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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Oldhoopster, post: 2973433, member: 84179&quot;]IMO, it appeared as the OP was not a native English speaker.&nbsp; I try to have a lot more patience when answering them.&nbsp; It would be impossible for me to make a coherent post in Spanish or another language, so they automatically get my respect.</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe a more significant problem is the use of “Textlish”.&nbsp; No punctuation, creative spelling and confusing points makes some of these posts nearly impossible to comprehend.&nbsp; I’m not talking about a misplaced word or occasional run on sentence (heck, my posts are littered with missing words, incomplete editing and bouncing tenses), I’m referring to a post that sound like you’re talking to your BFF after school. </p><p><br /></p><p>As far as I’m concerned, numismatics is still a scholarly pursuit and some basic level of communication is required.&nbsp; If you can&#039;t convey your question to the group in the same way you would ask a teacher or professional, then maybe you should reconsider posting and not get bent out of shape when you&#039;re called out[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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