Dr. Suess may have used the terms but he didn't invent them. Geek is a
side show/carny term for someone
who does something disgusting for money, such as biting the heads off of
chickens.
At 08:32 PM 2/4/04, you wrote:
If it is insulting Dr Suess invented it. Anyone else aware that everyone
of
The word nerd comes from the Dr. Suess book If I Ran the Zoo. My
dictionary cites this as the source of the word.
Steven Desjardins
Department of Chemistry
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA 24450
(540) 458-8873
FAX: (540) 458-8878
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Yes, my step-son's partner calls _me_ Dude too!
John Coyle
Brisbane, Australia
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From: mapson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 12:43 PM
Subject: Re: I got an *ist (film)
Dude seems to be a hip word amongst teenagers
At 05:54 PM 4/02/2004 +1000, you wrote:
Yes, my step-son's partner calls _me_ Dude too!
And 2 more pieces of dude-trivia
some of my students last year claimed that DUDE means camel's penis (even
though I failed to find any linguistic confirmation of it)
some time ago there was a song called
I'm an old fart.
Bill
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From: Peter Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 11:20 PM
Subject: Re: I got an *ist (film)
Speak for yourself Butch, I'm a geek!
At 09:38 PM 2/3/04, Butch Black wrote:
On 3/2/04, [EMAIL
Well, all I know is that when I was a kid, Dude was considered an insult.
Somebody with pretentions, usually stupid ones. Kind of like the kids that use
it today (tongue in cheek)
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mapson wrote:
At 05:54 PM 4/02/2004 +1000, you wrote:
Yes, my step-son's partner calls _me_ Dude too!
graywolf said:
If it is insulting Dr Suess invented it. Anyone else aware that everyone of
those terms is a charactor in his childrens books?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am not a dweeb, and I don't think I'm a dork. I'm pretty sure I'm a geek.
But
I could be a
nerd.
In that
Hey dudes,
I just hooked myself up with one of these little Pentax *ist slrs. It's
pretty rad, I used to have a ZX-M. But anyway, i think something is wrong (
unfortunately). The little dial/wheel for changing the aperture/shutter
speed is very stiff when turned clockwise, but turns quite
At 15:17 03/02/04, you wrote:
Is this normal? Or is my camera jacked and I need to send it back?
I've got an *ist for several months. I don't think it's normal. I would
suggest sending it back.
Best regards
Sung Nee
Just like winning an auction.
Kenneth Waller
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From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pentax list [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 8:41 AM
Subject: Re: I got an *ist (film)
On 3/2/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
P.S. I've noticed while reading the list
Yep, I always call it losing an auction. Takes a real sucker like me to pay more
than anyone else is willing to grin.
--
Kenneth Waller wrote:
Just like winning an auction.
--
graywolf
http://graywolfphoto.com
You might as well accept people as they are,
you are not going to be able to change
Eric wrote:
snip Hey dudes, I just hooked myself up with one of these little Pentax
*ist slrs. It's pretty rad, I used to have a ZX-M./snip
snip I hope you guys will help me P.S. I've noticed while reading the
list using the word 'enabled' makes you sound like a dork. No offense
On 3/2/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
P.S. I've noticed while reading the list using the word 'enabled' makes
you sound like a dork. No offense ;)
How to make friends and influence people!
Anyway, we're not dorks, we're camera dweebs :)
Butch
Each man had only one genuine vocation - to
Dude seems to be a hip word amongst teenagers these days. As I work with
them I know how dude-y the conversation can get. I even heard them refer to
Casper as that ghost dude - it was most comical!
Robert from the dork-land, just 2000km south of Tanya
tan. (who is going to ENABLE herself
On 2 Feb 2004 at 23:17, Eric Edvalson wrote:
P.S. I've noticed while reading the list using the word 'enabled' makes you
sound like a dork. No offense ;)
Yo Dude,
Each to his own I guess, I thought getting excited about a *ist was a little
dorky :-)
It sounds stuffed, sent it back (buy
I don't know what everyone's getting all upset about.
-frank the dork
The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist
fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer
From: Tanya Mayer Photography [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Yep, about as dorky as hearing one refer to their
On 3/2/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
P.S. I've noticed while reading the list using the word 'enabled' makes
you sound like a dork. No offense ;)
How to make friends and influence people!
Anyway, we're not dorks, we're camera dweebs :)
Butch
I am not a dweeb, and I don't
On Tue, 3 Feb 2004 21:36:07 CST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am not a dweeb, and I don't think I'm a dork. I'm pretty sure
I'm a geek. But I could be a nerd.
I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm a geek. Circus sideshow
type. But I'm not pencil-necked. :-)
TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ
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