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(Doug Miller) wrote in
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In article 01, Nate
Perkins wrote:
(Doug Miller) wrote in
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In article 01,
Nate Perkins wrote:
(Doug Miller) wrote in
y.com:

In article . 201,
Nate Perkins wrote:
(Doug Miller) wrote in
igy.com:

Just curious: do the ellipses in the transcript indicate pauses
in Falwell's speaking, or places where some of his words have
been omitted?

(shrug) You have a point?

Just wondering if that's a complete transcript, or if it's been
edited.

That's the second time you've suggested it's a misrepresentation of
what was said. So I challenge you to demonstrate it. Good luck.

That's completely untrue, as is shown above. I have never suggested
that it's a misrepresentation. What I wrote is clear enough to
anyone with a working understanding of the English language, but
since you seem to have difficulty with that, I'll attempt to
clarify:

In the transcript you cited, there are ellipses ( "..." ) at several
points in the quotation ascribed to Falwell. Ellipses, when quoting
a speaker, are generally used for one of two purposes: to indicate
omitted words, or to indicate pauses in speech. I'm just curious
which of the two it is in this case. If you don't know, why don't
you just say so?

Why do you keep asking if it has been edited?

Because, as I've _already_said_twice_, the transcript contains marks
that are often used to indicate the omission of words in quoted
material. Is that what they're used for here?

Why do you keep dodging the question? If you don't know, say so.

Obviously you are trying
to imply that it has been misrepresented by editing out some context.

To anyone with a working understanding of the English language, it is
obvious that I am *asking* if some context has been edited out.

If you want to claim that context has been edited out, then you'll have
to show that. It's not my job to do Google searches for you.