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[blobfish]

As you know, when someone agrees with something stated online, they will often respond by saying "this." I think that we should begin using the Latin "sic" instead, in order to bring more class to the forums. Who's with me?

 

[Lorilei]

Not enough letters, 5 character minimum.

 

[blobfish]

Not enough letters, 5 character minimum.

You're right! Maybe we could put two exclamation points after it.

 

[blobfish]

You're right! Maybe we could put two exclamation points after it.

Sic!!

 

[badbabysitter]

I like Sicko

 

[blobfish]

I like Sicko

I guess that could work. Shall we start using it?

 

[badbabysitter]

I guess that could work. Shall we start using it?

Sicko

 

[Phelia]

I think it will look like we're always pointing out a grammatical or spelling error (and enthusiastically, if you use the exclamation points) but I do agree the place needs a little more class, so can we compromise and I'll just wear a monocle every time that I post here? At the very least I will try and keep my pinkies up as I type.

 

[blobfish]

I think it will look like we're always pointing out a grammatical or spelling error (and enthusiastically, if you use the exclamation points) but I do agree the place needs a little more class, so can we compromise and I'll just wear a monocle every time that I post here? At the very least I will try and keep my pinkies up as I type.

Sicko.

 

[Phelia]

Sicko.

^ this.

 

[Mom_nxt_door]

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[blobfish]

^ this.

Which?

 

[InternationalFunboy]

I can't jive with terseness on the internet. You have as much time to formulate and commit any expression you like. I mean, in person you have some social responsibility to keep a conversation moving because at some point we all have to shit, get paid, or make slow passionate love to our body pillows. On the internet, a conversation can happen over weeks, and our body pillow get's no respite.

I suggest we all invent a non-specific literary or historical person to agree or disagree. Here, mine is a viking:

"Odin's Beard! I Shall concur that your avatar properly prepared and seasoned would make a fine stew. But your use of this foreign tongue in this sacred place I must hold in contest, Fish of Blob."

 

[SimplySZQ]

I can't jive with terseness on the internet. You have as much time to formulate and commit any expression you like. I mean, in person you have some social responsibility to keep a conversation moving because at some point we all have to shit, get paid, or make slow passionate love to our body pillows. On the internet, a conversation can happen over weeks, and our body pillow get's no respite.

I suggest we all invent a non-specific literary or historical person to agree or disagree. Here, mine is a viking:

"Odin's Beard! I Shall concur that your avatar properly prepared and seasoned would make a fine stew. But your use of this foreign tongue in this sacred place I must hold in contest, Fish of Blob."

Breviloquent posting does have its merits...




Suzy

 

[Busybody]

As you know, when someone agrees with something stated online, they will often respond by saying "this." I think that we should begin using the Latin "sic" instead, in order to bring more class to the forums. Who's with me?

^^^THIS!

 

[Very_Bad_Man]

Not enough letters, 5 character minimum.

^^^THIS

 

[Busybody]

^^^THIS

 

[blobfish]

I can't jive with terseness on the internet. You have as much time to formulate and commit any expression you like. I mean, in person you have some social responsibility to keep a conversation moving because at some point we all have to shit, get paid, or make slow passionate love to our body pillows. On the internet, a conversation can happen over weeks, and our body pillow get's no respite.

I suggest we all invent a non-specific literary or historical person to agree or disagree. Here, mine is a viking:

"Odin's Beard! I Shall concur that your avatar properly prepared and seasoned would make a fine stew. But your use of this foreign tongue in this sacred place I must hold in contest, Fish of Blob."

Sic!!

 

[InternationalFunboy]

Weak.

 

[KingOrfeo]

As you know, when someone agrees with something stated online, they will often respond by saying "this." I think that we should begin using the Latin "sic" instead, in order to bring more class to the forums. Who's with me?

No. "Sic" already has a use, and not at all what you're suggesting. It is traditionally used not to express agreement but to express "No, really, that's exactly what the person I'm quoting said; that spelling/grammatical/factual/word-choice mistake is not my transcription error, I'm copying it verbatim from the source."

Like this:

I can't jive [sic] with terseness on the internet.

Don't you mean "jibe"?

 

[SalviaDivinorum]

I think it will look like we're always pointing out a grammatical or spelling error.....

Phelia is a smart cookie.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic#To_denote_errors_of_fact_or_logic

At the very least I will try and keep my pinkies up as I type.

^^This

 

[Angeline]

You could say Ita vero or sane to show agreement. And if you want class, you should italicize foreign words. That's editorially classy.

Or you could go with Pig Latin: Is-they.

 

[Silverlily]

I can't jive with terseness on the internet. You have as much time to formulate and commit any expression you like.

Agreed, though I prefer brevity.

 

[InternationalFunboy]

Don't you mean "jibe"?

Nah I mean jive in the music and dancing sense, man. The way it was used as a slang term in the jazz age.
It's not that I don't agree with terseness, folks can say whatever they want however they want as far as I'm concerned. Like someone said earlier breviloquence has merit. I'd go one step further and say sometimes it's often the elegant way to speak volumes more than the overly wordy. Like the other day dolf said she was walking around her flat in bare feet. "Exquisite," I typed. Now that's not very elegant, but whatta ya do? ...I'm trying to trick her into talking to me some more, and asking if she was wearing a bra might give her the wig.

Anyway back on point. For me? At a sight like this? A place where all we do is interact with one another with words on a page I think we owe it to each other to put some material out there to work with. At least if you want to dance with me you will.

I guess in a nutshell I could say I don't jive with it, but the viking....man he don't jibe with it. Can ya Dig?

 

[blobfish]

No. "Sic" already has a use, and not at all what you're suggesting. It is traditionally used not to express agreement but to express "No, really, that's exactly what the person I'm quoting said; that spelling/grammatical/factual/word-choice mistake is not my transcription error, I'm copying it verbatim from the source."

I know its current use, but it means "thus" in Latin. "This" is used to mean "I agree", and any Latin phrase with that exact meaning would be too long to be used conveniently.