I used the word "topography" metaphorically in references to facial blemishes before I was aware that such use is recognized in most dictionaries. I would, nevertheless, do well to disengage after I have proved my point beyond reasonable doubt.

Shutter Bugger

The product of a cornered rat ^

"Abridged pocket version" lol... wrong yet a again.
Earlier in the thread, Pnagy claimed (falsely as usual) that I cropped the 3rd (non existent) definition from
the photo I took of my (English) Oxford English Dictionary (not abridged and very far from
pocket sized as Pnagy claims) However, here again is the exact same photo.
As you can see the entire entry for "Topography" remains and you
can also see the next entry "Topoi" dissected by the crop .

That fact raises a the question; was that claim that I cropped the
non existent third definition, the one he so desperately wants,
an outright lie, the type of which is made by a desperate criminal to cover his tracks, or does Pnagy suffer from selective blindness as well as selective amnesia?

Now he's at it again, but his story this time is that the reference is from
a "badly abridged pocket version of the Oxford Dictionary"... Which of course is another falsehood uttered by Pnagy.

Pnagy says I'm insolent, as if he outranks me!
What next? ROFL.

Shutter Bugger

I used a "badly abridged pocket version of the Oxford Dictionary" claims Pnagy. Ive lost count of his false
claims and how often he ignores the corrections Ive had to make. Then he fabricates a fresh story on the same subject. The photo below is the (my) dictionary he "describes" as "badly abridged pocket version".

More photographic proof of Pnagys profound ignorance.

So the only one that's "been proved wrong", and comprehensively so,
is the organism that calls itself, PNagy.

This dictionary has 190,000 definitions printed on 1,428 very fine pages. "badly abridged pocket version"... NOT. The camera, for scale, is my full frame, kinda large, Nikon D700 being dwarfed.

davidheald1942 Loc: Mars (the planet)

Neither one of those is correct English. It should be "between the two of us". And there are other ways to say same the thing.
ronny

PNagy Loc: Missouri City, Texas

That was exactly my point. However, Shutter Buggered insisted that I used the word incorrectly; that it only means the science, study, or practice of mapping and graphing what is on the surface.

Shutter Bugger

Good grief! That is not the point of our dispute.

This is:


Following along that line of reasoning, or more accurately lack of reasoning... Infra red photography is the result of white trees and snowy looking summer scenes.

Or, macro photography is the result of insect eyes and the heads of pins.

It's hilarious that Pnagy mangled the English language in this way in this thread, titled; Mangling the English language.

Pnagy, you've provided pages and pages of amusement for me, truly
you have made me laugh 'til I cried. Thanks very much.

I've better things to do now though, so I'm off to click "unwatch".

See ya, I wouldn't wanna be ya.

SB.