Hi <Larsker>!

What's happening dude?

I was curious if, in the course of your investigations of other languages, you had encountered any of the translations for the following English words and phrases, none of which one HAS to learn, as far as I know:

condescending

supercilious

underqualified

high-handed

jaundiced

a smug, smarmy, and totally unjustified air of affected world-weariness

defensive

callow

sophomoric

craven

pedantic

unwanted

unwelcome

the kid who never got picked when they chose teams for baseball in elementary school

throughly unattractive to women

stultifyingly and appallingly dull

irrelevant

irritating

I find they make for an interesting collection.

Imagine if one person possessed all of these redoubtable and "winning" personality traits.

Have you ever read <How to Win Friends and Influence People>?

I'm pretty sure no one is ever FORCED to read this volume.

However, I recommend it highly.

In the interests of <historical accuracy>:

Regarding the mysterious <she> in one of <Larsker's> posts in this thread.

The "She" who called him "dude" was in fact <Open Defence>.

She did it quite innocently, <Larsker> threw a hissy fit, and upset my friend <Open Defence>.

So I just posted "don't worry about him <Deffi> he's just a crabapple."

Yo Dude!

Why don't you like being called "dude"?

Haven't you seen <The Big Lebowski>?

"The Dude" is clearly the coolest character ever to be written.

Come to think of it, you don't deserve the epithet.

So rest easy, I for one shan't call you "Dude" again.

<Larsker> last word before I put you on <ignore>, where you can talk with fellow inmates <kamikaze attacke>, <rogge>, and some other "cheery bloke" whose name I can't even remember.

I'm very sorry I called you a <crabapple>.

Reason?

My favorite chess friend just happens to be named <Crabbin>, and therefore I cannot justify the word <crabapple> as an insult.

Also, if you use lots of sugar, <crabapple pie> is excellent.

My old Moms used to make it for us when we wuz kids.

Hi <Deffi>!!

he's so super cool. I wish there was a female equivalent character in film history.

The <Dudette> doesn't sound as cool.

Maybe <the Ho>?

hmmm not quite right.

(Let me explain something to you. I'm not "Mr. Lebowski"; you're Mr. Lebowski. I'm the Dude. So that's what you call me. That, or Duder. Or his Dudeness. Or El Duderino, if, you know, you're not into the whole brevity thing--)

HI CRABBIN!!

heh your thread got a bit "feisty" there- sorry but I couldn't resist joining and "trying to calm things down a bit."

Me and <Deffi> are BABES.

I'm a babe now, thanks to you.

Good work <Crabbin>!!

btw, a few things are continuing over at <Frogspawn>...

Oh and I made my first ever post to <CG.com>.

Some punters are convinced that one of the <Kasparov Beliavsky> games is incorrect so I told them.

Heh you are doing <Tal> and I'm doing <kasparov> on ROAD TO CHAMPINSHIP!!

I played through <Tal> Road to crabbinship last year and also his <life and games> cuz I got the book.

What's up cRABBin!!??

lotta <whupass> round your house.

Any priceless vases get broken yet?

Luckily, I removed the priceless vases to the basement before it all started.

As it happens, Tal and Kasparov are the only players who made the whole "bottom-up" road to world championship - including zonal, interzonal and candidates - in a single cycle and on their very first attempt (Petrosian also made the whole road in a single cycle, but he already had experience of several previous cycles). Indeed, there was something exceptionally aggressive and energetic about the early styles of both players.

<I made my first ever post to <CG.com>.>

Not quite...

<May-23-07 jessicafischerqueen: Will you guys keep track of who got the millionth post and publish the name? Does the millionth poster win a banana or something?

this is my first ever post to <CG.com> page so please be gentle with me.

Jess>

DOH!

<vintage Crabbin>!!

Bottoms up to both players!!

<exceptionally aggressive and energetic> chess is what the fans AND historians want.

It's the <rabid wolverine> chess thesis.

I invented it!!

Also, I invented wolverines. In fact, there's no such thing. They are a mythical animal, like werewolves or Eskimos.

Vases or no, I go away for ONE DAY and all hell breaks loose at the <Crabbin's Table>.

<Jess> Not to nitpick or nothin', but a couple of your examples ('sophomoric' and the baseball one) come from the American language rather than the Queen's English.

Although obviously if you say it, it becomes the Queen's English by default.

Just looking in from the lam--and there's been a lot of silence on this lam.

Fascinating lit-crit stuff. Many thoughts, but alas, no time to post. (Hrumph!)

My students use "Dude" with no particular gender reference--males call each other Dude, females call each other Dude, and I've heard males call females Dude.

Is this a trait characteristic only of the American Southwest, or does it flourish elsewhere as well?

Hi <nako>!! I was merely quoting my own <profile header>.

You guys certainly gave me a pounding in Blitz as well.

GREAT NEWS <CRABBIN>!!

yes, <another country heard from>:

Too bad your nickname accidentally became <Crabbin>, right in time for the "new era":

This post just came from <An Englishman> forum.

heh

<Mar-18-08
malthrope: <jessicafischerqueen: Good evening Welcome back <An Englishman>! You have accidentally spawned a new era of polite discourse at <CG.com>.>

That's <<<good>>> enough for me! (I've noted it too!). :) I'll now gather my thoughts and immediately place you on my <favorites list>! Keep up the great discourse! ;) Cheers, - Mal>