I've got a job interview today!I'll be wearing my nice black suit, a purple shirt, a purple, pink and grey stripey tie, blue cufflinks, nice shiny black shoes and my lucky thundercats pants!
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Aphex The Mink Snackless,
Mon 17 Oct 2005, 12:14,
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ThunderpantsHooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
good luck.
Thor_sonofodin has done things, terrible things on,
Mon 17 Oct 2005, 12:14,
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Hurrah!Have some lucky Thundercats floor covering . . .
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Sir Aunty Grampa Dave the Hat - enjoying a post-meridian muncheon - Ta! Cannaoogim!?,
Mon 17 Oct 2005, 12:16,
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why do the english think pants are underpantsdespite the clue in the name UNDERpants?
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WhoElse I'm what Willis was talking about,
Mon 17 Oct 2005, 12:17,
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Why do all the other cunts think they are so fucking clever?
Mr Gear the gay-maker,
Mon 17 Oct 2005, 12:20,
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because we don't resort to petty insults? WhoElse I'm what Willis was talking about,
Mon 17 Oct 2005, 12:23,
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Why do people refer to British people as English?It's insulting to the Scots, Welsh and N Irelandish people.
( Flowerpot No longer has the vapours thanks to DTH,
Mon 17 Oct 2005, 12:28,
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scots welsh and N. Ireland have their choice of rootsas they have their own language troots as well as english
( WhoElse I'm what Willis was talking about,
Mon 17 Oct 2005, 12:29,
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that's why i try to avoid using UK if possibleit's like misunderstanding the whole ulster/Northern Ireland thing, altho I suspect many people forget about the 2 counties left! :)
( WhoElse I'm what Willis was talking about,
Mon 17 Oct 2005, 12:37,
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Your reply to my post said"why do the english" etc etc
insinuating that I was english
(insinuating that I was english
Aphex The Mink Snackless,
Mon 17 Oct 2005, 12:42,
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my apologiesit was a question based on the assumption that someone posting here might know, but I didn't mean to imply you were. I couldn't say British as it assumes that all of the U.K. territories use it... complicated, huh? :)
( WhoElse I'm what Willis was talking about,
Mon 17 Oct 2005, 12:59,
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are you a septic? Thor_sonofodin has done things, terrible things on,
Mon 17 Oct 2005, 12:21,
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septic or anti-septic?Not sure i follo wthough
( WhoElse I'm what Willis was talking about,
Mon 17 Oct 2005, 12:23,
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because we are english, and we invented the words.so we KNOW what the words mean...
its just those others who change things...
like hood instead of bonnet....
or chips instead of crisps....
or....
(carry on ad infinitum........)
(its just those others who change things...
like hood instead of bonnet....
or chips instead of crisps....
or....
(carry on ad infinitum........)
TBL I posted this on,
Mon 17 Oct 2005, 12:21,
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you are incorrect, sir.One, you're assumign that american adendums to english words holdfor all english speakers. Pants has held it's original meaning in all english speaking communities, bar the UK.
Two, English is a modern language, and anglosaxon derivative, SAE, with letter sadded like DNA from all the cross-pollenation of invasions and counterinvasions to France. The French oocupation of parts off England added new letters to the anglosaxon form (Q, K), and much of the word forms in english are derivative from european words. Oddly, in Irish, many peoplassuming words ar eanglicised whn in fact the opposite holds; Carr, meaning 'Car' in the modern sense originally meant 'Cart', and english took the meaning on board along with many older celtic words, as the anglo saxon settlers took celtic land. The origins of enlgish are as much a give and take with surrounding language forms as anything, assuming primacy based on speaker-count is a fallacy
(Two, English is a modern language, and anglosaxon derivative, SAE, with letter sadded like DNA from all the cross-pollenation of invasions and counterinvasions to France. The French oocupation of parts off England added new letters to the anglosaxon form (Q, K), and much of the word forms in english are derivative from european words. Oddly, in Irish, many peoplassuming words ar eanglicised whn in fact the opposite holds; Carr, meaning 'Car' in the modern sense originally meant 'Cart', and english took the meaning on board along with many older celtic words, as the anglo saxon settlers took celtic land. The origins of enlgish are as much a give and take with surrounding language forms as anything, assuming primacy based on speaker-count is a fallacy
WhoElse I'm what Willis was talking about,
Mon 17 Oct 2005, 12:29,
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hmmmmmm10 Print statement
20 if Counterpoint /= WhatIWantToHear goto 10
:)
(20 if Counterpoint /= WhatIWantToHear goto 10
:)
WhoElse I'm what Willis was talking about,
Mon 17 Oct 2005, 12:34,
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did you type all of that very quickly?the spelling and grammar is awful!
confused would we?
(confused would we?
Aphex The Mink Snackless,
Mon 17 Oct 2005, 12:37,
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yupfailing at multitasking bigtime
mean to edit, but you know, it's the web, on a messageboard, floating into some archived past. would you go back and fix it?
(mean to edit, but you know, it's the web, on a messageboard, floating into some archived past. would you go back and fix it?
WhoElse I'm what Willis was talking about,
Mon 17 Oct 2005, 12:40,
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"woooaaaahhhhh.....look at the brain on myron"
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Zank Frappa Who let the lefties in?,
Mon 17 Oct 2005, 12:43,
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can you honestly saythat every word in the english language was "inventented" by the english?
It's a wildly simplistic and inaccurate understanding of language. Most languages are just rarified amalgamations of the languages that surround and precede them. It would be arrogant to think otherwise - a cultural imperialism.
(It's a wildly simplistic and inaccurate understanding of language. Most languages are just rarified amalgamations of the languages that surround and precede them. It would be arrogant to think otherwise - a cultural imperialism.
WhoElse I'm what Willis was talking about,
Mon 17 Oct 2005, 12:52,
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TheEnglish didn't invent all the words they use, no-one's claiming that, but all of the influences you're talking about come from before the language was taken to America, rendering that huge post a bit pointless really.
( NomDePlume fo shizzle my nizzle old bean,
Mon 17 Oct 2005, 13:10,
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why does everyone assume I mean america?English was transported to other countries too! convicts and settlers in australia, empire building in india, and children speaking english in irish schools under english rule were beaten - it took hold all over
( WhoElse I'm what Willis was talking about,
Mon 17 Oct 2005, 13:17,
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meh.like, whatever dude.
( the RAND corporation a.k.a. Kevin Saxe-Coburg-Gotha,
Mon 17 Oct 2005, 12:50,
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yupbut i liek to argue! :)
( WhoElse I'm what Willis was talking about,
Mon 17 Oct 2005, 12:53,
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because pants is too abiguous.trousers
underpants
are not.
(underpants
are not.
Lord Keeps meaning to procrastinate.,
Mon 17 Oct 2005, 12:21,
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what about pance and y-fronts?that could be confusing
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Reckless_Rik,
Mon 17 Oct 2005, 12:23,
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y-not-frontsif you wear em backwards
( WhoElse I'm what Willis was talking about,
Mon 17 Oct 2005, 12:30,
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brown bird in the ringtra lala la la
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations,
Mon 17 Oct 2005, 12:26,
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'Pants' is an abbreviation of 'underpants'.'tis acceptable considering most UK folks say 'trousers'.
( - D - SharkTrousers,
Mon 17 Oct 2005, 12:29,
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ohit's an abbreviation. that makes more sense
ta, best answer
(ta, best answer
WhoElse I'm what Willis was talking about,
Mon 17 Oct 2005, 12:31,
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Erm...doesn't the Elizabethan English term "Pantaloons" come into it somewhere?
( Ptolemy the man with the silent pea,
Mon 17 Oct 2005, 12:40,
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eeenterestingYou're right! According to dictionary.com, one root is
[Short for pantaloon.]
Word History: One would not expect a word for a modern article of clothing to come ultimately from the name of a 4th-century Roman Catholic saint, but that is the case with the word pants. It can be traced back to Pantaleon, the patron saint of Venice. He became so closely associated with the inhabitants of that city that the Venetians were popularly known as Pantaloni. Consequently, among the commedia dell'arte's stock characters the representative Venetian (a stereotypically wealthy but miserly merchant) was called Pantalone, or Pantalon in French. In the mid-17th century the French came to identify him with one particular style of trousers, a style which became known as pantaloons in English. Pantaloons was later applied to another style that came into fashion in the late 18th century, tight-fitting garments that had begun to replace knee breeches. After that pantaloons was used to refer to trousers in general. The abbreviation of pantaloons to pants met with some resistance at first; it was considered vulgar and, as Oliver Wendell Holmes put it, “a word not made for gentlemen, but ‘gents.’” First found in the writings of Edgar Allan Poe in 1840, pants has replaced the “gentleman's word” in English and has lost all obvious connection to Saint Pantaleon.
So it varies from the rest of the english speaking countries perhaps in adoptation of a different style.
([Short for pantaloon.]
Word History: One would not expect a word for a modern article of clothing to come ultimately from the name of a 4th-century Roman Catholic saint, but that is the case with the word pants. It can be traced back to Pantaleon, the patron saint of Venice. He became so closely associated with the inhabitants of that city that the Venetians were popularly known as Pantaloni. Consequently, among the commedia dell'arte's stock characters the representative Venetian (a stereotypically wealthy but miserly merchant) was called Pantalone, or Pantalon in French. In the mid-17th century the French came to identify him with one particular style of trousers, a style which became known as pantaloons in English. Pantaloons was later applied to another style that came into fashion in the late 18th century, tight-fitting garments that had begun to replace knee breeches. After that pantaloons was used to refer to trousers in general. The abbreviation of pantaloons to pants met with some resistance at first; it was considered vulgar and, as Oliver Wendell Holmes put it, “a word not made for gentlemen, but ‘gents.’” First found in the writings of Edgar Allan Poe in 1840, pants has replaced the “gentleman's word” in English and has lost all obvious connection to Saint Pantaleon.
So it varies from the rest of the english speaking countries perhaps in adoptation of a different style.
WhoElse I'm what Willis was talking about,
Mon 17 Oct 2005, 12:43,
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Me, make something up, just because it seemed like a good idea? Nevaaaarrrr!
edit: I wasn't explaining the origin of the word 'pants', just wht some folks say 'pants instead of underpants'...
(edit: I wasn't explaining the origin of the word 'pants', just wht some folks say 'pants instead of underpants'...
- D - SharkTrousers,
Mon 17 Oct 2005, 12:53,
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Ooh lucky underpantsMay we have a picture of you wearing those?
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Flowerpot No longer has the vapours thanks to DTH,
Mon 17 Oct 2005, 12:24,
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Fantastic!Lucky pants are teh bestest. I got a pair of these for my last birthday - Trevor rocks :o)
Good luck with the job interview :o)
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Mon 17 Oct 2005, 12:31,
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Good luck with the job interview :o)