Bruce Banner Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 A quick is often worth a thousand words . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
libspero Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 ..love you to. I thought that one was strictly reserved for threads involving Merryn Somerset Webb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Bart' Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 If anyone who does it answers, perhaps knowing why you do it might help.... I tend to do it a lot on Sheffield Forum, simply because the pitifully low level of understanding about basic economic concepts and current affairs drives me to bloomin' distraction. On HPC I stand on the shoulders of giants, on Sheffield Forum, I am the giant (yeah, I know, frightening isn't it?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkie Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 I thought that one was strictly reserved for threads involving Merryn Somerset Webb ...two's company threes a crowd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Injin Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Curious to know if I'm the only person irritated by this. To me, it makes them come across as smug and ultimately very stupid. Or am I just bad-tempered today? If anyone who does it answers, perhaps knowing why you do it might help.... 3 posters with the same right whinge agenda, all use an emoticon at the end of all their posts, can you guess who they are*? We have and * and which political party they work for.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Bart' Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Historically a Labour Stronghold? Oddly yes. I think the real problem is that what economic news they get is from the newspapers and TV news, which I find to be very shallow compared to what's available on the internet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 the only ones I used are in my av Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkie Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 (edited) ..skip too. Edited January 13, 2012 by winkie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gone baby gone Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNACR Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 (edited) it's possible to take this place too seriously. like worrying about post-counts might be a sign for you to knock forums on the head for a while. This is an example of how a smiley can be deployed to highlight poor English - in a more than slightly knobbish manner. Edited January 13, 2012 by Soon Not a Chain Retailer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turned Out Nice Again Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 it's possible to take this place too seriously. like worrying about post-counts might be a sign for you to knock forums on the head for a while. This is an example of how a smiley can be deployed to highlight poor English - in a more than slightly knobbish manner. http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/forum Spelling help The plural of forum is usually spelled forums; the plural fora (as in the original Latin) is chiefly used when talking about a public square in an ancient Roman city. (sample use of smiley to scorn spelling/grammar-correction fails) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNACR Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/forum Spelling help The plural of forum is usually spelled forums; the plural fora (as in the original Latin) is chiefly used when talking about a public square in an ancient Roman city. (sample use of smiley to scorn spelling/grammar-correction fails) I think you'll have needed an American-English site to find this datums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNACR Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Like that. I saw a Darth Vader one once. Did you used to cruise the Gents of the Death Star, or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turned Out Nice Again Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 I think you'll have needed an American-English site to find this datums. no way josé! check the link, oxford english dictionary. i must admit "fora" used as plural of forum is one of my pet hates. just sounds plain wrong. as well as being wrong. consider yourself scorned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHERWICK Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 (edited) Edited January 13, 2012 by SHERWICK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNACR Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 no way josé! check the link, oxford english dictionary. i must admit "fora" used as plural of forum is one of my pet hates. just sounds plain wrong. as well as being wrong. consider yourself scorned. Poor Latin really. Always a red flag for how expensive someone's education was. Another one is people who use disinterested correctly, instead of thinking it means uninterested, they will have had an expensive proper education. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHERWICK Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turned Out Nice Again Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Poor Latin really. Always a red flag for how expensive someone's education was. Another one is people who use disinterested correctly, instead of thinking it means uninterested, they will have had an expensive proper education. we agree about "disinterested", that bugs me too. but english isn't latin and "fora" isn't the english plural of "forum" for the purposes of describing internet discussion groups. my (grammar school) education was cheap -- well free actually -- but i did get o-levels in latin, greek and english. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNACR Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 we agree about "disinterested", that bugs me too. but english isn't latin and "fora" isn't the english plural of "forum" for the purposes of describing internet discussion groups. my (grammar school) education was cheap -- well free actually -- but i did get o-levels in latin, greek and english. I can see now that this new mediums for datums has created an agendums for a consistent Latin plural rules change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash4781 Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 (edited) It could be worse worse Edited January 13, 2012 by Ash4781 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_renting Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 You don't like emoticons? Awww... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19 year mortgage 8itch Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Has this been moved to the main forum? Where on earth do you get sent after exhausting the Off Topic forum? Mods Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rave Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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