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HelpRe: If you were a celebrity?
in reply to a message by Millie
So many assumptions in this question...
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It's just a fun little name-related quiz. We like to do that here. :) If you don't want to participate, then don't respond. We're asking you to participate in a quizzy game, not to jump off a cliff or kill someone. Chill out. :)
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I have apologised. As I say, it was my initial reaction to the question. I can see it might be intepreted as a personal dig or something but I was just saying I wouldn't know where to begin with it. I suppose I should've thought before typing.
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I'm sorry that that original post caused so much offence. I don't think I have the imagination involved in typing something and then working out how it might be interpreted by whoever reads it and I've not signed up for an account - so don't worry, I won't find my way back here in the morning.
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They're just bored and trying to find a scapegoat. Ignore them.
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Um, yeah?
Nobody else seems to have a problem with it, and has just gone along with the game, so I don't know why it's an issue for you. This is supposed to be fun, a chance for me to learn other's quirky favourites or find out if people would stick with what they know.
Nobody else seems to have a problem with it, and has just gone along with the game, so I don't know why it's an issue for you. This is supposed to be fun, a chance for me to learn other's quirky favourites or find out if people would stick with what they know.
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OK. I was about to leave but saying nobody else seems to have a problem with it just seems like a rather disturbing justification for anything. But that's just my point of view. And working from views as different as ours, I don't see anything but conflict in any future discourse.
I apologise for not feeling I was able to answer your question.
I apologise for not feeling I was able to answer your question.
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Is your room clean?
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Seriously, though, is this like the house/stairs question? Cos that sort of thing interests me no end.
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If there's a reference here, it seems like it may be fairly difficult to research. So I'm going to guess it may be to do with maturity and just answer the question. Yes, it is clean but not tidy.
The mantis escapes me completely. Unless you're Cairney.
The mantis escapes me completely. Unless you're Cairney.
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I'm just trying to figure out where your problem that you're taking with mirfak is actually located. :P Maybe tidying your room would help
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Mirfak? There was an initial problem that they thought my tone was negative but I don't have any particular problem with them. What made you think that?
On the room question, the tidying would be greatly helped by throwing a lot of things out but it's mostly not mine.
On the room question, the tidying would be greatly helped by throwing a lot of things out but it's mostly not mine.
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Of course there are, so what if they're correct or not. It's for fun. Are you any fun?
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Sorry. That's just my mechanical reaction to the message body put into words. Just felt like it made the question harder to answer because you don't know where to start.
Am I any fun? No. That is why I'm interacting with strangers in text-form. I didn't realise being fun was a prerequisite of pariticipation on here.
I'll get me coat...
Am I any fun? No. That is why I'm interacting with strangers in text-form. I didn't realise being fun was a prerequisite of pariticipation on here.
I'll get me coat...
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I just meant, it's supposed to be fun to accept the assumptions and answer the question. Although they might be silly they aren't really offensive to anybody. So why worry about it. Anyway, wanna talk about names and naming? Did you have something interesting to say, maybe about why you assume celebrities use unusual names?
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The 'social skills' comment was meant to be self-deprecating rather than a dig. Just in case it came across as ambiguous.
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Nah, let's not and say we did. Let's just put this one down to differences in culture (or social skills) and leave it at that.
By the way, your link for the Abbreviation Guide is deader than the American adverb.
Groet
By the way, your link for the Abbreviation Guide is deader than the American adverb.
Groet
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Okay. (Thanks for noting what you meant by differences in social skills. Not that I'm claiming to have superior social skills, but it would have seemed weirdly aggressive without the disclaimer.) Anyway if you ever do want to talk about names, that's what we're all here to do.
It's not my link to ciarda's Abbreviation Guide, but I'll point the dead link out to Mike.
It's not my link to ciarda's Abbreviation Guide, but I'll point the dead link out to Mike.
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What is Groet?
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Groet = Cheers! or Bye!
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Google Translate seems to suggest it's 'greeting' in Dutch - which doesn't seem quite right for the context but possibly works in a looser sense of the word or a sense that Google doesn't quite account for?
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The proper Dutch way of greeting someone at the end of a message would be "groetjes" (informal) or "groeten" (more formal) or "gegroet" (formal and a tad old-fashioned). Just "groet" is wrong and looks odd. "Groet" is only used as a (singular) noun, as in: "Een groet van hem" ("A greeting from him").
Anyway, do you have any idea of how standoffish you come across in your messages? Maybe you're depressed, lonely or have autism? If so, just let us know so that we understand you better and know better how to interact with you. :)
Anyway, do you have any idea of how standoffish you come across in your messages? Maybe you're depressed, lonely or have autism? If so, just let us know so that we understand you better and know better how to interact with you. :)
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I really don't understand why she sounds standoffish or even rude? I mean, she made a valid point and was kind of berated for it (unfairly - especially considering the way BtN culture seems like it usually rewards pointing out things like that)
And I don't think it's any of our business if she has depression, autism, etc.
And I don't think it's any of our business if she has depression, autism, etc.
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Ah, OK. Must've been a typo then. I can only go by what Dutchies have said to me.
I don't think I'm deliberately being standoffish but being too convivial would feel kind of false considering we're all (mostly?) strangers communicating through computers - maybe I'm making too much of that?
For depression and autism, not in the clinical sense, maybe the wider hypochondriac sense. As for lonely, well, if I wasn't, sitting typing and ignoring someone in the room would probably be even more standoffish for them.
For interacting with me, erm, I don't think I'm that good at judging (or keeping in mind) how I come across so it's probably best to ignore tone or choice of words and focus on literal, explicit meanings. I don't know, people don't normally ask these kind of questions but then maybe it's not as awkward to broach the subject.
I don't think I'm deliberately being standoffish but being too convivial would feel kind of false considering we're all (mostly?) strangers communicating through computers - maybe I'm making too much of that?
For depression and autism, not in the clinical sense, maybe the wider hypochondriac sense. As for lonely, well, if I wasn't, sitting typing and ignoring someone in the room would probably be even more standoffish for them.
For interacting with me, erm, I don't think I'm that good at judging (or keeping in mind) how I come across so it's probably best to ignore tone or choice of words and focus on literal, explicit meanings. I don't know, people don't normally ask these kind of questions but then maybe it's not as awkward to broach the subject.
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Apart from the speed of the language and so on, the problem with trying to learn Dutch is they always want to speak English - especially when they realise you are rubbish at it.
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Like... ciao and aloha? They can mean hello and goodbye. Assuming that you meant goodbye. Or maybe I've misinterpreted what you said.
This message was edited 3/25/2013, 2:29 PM
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Sounds about right.
And I wouldn't worry about misinterpreting what I say. I'm not a hundred percent certain I know what I'm on about myself.
And I wouldn't worry about misinterpreting what I say. I'm not a hundred percent certain I know what I'm on about myself.
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