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AIBU by not eeally undersranding the MNHQ Message Deleted message?

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StNiChaolas · 27/12/2012 19:50

"Replies may also be deleted".

I hactually think "resposnses" would be a better word.

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CatPussRoastingOnAnOpenFire · 28/12/2012 19:35

Personally, I love Maryz's reply! Grin

CatPussRoastingOnAnOpenFire · 28/12/2012 19:35

Chaos my lovely, you slay me! Grin
I get what you mean midear, but I'm not sure you are correct!
Wiktionary says:
A reply is a statement or acknowledgment made in response to an interrogative question, request or comment.[1] Replies are communicated in a variety of ways, the most common being spoken or written, and act as a way of conveying relevant information and continuing a conversational exchange.

Response: 1.An answer or reply, or something in the nature of an answer or reply.
2.The act of responding or replying; reply: as, to speak in response to a question
They both mean the same thing.

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LittleTownofBethleHelenMumsnet · 28/12/2012 17:22

@StNiChaolas

And I'm in soft plat hell.

Is soft plat hell what you get if you're trying to tidy up your girl's freshly washed hair?

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StNiChaolas · 28/12/2012 16:55

And I'm in soft plat hell.

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StNiChaolas · 28/12/2012 16:55

I never get hugs from HQ.

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LittleTownofBethleHelenMumsnet · 28/12/2012 15:03

@AViewfromtheFridge

But the whole idea is that it's a conversation, when you would talk about people replying to something that you said.

Indeed.

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LittleTownofBethleHelenMumsnet · 28/12/2012 15:02

@MaryChristmaZEverybody

No, no Helen, much as I hate to be pedantic, you didn't reply "wonderful for ducks", you responded "wonderful for ducks".

I think.

[baffled]

But gunfire would be quicker, when it comes to some of the threads.

Reply and respond are synonyms.

lougle · 28/12/2012 14:52

mmm, I think Helen retorted, personally.

AViewfromtheFridge · 28/12/2012 14:03

But the whole idea is that it's a conversation, when you would talk about people replying to something that you said.

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StNiChaolas · 28/12/2012 13:44
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lougle · 28/12/2012 13:39

Can we agree on 'posts'? Covers a multitude of scenarios...

MaryChristmaZEverybody · 28/12/2012 13:28

No, no Helen, much as I hate to be pedantic, you didn't reply "wonderful for ducks", you responded "wonderful for ducks".

I think.

[baffled]

But gunfire would be quicker, when it comes to some of the threads.

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LittleTownofBethleHelenMumsnet · 28/12/2012 13:23

@youngermother1

My chambers has reply as 'to say in answer'. If there is no question in the deleted post,how can a response be a reply?

In the same way as if you said, "Lovely weather we're having" and I replied, "Wonderful for ducks."

I believe the key thing is that it's a response/reaction to a previous statement or action, rather than something entirely unconnected.

You can reply to a letter or an email, for example. Or reply with gunfire. In either case, no questions need to have been asked.

youngermother1 · 28/12/2012 12:09

My chambers has reply as 'to say in answer'. If there is no question in the deleted post,how can a response be a reply?

JenFrankincenseAndMyrrh · 28/12/2012 11:00

Repeating nortyness will be deleted?

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LittleTownofBethleHelenMumsnet · 28/12/2012 10:44

@SantasNaughtySack

How about 'quotations may also be deleted'?

Ah but then some smart alec will wind us up by posting "To be or not to be" all over the shop...

SantasNaughtySack · 28/12/2012 10:43

How about 'quotations may also be deleted'?

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LittleTownofBethleHelenMumsnet · 28/12/2012 10:42

@FivesGoldNorks

Ok so that's a yes Am ieven close to getting banned?

It can always be arranged...

FivesGoldNorks · 28/12/2012 10:39

Ok so that's a yes
Am ieven close to getting banned?

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LittleTownofBethleHelenMumsnet · 28/12/2012 10:38

@FivesGoldNorks

So rowanmumsnet is a cow?

Only hypothetically

FivesGoldNorks · 28/12/2012 10:36

So rowanmumsnet is a cow?

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LittleTownofBethleHelenMumsnet · 28/12/2012 10:33

@youngermother1

I think we are probably being pedantic over semantics.

Yes, you blooming well are! Tsk, you lot...

By 'replies', we mean a reply to a (subsequently) deleted post.

So, if I post: "RowanMumsnet, you are a cow"...

... And RebeccaMumsnet replies: "I agree with HelenMumsnet: RowanMumsnet, you are a total cow" or even "Oi HelenMumsnet, what do you mean: RowanMumsnet is a cow?"

...We may well delete RebeccaMumsnet's post as well as HelenMumsnet's post because RebeccaMumsnet's post is repeating the personal attack that HelenMumsnet is making (and which gets her post deleted).

Def a reply situation, IMO

youngermother1 · 28/12/2012 00:48

I think we are probably being pedantic over semantics.

MaryChristmaZEverybody · 27/12/2012 22:05

arf, younger. I'm sure they would like to delete some of us Xmas Grin

Thanks Rowan It took me a while to work it out, but I get it now.

We have to be very careful to say "your posts make you sound like a fuckwit, though I'm sure you don't mean to be" or summat.

Pah, semantic, pedantic, same difference

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StNiChaolas · 27/12/2012 21:41

WHAAAT?

EmZed is right?

Hold on a duckfeathering minute...

[grr]

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