# I'm so pretentious that... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 17, 2001, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-pretentious-that/65682 "2001-05-17T03:06:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2001, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-pretentious-that/65682/21 "2001-05-17T22:13:30Z")
\*Originally posted by dropzone \* \*\*No, **a bit** pretentious was ending your post with the “_non?_” Half the post in French was **pretty darned** pretentious. \*\* [/QUOTE] Hee! Told ya I was a show-off! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sengkelat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Sengkelat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sengkelat)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2001, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-pretentious-that/65682/22 "2001-05-17T22:32:36Z")
I’m so pretentious that I use the word “vegetous” to denote vigor, and then act surprised when someone things it means the same as “vegetal.” I’m so pretentious that I have worked the word “sphinges” into conversations about Egypt, even though there’s only one sphinx worth talking about. ---
**Author:** ![Elenfair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cc9497/32.png) [@Elenfair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elenfair)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2001, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-pretentious-that/65682/23 "2001-05-17T22:37:08Z")
Un instant s’il vous plaît! I’m sooooo pretentious that I’ll point out there was a serious gender error made by Creaky!!! 😉 That should have been “… et peau blanche.” La peau. C’est au féminin. So there. Ha. Elenfair, a pretentious francophone from Orléans, Canada. ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2001, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-pretentious-that/65682/24 "2001-05-17T23:06:35Z")
I’m so pretentious that i try to work the fact that I have a degree in philosophy into any given conversation. I also like to mention that my two A\*s at GCSE were Latin and Ancient Greek. My SO, the king of pretentiousness (who also has a degree in philosophy. It’s thrilling stuff.), has been known to start conversations with the words “Of course, you know that was based on the egyptian folk tale…”. He’s currently reading Robert Graves and can work that into any given conversation. I’m bad, he’s terrible. Bless. Fran PS I could never, never order in French in a French restaurant. Although i’m pefectly capable of doing it, I think I would die of shame at being so damn tacky. But then I’m English. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2001, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-pretentious-that/65682/25 "2001-05-17T23:46:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Elenfair \* > \*\*Un instant s’il vous plaît! > > I’m sooooo pretentious that I’ll point out there was a serious gender error made by Creaky!!! 😉 > > That should have been “… et peau blanche.” > > La peau. C’est au féminin. > > So there. > > Ha. > > Elenfair, a pretentious francophone from Orléans, Canada. \*\* Oops! I wondered about that after I typed it, but was too lazy to check my dictionary. That’s what I get for being a pretentious _lazy_ show-off! I bet I won’t forget that peau is feminine anytime soon! _Merci!_ 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Elenfair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cc9497/32.png) [@Elenfair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elenfair)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2001, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-pretentious-that/65682/26 "2001-05-18T00:11:46Z")
Eh eh Creaky… That’ll teach ya. La prochaine fois, utilise ton Petit Robert! Or else, I’m so pretentious that I will make a “manteau” with your “peau”! 😉 E. ---
**Author:** ![Grok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Grok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grok)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2001, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-pretentious-that/65682/27 "2001-05-18T01:20:59Z")
There’s an old joke in aviation: “How do you know you are at a party with a pilot?” Answer: “He’ll tell you.” I personify this joke. Can’t help it. I have the enthusiasm of a convert about flying. My apologies if you have been to a party with me recently (Hi NY Dopers!). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Erika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/47e85d/32.png) [@Erika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erika)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2001, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-pretentious-that/65682/28 "2001-05-18T01:28:23Z")
Hmm…mostly pretentious about sciencey things…able to make modern physics jokes in casual conversation…I have a penchant for mentioning that there are different sizes of infinity…the like. 😉 Of course, I also get to run around the humanities building on a reasonably regular basis, and do math presentations on proofs of God’s existence… ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2001, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-pretentious-that/65682/29 "2001-05-18T02:01:27Z")
I carry Grey Poupon around in my car, just in case. I e-mail Alex Trebeck to correct his pronunciation. When I say “Hi Opal” I pronounce it O-pell. ---
**Author:** ![Katisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bcef8e/32.png) [@Katisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katisha)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2001, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-pretentious-that/65682/30 "2001-05-18T05:58:42Z")
We occasionally refer to ourself using the editorial (or royal, if you will) plural. I make a point of bringing Anglo-Saxon or Latin origins of words into a discussion if it’s even tangentially relevant, in order to establish my knowledge of both Anglo-Saxon and Latin. I sometimes quote Dante in Italian, although I do not, in fact, speak Italian. (It’s amazing what you can do with a bilingual edition and a couple of Romance languages under your belt.) I pronounce “Van Gogh” in the Dutch fashion. I know the croaking chorus from the _Frogs_ of Aristophanes. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2001, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-pretentious-that/65682/31 "2001-05-18T06:20:05Z")
**Katisha** … But can you whistle all the airs from that infernal nonsense _Pinafore_? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![cykrider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f19dbf/32.png) [@cykrider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cykrider)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2001, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-pretentious-that/65682/32 "2001-05-18T06:42:53Z")
I’m so pretentious that all my friends know that: I can make Kraft Minute Rice in 45 seconds. ---
**Author:** ![Katisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bcef8e/32.png) [@Katisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katisha)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2001, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-pretentious-that/65682/33 "2001-05-18T06:58:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Creaky \* > \*\*But can you whistle all the airs from that infernal nonsense _Pinafore_? 🙂 \*\* Yes, I can! Though the multipart bits are kinda difficult. 😉 (I was an assistant stage manager for _Pinafore_ about a month ago, so I’ve certainly heard it enough! :D) ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2001, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-pretentious-that/65682/34 "2001-05-18T07:44:54Z")
[hijack] **Katisha** …I knew you had to be familiar with the works of Gilbert and Sullivan when I saw that line about the _Frogs_ chorus! I love the Patter songs. Those songs really do stick in your head, don’t they?[/hiack] ---
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2001, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-pretentious-that/65682/35 "2001-05-18T09:22:52Z")
“Pretentious? Moi?” [sub]Old Fawlty Towers reference. God that was a great show![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2001, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-pretentious-that/65682/36 "2001-05-18T09:24:08Z")
I am so pretentious, I constantly throw out nuggets of intelligentsia which I have gleaned from my time at the SDMB. . . and I don’t give a single Goddamned one of you credit either. 😃 Tomorrow I plan to go to work as usual in the factory where I work, and speak in French, Latin and Italian, conjugate Latin verbs and discuss the finer points of philosophy and Grey Poupon, while singing about Frogs (all with a great deal of vegetous). Thanks all. Sir Rhosis ---
**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2001, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-pretentious-that/65682/37 "2001-05-18T11:00:33Z")
I have a bad habit of comparing every work of literature to _Paradise Lost_. Only a Joyceophile can trump me, and they have to have read the _Wake_, otherwise it is a tie. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2001, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-pretentious-that/65682/38 "2001-05-18T11:10:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Creaky \* > **Ah, mon cher Ike! Suivez-moi au jardin pour un moment…** _Pour un instant_ would have been better, although your version is technically OK, too. [sub](I’m so pretentious that I correct a minor mistake because the most obvious one had already been pointed out.)[/sub] > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Katisha_ > **I pronounce “Van Gogh” in the Dutch fashion.** So do I, but I’d love to hear you try. 😃 (I’m pretentious about my own language, even though nobody outside my country actually _speaks_ it, of course!) ---
**Author:** ![Aghris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecccb3/32.png) [@Aghris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aghris)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2001, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-pretentious-that/65682/39 "2001-05-18T11:50:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Coldfire \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > _Originally posted by Katisha_ > > **I pronounce “Van Gogh” in the proper Dutch fashion.** > > So do I, but I’d love to hear you try. 😃 > (I’m pretentious about my own language, even though nobody outside my country actually _speaks_ it, of course!) \*\* You do, **Coldie**? Last time I heard you pronounce anything, it was a mixture between a southern Dutch accent and that awful _mokum_ slang, hardly something that comes even _near_ proper Dutch fashion. (See, I’m even so prententious that I dare to critique one of the most beloved and respected mods on this board. I’m also pretentious enough that I dare to misquote someone slightly so it makes my post make more sense). ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2001, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-pretentious-that/65682/40 "2001-05-18T12:03:34Z")
Gee, was it that bad? 🙂 (I was fearing you’d come in here, Aghris. Damn you!) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-pretentious-that/65682.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-pretentious-that/65682.md?page=3)