# Sorry To Be Such A Pesk **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 14, 2011, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-to-be-such-a-pesk/588982 "2011-07-14T06:30:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-to-be-such-a-pesk/588982/1 "2011-07-14T06:30:06Z")
Huh? A _Pesk_. If I’m being pesky, wouldn’t it follow that I’d have to be a pesk? And while I’m at it, I may as well confess to being a _dastard_ as well. I love the English language! 🙂 Quasi ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-to-be-such-a-pesk/588982/2 "2011-07-14T06:34:39Z")
You don’t have to be a pesk, you could just be peskish. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-to-be-such-a-pesk/588982/3 "2011-07-14T06:48:14Z")
A Pesk? Are you Popeye, or something? ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-to-be-such-a-pesk/588982/4 "2011-07-14T15:16:41Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > Huh? > > A _Pesk_. If I’m being pesky, wouldn’t it follow that I’d have to be a pesk? > > And while I’m at it, I may as well confess to being a _dastard_ as well. > > I love the English language! 🙂 > > Quasi You dastardly fellow! Are you an urban [pesk](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pesk) or a Breton [pesk](http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pesk) (which sounds pretty fishy to me)? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-to-be-such-a-pesk/588982/5 "2011-07-14T15:20:41Z")
I’ll never tell. Not since I left my job as a banker decades ago. In those days I told five days a week. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-to-be-such-a-pesk/588982/6 "2011-07-14T16:02:20Z")
I dunno, **Quasi**. I’m just whelmed by this thread. You can do better. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-to-be-such-a-pesk/588982/7 "2011-07-14T16:08:43Z")
I know, **Snickers**. Just whelmed, huh? 😉 **Cal** : Ohhhhhh, that’s soooo embarass **k** ing!🙂 **Oy!** : Must be urban, because I never knew there was a fish called a pesk. Probably very difficult to catch, huh?😉 Q ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-to-be-such-a-pesk/588982/8 "2011-07-14T16:10:15Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > You don’t have to be a pesk, you could just be peskish. Or “peckish”?🙂 Q ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-to-be-such-a-pesk/588982/9 "2011-07-14T16:14:23Z")
It’s almost noon - of course I’m peckish! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-to-be-such-a-pesk/588982/10 "2011-07-14T16:43:08Z")
Some more ideas on the general topic at [Is something ever “in kilter”?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=613089) from 06-19-2011 ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-to-be-such-a-pesk/588982/11 "2011-07-14T16:43:14Z")
Okay, seriously, this thread is way too ruly. None of you speak with any passion. I’ll be over there, snacking on some pareils. I’ll let you all know when I’m finally gruntled. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-to-be-such-a-pesk/588982/12 "2011-07-14T16:47:54Z")
I overstand. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-to-be-such-a-pesk/588982/13 "2011-07-14T16:49:25Z")
I’m really _nackered_ y’all. I think I’ll take a rest.