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GSGS Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Unclear clause

Hi,
I have no idea what the reporter try to coney.
Quote: "But their mere mention (Jow-dropping famous people names) can also throw a name droper under the credibility than they can say "My cousing was college roommates with J.K. Rowling's agent's sister".
Could you help me decoding this text?
  

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GSGS Could you help me decoding this text? I think you need to carefully re-type it first: there are a lot of non-words in there.

— Mister Micawber

  • GSGS Could you help me decoding this text?
  • I think you need to carefully re-type it first: there are a lot of non-words in there.
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GSGSCould you help me decoding this text?
I think you need to carefully re-type it first: there are a lot of non-words in there.
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Thank you for commenting, who ever is a subscriber of the Wall Streat Journal and who have read an article called "Inside the Brains of Winners" could confirm the accuracy of my quotation.
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GSGSthe accuracy of my quotation.
Don't be ridiculous! The Wall Street Journal does not make such obvious typing mistakes (though the Wall Streat Journal might).
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Yokohama - you should be more forgiver it is good for health. Anyway, you can see below the citation from the WSJ: (marked is the relevant part I had not understood).

"Everyone knows a name dropper when they hear one. Buzz names like Gates, Jiwei, Jobs, Nooyi, Zuckerberg and Winfrey can give dramatic pause to a conversation and pique collegial interest. But th
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GSGSYokohama - you should be more forgiver it is good for health.
My name is not 'Yokohama' and my health is just fine for a 70-year-old. That is because I do not bother myself with smart aleck posters.
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Out of respect for you age I will stop here.
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