phonics experts -come and settle an argument

[sausagesandwich34]

scone it's an oldy but a goody!

pronounced to rhyme with cone or gone?

does the magic 'e' come into play?

does the magic 'e' even exist anymore?

[Feenie]

I can deal, and I am not complaining. I'm telling you that your motivation to post over and over again contentious stuff about phonics - of which you know very little - is distinctly odd.

It appears it is you who is showing themselves unable to deal with argument and counterargument.

If you don't like public fora, then avoid them.

[learnandsay]

I don't think that's what's happening. I think there are people who comment on almost every thread and whose views are opposed to mine. It seems there are also people who like to have the last word and will go on posting until the thread limit runs out.

[SnowLiviaMumsnet]

Good evening all
I would like to gently link to our talk guidelines here

Thanks ever so.

[mrz]

I think you will find that people on the primary forum post on threads that interest them personally learnandsay.

[learnandsay]

That may be true. But if people post on the same thread that does not mean that they are following each other it means that they are posting in the same thread.

[mrz]

I think it depends if a poster attempts to carry one discussion from one thread to another learnandsay

[Houseworkprocrastinator]

i like scones :)

[learnandsay]

If the points are unconnected then it might be annoying. But if the point is logical then it's a logical point. Threads aren't sacred. These are all public discussions. The posts are in the public domain. To argue that you are being followed because somebody refers to one of your previous comments is simply to show insecurity. If you have made a public comment you should be able to substantiate it.

[learnandsay]

It's just life in a public forum, folks. Learn to deal with it.

[Feenie]

There is some truth in that - but you do stand out.

Off to stalk the Legal boards - I've bought a house a couple of times, I'm more than qualified to tell the conveyancers they are talking bollocks.

[learnandsay]

Have fun.

[learnandsay]

If you want your posts to be accorded a special status don't post in a public forum, post in a private forum which guarantees your postings a special status.

[Feenie]

I don't want my posts to be accorded a special status, lands - I want you to stop denigrating those who without questin have expertise that you don't, in terms of how many children they have taught to read, a gift that you seem not to value for others.

[learnandsay]

I couldn't care less about poster's expertise. All I care about is the logic in their postings.

[Feenie]

That much is obvious

[learnandsay]

I don't think it's too much to ask for a knowledgeable person to present her argument logically.

[Feenie]

I think you mistake lack of logic in many posters - especially when the answer has been staring them in the face for years.

[learnandsay]

Logic is a discipline. Its absence is evident.

[Feenie]

But not always applicable in children, learnandsay. And we are always talking about children - I think you forget that too, since you don't work with them.

[learnandsay]

That's fine. Anyone who has an argument can come and present it. If for any reason that argument cannot be presented logically then a forum is probably the wrong place for it.

[Feenie]

That's your opinion, learnandsay.

[learnandsay]

Of course it is!! But then the Greeks invented logic for arguing in fora.

[Mashabell]

Learnandsay
Mrz pounces on almost every single one of my posts, with Feenie close behind. They seem to have started doing the same to u. If they disagree with someone, but have no logical argument to put against their view, they just fill the tread with pathetic oneliners.

[mrz]

masha you may have noticed that in most cases Feenie and myself have been contributing to the threads long before you arrive with your "lists" and unhelpful comments about the English spelling system. You may have also noticed learnandsay tell you to stop ...

[mrz]

If you have made a public comment you should be able to substantiate it.

Good idea! You have made many public comments would you like to substantiate any of them?