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Re:Google is making a huge and annoying mistake by philwelch on Wednesday May 02, 2012 @03:21PM (#3920681)
A "bone to pick" implies a preexisting grudge, which is different from simply being displeased with one decision or other.
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Re:Google is making a huge and annoying mistake by ajross on Wednesday May 02, 2012 @04:06PM (#3920885)
Good grief. No, it doesn't. "I have a bone to pick with you" is a statement of immediate annoyance. Here's a thefreedictionary reference that matches my understanding. http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/have+a+bone+to+pick+with

This UK source isn't quite the connotation, though the reference to the Irish usage matches the American English one pretty well: http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/30/messages/2182.ht...

Given that two of you now have gone out of your way to deliberately (and uncharitably) misinterpret me: are you sure that I am the one with a preexisting grudge?

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Re:Google is making a huge and annoying mistake by philwelch on Wednesday May 02, 2012 @04:08PM (#3920900)
I don't know you from Adam. Thanks for the correction though; I was genuinely mistaken, not "deliberately and uncharitably misinterpreting" you.
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