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Paul Greer
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You cry about him being mean and he gives you a red sweater. Why? Because his initial post didn't deal with you. For that you claim mathematical proof he is mean? WHATEVER!
Whatever: A slang term meaning YOU'RE FULL OF SHIT!
Edited by Paul Greer on 22 March 2007 at 12:35pm
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Mike Norris
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I used to roll my eyes at Star Trek fans who professed their love of Commander Ryker or Captain Sysco.
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Bruce Buchanan
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Yeah, but Captain Sysco makes a mean institutional-grade French fry.
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Kurt Anderson
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If someone tells me they loved that Star Trek show with Captain Kirk and Dr. Spock.... God bless'em. There are levels of fandom for everything.
I have a friend who sighs when he hears anyone claim to be a fan of anything. That sigh is followed with, "He never even watched Lost until I told him about the show." or, "He's never been to a Saints game in his life, but now he's a fan."
I get the urge to push my nerd glasses back onto the bridge of my nose and correct pop culture gaffs every day, but unless the person is in danger of really embarrassing themselves in the future... I let it go.
Edited by Kurt Anderson on 22 March 2007 at 1:05pm
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Jason Fulton
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Pop culture is serious business.
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Paul Greer
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Not serious is the sense that it will solve world issues.
Keeping that in mind when you talk to non-fans about comic books, would you rather them take you seriously or laugh at you for reading them? When asking someone on a date to the movies would you say, let's go see Supes Returns or Bats Begins? I doubt it. Why can't we show the same restraint when we discuss the topic with fellow fans?
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Matt Reed
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Exactly, Paul. It's one thing to get grief and be put down for wanting to respect the characters from people who aren't fans of superheroes, but it's completely another to be mocked by fellow "fans". That, more than anything else, bugs the shit out of me. You think they'd know better, at least have a better understanding, but more often than not they're more abusive to fellow fans than someone on the outside looking in. I simply do not get that.
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Mike Norris
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When there are visual clues as to spelling, like word balloons and on screen credits, I just can't figure out how people get it wrong. On the other hand when all you have is the printed page and some non-traditional spelling all sorts of problems can arise. As a kid I was sure James Bond was played by "Seen" Connery. Then a friend informed me it was pronounce "Shawn". My first thought was how the heck to you get "Shawn" out of S-E-A-N?
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Bill Dowling
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My first thought was how the heck to you get "Shawn" out of S-E-A-N?
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It's amazing how hard Sean's proper pronunciation is for people to grasp, even if they have no trouble with the french name "Jean."
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Brian Deuser
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"Jean" is easy - Gene!
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John Byrne
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As a kid I was sure James Bond was played by
"Seen" Connery.
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Or, as I have asked with tongue firmly in cheek, is it
Shawn Bean or Seen Bawn?
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Darragh Greene
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Mike Norris wrote:
My first thought was how the heck to you get "Shawn"
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Seán - (SHAWN) "God's gracious gift"; Irish= John, der. from Norman
French name Jehan. Shaun, Shane, Sion, Shawn, Seaghan (SEE-a-gun).
See the diacritic on the 'a' in 'Seán'? That's called a síneadh fada in
Irish or simply fada in Hiberno-English; it indicates a lengthening of
the vowel sound to the 'aw' you hear in 'Shawn'.
Edited by Darragh Greene on 22 March 2007 at 2:39pm
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