# I'm a new fetus! Er, man. Something. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 26, 2007, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-new-fetus-er-man-something/427751 "2007-11-26T00:08:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-new-fetus-er-man-something/427751/21 "2007-11-26T10:08:39Z")
I think he pierced his penis! ---
**Author:** ![enigm4tic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@enigm4tic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enigm4tic)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-new-fetus-er-man-something/427751/22 "2007-11-26T10:15:47Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] Also, it made me PMP. [/QUOTE] Purchase More Posting-Time? ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-new-fetus-er-man-something/427751/23 "2007-11-26T14:20:36Z")
awwww, our little \*\*fetus \*\* is all growed up now. _sniff_ I like your new name, but it will take a little while for it to sink in. ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-new-fetus-er-man-something/427751/24 "2007-11-26T15:23:52Z")
You recently had a milestone birthday, right? Was that part of the reason for a new name? ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-new-fetus-er-man-something/427751/25 "2007-11-26T15:40:39Z")
[QUOTE=enigm4tic] Purchase More Posting-Time? [/QUOTE] Punch Madonna’s Privates. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-new-fetus-er-man-something/427751/26 "2007-11-26T16:46:38Z")
[QUOTE=Lionne] You recently had a milestone birthday, right? Was that part of the reason for a new name? [/QUOTE] 21, and no, not particularly. ---
**Author:** ![RedRosesForMe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@RedRosesForMe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedRosesForMe)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-new-fetus-er-man-something/427751/27 "2007-11-26T17:07:10Z")
So, like the new name. But really, I’m just posting here because there’s 2 different ads for fetus pictures. What have you been up to? Will it ruin your political aspirations if these pictures get out? ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-new-fetus-er-man-something/427751/28 "2007-11-26T17:11:33Z")
[QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] I’m a new fetus! Er, man. Something. [/QUOTE] A born again doper! ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-new-fetus-er-man-something/427751/29 "2007-11-26T19:01:18Z")
Boy that Korean BBQ is powerful stuff! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-new-fetus-er-man-something/427751/30 "2007-11-26T19:35:48Z")
> [@RedRosesForMe](#): > > So, like the new name. > > But really, I’m just posting here because there’s 2 different ads for fetus pictures. What have you been up to? Will it ruin your political aspirations if these pictures get out? Believe me, if Republican voters knew which Doper I was, I would be toast anyway. Shit, I’ve said too much already! > [@Encinitas](#): > > Boy that Korean BBQ is powerful stuff! I just realized that it could’ve been even more disastrous if I walked up to people at the restaurant and went, “Hey, I’m Hostile. Are you the Dopers?” :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-new-fetus-er-man-something/427751/31 "2007-11-26T20:15:22Z")
It’s hard to identify you with any kind of “hostile” whatever 🙂 Are you going to start pitting those of us who mangle English now, or will you continue jotting descriptive notes? ---
**Author:** ![as\_u\_wish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@as\_u\_wish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/as_u_wish)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-new-fetus-er-man-something/427751/32 "2007-11-26T23:48:59Z")
I’m honored! It’s about time, too–if you were a fetus in 2003, you’d be at least 4 in 2007, and definitely in possession of a language. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-new-fetus-er-man-something/427751/33 "2007-11-27T04:01:03Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > It’s hard to identify you with any kind of “hostile” whatever 🙂 Are you going to start pitting those of us who mangle English now, or will you continue jotting descriptive notes? I find myself growing into a more and more impassioned defender of descriptivism as I learn more about linguistics. Which means I’m not about to Pit someone for using non-standard English (although the written language is a whole different beast from the natural verbal form, being learned, not acquired/generated naturally); but I may Pit someone for Pitting someone else for…ah, fuck it. I am starting to think, though, that I ought to read some angry prescriptivist screeds to balance it out. > [@as\_u\_wish](#): > > I’m honored! It’s about time, too–if you were a fetus in 2003, you’d be at least 4 in 2007, and definitely in possession of a language. Not bad. 🆒 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-new-fetus-er-man-something/427751.md?page=1)