# How do you feel about my .sig? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 7, 2004, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-my-sig/233032 "2004-03-07T23:29:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Never\_Have\_I\_Because\_I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@Never\_Have\_I\_Because\_I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Never_Have_I_Because_I)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2004, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-my-sig/233032/1 "2004-03-07T23:29:26Z")
It was created as a joke because I am apparently in fear and ignorance of big words, which I still dispute. You be the judge. tell me, ok! ---
**Author:** ![Never\_Have\_I\_Because\_I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@Never\_Have\_I\_Because\_I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Never_Have_I_Because_I)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2004, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-my-sig/233032/2 "2004-03-07T23:30:46Z")
Ah shit, owned by non sig enabledness. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2004, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-my-sig/233032/3 "2004-03-07T23:34:40Z")
I see a new [rathergood.com](http://rathergood.com) video coming… ---
**Author:** ![Never\_to\_be\_Queen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Never\_to\_be\_Queen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Never_to_be_Queen)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2004, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-my-sig/233032/4 "2004-03-07T23:36:03Z")
I think it is kind of funny and clever. “Mill” is spelled with two ls, though perhaps you know that and spelled it with one one on purpose. ---
**Author:** ![Never\_to\_be\_Queen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Never\_to\_be\_Queen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Never_to_be_Queen)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2004, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-my-sig/233032/5 "2004-03-07T23:37:25Z")
One “l” I mean. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Never\_Have\_I\_Because\_I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@Never\_Have\_I\_Because\_I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Never_Have_I_Because_I)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2004, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-my-sig/233032/6 "2004-03-07T23:49:12Z")
There was two LLs before I posted this thread 😕 Don’t know where you got that from. ---
**Author:** ![Never\_Have\_I\_Because\_I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@Never\_Have\_I\_Because\_I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Never_Have_I_Because_I)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2004, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-my-sig/233032/7 "2004-03-07T23:50:29Z")
I’m pretty sure Mill is spelled Mill, not Mil. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Never\_Have\_I\_Because\_I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@Never\_Have\_I\_Because\_I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Never_Have_I_Because_I)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2004, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-my-sig/233032/8 "2004-03-07T23:51:42Z")
I’m so confused. ---
**Author:** ![Never\_to\_be\_Queen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Never\_to\_be\_Queen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Never_to_be_Queen)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2004, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-my-sig/233032/9 "2004-03-07T23:51:46Z")
My eyes are playing tricks on me. Sorry… I see now. ---
**Author:** ![percypercy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@percypercy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/percypercy)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2004, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-my-sig/233032/10 "2004-03-07T23:52:14Z")
> [@Never Have I Because I](#): > > I’m pretty sure Mill is spelled Mill, not Mil. 😕 Yep, me too. Of course I can’t spell… but I think I can handle that one. -Lil ---
**Author:** ![Never\_to\_be\_Queen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Never\_to\_be\_Queen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Never_to_be_Queen)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2004, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-my-sig/233032/11 "2004-03-08T00:00:05Z")
(I was crying a bit so the two "l"s must have ran together.) ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2004, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-my-sig/233032/12 "2004-03-08T09:01:22Z")
Plain English is good, and short words are good. However, some long words are irreplaceable - or at any rate, any attempt to replace them results only in more overall verbiage, albeit in smaller chunks. For example, if I were to describe myself as an antidisestablishmentarian, I would be using a word with a very well-established (sorry!) meaning, and those who needed to know what I mean _would_ know. It would otherwise take a few sentences to get the meaning across. Bottom line: Read a dictionary. Otherwise, it’s no worse a .sig than many, and better than some. Take the caps lock off though, IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![spudzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@spudzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spudzilla)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2004, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-my-sig/233032/13 "2004-03-08T10:53:35Z")
Hmm. I like the rhyming, as it seems to match the level of vocabulary you’re using. I’d like it even better if there was a fourth line that rhymed with the third. Don’t like the caps, though. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2004, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-my-sig/233032/14 "2004-03-08T12:24:45Z")
‘Short words are good. Old short words are best of all.’ W Churchill XX Century Warrior/Statesman ---
**Author:** ![leafrog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cab0a1/32.png) [@leafrog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leafrog)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2004, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-my-sig/233032/15 "2004-03-08T15:15:34Z")
I actually noticed your sig on one of your posts last night and thought it was clever enough. The “(drum solo)” bit at the end is the zinger. I wouldn’t use all caps though. It is a bit annoying to look at, and tends to make your sig appear to be more important than the content of your post. ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2004, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-my-sig/233032/16 "2004-03-08T15:18:02Z")
Yeah, it’s stupid. Sorry. Try again. ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2004, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-my-sig/233032/17 "2004-03-08T15:19:26Z")
I don’t get it. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Never\_Have\_I\_Because\_I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@Never\_Have\_I\_Because\_I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Never_Have_I_Because_I)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2004, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-my-sig/233032/18 "2004-03-08T15:22:12Z")
> [@Bruce\_Daddy](#): > > I don’t get it. 😕 A whole bunch of people think I have a ‘irrational fear’ of big words, which is simply untrue. And my sig pokes fun at such a idea. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2004, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-my-sig/233032/19 "2004-03-08T17:08:12Z")
> [@Never Have I Because I](#): > > I’m pretty sure Mill is spelled Mill, not Mil. 😕 Mil: 1/1000th of an inch. Yes, it’s a real word. And it’s small. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2004, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-my-sig/233032/20 "2004-03-08T17:12:10Z")
> [@Never Have I Because I](#): > > A whole bunch of people think I have a ‘irrational fear’ of big words, which is simply untrue. Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia. 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-my-sig/233032.md?page=2)