Pedantry!

It's not, strictly speaking, slave, but you get where I'm going...

A true pedant would have noticed that the two statements were not connected. I started the thread with a view towards general pedantry, not just spelling and grammar! ;-)

So why did you refer to "All da grammor warrior's on 'ere" in your first sentence? What other forms of pedantry do you refer to? Mug.

It's not, strictly speaking, slave, but you get where I'm going...

All this 'slave' shit is fucking ridiuclous you smug white cycling cunts. Can't wait to you use your cool new lingo in front of the wrong person and get beatdown.

Fair point...

All this 'slave' shit is fucking ridiuclous you smug white cycling cunts. Can't wait to you use your cool new lingo in front of the wrong person and get beatdown.

methinks the lady doth protest too much

All this 'slave' shit is fucking ridiuclous you smug white cycling cunts. Can't wait to you use your cool new lingo in front of the wrong person and get beatdown.

Idiot !? :)

Who might these wrong people be ?

oi smug. you still here? go get a bike and ride it.

I read that as 'slack' at first...

All this 'slave' shit is fucking ridiuclous you smug white cycling cunts. Can't wait to you use your cool new lingo in front of the wrong person and get beatdown.

what's with all the hate mate?

Idiot !? :)

Who might these wrong people be ?

Peopel who are offended by your unfunny, naivley racist, absurdly fucking annoying 'jargon'. I think some black people might, for instance. What's hiphop got to do with slavery? I'm not saying I'm offended, but I would be embarrassed to hear you talking like this on the street, for your own sakes.

what's with all the hate mate?

Just an angry young man I spose.

I think some black people might, for instance. What's hiphop got to do with slavery? I'm not saying I'm offended, but I would be embarrassed to hear you talking like this on the street, for your own sakes.

What in case a 'black' beats me up ?

Silly boy. :)

i'm an editor. i have enough problems correcting broken english at work without doing it on forums.

that said, there is one forumenger who i have noticed seems to own a keyboard that lacks any punctuation marks. it's driving me nucking futs!!

methinks the lady doth protest too much

In what sense? I think you are misunderstanding your misquotation. In Elizabethan times 'protest' didnt mean object to but to declare solemnly. That your stupidity manifests itself on a thread concerning pedantry is fitting.

Originally Posted by mugs
All this 'slave' shit is fucking ridiuclous you smug white cycling cunts. Can't wait to you use your cool new lingo in front of the wrong person and get beatdown.

Are you offended because of some perceived racial slur? Because I didn't read any racial element to it.
Calm down!

Peopel who are offended by your unfunny, naivley racist, absurdly fucking annoying 'jargon'. I think some black people might, for instance. What's hiphop got to do with slavery? I'm not saying I'm offended, but I would be embarrassed to hear you talking like this on the street, for your own sakes.

i think Mugs might have missed the brilliant photoshop bodge that kicked off the "hip-hop slave bike" in-joke.

What in case a 'black' beats me up ?

Silly boy. :)

Your words, don't misrepresent me. I do think that many black people would be offended by your easy apropriation of a loaded term as a means of approbation, however 'ironic', and I can imagine you jokers hanging round brick lane shouting about how 'hiphop slavish' your bikes are, before being put in your place by someone who is likely to be offended. In this case, it is likely that such a person would be black. Fucking Mug.

i think Mugs might have missed the brilliant photoshop bodge that kicked off the "hip-hop slave bike" in-joke.

I saw it, found most of it mildly amusing, but I really don't get the connection with fixed wheel posturing and 'hiphop slavery'.

Your words, don't misrepresent me. I do think that many black people would be offended by your easy appropriation of a loaded term as a means of approbation, however 'ironic', and I can imagine you jokers hanging round brick lane shouting about how 'hiphop slavish' your bikes are, before being put in your place by someone who is likely to be offended. In this case, it is likely that such a person would be black. Fucking mug.

Sorry, but it is a thread about pedantry.

Sorry, but it is a thread about pedantry.

Yeah good work. The capitalisation was for emphasis.

well it's essentially a sly dig at middle-class white kids unthinkingly appropriating elements of black urban culture to look cool, without understanding the underlying social injustices that have led to that culture and the outrage that is committed by stealing someone's cherished cultural identity, right?

Okay but isn't it simply replicating such appropriation? Nihilistic ironical posturing quickly leads to being a fucking mug.

*Originally Posted by tynan
What in case a 'black' beats me up ?

Silly boy. :)*

Your words, don't misrepresent me

That is exactly what you implied.

I do think that many black people would be offended by your easy apropriation of a loaded term as a means of approbation, however 'ironic', and I can imagine you jokers hanging round brick lane shouting about how 'hiphop slavish' your bikes are, before being put in your place by someone who is likely to be offended. In this case, it is likely that such a person would be black. Fucking Mug.

Like I say, your concern is that 'the blacks' are going to beat me up.

No need to sign every post.

Okay but isn't it simply replicating such appropriation? Nihilistic ironical posturing quickly leads to being a fucking mug.

well, i think they call it satire.