# Hostile Dialect; A Word, Please. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 27, 2008, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostile-dialect-a-word-please/461375 "2008-08-27T01:53:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![CaerieD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@CaerieD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaerieD)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostile-dialect-a-word-please/461375/221 "2008-08-27T22:43:32Z")
Sorry, I had to find the perfect comic first, okay? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostile-dialect-a-word-please/461375/222 "2008-08-27T22:44:34Z")
[QUOTE=ivan astikov] I’m seriously disappointed with you folks. [/QUOTE] You’ll get over it by the time you’re ready to start your next idiotic thread. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostile-dialect-a-word-please/461375/223 "2008-08-27T22:51:56Z")
[QUOTE=Labrador Deceiver] Um, how many times are you going to say you got pitted before you realize that you really weren’t? [/QUOTE] Dude! That’s just mean! I thought I had made it. I thought I was a real doper and… _pouts_ ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostile-dialect-a-word-please/461375/224 "2008-08-27T22:56:09Z")
[QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] No, _I_ got pitted! Don’t ruin this moment for me! :mad: 😉 [/QUOTE] You’re right. I was just overly excited. Didn’t mean to steal your thunder. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostile-dialect-a-word-please/461375/225 "2008-08-27T23:02:45Z")
[QUOTE=ivan astikov] Five pages of furry flaming, and assorted playground insults before I get my thread Godwinised? I’m seriously disappointed with you folks. [/QUOTE] Shut the fuck up, you fucking tool. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostile-dialect-a-word-please/461375/226 "2008-08-27T23:05:03Z")
**Cervaise** , ladies and gentlemen! Seriously, we need to get that printed up on a T-shirt. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostile-dialect-a-word-please/461375/227 "2008-08-27T23:10:26Z")
[QUOTE=ivan astikov] Out of curiosity, would anyone like to clarify the distinction between ‘playing Devil’s Advocate’ and ‘trolling’ for me? How do YOU determine one from the other when the dividing line is blurred? [/QUOTE] For one thing, a Devil’s Advocate is only welcome in a thread that welcomes debate. And he gets the distinction. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostile-dialect-a-word-please/461375/228 "2008-08-28T00:11:08Z")
[QUOTE=ivan astikov] Was it you who predicted I’d be gone by the end of the month, in June? So much for your judgement, eh? [/QUOTE] Are you sure that was me? I predicted in your last attention seeking thread in the pit that you would “play nice” for a while and then pop up again with another “look at me” thread. I’d say I was on the mark. This subject though has drawn in some discussion that doesn’t necessarily revolve around you. It’s going to be tough for you to keep it focused on you where you want it. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostile-dialect-a-word-please/461375/229 "2008-08-28T01:04:44Z")
[QUOTE=Silver Tyger Girl] Dude! That’s just mean! I thought I had made it. I thought I was a real doper and… _pouts_ [/QUOTE] You coulda been a contender!! ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostile-dialect-a-word-please/461375/230 "2008-08-28T01:16:47Z")
[QUOTE=Silver Tyger Girl] The furriest thing I do is pretend to be a tyger while online. (I’ll admit that the word ‘I am a tyger’ were probably ill-chosen. I _pretend_ to be tyger when online.) [/quote] Yo, what the hell is a “tyger,” and how does it differ from a “tiger,” or are you just bad at spelling? ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostile-dialect-a-word-please/461375/231 "2008-08-28T01:22:40Z")
William Blake could never spell that word right either. He also couldn’t rhyme worth a damn. “Hand or eye” with “symmetry?” Hey Blake, where’d you learn to speak English, the 7-11? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostile-dialect-a-word-please/461375/232 "2008-08-28T01:25:24Z")
[QUOTE=neutron star] Yo, what the hell is a “tyger,” and how does it differ from a “tiger,” or are you just bad at spelling? [/QUOTE] [Dumb fuck.](http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~keith/poems/tyger.html) ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostile-dialect-a-word-please/461375/233 "2008-08-28T01:27:07Z")
> [@](#): > > **Cervaise** > > Shut the fuck up, you fucking tool. [QUOTE=Bosstone] **Cervaise** , ladies and gentlemen! Seriously, we need to get that printed up on a T-shirt. [/QUOTE] He’s one of my SDMB heroes. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anybody with such a finely tuned dickhead radar, and he rarely lets an opportunity pass to share his findings. Bravo, Sir!!! Bravo!!! ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostile-dialect-a-word-please/461375/234 "2008-08-28T01:28:22Z")
Yes, not knowing a specific 18th century poem when I don’t even like poetry in the first place makes me incredibly stupid. Thank you for pointing that out. ---
**Author:** ![bufftabby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@bufftabby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bufftabby)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostile-dialect-a-word-please/461375/235 "2008-08-28T01:30:37Z")
[QUOTE=Terrifel] William Blake could never spell that word right either. He also couldn’t rhyme worth a damn. “Hand or eye” with “symmetry?” Hey Blake, where’d you learn to speak English, the 7-11? [/QUOTE] I think I love you. Okay, I admit it, I’m a furry. Scratch that. I’m just _furry_. I need to shave. ---
**Author:** ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostile-dialect-a-word-please/461375/236 "2008-08-28T01:30:55Z")
[QUOTE=neutron star] Yes, not knowing a specific 18th century poem when I don’t even like poetry in the first place makes me incredibly stupid. Thank you for pointing that out. [/QUOTE] Well, before accusing her of being bad at spelling or worse, you could’ve at least Googled it. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostile-dialect-a-word-please/461375/237 "2008-08-28T01:34:08Z")
If I Googled every word where I saw someone replace an “i” with a “y” to be cutesy, I’d be here all day, wouldn’t I? ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostile-dialect-a-word-please/461375/238 "2008-08-28T01:37:01Z")
[QUOTE=bufftabby] I think I love you. Okay, I admit it, I’m a furry. Scratch that. I’m just _furry_. I need to shave. [/QUOTE] 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostile-dialect-a-word-please/461375/239 "2008-08-28T01:38:55Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] [Dumb fuck.](http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~keith/poems/tyger.html) [/QUOTE] **Miller** , thanks for sharing that. Quite nice, it was. ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostile-dialect-a-word-please/461375/240 "2008-08-28T01:40:04Z")
[QUOTE=neutron star] If I Googled every word where I saw someone replace an “i” with a “y” to be cutesy, I’d be here all day, wouldn’t I? [/QUOTE] You’re here all day already, aren’t you? 😃 On preview: You don’t like poetry? Even furries like poetry. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostile-dialect-a-word-please/461375.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostile-dialect-a-word-please/461375.md?page=13)