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> Are you thinking of this person Yes, apologies. I hardly got any sleep. Change "your" to "the" as in "the actual idiotic suggestion which I refuted" and th

• byrneseyeview 18y ago
  >But you actually thought I was talking about ducks. So we're square. That's a very strange thing to say. You acted shocked that someone would suggest that women tended to 'nest', and then brought up ducks. I have no way of knowing your intended tone. It would be very rude to assume that you were being sarcastic if you were actually a non-native speaker who was legitimately confused about the idiom. Perhaps, whether you are a native speaker or not, it is considered acceptable to make fun of people for using words when the meaning is apparent but another definition could be used where you are from. So one could say "The music was haunting," and someone in your social circle could respond "Ghosts are a silly superstition!" I bet it's a blast. Did you have a response to the content of the comment, though?
  • freax 18y ago
    > if you were actually a non-native speaker That's an excellent point. Oops! I thought however that it was pretty clear from context that I understood the stereotype of wanting to pop out babies right away and was objecting to that as being factually inaccurate. "Workforce, not nests". > Did you have a response to the content of the comment, though? My objection was to the sexist and incorrect nature of the original statement. You appeared to be in support of it, but your arguments were actually separate.