Reality check?

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Reality check?

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I see a lot of posts by AtlanticMike in a number of threads containing the terms "Real Man' and 'Real American'.

So far as I can see, the adjective 'real' in phrases like 'real X' as used in such posts means no more than 'an X that AtlanticMike approves of'. In that case, why not simply say that? As it is, the perfectly useful word 'real' is being wasted by being used as the rhetorical equivalent of a chest wig.

Can anyone see any more in it than that?
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Chap wrote:
Fri Aug 20, 2021 8:58 pm
I see a lot of posts by AtlanticMike in a number of threads containing the terms "Real Man' and 'Real American'.

So far as I can see, the adjective 'real' in phrases like 'real X' as used in such posts means no more than 'an X that AtlanticMike approves of'. In that case, why not simply say that? As it is, the perfectly useful word 'real' is being wasted by being used as the rhetorical equivalent of a chest wig.

Can anyone see any more in it than that?
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Chap wrote:
Fri Aug 20, 2021 8:58 pm
I see a lot of posts by AtlanticMike in a number of threads containing the terms "Real Man' and 'Real American'.

So far as I can see, the adjective 'real' in phrases like 'real X' as used in such posts means no more than 'an X that AtlanticMike approves of'. In that case, why not simply say that? As it is, the perfectly useful word 'real' is being wasted by being used as the rhetorical equivalent of a chest wig.

Can anyone see any more in it than that?
What do you think he means by a ‘real man’ or ‘real American’?

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Doctor CamNC4Me wrote:
Fri Aug 20, 2021 9:16 pm
What do you think he means by … ‘real American’?

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Doctor CamNC4Me wrote:
Fri Aug 20, 2021 9:16 pm
Chap wrote:
Fri Aug 20, 2021 8:58 pm
I see a lot of posts by AtlanticMike in a number of threads containing the terms "Real Man' and 'Real American'.

So far as I can see, the adjective 'real' in phrases like 'real X' as used in such posts means no more than 'an X that AtlanticMike approves of'. In that case, why not simply say that? As it is, the perfectly useful word 'real' is being wasted by being used as the rhetorical equivalent of a chest wig.

Can anyone see any more in it than that?
What do you think he means by a ‘real man’ or ‘real American’?

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My post contains my best try at interpreting those expressions: "So far as I can see, the adjective 'real' in phrases like 'real X' as used in such posts means no more than 'an X that AtlanticMike approves of'." That seems to me to be a pointless misuse of the important word 'real'.
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Doctor CamNC4Me wrote:
Fri Aug 20, 2021 9:16 pm
What do you think he means by a ‘real man’ or ‘real American’?

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Chap wrote:
Sat Aug 21, 2021 8:31 am
Doctor CamNC4Me wrote:
Fri Aug 20, 2021 9:16 pm


What do you think he means by a ‘real man’ or ‘real American’?

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My post contains my best try at interpreting those expressions: "So far as I can see, the adjective 'real' in phrases like 'real X' as used in such posts means no more than 'an X that AtlanticMike approves of'." That seems to me to be a pointless misuse of the important word 'real'.
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Re: Reality check?

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Chap wrote:
Fri Aug 20, 2021 8:58 pm
I see a lot of posts by AtlanticMike in a number of threads containing the terms "Real Man' and 'Real American'.

So far as I can see, the adjective 'real' in phrases like 'real X' as used in such posts means no more than 'an X that AtlanticMike approves of'. In that case, why not simply say that? As it is, the perfectly useful word 'real' is being wasted by being used as the rhetorical equivalent of a chest wig.

Can anyone see any more in it than that?
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Re: Reality check?

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Doctor CamNC4Me wrote:
Fri Aug 20, 2021 9:16 pm
Chap wrote:
Fri Aug 20, 2021 8:58 pm
I see a lot of posts by AtlanticMike in a number of threads containing the terms "Real Man' and 'Real American'.

So far as I can see, the adjective 'real' in phrases like 'real X' as used in such posts means no more than 'an X that AtlanticMike approves of'. In that case, why not simply say that? As it is, the perfectly useful word 'real' is being wasted by being used as the rhetorical equivalent of a chest wig.

Can anyone see any more in it than that?
What do you think he means by a ‘real man’ or ‘real American’?

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Re: Reality check?

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Chap wrote:
Sat Aug 21, 2021 8:31 am
My post contains my best try at interpreting those expressions: "So far as I can see, the adjective 'real' in phrases like 'real X' as used in such posts means no more than 'an X that AtlanticMike approves of'." That seems to me to be a pointless misuse of the important word 'real'.
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