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Sherlock Holmes (sh_rl_ck_d) wrote in compass_network,
@ 2013-01-08 22:10:00

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!open, ~isabel lane

Can whoever is harassing my cow please stop.

It's winter, there's not a lot of grass. She's not happy.

Please cease your pestering. Please.

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	isabellane 2013-01-09 12:40 am UTC (link)
	I was using only the first definition. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	reinedescoeurs 2013-01-09 12:42 am UTC (link)
	Everyone, or at least, most because you're such a special snowflake, only knows it by the second. So your argument is still invalid. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	isabellane 2013-01-09 12:44 am UTC (link)
	How is my argument invalid when I used the word correctly? Just because most people don't associate it with the first definition doesn't mean it's an incorrect one. Or, you know, you could have stayed out of it given that Sherlock here accepted my use of the word. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	reinedescoeurs 2013-01-09 12:50 am UTC (link)
	Honey, he humored you. Considering you know who he is, you'd know he's an exceptional mind, greater than yours could ever be. So don't even try. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sh_rl_ck_d 2013-01-09 12:53 am UTC (link)
	Thank you, Kaya. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	reinedescoeurs 2013-01-09 12:54 am UTC (link)
	Just go get your wedding present already. (Reply to this) (Parent)

sh_rl_ck_d
2013-01-09 12:51 am UTC (link)

I couldn't really find the energy to put in to debating whether or not it was a British thing (/European/slightly North African?) to use the term 'molest' to solely mean the second definition. We don't use it to mean anything other than to imply unwanted sexual actions.

So whilst the dictionary definition is of course inarguably correct, culturally we rely on the second definition as our primary one for the term 'molest'.

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	isabellane 2013-01-09 12:53 am UTC (link)
	Still doesn't mean I was wrong to use it. Just means that culturally it's not used that way. That's all. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sh_rl_ck_d 2013-01-09 12:56 am UTC (link)
	Indeed. There is no point of contention there. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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