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Dear Gloria,
there is some disorder in the middle paragraph below. Isn't it? It is the upcoming no. # 5345.
Do you fear that being silent is acquiescing? Being silent holds a great deal of power. Or, you can respond, “Of course.” Okay means: “Okay, let’s go on with life.”
Isn’t this is what it is done in karate? Your so-called opponent can’t get the better of you when you don’t resist? You get the best of yourself. How you want power. Of course, you do not have to succumb to powerlessness in the world. You have the power not to react. You don’t have to be anyone’s yo-yo.
Keeping silent is a great resource. It is at your disposal.
Will you please reread it?
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And let us go to the first paragraph ...
Here is a lesson in life. This is a great lesson for you to learn. It is a basic lesson. For a long time, you have not absorbed this lesson. You have flaunted it, or ego has flaunted it for you. Here is the message to uphold:
You don’t have to stick up for yourself.
Is it not ... You have flouted it, or ego has flouted it for you ... ?
In love,
Theophil
Dear Theophil, And let us
Dear Theophil,
And let us go to the first paragraph ...
Here is a lesson in life. This is a great lesson for you to learn. It is a basic lesson. For a long time, you have not absorbed this lesson. You have flaunted it, or ego has flaunted it for you. Here is the message to uphold:
You don’t have to stick up for yourself.
Is it not ... You have flouted it, or ego has flouted it for you ... ?
I take this one first because it's simpler. It really is flaunted, dear one.
For your other question below, I am wondering what on Earth is meant. I hope I can figure it out.
I'll get back to you later, okay?
Thanks a bunch, Theophil, for alerting me.
Dear Gloria,
there is some disorder in the middle paragraph below. Isn't it? It is the upcoming no. # 5345.
Do you fear that being silent is acquiescing? Being silent holds a great deal of power. Or, you can respond, “Of course.” Okay means: “Okay, let’s go on with life.”
Isn’t this is what it is done in karate? Your so-called opponent can’t get the better of you when you don’t resist? You get the best of yourself. How you want power. Of course, you do not have to succumb to powerlessness in the world. You have the power not to react. You don’t have to be anyone’s yo-yo.
Keeping silent is a great resource. It is at your disposal.
Will you please reread it?
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Flaunt or flout?
Dear Theofil, Gloria passed this question on to me. I vote for "flout". Here's the usage note in the American Heritage College Dictionary:
"Flaut" as a transivtive verb means "to exhibit ostentatiously." as in: She flaunted her wealth. To flout is "to show contempt for" as in He flouted the proprieties. For some time now "flaunt" has been used in the sense "to show contempt for," even by educated users of English.This usage is still widely seen as erroneous and is best avoided.
I hope this will reach you!
With much gratitude for your work!
Margaret Weiner
Dear dear Margaret,
Dear dear Margaret, Theophil, and Charles,
I bow down to the three of you.
Go ahead, dear Theophil, make the change.
Thank you all for your caring and participation.
Blessings and love,
Gloria .
Dear Theophil, And let us
Dear Theophil,
And let us go to the first paragraph ...
Here is a lesson in life. This is a great lesson for you to learn. It is a basic lesson. For a long time, you have not absorbed this lesson. You have flaunted it, or ego has flaunted it for you. Here is the message to uphold:
You don’t have to stick up for yourself.
Is it not ... You have flouted it, or ego has flouted it for you ... ?
I take this one first because it's simpler. It really is flaunted, dear one.
For your other question below, I am wondering what on Earth is meant. I hope I can figure it out.
I'll get back to you later, okay?
Thanks a bunch, Theophil, for alerting me.
Dear Gloria,
there is some disorder in the middle paragraph below. Isn't it? It is the upcoming no. # 5345.
Do you fear that being silent is acquiescing? Being silent holds a great deal of power. Or, you can respond, “Of course.” Okay means: “Okay, let’s go on with life.”
Isn’t this is what it is done in karate? Your so-called opponent can’t get the better of you when you don’t resist? You get the best of yourself. How you want power. Of course, you do not have to succumb to powerlessness in the world. You have the power not to react. You don’t have to be anyone’s yo-yo.
Keeping silent is a great resource. It is at your disposal.
Will you please reread it?
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Dear Theophil, when I read
Dear Theophil, when I read your 2nd question above, I too felt it was off. The odd thing is that when I went to the whole Heavenletter and just read it, it seemed fine to me! Hmm. How fickle is the human mind sometimes!
Now I come back to this excerpt which again did seem off.:
Do you fear that being silent is acquiescing? Being silent holds a great deal of power. Or, you can respond, “Of course.” Okay means: “Okay, let’s go on with life.”
Here is what I would do now:
Do you fear that being silent is acquiescing? Being silent holds a great deal of power. Or, you can respond, “Okay!” Okay means: “Okay, let’s go on with life.”
Dear Theophil, does this change this for you? Or is there something more perhaps?
Will you kindly take care of the change if this is what you saw as needing some work. Then I thank you for changing it in the Heavenletter, dear one?.
Thank you for all your attention.
.
Dear Gloria, yes,
Dear Gloria,
yes, okay instead of of course makes it clearer.
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What I actually referred to, is ...
Isn’t this is what it is done in karate?
Will you please look at this sentence?
Theophil
Yes, dear Theophil, please
Yes, dear Theophil, please remove the extra is.
Amazing, I absolutely didn't see it!
Many thanks!
to flaunt vs. to flout ... a change in actual present speaking
Dear Gloria,
besides the issue, that I am not yet able to translate the sentence with the word flaunted ... ["You have flaunted it, or ego has flaunted it for you."] - - is the reason why I cannot conceive the sense of the sentence using "flaunted" a change in usage of to flaunt and of to flout in our days?
Look, what I found in internet ...
to flaunt ...
1. To exhibit ostentatiously or shamelessly: flaunts his trendy clothes; flaunts his knowledge about music. See Synonyms at show.
2. Usage Problem To ignore or disregard (a rule, for example) openly or scornfully.
v.intr.
1. To show oneself off or move in an ostentatious way: "A tortoiseshell butterfly flaunted across the window" (Virginia Woolf).
2. To wave grandly: pennants flaunting in the wind.
flaunt′er n.
flaunt′ing·ly adv.
Usage Note: Flaunt as a transitive verb means "to exhibit ostentatiously": She flaunted her wealth. To flout is "to show contempt for something by disregarding it": Some people at the reception flouted convention by wearing sneakers. For some time now flaunt has been used in the sense "to show contempt for," even by educated users of English. But this usage is still widely seen as erroneous. In our 2009 survey, 73 percent of the Usage Panel rejected it in the sentence This is just another example of an executive flaunting the rules for personal gain.
In love,
Theophil
Beloved Theophil, I take
Beloved Theophil, I take seriously what you say. Let me come back to this as soon as I finish the daily Heavenletter work I must do. Then I can fully focus on this without being distracted.
Meanwhile, I see that my same message is posted twice. Will you kindly remove the extra or extras? I will be so grateful.
Much respect and appreciation.
Gloria.
Flouting usage
Theophil is correct concerning the usage of "flaunt/flout".Here is a usage note from Dictionary.com:
'The use of flaunt to mean “to ignore or treat with disdain” ( He flaunts community standards with his behavior) is strongly objected to by many usage guides, which insist that only flout can properly express this meaning. From its earliest appearance in English in the 16th century, flaunt has had the meanings “to display oneself conspicuously, defiantly, or boldly” in public.'
However Gloria is probably right in that most people now understand the incorrect usage and have no idea what "flout" means. Since it is a problem either way, I would suggest changing the sentence to read "You have IGNORED it, or ego has IGNORED it for you." This seems to me what the sentence is trying to say anyway.
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Concerning "okay". As an alternate solution I would suggest 'Or, you can respond, “Of course."' "OF COURSE" means: “Okay, let’s go on with life.” My sense is this is what was originally was intended. I changed the first "okay" to "of course" and put quotation marks around it which here indicate you are saying "the word . . ." or "the phrase" but they aren't absolutely necessary. To avoid confusion with quote marks, I'll put my suggested sentence by itself:
Or, you can respond, “Of course.” "Of course" means: “Okay, let’s go on with life.
Perhaps less confusing would be:
Or, you can respond, “Of course.” THIS means: “Okay, let’s go on with life.”
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Concerning this sentence, "Isn’t this IS what it is done in karate?", the first "is" needs to be removed.
I don't know why my post
I don't know why my post shows up in italics. I did not use them and italics are very hard for me to read. This has happened before and seems to be a glitch in the program.
Flaunt or Flout?
Trying again after changing my password!
I answered Theofil on the page, but my reply was put in the line waiting for approval as usual.
Here's the short answer, in case you have a better way to send it to Theofil is: YES, flout is better here.
I also sent him the following, the Usage Note in The American Heritage College Dictionary: Flaunt as a transitive verb means "to exhibit ostentatiously": She flaunted her wealth. To flout is "to show contempt for": He flouted the proprieties. For some time now, flaunt has been used in the sense "to show contempt for," even by educated users of English. This usage is still widely seen as erroneous and is best avoided.
Theofil, you already found a similar answer, I see! I am so appreciative of what you do.
Margaret in Iowa