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From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie )
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: Minor Catharsis
Message-ID: <4923@brl-tgr.ARPA>
Date: Thu, 27-Sep-84 22:18:26 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 27 22:18:26 1984
Date-Received: Sun, 30-Sep-84 03:17:53 EDT
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He who lives by the nit, dies by the nit.

What is a nit anyway?  We all have a good idea what nit-picking
is, but why is picking a nit compared to minute and unjustified
criticism?  Well, the dictionary holds the answer.  Ten points
to all of you who knew that it was the egg of a louse or other
parasitic insect.  You also get credit if you said it was the
insect itself when young.  The word is from the Middle English
"nite," which is from the Old English "hnitu," which is akin to
the Old High German "hniz," and the Greek "konid."


I think the problem is that people don't read what they are posting.
The really annoying thing is people who do somging like saying a few
lines down in a documument, "Oh that should have been something not
somging."

-Ron