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I am sorry you have seen my attempts to communicate with you as "quarrelsome" and "bossy".

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I see your behaviour as "quarrelsome" and "difficult", so don't think you're the unqualified good guy.

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I have never called you a troll and I do not think you are one.

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I have asked you to change your posting method because I am concerned that people might get confusing or inaccurate information from your posts.

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I have also tried to point out that I would like to be able to access your etymological knowledge, but that I can't understand you when you write the way you do.

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Rather than responding positively to my posts, you have a) become offended and b) ignored my advice. This, I admit, has led me to phrase my attempts in increasingly strong language, which is why we find ourselves arguing today.

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This board is where we discuss the meanings, history, popularity, usage etc of names. But people are expected to have facts ready and waiting to support their opinions. I appreciate that you often do have facts that you are trying to share, but they get lost in the fanciful speculation and general mess of your posts.

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Now do you understand where I'm coming from? If not, tell me that you don't understand, don't throw childish insults around.

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I really want to be able to have good, friendly, factual discussions with you - it sounds like you have a lot of etymological knowledge to share. But you won't let me, you just keep posting the same way so that I can't understand you or communicate with you. Of course I'm upset and frustrated!

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Please, if you reply to this, reply to what I say, not to your own ideas.