janaage
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« Reply #9285 on: Tuesday, September 25, 2012, 15:45:31 » |
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It's a roman word 'plebian', which means 'commoner'.
I remember using it at school although it was used more in the context of 'dickhead' than anything.
Well I never knew that, cheers FH! We used it at school too, like you for more of a dickhead alternative. This is a complete waste of everyone's time this story, must be a very quiet news week. |
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« Reply #9286 on: Tuesday, September 25, 2012, 15:53:32 » |
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I suppose it's the context.
If it was used as originally intended, as a 'commoner' or 'peasant' then coming from a Tory toff it could be considered very offensive indeed.
If it's used as in 'dickhead' though, it's nothing to be upset about.
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« Reply #9287 on: Tuesday, September 25, 2012, 15:54:24 » |
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i wonder if he'd have simply said 'commoner' instead whether anything would have been said?
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« Reply #9288 on: Tuesday, September 25, 2012, 15:58:11 » |
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What gets me is the "do you know who I am". As if chief whip is anything more than telling people "Cameron says you have to...".
Clegg lying in his manifesto, then apologising for having ever made the promise (rather than breaking the promise). That is much more of a newsworthy.
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« Reply #9289 on: Tuesday, September 25, 2012, 16:41:08 » |
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Of course we only have a policeman's word for it...and they're not always entirely honest (Hillsborough)
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« Reply #9290 on: Tuesday, September 25, 2012, 19:01:45 » |
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As soon as someone says "Do you know who I am?" I see it as a chance to end the conversation dead and to tell anyone around that the guy needs help as he can't even remember his own name.
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« Reply #9291 on: Tuesday, September 25, 2012, 19:21:00 » |
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Travel insurance - being of advancing years, I now have to answer the medical question - as soon as I mention statins it's £++++s. I don't drink or smoke, have regular medical checkups and only take the tablets because of medical history of parents & grandparents, as a precaution. Nobody asks are you 25 stone, smoke 50 a day, have unprotected sex in Africa, support Poxford (bad for the heart, nerves and depression apparently) or anything that may cause you to be ill whilst on your hermetically sealed cruise. Hey Ho the land of Bob Marley calls and I will survive  |
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« Reply #9292 on: Wednesday, September 26, 2012, 08:19:04 » |
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Hey Ho the land of Bob Marley calls and I will survive That's Gloria Gaynor, not Bob Marley. |
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« Reply #9293 on: Wednesday, September 26, 2012, 08:25:25 » |
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As soon as someone says "Do you know who I am?" I see it as a chance to end the conversation dead and to tell anyone around that the guy needs help as he can't even remember his own name.
Just say "No" |
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« Reply #9294 on: Wednesday, September 26, 2012, 15:51:54 » |
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As soon as someone says "Do you know who I am?" I see it as a chance to end the conversation dead and to tell anyone around that the guy needs help as he can't even remember his own name.
Reminds me of this.
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« Reply #9295 on: Thursday, September 27, 2012, 21:39:08 » |
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The amount of police resource and air time being given to the 'missing' 15 year old girl is a bit ott. It's not as if she's been abducted by a stranger, she's chosen to run off with the teacher (who is clearly thick and likely to end up in prison). The authorities knew about them, which surely means the parents did?
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« Reply #9296 on: Thursday, September 27, 2012, 21:46:01 » |
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I reckon the mum must of known, she almost seemed too embarrassed to look at the camera when appealing for her daughter to return. Maybe I've got that wrong but that's how she comes across to me.
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« Reply #9297 on: Thursday, September 27, 2012, 21:52:21 » |
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The event has yet to start, but the 'USA!!! USA!!! USA!!!' chant is already irritating me a lot.
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« Reply #9298 on: Thursday, September 27, 2012, 21:56:48 » |
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The event has yet to start, but the 'USA!!! USA!!! USA!!!' chant is already irritating me a lot.
The only chant more annoying than that is the miiiiiiiiiiiiiilwall one. |
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« Reply #9299 on: Thursday, September 27, 2012, 22:04:11 » |
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I hope we destroy the yanks!
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