And by foreign I mean a language the majority of the SDMB members does not understand.
There is a Board member who has a particularly pathetic and demeaning sig line. But it’s not in English. Because if it was in English, a lot of people would have seen it by now (this person’s post count is incredible), and a lot of them would have complained. I hope.
Having lurked more than posted, I know UncleBeer - after having been supplied with a translation - would have taken his favourite canned beverage and shoved it up this person’s anal passage, because it particularly demeans someone UB likes a lot. Someone who also understands that sig. (And someone who also will laugh at the pathetic spelling mistake in one of the words. The naughty word. There’s supposed to be an ‘a’ between the first and second letters. And I think it’s supposed to have an ‘r’ at the end as well. If you’re going to do something, do it right.)
I like a joke just as much as the next person, but if you want to be The Man, be a man and put your sig in English. And get some kevlar.
The funny thing is, this guy’s posts are okay and he’s been a member for a while, so who am I to judge? But no matter how helpful or enlightning a post is, a sig line like this negates it all. A quick search learned me that he does not post in The Pit very often, so chances are he won’t read this. But if you (yes, you!) do read this, get rid of the line. Please. It’s pathetic.
Eek, I was afraid for a minute it was me! But, I’m not a guy, I don’t have an incredible post count and Uncle Beer doesn’t know me from Eve.
In case anyone’s wondering, it’s Sanskrit. Lord Krsna saying to Arjuna: “Fully think on what I have said, then do as you see fit” (more or less… “deliberating fully on this, accordingly act as you see fit” might be a better translation).
Guinastasia, great quote. My favorite from the book is “Road House is the finest American film. Certainly it stinks, but I believe the filmmakers meant it to, and succeeded grandly.”
SkinnyGuy, being a provincial typical ugly American, I only speak one language, with the exception of a few choice Spanish curses. If one of the SD members is routinely posting an offensive sig line, please bring it to the attention one of the staff members and we’ll deal with it promptly. Our e-mail addresses are available in various locations on this board.
Thank you.
And Rasa, I’m certain I can tell the difference between you and Eve.
Lest anyone think the accused is me (though I’m a chick with a post count that’s moderate at best), the second line of my signature says “Do not cross the street before the bus has driven off”. As prosaic as that. And it’s spelled correctly.
I have no idea who the person is, and SkinnyGuy’s accusation doesn’t exactly contain much helpful information.
Hmm. Maybe all of us with foreign sig lines should explain ourselves…
Let’s see. I’m a male (last I checked my genitalia, anyway), and I don’t post in the pit very often. I also have been a member here for a while, and have a reasonably high post count.
Maybe he means me???
For those curious, “Honi soit qui mal y pense” means “Evil to whom Evil thinks” (Said in case anyone thinks I’m implying anything improper with respect to the lady friends in my sig)
It means “shame to him who thinks evil of it”, as every schoolboy knows. And, yes, the translation on the Queen’s website is wrong (though the other three mottoes on that website are translated correctly).
Well, by dint of detective work, I figured out it was Whmm. But now all his sigs say “Deleted in the name of decency”. However- we are allowing profanity in the PIT, so I think ol Unca should NOT have edited it out of the PIT- elsewhere, especially his own baliwick- of course.
Daniel, you are incorrect on all counts. It’s not Whmm, nor did I edit any posts/sigs. We’re going to write e-mail to the offender asking that person to change the sig line. Additionally, I find this persons sig far more offensive than mere profanity; it’s more along the lines of an ethnic slur. Hell, I’m one of the most profane people here; if were to edit for profanity, I’d be in serious trouble, myself.
Also, editing a sig line changes all instances of that sig. Let us handle it, please. Speculation does nothing in the cause of fighting ignorance.
Between the enquiring minds and the guilty consciences, I’m not quite sure what to say.
We are taking care of the situation. Thanks for bringing it to our attention. This is the second case of this type we’ve had lately, the previous one being a colloquialism in another culture that turned out to be a “fighting words” kind of insult. The party in question was using it as their screen name. We got clued in and got them to change it.
Some of us here at the Straight Dope do well to manage in English, so any help our multicultural Teeming Millions can give us is often quite useful.
I’ve no idea who it is/ was (although the notion that it might have been Whammo of all people is hilarious) and maybe it would have been better if this had been sent straight to the admins, but I like your instincts as well as your style SkinnyGuy. More stuff from you would be most welcome. “Moldy” is American for “mouldy” indeed.
