New bod

[liv]

Oh look chaps, there's a new bod in the Remove. Who's game to go and rag him?

Comments

[shreena.livejournal.com]

Should I be scared that I not only understood that but didn't think it was odd at all?

[neonchameleon.livejournal.com]

Livredor: English Public School
You: English Public School
Me: English Public School
Darcy: M****n

Remove form: English public school system. Is it any wonder as to who the person who didn't understand it was?

[liv]

Remove form: English public school system
... of 70+ years ago, yes. The style of language I was using has nothing to do with the style of language typical at the school I went to (which, incidentally, barely counts as a 'public school'), and everything to do with a sub-genre of school stories that I read as a kid.

And asterisks only work to fool bots; your comment is still just as offensive to human beings with some of the letters blocked out.

[neonchameleon.livejournal.com]

And asterisks only work to fool bots; your comment is still just as offensive to human beings with some of the letters blocked out.

More offensive- there is the overt acknowledgement that it is offensive in there. OTOH Darcy can look after herself and if I thought she seriously objected I wouldn't tease her like that (plus revenge can be sweet)

[liv]

You know darcydodo considers that term offensive. Using my journal to insult her out of revenge (presumably for her deleting a similar comment from hers) because you know I'm less likely to censor it counts, in my book, as ungentlemanly.

Yes, Darcy can of course look after herself. I am trying to look after my journal though; there's starting to be interesting discussion going on here and I don't want people to feel uncomfortable reading it because they're going to encounter that kind of thing.

[shreena.livejournal.com]

I don't understand - what were the *s blocking out?

And I'm with livredor on the Perse not being much of a public school - a provincial private school essentially.

[wychwood]

The word is, I suspect, "Merkin". Used for American, though it also has some other bizarre and probably insulting meaning. It originated in alt.fan.pratchett circles, as I understand it.

[ajollypyruvate]

No, but it may frighten you to know that someone who has never been off the North American continent understood it perfectly on the first read.

[liv]

Which indeed demonstrates my point that it's not about what school you went to, but what books you read at an impressionable age.

And welcome to my corner of Livejournal, by the way.

It's true!

[ajollypyruvate]

Many of my favourite authors are dead Brits. I blame my mother. ;)

Thanks! I had been wondering how you happened on my journal but I'm happy to be here.

[liv]

I had been wondering how you happened on my journal
Oh, I was, um, procrastinating by doing random searches on interests. I spotted you first because you've listed Karen Armstrong as an interest, and then your handle amused me. That was just about my luckiest 'stick a virtual pin in livejournal' exercise.

Why, thank you!

[ajollypyruvate]

Two of the people on my friends list are there as a result of my avoiding p-chem homework. It's, uh, important for us geek types to have, um, outside interests and, er, meet new people. Yeah, that's right.

Whenever I play the "random user" game I get Russians. Every time! I think they're stalking me. ;)