Ilk, Elk, Way, Waay, Group, Froup...
You may have noticed that some of us use odd
misspellings on occasion, and if you read us long enough, you'll
begin to see that it isn't just stupidity, we're doing it on
purpose. Why? Just to piss you off, 'cause we're cliquish that
waay. Also, so we can pounce on you for being pedantic if you
spell-lame us for it.
The Official Artd-l Stance on Spell-lames and
gratuitous corrections:
Miracle wrote:
I know, of course, that you were NOT
speaking of THIS header, but at least I did fix the typos.....
;o)
(editor's note: See that stupid lil winking smily?
That is an emoticon. We don't like those, either; we'd like to
think our collective sense of humour is well developed enough to
know when to laugh. And Cardinal Brien, the nicest guy here, will
give you a helluva tongue lashing for it. Oh, Brien... @( *_* )@)
Greg K wrote:
Whatever for?
Cyn wrote:
I *know*! What the heck is the deal
around here, lately, with all the gratuitous un-funny
spell-laming and nit picking over typos? What are the official
requirements for spelling flames in artd-l??
TJ wrote:
General Rule: Spelling/grammar flames don't cut notches on a
water pistol around here.
Cyn~ Here's a hint-- its supposed to
be AMUSIGN.
Right. Irony is very nearly always involved.
Thanks, TJ. I'm always afraid I'm
just too supple for some of these people, but I can always count
on you.
Anyone supple as you can get along quite nicely without my
help. Well, gotta go find a full-length mirror so I can admire my
subtle musculature.
See? It's much more fun to quit being such a
prig and play along. Of course, we'll still be prigs about
emoticons and spell-lames.
I'll give a few brief explanations of a few of
the intentional ones, but if anyone out there happens across some
posts at deja on this subject that are amusing and/or
informative, I'd much rather have those.
Ilk : sort, kind
Elk : a large gregarious deer (Cervus elaphus)
of No. America, Europe, Asia, and northwestern Africa -- called
also red deer, wapiti
Why are they interchangable? Because its
amusing. That's really it. Somebody somewhere screwed it up once,
and it made somebody else laugh, so now it's tradition, not just
here, but throughout Usenet. (Update: Neut recently mentioned it originated with a Mony Python sketch, but it's not one I'm familiar with so I couldn't explain it if I tried) Of course, you could also be
suggesting that your opponant's cohorts are a herd of bumbling
moose-like animals.
Group : a number of individuals assembled
together or having some unifying relationship
But this definition is more suitable for
Usenet:
Group : an assemblage of related organisms --
often used to avoid taxonomic connotations when the kind or
degree of relationship is not clearly defined
So whats a froup? There's no such word, you
say? This is another tradition that is not exclusive to Artd-l,
but there are two stock explanations for it.
One, that it started with a typo, like
"elk" and took off. (It *is* fairly easy to make this
particular typo)
Two, and this is my favourite, that it means
"froody group", "frood" being a word from
Douglas Adams' Hitch Hikers' Guide to the Galaxy meaning
"really amazingly together guy". So a froup would be a
really amazingly together group of really amazingly together
guys. You sass? (sass : know, be aware of, have sex with)
Way : the course traveled from one place to
another, etc... (get a dictionary if you really don't know
what "way" means)
Now this one is exclusive to Artd-l.
Unfortunately, we have among us a much beloved and well respected
poster who cannot spell this word. It probably wouldn't be so
noticible, except that it happens to be a part of his name, so
the error appears on every single one of his posts. We spell it
"waay" to spare him the public discomfort of this
disability.
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