"KROM" > wrote in message
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> you know I luv ya but you can see its a slippery slope to go nuts
> over "wah lah" and stand firm when we all say its meaningless here but
> defend your put of of its misery when it means something bad here?

Krom I am not disputing that it means something different, I am saying
it has two meanings, both of which are in every dictionary online I have
looked at. Bottom line is, do you think I meant Susan should put Jasper
down, given the rest of the post was about treatment and followed a
number of posts dating back until at least August where I talked about
probiotics as a worthwhile thing to try for Jasper?

> as Wendy said dont let your hatred of Susan take you off the rails..

Not off the rails but when someone announces to all and sundry that
"Ozgirl wants to kill my cat" you don't think that worthy of defending?
I provided reputable sources and posted my history of suggestions, none
of which were malevolent posts. I don't know many people who wouldn't
defend themselves in those circumstances.

> I say we from now on state if something has a different meaning to
> people and try to respect that.

One has to know that before they write something, quite impossible. More
mature like behaviour would have been to ask me if I really meant the
cat should be put down as the idiom had, in their experience just one
meaning. Even after I explained the two meanings most wanted to believe
I really wanted to kill Susan's cat. How am I supposed to know most here
only have experience with one meaning before I write? I find it hard to
imagine that even after explanation a lot wanted to totally disregard
any other explanation about the while thing other than what they
personally wanted to believe.

> to me wah lah is perfectly fine but I would avoid saying it if it
> offends you..simple as that
>
> it is a fact that if you told a person her to put their injured animal
> out of its misery you'd get a VERY negative reaction..or worse their
> kid or loved one.
>
> "Oh your grandmas sick?..put her out of her misery"...
>
> that would be bad

It would be but I didn't say it in that context, I suggested ways of how
to put Jasper out of his misery and none of those reasons were death.

> imagine if "bright faced" here was a compliment and a insult there and
> people kept saying what a bright faced family you have

Not sure what bright faced means so I won't comment.

Thanks for the level headed response.

> KROM