Originally posted by dale21Well, spelling and grammar actually mean quite a bit in the real world. Example, you write Resumay instead of Resumé on your job application, (or job applicashun, depending which side of the fence you are on) it will matter quite a bit.
were all looooooooooooooooooooooooooooosers
does it matter?
Loser.
Originally posted by BowmannI would (I can't help it).
There's a lot of loose talk in the forums.
Now, if I said 'War is war, loosers' do you think any one would notice? Unlikely.
"But what can you do, except call them plonkers?"
You could call them dotterels or chrisoms for a change. The word "plonker" was new to me when you started using it, but due to overuse it aged very fast, and now it's really old.
Originally posted by Nordlyschrisom n.
You could call them dotterels or chrisoms for a change.
1 In full chrisom-cloth, chrisom-robe, etc. A child’s white robe at Christian baptism, used as a shroud if he or she died within a month. Now Hist. ME.
2 In full chrisom-child, chrisom-babe, etc. A child that is less than one month old; a child that died at less than a month, or before baptism; gen. an infant, an innocent. ME.
I don't see how this could be a substitute.
Originally posted by BowmannWhile it hurts me deeply to agree with you, I think "plonker" is a perfectly acceptable, non-moddable (modable???) insult.
[b]chrisom n.
1 In full chrisom-cloth, chrisom-robe, etc. A child’s white robe at Christian baptism, used as a shroud if he or she died within a month. Now Hist. ME.
2 In full chrisom-child, chrisom-babe, etc. A child that is less than one month old; a child that died at less than a month, or before baptism; gen. an infant, an innocent. ME.
I don't see how this could be a substitute.[/b]