Comments on: Update: Shibboleth http://stevengharms.com/update-shibboleth My Blog Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:27:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: steven http://stevengharms.com/update-shibboleth/comment-page-1#comment-988 steven Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:08:17 +0000 http://stevengharms.net/?p=960#comment-988 <p>That the word shibboleth itself ("Hi, I know what 'shibboleth' means") is the subtlest active shibboleth implicit in the post.</p> That the word shibboleth itself (“Hi, I know what ‘shibboleth’ means”) is the subtlest active shibboleth implicit in the post.

]]> By: Daniel Miessler http://stevengharms.com/update-shibboleth/comment-page-1#comment-987 Daniel Miessler Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:03:57 +0000 http://stevengharms.net/?p=960#comment-987 <p>Hmm, ok. Let's count them.</p> <ol> <li><p>"Begs the question" is a shibboleth because based on how one uses it their membership in a group can be confirmed or denied.</p></li> <li><p>The fact that you're able to judge someone based on that criteria is a shibboleth in and of itself, as anyone not familiar with the concept of in-groups and out-groups based on elite knowledge use won't get it.</p></li> </ol> <p>Where's the third irony?</p> Hmm, ok. Let’s count them.

  1. “Begs the question” is a shibboleth because based on how one uses it their membership in a group can be confirmed or denied.

  2. The fact that you’re able to judge someone based on that criteria is a shibboleth in and of itself, as anyone not familiar with the concept of in-groups and out-groups based on elite knowledge use won’t get it.

Where’s the third irony?

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