How nerdy are you?This week Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons, died. A whole generation of pasty dice-obsessed nerds owes him big time. Me included.
So, in his honour, how nerdy were you? Are you still sunlight-averse? What are the sad little things you do that nobody else understands?
As an example, a B3ta regular who shall remain nameless told us, "I spent an entire school summer holiday getting my BBC Model B computer to produce filthy stories from an extensive database of names, nouns, adjectives, stock phrases and deviant sexual practices. It revolutionised the porn magazine dirty letter writing industry for ever.
Revel in your own nerdiness.
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chthonic, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 10:32)
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Actually.They're both correct. Sort of. But Anna is closer. Hardly surprising seeing that she's Greek.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Know_thyself
Anna's spelling is"greeklish". Greek, but substituting English characters for Greek symbols.
The actual phrase is ΓΝΩΘΙΣΕΑΥΤΟΝ or, modernised, is γνῶθι σεαυτόν which is then translated into English English which is where the various spellings come from.
Now how's that for Geeky? Arguing about Ancient Greek translations and spellings?
Would that make me a Greek Geek? Or a Geeky Greeky?
Cheers
Disclaimer: I don't speak a word of it myself. Filthy foreign language
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Legless Mister Stabby - shanks for the memory, Mon 10 Mar 2008, 11:16,
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