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Can I have my word (elite) back, please ?
e⋅lite /ɪˈlit, eɪˈlit/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [i-leet, ey-leet] Show IPA Pronunciation –noun 1. (often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons. 2. (used with a plural verb) persons of the highest class: Only the elite were there. When did ...
Posted to The Chat Room by drugdoc on October 24, 2008
Intellectuals are the ones under attack
I've never quite understood how so many people in America feel that they are being personally attacked by elitist intellectuals. I suppose by most anyone's measure I'm an intellectual - I read voraciously, my idea of a good time is an afternoon with some friends a Shakespeare matinee, and I spend a lot of time just generally thinking. And quite ...
Posted to XX Factor by ophymirage on October 13, 2008