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"The dumbest question is the one you don't ask."
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On 7/15/2016 12:24 PM, clipka wrote:
> "The dumbest question is the one you don't ask."
>
There are no dumb questions only dumb answers.
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Stephen
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Am 15.07.2016 um 13:42 schrieb Stephen:
> On 7/15/2016 12:24 PM, clipka wrote:
>> "The dumbest question is the one you don't ask."
>
> There are no dumb questions only dumb answers.
That's what I was told as a kid, too, but pondering the above quote I
think it must be revised: You cannot /ask/ dumb questions -- but all the
questions you /don't/ ask are, indeed, kinda dumb.
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On 7/15/2016 8:24 AM, clipka wrote:
> Am 15.07.2016 um 13:42 schrieb Stephen:
>> On 7/15/2016 12:24 PM, clipka wrote:
>>> "The dumbest question is the one you don't ask."
>>
>> There are no dumb questions only dumb answers.
>
> That's what I was told as a kid, too, but pondering the above quote I
> think it must be revised: You cannot /ask/ dumb questions -- but all the
> questions you /don't/ ask are, indeed, kinda dumb.
>
i was taught to question everything ... but now a days you'd be
surprised (well maybe not) how many people will wait for someone else to
go first
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On 7/15/2016 1:24 PM, clipka wrote:
> Am 15.07.2016 um 13:42 schrieb Stephen:
>> On 7/15/2016 12:24 PM, clipka wrote:
>>> "The dumbest question is the one you don't ask."
>>
>> There are no dumb questions only dumb answers.
>
> That's what I was told as a kid, too, but pondering the above quote I
> think it must be revised: You cannot /ask/ dumb questions -- but all the
> questions you /don't/ ask are, indeed, kinda dumb.
>
I must confess that I am wrong about dumb questions.
The phrase I heard was there are no stupid questions. Dumb questions are
a different matter entirely.
I think that we are using "dumb" differently. When it is not about
silence it is about reducing the intellectual contend. As in dumbing down.
--
Regards
Stephen
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Am 15.07.2016 um 17:09 schrieb Stephen:
> On 7/15/2016 1:24 PM, clipka wrote:
>> Am 15.07.2016 um 13:42 schrieb Stephen:
>>> On 7/15/2016 12:24 PM, clipka wrote:
>>>> "The dumbest question is the one you don't ask."
>>>
>>> There are no dumb questions only dumb answers.
>>
>> That's what I was told as a kid, too, but pondering the above quote I
>> think it must be revised: You cannot /ask/ dumb questions -- but all the
>> questions you /don't/ ask are, indeed, kinda dumb.
>>
>
> I must confess that I am wrong about dumb questions.
> The phrase I heard was there are no stupid questions. Dumb questions are
> a different matter entirely.
>
>
> I think that we are using "dumb" differently. When it is not about
> silence it is about reducing the intellectual contend. As in dumbing down.
AmE vs. BrE?
(Which brings me to the question, will that be AmE vs. EnE vs. ScE in
the future?)
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On 7/15/2016 4:49 PM, clipka wrote:
> AmE vs. BrE?
>
Possibly
> (Which brings me to the question, will that be AmE vs. EnE vs. ScE in
> the future?)
I don't think so. Even in Scotland, British English is considered
standard when writing.
Scottish English is described as Ullans, Lowland Scots, Ulster Scots,
Broad Scots or even Doric if you are near Aberdeen.
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Stephen
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On 15/07/2016 12:42 PM, Stephen wrote:
> There are no dumb questions only dumb answers.
The other day, somebody asked on Stack Exchange "if there's no oxygen in
space, how does the Sun burn?"
A few weeks before that, somebody else asked "why is there no smoke
around the Sun?"
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On 7/15/2016 8:30 PM, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
> On 15/07/2016 12:42 PM, Stephen wrote:
>> There are no dumb questions only dumb answers.
>
Can we say stupid instead of dumb? My American is not up to scratch. ;)
> The other day, somebody asked on Stack Exchange "if there's no oxygen in
> space, how does the Sun burn?"
>
> A few weeks before that, somebody else asked "why is there no smoke
> around the Sun?"
To be honest, although it does raise a chuckle. They are actually
several questions in one. Not so stupid for ones so ignorant. If you
think about it.
You (and all of us I would guess) know the answers. So how would you
explain it to them, understanding that nuclear physics, is not part of
their world.
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Stephen
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On 7/15/2016 4:10 PM, Stephen wrote:
> Can we say stupid instead of dumb? My American is not up to scratch. ;)
how 'bout a different quote then ... this one came from linux fortune
program just now.
Even a man who is pure at heart,
And says his prayers at night
Can become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms,
And the moon is full and bright.
-- The Wolf Man, 1941
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