I've learned that the Anglo-American circle is extraordinarily backward.

I've learned that the Anglo-American circle is extraordinarily backward.

So true. We Estonian intellectuals always have the edge............

I've learned that the Anglo-American circle is extraordinarily backward.

So true. We Estonian intellectuals always have the edge............

Doubt that.

How to Avoid Coming off As Pretentious

No one likes being treated like a pompous stooge. Have you ever been called pompous and you don't know why? It may be the way you speak or write; you may be using pretentious language.

Avoid unnecessarily verbose language. If you can, say something in a more down to earth way. Avoid speaking like your every word is being catalogued in the archives of mankind for all eternity.

http://www.wikihow.com/Avoid-Coming-off-As-Pretentious

I've learned that the Anglo-American circle is extraordinarily backward.

So true. We Estonian intellectuals always have the edge............

Doubt that.

Are you casting aspersions against the great people of Estonia !!!!!!!.......... Handbags at dawn you cad ( I'll bring Mooners to do the fighting and Harky to make nasty remarks about you before we start ).

Being blown away by pros eh ..... Damp spot on the old felt...................Mmmmmmmm Too easy Ian.

Now that you put it THAT way... :lol:

Thanks for my morning laugh. Now I gotta clean up my room because my lady is coming over in an hour. Hopefully there will be some damp spots on the felt.

How to Avoid Coming off As Pretentious

No one likes being treated like a pompous stooge. Have you ever been called pompous and you don't know why? It may be the way you speak or write; you may be using pretentious language.

Avoid unnecessarily verbose language. If you can, say something in a more down to earth way. Avoid speaking like your every word is being catalogued in the archives of mankind for all eternity.

http://www.wikihow.c...-As-Pretentious

But you HAVE to speak that way, George. All the spelling police and the pedantic crowd are going to disect every word to make sure it is correct and in the right tense. Lord help us if we make a typo.

I was not thinking about proper spelling and such, but one or two posters on the forum write almost every post in this style and I'm not sure who they think that they are impressing.

"The employment of increasingly sesquipedalian terminology, with recondite, esoteric, and arcane diction, often Latinate in origin, conduces to a form of communication that impresses its auditors or apprehenders as pompous, self-congratulatory, flatulent, and bloviated".

I was not thinking about proper spelling and such, but one or two posters on the forum write almost every post in this style and I'm not sure who they think that they are impressing.

"The employment of increasingly sesquipedalian terminology, with recondite, esoteric, and arcane diction, often Latinate in origin, conduces to a form of communication that impresses its auditors or apprehenders as pompous, self-congratulatory, flatulent, and bloviated".

dam_n, I've been caught out...........

I've learned that the Anglo-American circle is extraordinarily backward.

So true. We Estonian intellectuals always have the edge............

Doubt that.

Are you casting aspersions against the great people of Estonia !!!!!!!.......... Handbags at dawn you cad ( I'll bring Mooners to do the fighting and Harky to make nasty remarks about you before we start ).

Oi! Don't underestimate my brawling capacity. I can mix it up with the best of them....well....not the best....but the average punter out for a bit o' bovver.

And simce when have I become known as a nasty remarker?

Speaking of which.....I was trrying to decipher your handle....then it clicked, Sui! You are/were a policeman right?

I was not thinking about proper spelling and such, but one or two posters on the forum write almost every post in this style and I'm not sure who they think that they are impressing.

"The employment of increasingly sesquipedalian terminology, with recondite, esoteric, and arcane diction, often Latinate in origin, conduces to a form of communication that impresses its auditors or apprehenders as pompous, self-congratulatory, flatulent, and bloviated".

You're quoting yourself.

But as for taking a swipe at posters using words for which you need to refer to a dictionary....I say you're a fine example of tall poppy syndrome.

Speaking of which.....I was trrying to decipher your handle....then it clicked, Sui! You are/were a policeman right?

Mmmmm maybe. Depends who's asking

I learned you can always be surprised by people, and sometimes in a nice way. With a friend today I had sometimes questioned her motives in the past, and yet today she showed me a sweet side that truly wasn't fake... ie no money changing hands or asking for a loan, even though I'm leaving Thailand in a few days..

Speaking of "flatulent, and bloviated", today I had lunch & after had to go to the bathroom, one man cubicle (occupied), one wome cubicle (free). Couldn't wait, so used the women's cubicle. The cubicles were ajoined, but no overhead ceiling. I tried to be quiet like a hibernating three toed sloth, but alas, it let go in the most embarassing noise - at least 4 seconds of front roe trombone & Pavarotti.....

Today I learn't that no matter how hard you try, if you have to laugh your arse off, you cannot, for the love of cream of onion soup, stop it!

Speaking of "flatulent, and bloviated", today I had lunch & after had to go to the bathroom, one man cubicle (occupied), one wome cubicle (free). Couldn't wait, so used the women's cubicle. The cubicles were ajoined, but no overhead ceiling. I tried to be quiet like a hibernating three toed sloth, but alas, it let go in the most embarassing noise - at least 4 seconds of front roe trombone & Pavarotti.....

Today I learn't that no matter how hard you try, if you have to laugh your arse off, you cannot, for the love of cream of onion soup, stop it!

I now have a picture in my mind which may prevent sleep................

I was not thinking about proper spelling and such, but one or two posters on the forum write almost every post in this style and I'm not sure who they think that they are impressing.

"The employment of increasingly sesquipedalian terminology, with recondite, esoteric, and arcane diction, often Latinate in origin, conduces to a form of communication that impresses its auditors or apprehenders as pompous, self-congratulatory, flatulent, and bloviated".

You're quoting yourself.

But as for taking a swipe at posters using words for which you need to refer to a dictionary....I say you're a fine example of tall poppy syndrome.

Tall poppy syndrome (TPS) is a pejorative term used in the UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand to describe a social phenomenon in which people of genuine merit are resented, attacked, cut down, or criticised because their talents or achievements elevate them above or distinguish them from their peers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tall_poppy_syndrome

Basically this is flaming, is it not Mr. HC? Not to mention that in this case, it just is not true. What's been going on with you. You have been attacking posters without provocation. Have you received a run on bad meat lately, or has your favorite knife become dull?

Keep it in OTB would ya!

Yep...... We're all lunatics, but you petulant lunatics have your own box in the garden. No need to come in the house and disturb civil folk..............

What's been going on with you. You have been attacking posters without provocation. Have you received a run on bad meat lately, or has your favorite knife become dull?

I don't think that he is a butcher any more. Maybe being chronically unemployed is what he is so bitter about.

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That's it !!!!

For those who don't venture here often, Mooners is our resident pugilist. Now you've gone and upset him, you better get back to OTB before it's too late...............Don't say I didn't warn you.........

Today I've found out that various people seem to have it in for Harky.

And don't learn much any day.

Now he is a bit of a cod fish, but at the end of the day he's just a mamel with an opinion. Nowt wrong with our Harky..............

Now he is a bit of a cod fish, but at the end of the day he's just a mamel with an opinion. Nowt wrong with our Harky..............

i'm glad you didn't call me a cod piece.

Now he is a bit of a cod fish, but at the end of the day he's just a mamel with an opinion. Nowt wrong with our Harky..............

i'm glad you didn't call me a cod piece.

That's an insult I've not heard for some time.

I must remember to use it at the next possible opportunity.

Now he is a bit of a cod fish, but at the end of the day he's just a mamel with an opinion. Nowt wrong with our Harky..............

i'm glad you didn't call me a cod piece.

That's an insult I've not heard for some time.

I must remember to use it at the next possible opportunity.

It is a tad Blackadderesque.

How to Avoid Coming off As Pretentious

No one likes being treated like a pompous stooge. Have you ever been called pompous and you don't know why? It may be the way you speak or write; you may be using pretentious language.

Avoid unnecessarily verbose language. If you can, say something in a more down to earth way. Avoid speaking like your every word is being catalogued in the archives of mankind for all eternity.

http://www.wikihow.c...-As-Pretentious

But you HAVE to speak that way, George. All the spelling police and the pedantic crowd are going to disect every word to make sure it is correct and in the right tense. Lord help us if we make a typo.

disect ?? Is that two sects who have combined? Or one sect that has divided in two?

Or did you mean dissect?

Now he is a bit of a cod fish, but at the end of the day he's just a mamel with an opinion. Nowt wrong with our Harky..............

i'm glad you didn't call me a cod piece.

or a merkin.

Now he is a bit of a cod fish, but at the end of the day he's just a mamel with an opinion. Nowt wrong with our Harky..............

i'm glad you didn't call me a cod piece.

or a merkin.

Or even worse, a jerkin!!!!

Or a jerkin a codpiece.