X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,3781c24c7875bbc3 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-16 00:11:12 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!torn!canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca!tribune.usask.ca!chem4823.usask.ca!taliszanna From: Taliszanna Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Video conversation with Annie Ascii (GG!E4) Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 02:11:17 -0600 Organization: University of Saskatchewan Lines: 61 Message-ID: References: <39otutgr1n7lfbehjdj3ce3ss98cte4gsa@4ax.com> <3befcbf1_2@batman.vip-za.com> <3bf0be92_3@batman.vip-za.com> <6te2vto0d2dugimi18nc3ssrtoa2acedqr@4ax.com> <4mq2vtgucigd2fo3o1rgt51m3qe74p5obd@4ax.com> <3bf3125d.46658188@news.concentric.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: chem4823.usask.ca Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: tribune.usask.ca 1005898270 6690 128.233.48.23 (16 Nov 2001 08:11:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@tribune.usask.ca NNTP-Posting-Date: 16 Nov 2001 08:11:10 GMT In-Reply-To: <3bf3125d.46658188@news.concentric.net> Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:10540 On 15 Nov 2001, MJP wrote: > In fact what is acceptable today may no longer be acceptable tomorrow, That is > the nature of the English and American languages. I don't know how much other > languages drift over time, but the English and American languages are fluid, > words change meaning, gain new meanings, and drop out of common use frequently. [**nods**] It's true -- welcome to the Post-modern world, ladies and gents. > With the "P.C." social movement gaining support terms like Fatso or Skinny > are not just denigrations but outright vulgarisms. (BTW if you know what > a word means, is it a word? ie "fatso" isn't in my dictionary, so is it a > valid word?) As far as i see, it is slang -- which is an entirely different sub-section of the main language for any given country. "Fatso" can be either a proper noun or a common noun, (if you strip it of it's capitalisation, ie. "fatso"). ,=====================================. : But N-E-ways, you get the picture, : : eh? 'Merican English is right bloody : : twisted. It's so eclectic that if ya : : weren't born 'ere, it'll take, like, : : YEARS t' "get"... an' it's nuthin' : : new fer foreign students to have lots : : o' difficulty. ; "===============: ;==================" """," |/ ,qppppp. Yes, my child, of course. @|[..( _; qMMM____;M And if they don't eat :__~/ . ,,, qMMM.^^(Mp their tuna-toast in the ,++-: '-++, (^./ .qMMM__,/Mp morning, then it really : . `.; \ \ /`W MMMMM_'YMMp messes things up! : :____ ) Y W dMMMM YMMp ; _TAL '_______:`=._J______ dMMMp ):# ...........; ========================Y | | / : ########################| | \^^^A \ ########################| |____\ :|__\ MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM| / ,' :| ' MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMA / +| Heheheh... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sincerely, "Her Poopiness" (a.k.a Tali/Jessie Brown/Pope Dances-with-Earwax) http://talis_white_crow.tripod.com/ .============================. : Jolt Cola: tastes filthy, : ; kicks like a mule on speed. ; "=============. ,============" \| ' TAL `.'