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Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 > Topic Options #153925 - 01/16/06 08:31 AM poor homo loquens/ullrich/marie/troll AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 6511 Loc: lower upstate New York S/He obvious needs us a lot more than we need them [sic]. I sure would need company if I spoke the only non Finno/Ugric language in the Baltic region. Just a comment down here, so as not to distract what's going on above the "fold." Top #153926 - 01/16/06 01:26 PM Re: poor homo loquens/ullrich/marie/troll tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10464 Loc: this too shall pass yes, I was shocked, I tell you - amazed even, when I saw the yellow plus sign. Top #153927 - 01/16/06 02:17 PM Re: poor homo loquens/ullrich/marie/troll maverick Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/15/00 Posts: 4757 dunno if it was the context but I read that initially as "the yellow puss sign"... (and no, not the cat type) Top #153928 - 01/16/06 02:56 PM Re: poor homo loquens/ullrich/marie/troll AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 6511 Loc: lower upstate New York Quote: yes, I was shocked, I tell you - amazed even, when I saw the yellow plus sign. I like to keep you on your toes, tsuwm, what with the diminution of the Museum of Questionable Medical Devices and all. Top #153929 - 01/18/06 10:18 PM Re: poor homo loquens/ullrich/marie/troll Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11579 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky Good gracious, I haven't been down here below the fold in...prolly years; since 2000, acc'g. to my main page, but I know that's not right. Anyway, to get to the topic: I simply cannot understand why anyone would feel so free to be so rude, esp. when it is unprovoked. I saw an episode of Star Trek: the Next Generation where Wesley Crusher describes a certain alien race as considering courtesy a sign of weakness; all I can figure is that he must be like them. Top #153930 - 01/21/06 08:13 PM Re: poor homo loquens/ullrich/marie/troll Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/06/00 Posts: 2788 Loc: Seattle, Washington, USA The assumption, chums, that a troll's personality fits within the range of normal psychology is a likely error, from which amazement then flows. If one starts with a different assumption -- that of a mental flaw or defect -- then the behaviour is less shocking in that it is somewhat expected. Top #153931 - 01/22/06 03:11 PM Re: poor homo loquens/ullrich/marie/troll zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/13/05 Posts: 3269 Loc: R'lyeh Actually, there are a couple of non-Finno-Ugric languages spoken in the Baltic: e.g., Russian (still a largish minoritiy language in Estonia and Lithuania, and spoken officially in Kaliningrad ex Koenigsburg), Latvian (quite distinct from Lithuanian), Baltic Romani, etc. _________________________ Ceci n'est pas un seing. Top #153932 - 01/22/06 03:26 PM Re: poor homo loquens/ullrich/marie/troll Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7184 Loc: Vermont oh sure, jim, try to make it a word post... _________________________ formerly known as etaoin... Top #153933 - 01/24/06 10:47 AM Re: poor homo loquens/ullrich/marie/troll inselpeter Pooh-Bah Registered: 03/14/01 Posts: 2379 Loc: New York City Hmm. I didn't know Kaliningrad was an exclave of Russia. Is Alaska an exclave of the U.S.? Top #153934 - 01/24/06 09:27 PM Re: poor homo loquens/ullrich/marie/troll zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/13/05 Posts: 3269 Loc: R'lyeh Is Alaska an exclave of the U.S.? Seems likely to me. At least until the US gummint annexes Canadia. _________________________ Ceci n'est pas un seing. Top Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 > Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. 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