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(my highlighting) I think you’ve been “pretty funny” already: That’s “pretty funny” my friend. https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Mind games?

I agree.

Great minds think alike.

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Hello to you too, Filantrop. Welcome to the forum.

(my highlighting) “transactions … transactional analysis” As I said:

You are not using the dictionary meaning of ‘mind-games (it requires ill intent).

Thanks for your replies. I’m aware of ‘cold reading’ and I have a developed ‘belief/don’t belief’ switch.

Are you abusing the word “mind-games” in a non-dictionary way? mind game noun : a psychological tactic used to manipulate or intimidate —usually used in plural https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mind game

Blimey. How low can you sink? There’s enough confusion in the world without this sort of mind games. Barf.

I agree.

What bit of “Difficult to know if there’s a connection, lots of other negative influences” do you not understand! Fair enough. I have deleted my post and will leave this thread.

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Exactly. Sweeping statements attributing them to ‘we’ . Please exclude me from your ‘we’. Wee wee pee pee.

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@Apech if you do regret the time spent on Egyptian mysteries, possibly this is of interest:

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Yes, very true. This is a pitfall for native speakers. But it doesn’t affect me as I do not use a modern-mandarin dictionary. Anyway, I leave it up to the palaeographers to sort all that, way beyond my scope. I just use their findings as they are presented in the Kroll dictionary.

Exactly. I’m not going to slag off my old self with my new self. I remember the old self was well-intentioned.

I remember you said so before on OD. But why is it of importance? What impact does it have on my reading of the DDJ?

delete and forget about it.

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