These threads are going to end up as a Wikipedia article, I can just sense it now...
/per On 6/16/05, Alan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mr O wrote: > > > There may be subtle difference between the above but deep down > > none of us can deny that we are not one or the other. > > I am neither a geek nor a nerd. > > Maybe it's just the era or area that I grew up in, but "when I was a > kid"(tm), geek was a pejorative. > It was not a mantle of honor or a term of empowerment which seems to be > it's current usage (at least among those who identify themselves as > such, the rest of the country still uses geek as an insult). > > Nerd was even farther along the childhood insult continuum, being > essentially a geek with even worse social skills. A geek was redeemable, > a nerd was not. "Band Geek" as opposed to "Chess Club Nerd". > > > -ajb > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
