Since when is buffy an insulting term???

Discussion in 'Linguistics' started by Syzygys, Feb 17, 2010.

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  1. Captain Kremmen

    Captain Kremmen All aboard, me Hearties! Valued Senior Member

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    Buffy

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    I could kill vampires too if they only gave me a chance
     
    Captain Kremmen, Feb 20, 2010
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  3. sandy

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    Excellent.
     
    sandy, Feb 20, 2010
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  5. superstring01

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    Actually, it's for the site's administration to decide, not the community.

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    superstring01, Feb 20, 2010
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  7. Pinwheel

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    phlogistician was stating that its up to the community to decide if they think a person if hypersensitive, as opposed to the individual deciding if himself/herself is hypersensitive. I agree with phlogistician. The site's administration do not tell us what we think of others.
     
    Pinwheel, Feb 20, 2010
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  8. superstring01

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    That's half the discussion. If you follow the conversation, there was also the debate as to whether Buffalo's request was reasonable and if it should be granted.

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    superstring01, Feb 20, 2010
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  9. Pinwheel

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    Yes, I was adressing the part where John99 was raising the issue of whether a person decides how they are percevied by others. They clearly do not.
     
    Pinwheel, Feb 20, 2010
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  10. Syzygys

    Syzygys As a mother, I am telling you Valued Senior Member

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    Did I just make the Linguistic section the most popular? Hey, I have just learnt that the original Buffy in the '92 movie was her:

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    Syzygys, Feb 20, 2010
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  11. Fraggle Rocker

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    Let's just say that this discussion is longer than the one on the same subject on the super-secret Moderators' board.
    I didn't care for the movie or the TV show, but I loved the spinoff "Angel" and Charisma Carpenter's character "Cordelia."
     
    Fraggle Rocker, Feb 20, 2010
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  12. phlogistician

    phlogistician Banned Banned

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    Do you really think that? I always knew you were a terrible moderator, now you have just underlined that. What purpose do you think you serve here?
     
    phlogistician, Feb 20, 2010
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  13. pjdude1219

    pjdude1219 The biscuit has risen Valued Senior Member

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    its real fun when you get warned about it and that the first time you here about it. and yet when I asked him to stop using a condescending term to refer to me(grasshopper) he made it a point to use it.
     
    pjdude1219, Feb 20, 2010
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  14. pjdude1219

    pjdude1219 The biscuit has risen Valued Senior Member

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    it would be viewed as a diminutive.


    adult charles: child charlie or chucky
    adult william: child willy or billy
    adult elizibeth: child lizzy
    adult annebeth: child annie
    and so on and so forth
     
    pjdude1219, Feb 20, 2010
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  15. pjdude1219

    pjdude1219 The biscuit has risen Valued Senior Member

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    using my name like that is a bad example. my first name id phillip and I am a junior so I do actually go by PJ to my friends.
     
    pjdude1219, Feb 20, 2010
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  16. pjdude1219

    pjdude1219 The biscuit has risen Valued Senior Member

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    dude its not offensive to call me PJ its the short hand I go by in real life.
     
    pjdude1219, Feb 20, 2010
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  17. pjdude1219

    pjdude1219 The biscuit has risen Valued Senior Member

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    that answers one phase of the issue but not the other. he demands people respect his wishes in regards of what to be called and than catagorically ignores other people's wishes of what to be called.
     
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    pjdude1219, Feb 20, 2010
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  18. pjdude1219

    pjdude1219 The biscuit has risen Valued Senior Member

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    you don't want to do that. than you get labeled as whiny and a problem poster.
     
    pjdude1219, Feb 20, 2010
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  19. Fraggle Rocker

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    Charlie, Willie (we usually spell it with IE in the States), Billy and Annie are quite common adult nicknames in the USA. Of all those, only Chuckie (again with an IE) is rare for adults; they are just Chuck. We wouldn't even call a child Chuckie once he's in school.

    Of course Lizzy isn't widely used at all over here for either women or older girls. Since Elizabeth Taylor became Liz, all Elizabeths are now Liz. ^_^ Or Betty.

    I've never encountered the name Annebeth; Annie is our nickname for Anne or Ann.

    We call adult men Andy, Artie, Bernie, Bobby, Denny, Eddie, Harry, Jackie, Jerry, Jimmy, Johnny, Larry, Lenny, Manny, Mickey, Ollie, Randy, Reggie, Richie, Ronnie, Teddy, Tommy and Wally.

    And we call adult women Abby, Betsy, Bobbi, Cathy, Janey, Joanie, Patsy, Patty, Peggy, Penny, Robbie, Suzy, Trudy and Vickie. It's hard to come up with a list of female nicknames because so many of them are simply used as given names, like Judy, Kristy and Sherry.
     
    Fraggle Rocker, Feb 21, 2010
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  20. James R

    James R Just this guy, you know? Staff Member

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    He's subject to the same rules as everybody else. If I receive reports of BR misusing other posters' names, especially after this episode, I'll happily ban him.
     
    James R, Feb 21, 2010
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  21. pjdude1219

    pjdude1219 The biscuit has risen Valued Senior Member

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    I have seen the name in real life once and twice in fiction. it is not a common name. Anne and Ann are derived from the name Annabeth.
     
    pjdude1219, Feb 21, 2010
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  22. Trippy

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    I guess we know the real reason why the Senior Skywalker went all Sith lord then.
     
    Trippy, Feb 21, 2010
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  23. Syzygys

    Syzygys As a mother, I am telling you Valued Senior Member

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    Why not just ban him in advance?

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    People are crying about nicknames, I cry about lack of logic, which is a way bigger offense.

    For example a certain member, let's call him Bruce, trying to argue against global warning using 2 contradictory arguments. Well, that just doesn't work. You have to pick your side and your argument and go with it.

    You can't have it both...Now that stupid approach is a way bigger offense against humanity then a silly namecalling or such...
     
    Syzygys, Feb 21, 2010
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