A Conversation for An attempt - "What is Goth?"
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Started conversation Sep 2, 2000
I notice the word "Gothic" doesn't actually appear until point 13... It might be nice to mention the derivation of "Goth" near the start... 
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Tube - the being being back for the time being Posted Sep 3, 2000
Sorry, Goth - Gothic; Gothic as in "in the style of" or as "with the traits of a Goth"? See
"-ic, 1. a suffix forming adjectives from other parts of speech, occurring originally in Greek and Latin loanwords (metallic; poetic; archaic; public) and, on this model, used as an adjective-forming suffix with the particular senses "having some characteristics of ' (opposed to the simple attributive use of the base noun) (balletic; sophomoric); "in the style of ' (Byronic; Miltonic); "pertaining to a family of peoples or languages' (Finnic; Semitic; Turkic). (...)"
Is it neccessary to explain the derivation? Seemed obvious to me
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Sep 3, 2000
Seemed obvious to me too, because I already knew it... However, the point I was making was that it might not be obvious to someone who had never come across the term "Gothic" - these articles should stand on their own, with a minimum of additional research required.
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Tube - the being being back for the time being Posted Sep 4, 2000
Arrrg!
Ok, I have been called the second most pedantic person in the known universe (by the most pedantic person). Seems I got degraded to third place. 
Would para 1 now be satisfying to thee?
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Sep 4, 2000
I live up to my "nick"...
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- 1: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Sep 2, 2000)
- 2: Tube - the being being back for the time being (Sep 3, 2000)
- 3: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Sep 3, 2000)
- 4: Tube - the being being back for the time being (Sep 4, 2000)
- 5: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Sep 4, 2000)
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