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kroki_refur (kroki_refur) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2004-10-19 16:44:00
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Current mood:Flippant

Miniature linguistic wankery!
This is another </a></b></a>[info]linguaphiles wank. It starts when </a></b></a>[info]forever_more posts asking for the translation of a Gandhi quote back into "the original language", ie Sanskrit or Hindi. </a></b></a>[info]talinthas points out that the quote was originally in English, and the OP throws a wobbly (and apparently, not for the first time). Spooge follows. Short, but tasty.

Edited, due to lack of spelling ability on my part.

ETA: Bah, it's been deleted. Ashenmote, don't suppose you saved it...?


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[info]deoridhe
2004-10-19 04:00 pm UTC (link)
*snickers*

Very educational Ghandi info near the end, too.

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[info]deoridhe
2004-10-19 04:00 pm UTC (link)
I meant Gandhi, of course.

Stupid 'h's used to simulate other languages.

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[info]ashenmote
2004-10-19 04:12 pm UTC (link)
Are they talking about this guy who is dead and has never been in Canada?

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[info]prettypinkkitty
2004-10-19 05:41 pm UTC (link)
Yup, not Sitting Bull.

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[info]littlest_lurker
2004-10-19 04:19 pm UTC (link)
I found the mini-thread about the guy who was teaching his son Klingon amusing. (and he was from Southern California, why am I not surprised? Thank you home state, I luv you. :D)

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[info]lurker32
2004-10-19 04:55 pm UTC (link)
Oh man. How does forever_more balance that huge-ass chip on her shoulder?

"Oh, well, just because I SAID original language you shouldn't jump all over me assuming that I MEANT original language rather than this one specific language. I mean jeez, we're not all EVIL NITPICKING WHORES like you, and it's not like the badly chosen word changes the meaning of my post or anything. But at least this person likes my icon, so I'll thank her WHILE BITCHING ABOUT THE EVIL NITPICKING WHORES in case she forgets that EVERYBODY'S PICKING ON ME."

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[info]gunshou
2004-10-19 05:39 pm UTC (link)
At least the icon includes nekkidness, which is far more fun than dead languages.

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[info]lurker32
2004-10-19 07:03 pm UTC (link)
True dat.

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[info]mael
2004-10-19 07:12 pm UTC (link)
LIES! FILTHY LIES! Though I concede that naked people babbling away in dead languages make my heart flutter and my loins tingle in a way that Plato never quite managed.

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[info]kijikun
2004-10-19 10:17 pm UTC (link)
How about naked people speaking in dead languages?

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[info]mastervex
2004-10-19 11:39 pm UTC (link)
Yes please.

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[info]ladybirdsleeps
2004-10-19 11:58 pm UTC (link)
If you're well-adjusted, perhaps.

(OMG DEAD LANGUAGES. HOTTT!)

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[info]darkerthanpale
2004-10-19 05:57 pm UTC (link)
I decided not to tell her than she meant 19th century photographer, not 18th... :-"

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[info]winterfalls
2004-10-19 06:00 pm UTC (link)
Do it and you'll bring her wrath upon you and your family for 1819 generations.


Or she'll just bitch you out.

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[info]lurker32
2004-10-19 07:02 pm UTC (link)
LIKE IT REALLY MATTERS. OMG don't you have anything better to do than correct a stupid little mistake? It's ONLY a measly hundred years.

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[info]mael
2004-10-19 07:08 pm UTC (link)
Oh please do! It's not trolling if she's *begging* for it. Panting and twisting, with legs akimbo!

DOOOO ITTTTTT!

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[info]ashenmote
2004-10-19 07:43 pm UTC (link)
Nooooooo! Someone did it!
*runs for cover*

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[info]rogue
2004-10-19 06:30 pm UTC (link)
... Wow.

Gandhi said it in English =)

I am having serious issues trying to find out how that can be seen as a flame - and I'm high on dayquil, and can see most anything I want, at the moment.

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[info]charmian
2004-10-19 06:52 pm UTC (link)
I am afraid that the OP is a grade-A wanker. Instead of getting in everyone's face about it, s/he could, y'know, just edit the post and stop trying to play the martyr. :P

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[info]kijikun
2004-10-19 10:18 pm UTC (link)
But then what would se do for the rest of the day?

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[info]big_bad_wolf
2004-10-19 07:49 pm UTC (link)
Hooray for cold meds! Can you see the logic in wankers?

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[info]rogue
2004-10-19 08:11 pm UTC (link)
Difficult to see. Always in motion, the wank is.

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[info]xero_sky
2004-10-19 08:18 pm UTC (link)
Wow... is Conuly required by law to be involved in a certain percentage of non-fandom wanks? That phoenix icon of hers seems to turn up a lot at these things.

Either that, or I'm stalking her so secretly that even *I* didn't know it. Damn it! These restraining orders are really beginning to pile up.

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[info]lindentree
2004-10-19 10:27 pm UTC (link)
I was wondering the same thing.

On all counts.

Especially the restraining orders.

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[info]winterfalls
2004-10-19 10:33 pm UTC (link)
Ditto.

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(Anonymous)
2004-11-07 09:06 am UTC (link)
Wow. It's amazing what one finds when searching for "conuly" in google. I'm famous! Not sure if this is a good thing. In fact, I'm fairly certain it's not. *shrugs* Oh well.

Yes, I know, this is old. I'm sorry.

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[info]annabelle_lee
2004-10-19 08:20 pm UTC (link)
Oh shit. Why is it that I'm a member of the linguaphiles community and I NEVER see the wank while it happens? This has to be some cruel stroke of fate. Or it's because all the wankers are nocturnal.

Anyway, I remember forever_more from that other wank as well. Good grief, wouldn't you think one kick in the ass would shut them up? Blah. Earth logic is wasted on that one.

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[info]kyuuketsukirui
2004-10-19 08:33 pm UTC (link)
I didn't see it either. I was like "Gandhi? Eh." And didn't ever click to read the comments.

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[info]coyote
2004-10-19 08:27 pm UTC (link)
Whoa.

One of my LJ friends has Talinthas as a friend.

Six degrees, only six degrees...

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[info]panthea
2004-10-20 04:20 am UTC (link)
BALEETED! ::criez::

Anyone save it? plzplz?

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[info]antigone
2004-10-20 05:06 am UTC (link)
I know! I was so dying to read this! ;_;

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[info]kijikun
2004-10-20 04:55 am UTC (link)
Your icon scares me. *hides*

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kroki_refur
2004-10-20 01:38 pm UTC (link)
He's lovely really, honest! *pets evil!Ernie*

*retreats to find bandages for hand*

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[info]ashenmote
2004-10-20 01:03 pm UTC (link)
Heh. I have to make up my mind if I feel flattered or embarrassed by the question.

Sadly no, I haven't. I rummaged through my temporary internet files earlier, but all that was left was the post itself. Worthless, cause all the wank took place in the comments. :o/

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Re: Re ETA
[info]prettypinkkitty
2004-10-20 01:26 pm UTC (link)
Your icon is my soniya!

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Re: Re ETA
[info]ashenmote
2004-10-20 01:50 pm UTC (link)
Dhanya-waadh. :D

And I have no idea what 'soniya' means but I suppose when it's in the refrain of a love song it can't be too bad.

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Re: Re ETA
[info]prettypinkkitty
2004-10-20 02:35 pm UTC (link)
It means "golden one", which, like everything, can be devolved back to loved one or something similar. I was going for something topic-appropriate. Get it? 'Cause it's originally in English and it...er. I couldn't be moved to check my Hindi grammar. *hangs head*

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Re: Re ETA
[info]ashenmote
2004-10-20 03:41 pm UTC (link)
Ah, checking your hindi grammar for me would have been a complete waste of time.
And I was sure what you said would translate to something along the line of 'icon love', but 'golden one' is very nice. :)

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