i actually threw up in my mouth a little when you described a badly written, pretentious article as 'my original piece'

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Interesting. I quite like the work of some of the writers mentioned. Will have to check it out.

@ BaaderMeinMesrine

Fair enough, reading back, 'original piece' does come across as painfully pretentious but that wasn't the intention. Glad you at least read it, and I'll take the criticism of a self-described "literary wunderkid" onboard.

Op, I've had dealing with Baader on the SPL boards, and I can confirm he doesn't understand the meaning of the word "pretentious".

giggsnscholes

I don't think BaaderMeinMesrine's rude response warrants an apology. First of all, what's wrong with 'my original piece'? 'Original' is just the natural word to use when you refer to something you are now basically repeating, and 'piece' is a synonym for 'article' that we see every day and doesn't exactly carry grandiose connotations. You'd have to be a Daily Star reader to think the author of those words was up himself.

Secondly, I've just had read of the said 'original piece' and found it clearly written and interesting.

I can see only two possibilities. Either BaaderMeinMesrine is the finest prose stylist since Vladimir Nabokov or BaaderMeinMesrine has an inflated opinion of himself and doesn't know how to behave around adults.

What I really wanted to type after reading your 'piece', before seeing that annoying response, was a thank you for the tip. It sounds well worth a read.