>>>>>>I think Mikes use of Chattering Classes is a correct adaptation of that phrase . To identify a community that is maybe suffering from feedback and spending a lot of time talking to itself and failing to communicate with a wider community.
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>>>>>>I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. Do you have any idea what you are talking about?
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>>>>>I'm not a native speaker. Maybe that's the reason why I have an idea what he's talking about. <g>
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>>>>I don't speak native either :-)
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>>>None of us do :o)
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>>>But then, I think your statement is false as well. The proof is in the pudding :o) The community is obviously communicating to a wider community quite well as evidenced by the current status of healthcare reform.
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>>The proof is in the pudding? Nick's statement is false? What does that mean?
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>>Do you think the general public is taking its cues on health care reform from the UT? I'm sure you don't but that's the way it came out.
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>I was clearly referring to the 'community' communicating to a wider community - not the UT.

OK -- the community was communicating to a wider community. That nails it down for me ;-) No big deal.