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In a recent post it was implied that I am a Now I can't decide on the fool part of it that is up to others, but, I wonder and therefore pose this question:

Which is correct, semi literate or semi illiterate?

I personally think they are both wrong, after all a woman can't be semi pregnant, she either is pregnant or she isn't pregnant.

So surely the same applies here, either I'm a literate fool or I'm a Illiterate fool, I can't be half way between the two can I?
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:D You can if you want.

This language of ours is still evolving so much so the OED is finding it hard to keep up. :eek:

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I don't think I can because they are two absolutes, I have to be one or the other, it is black or white there cannot be a grey area in between.

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Ok then semi literate it sounds more "fixable" than semi illiterate.

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You'd have to be semi-literate if you were half way to being literate. As no one progresses towards being illiterate you couldn't be half way there, so semi-literate it is. :)

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Thanks for trying but no it doesn't. :D

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I don't think it matters as long as we've established that you're a fool. :p :D

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Oh, Gayle how could you? I am cut to the quick, my quick is so cut it is now in ruins.

Are you becoming my second stalker? Chasing round the site and deriding all my posts? Perhaps I'd better dash over to rindys mastermind thread and put an apology on before you get really nasty!:D

(Only Joking), glad you and yours are o.k. after your unfortunate journey.

If there is anyone out there with a spare quick please let me know as I think mine has been damaged beyond repair!:o

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Please, please, please, don't compare me to your other stalker! For a start, I make sense at least 50% of the time! :)

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No comparison at all Gayle your insults are in a far better class, I do notice your tendancy to exaggerate is creeping back 50% of the time? That statement is taking you to the realms of fantasy!:D

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Or do you not make sense 50% of the time ;)

I am sure Rindy will give you a quickie Less, at one point last night I thought he was doing.

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Less, I've told you a thousand times - I do NOT exaggerate!

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But Gayle, I'm a bloke,

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The irony of the whole situation is that, if there is such a concept as "semi-literate" (or even "semi-illiterate"), the person who levelled the accusation at you epitomises it!

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That is an excellent reply and really well thought out, it's such a positive way of thinking about it.:D

I think you deserve a gold star for that post!
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Thank you, Less. :)

I feel like a sheriff now............Anybody got one to spare? ;)