Vinnie

> All of those are *positive*, J, don't you see the difference in the
> connotation between that and using the term in a negative manner?

Oh, so now you admit that he WAS cocky? But it's a GOOD cocky! Last time I
checked, cocky was the negative was of saying "confident". I've lived in
Florida for only 5 years but there's not THAT much difference of vocabulary.

Semper Fi,
J
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James - Tara Adams busily composed on 5/12/2007 :
>> All of those are *positive*, J, don't you see the difference in the
>> connotation between that and using the term in a negative manner?
>
> Oh, so now you admit that he WAS cocky? But it's a GOOD cocky! Last time I
> checked, cocky was the negative was of saying "confident". I've lived in
> Florida for only 5 years but there's not THAT much difference of vocabulary.

To me cocky is usually bluff & bravado, usually obnoxious and usually
conceited, which is clearly the way you are also interpreting it. So,
no, I do not "admit" that he was "cocky" in the negative manner in
which you are using it. I have never heard anyone who knows the young
man personally say that he is "cocky" the way you are implying. I have
met & spoken with the man myself both in the early days and later on
and I have never found him to be anything other than polite, respectful
and humble. I know a number of people who have interracted with him
more than I and none of them has ever gotten the impression that he is
obnoxious, conceited or "cocky."

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> I know a number of people who have interracted with him more than I and
> none of them has ever gotten the impression that he is obnoxious,
> conceited or "cocky."

Other than the media, his coach, and the guy himself whom you know so well.
And this isn't ebonics we're talking about here, cocky and confident are 2
different aspects of a similar meaning for a reason. Bad doesn't mean good.

Semper Fi,
J
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