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DanielLB
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Jan 15 2015, 7:31pm
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Rude word, and not of the Dwarf variety
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In this post.
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Ataahua
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Jan 15 2015, 7:36pm
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Celebrimbor: "Pretty rings..."
Dwarves: "Pretty rings..."
Men: "Pretty rings..."
Sauron: "Mine's better."
"Ah, how ironic, the addictive qualities of Sauron’s master weapon led to its own destruction. Which just goes to show, kids - if you want two small and noble souls to succeed on a mission of dire importance... send an evil-minded beggar with them too." - Gandalf's Diaries, final par, by Ufthak.
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Glorfindela
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Jan 16 2015, 10:08pm
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If it is the word I used, I apologise
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I wasn't even aware it was a swear word, until it was pointed out to me.
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Darkstone
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Jan 16 2015, 10:33pm
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One of the great things about TORn.
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You learn lots of new swear words, including ones you didn't even know you knew.
Personally I can't wait to visit Great Britain again and try them out.
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Silverlode
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Jan 16 2015, 10:41pm
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Yes, one of the lesser-known cultural educational effects of TORN. 
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Starling
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Jan 16 2015, 10:44pm
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I don't think it is a swear word
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At least, not in my lexicon!
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Brethil
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Jan 16 2015, 10:46pm
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You very kindly taught me the NZ meaning of one of MY common words!
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Great fun now, hearing it in conversation, with its NZ meaning in mind.  
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Starling
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Jan 16 2015, 10:48pm
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that could be sort of related to gardening, perchance?
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NecromancerRising
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Jan 16 2015, 10:55pm
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Missed it.
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DanielLB
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Jan 16 2015, 11:02pm
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I wasn't even aware it was a swear word, until it was pointed out to me.
As you affixed "excuse my French" to it.
I certainly wouldn't use it in a room of strangers.
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Brethil
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Jan 16 2015, 11:17pm
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The one related to hitting one's head, in my use...
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rhymes with 'honk.'  And means QUITE a different thing in your neck of the woods.
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Glorfindela
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Jan 16 2015, 11:25pm
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It is odd, isn't it, Daniel? I posted it without even thinking about it, being fixated on the thread itself at the time. I wanted to use a derogatory word, but did not think it was a 'bad' swear word. Whenever I see/hear it I have an image of 'throwing' pancakes above a pan, or 'lobbing' something over a wall, etc. As I said, I didn't know its meaning as a derogatory term – until I looked it up in the Oxford English Dictionary.
I have already apologised for using it, I believe.
I wasn't even aware it was a swear word, until it was pointed out to me. As you affixed "excuse my French" to it. I certainly wouldn't use it in a room of strangers. |
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Starling
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Jan 16 2015, 11:29pm
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that one. I thought we were talking about 'rooting'. 
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Starling
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Jan 16 2015, 11:33pm
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Aren't you from the UK? I'm quite surprised you didn't know what it meant! I still don't think it's that bad though, at least compared to the other main slang term for *that*.
Edited to add: just saw your post above - I think we posted at the same time. :)
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Glorfindela
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Jan 16 2015, 11:34pm
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By the way, is 'jacka**es' a 'bad' swear word in American English? Does it refer to donkeys? I rather like that one when it is used by Rocket Raccoon…
You learn lots of new swear words, including ones you didn't even know you knew.
Personally I can't wait to visit Great Britain again and try them out.
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Glorfindela
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Jan 16 2015, 11:40pm
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That's a bad one, in my books.
I still don't think it's that bad though, at least compared to the other main slang term for *that*.
Edited to add: just saw your post above - I think we posted at the same time. :)
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DanielLB
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Jan 16 2015, 11:47pm
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I have already apologised for using it, I believe.
I wasn't fishing for another one. And there's no need to apologise to me. I'm not overly offended by it (unless it is aimed at me!), but one wouldn't generally walk into a room of strangers in real life and start swearing, which is why I'll alert the mods regardless of how mild a swear word might be.
While we're on the topic of it, this sentence always brings me out of The Hobbit: "There is nothing in the feeling of weight in an idle toss-pot's arms". It no longer means drunkard for the younger generation!
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Spriggan
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Jan 16 2015, 11:55pm
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Could be worse - could be Browning.
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That's the one that really makes me chuckle.
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Spriggan
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Jan 17 2015, 12:10am
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Hilariously (to me at any rate) he was convinced that a very rude word was in fact a description of a nun's wimple and included it in one of his poems. It's remained in print ever since.
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Glorfindela
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Jan 17 2015, 12:15am
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That explains it – thank you.
Hilariously (to me at any rate) he was convinced that a very rude word was in fact a description of a nun's wimple and included it in one of his poems. It's remained in print ever since.
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Ataahua
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Jan 17 2015, 1:01am
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but it's not family-friendly, which is why it was removed.
No worries Glorfindela - I've used a word or two in innocence and been brought up short by how very not-used-in-polite-company they were in other countries. 
Celebrimbor: "Pretty rings..."
Dwarves: "Pretty rings..."
Men: "Pretty rings..."
Sauron: "Mine's better."
"Ah, how ironic, the addictive qualities of Sauron’s master weapon led to its own destruction. Which just goes to show, kids - if you want two small and noble souls to succeed on a mission of dire importance... send an evil-minded beggar with them too." - Gandalf's Diaries, final par, by Ufthak.
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Starling
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Jan 17 2015, 1:04am
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And, the most fun you can have on TORn
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is a conversation about swearing, in which you cannot actually swear.
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Ataahua
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Jan 17 2015, 1:28am
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Kind of like that episode of Seinfeld
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about a certain private activity that never named said activity.
Celebrimbor: "Pretty rings..."
Dwarves: "Pretty rings..."
Men: "Pretty rings..."
Sauron: "Mine's better."
"Ah, how ironic, the addictive qualities of Sauron’s master weapon led to its own destruction. Which just goes to show, kids - if you want two small and noble souls to succeed on a mission of dire importance... send an evil-minded beggar with them too." - Gandalf's Diaries, final par, by Ufthak.
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