Comments on: Pedantic and Pushy http://untanglingtales.com/?p=400 Enjoying Words ~ Observing Life Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:52:34 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Audrey http://untanglingtales.com/?p=400&cpage=1#comment-21211 Audrey Mon, 24 Nov 2008 03:17:13 +0000 http://untanglingtales.com/?p=400#comment-21211 Wikipedia to the rescue! Why one might-- but probably should not-- call Byelorrusse White Russia. Read on: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Russia. I know that my grandfather came to North America as a refugee from there at a time when it was controlled by Tsarist Russia. Unfortunately I have no idea how to figure out what town/village he came from. Nobody still alive in the family remembers, and if I knew what town they came from I might be able to find out if their deaths were registered/witnessed anywhere during the Second World War. Wikipedia to the rescue! Why one might– but probably should not– call Byelorrusse White Russia. Read on: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Russia. I know that my grandfather came to North America as a refugee from there at a time when it was controlled by Tsarist Russia. Unfortunately I have no idea how to figure out what town/village he came from. Nobody still alive in the family remembers, and if I knew what town they came from I might be able to find out if their deaths were registered/witnessed anywhere during the Second World War.

]]> By: Amy Jane http://untanglingtales.com/?p=400&cpage=1#comment-9086 Amy Jane Fri, 27 Jul 2007 11:09:26 +0000 http://untanglingtales.com/?p=400#comment-9086 <p>I am one of those horridly under-educated people who could not clearly delineate why/how China and Korea are different, other than I know they are, and implying otherwise is insulting to the residents.</p> <p>Seeming parallel in their parts of the world, and having (some) overlap in cultural and story background, the comparison still makes sense in my limited understanding.</p> <p>I will will readily agree specific knowledge is needed for a more valuable/meaningful argument.</p> <p>At this point I don't feel the need to claim utter uniqueness of the story so much as feel an obligation to the people to present <i>them</i> as unique.</p> I am one of those horridly under-educated people who could not clearly delineate why/how China and Korea are different, other than I know they are, and implying otherwise is insulting to the residents.

Seeming parallel in their parts of the world, and having (some) overlap in cultural and story background, the comparison still makes sense in my limited understanding.

I will will readily agree specific knowledge is needed for a more valuable/meaningful argument.

At this point I don’t feel the need to claim utter uniqueness of the story so much as feel an obligation to the people to present them as unique.

]]> By: antoinette http://untanglingtales.com/?p=400&cpage=1#comment-9081 antoinette Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:33:55 +0000 http://untanglingtales.com/?p=400#comment-9081 <p>The thing is--when I did a search on Byelorusse I kept pulling up titles that were entangled with Russia and Ukraine, etc. Most North Americans, prior to the breakup of the Soviet Union, saw B as being a state within a larger nation-- (and most of my conscious life it was part of the USSR which was also verbally telescoped under the name Russia). Information about Byelorusse is not widespread. The suffix "russe" makes one suppose that it is a kind of "Russia"--What does the prefix mean exactly? Please understand that it takes time to break old habits and build new understandings. I really did not know that it was so discrete--and I must confess, I do not find your story so uniquely different from stories in what I dare to call related traditions. Is Byelorusse truly as different from Russia as Korea is from China? I must learn more before I agree.</p> The thing is–when I did a search on Byelorusse I kept pulling up titles that were entangled with Russia and Ukraine, etc. Most North Americans, prior to the breakup of the Soviet Union, saw B as being a state within a larger nation– (and most of my conscious life it was part of the USSR which was also verbally telescoped under the name Russia).

Information about Byelorusse is not widespread. The suffix “russe” makes one suppose that it is a kind of “Russia”–What does the prefix mean exactly?

Please understand that it takes time to break old habits and build new understandings.

I really did not know that it was so discrete–and I must confess, I do not find your story so uniquely different from stories in what I dare to call related traditions. Is Byelorusse truly as different from Russia as Korea is from China? I must learn more before I agree.

]]> By: A geography lesson « Mudlark Tales http://untanglingtales.com/?p=400&cpage=1#comment-8962 A geography lesson « Mudlark Tales Tue, 24 Jul 2007 14:50:47 +0000 http://untanglingtales.com/?p=400#comment-8962 Moldova isn't Russia, either, and those who forget should brush up their geography. Moldova isn’t Russia, either, and those who forget should brush up their geography.

]]> By: Kathy http://untanglingtales.com/?p=400&cpage=1#comment-8963 Kathy Tue, 24 Jul 2007 14:45:50 +0000 http://untanglingtales.com/?p=400#comment-8963 <p>Thanks Amy! A great topic, and it strikes quite a chord with me. In fact, you just inspired a post of mine (that links back to you). And I don't think you're being pedantic. Just informed. And that's not something to apologize for. Maybe there's a way to do it in a less confrontational way, but if so, I haven't found it yet either!</p> Thanks Amy! A great topic, and it strikes quite a chord with me. In fact, you just inspired a post of mine (that links back to you). And I don’t think you’re being pedantic. Just informed. And that’s not something to apologize for. Maybe there’s a way to do it in a less confrontational way, but if so, I haven’t found it yet either!

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