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we're all nerds, and we make fun of other nerds. kinda depressing huh?
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From today's Married To The Sea:
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so whats the correct way of indicating that i'm refering to the girl i married? If i said to you "Em" you would know who i was talking about, so by saying "my wife" you know who i mean. Its not indicating 'ownership'. Thats bollocks. I'm her Husband. She's my Wife. cheers innit |
Glice - As a fake Londoner, I tend to use "cheers" rather a lot (as you're aware). Is the over-use of "cheers" by us type to be tolerated, sneered at, or even (gulp) embraced?
Nefeli - I know what you mean re "the wife/my wife" - it's something that's I'm curious about too (See also: the missus, the breadknife, 'er indoors and my favourite (c/o the late John Mortimer) - she who must be obeyed). |
I think "my wife" is more acceptable than "the wife." With the first, although "my" does usually imply ownership, this isn't the case here. Many uses of "my" simply indicate the relation of your subject to yourself, i.e. my God, my school, my boss, etc.
To say "the wife" gives less honor to your subject. You have cut off her relation to you (even though the word "wife" still indicates that, grammatically you have done so) and have made her an object. Even worse, a guy I work with says "the old lady," which I won't even get started on. |
spend 5 minutes thinking about it and must everybody is a hipster, you started getting disturbed and think about hipster consipiracy theories and how they secretly run the government...vice is just a cover for a monopoly of the media!!!
--- last summer when i went to see the ex with getatchew mekurya and mahmoud ahmed and others at lincoln center, three idiots came into the row of seats i was in, and then they started to yell really obnoxiously "WOOOOOOOOOHH!!!! ROCK N' ROLL!!!! YEAH!!!!" being extreeeeeemely ironic and annoying and then leaving (thankfully) after like five minutes. THAT'S when i advocate people to kill all hipsters. |
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heh, not at all was just saying :) (edited: thats the 1st smiley i've used here i think) |
hipster Olympics
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Cheers. |
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This is a particular pet hate of mine, too. |
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actually some hipsters carry those around, but they listen to their ipod. |
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I would show you what a true hipster looks like by posting a picture of myself, but I'm very shy.
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welcome to my world. |
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A true hipster wouldn't be caught dead answering this thread, let alone visiting this forum!
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And let's not forget that a true hipster would mock the internet for being so 1990's. |
What's the internet?
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I'm going to sue you. |
I'm sure that when most people use the term "the wife," they mean no harm by it, and therefore they shouldn't be viewed as objectifying their mate. Still, I feel that for a society to truly advance, they need to get rid of any remnants of their former ways. You can't say that men and women are equal and then continue to use language that defies this. The effect of language on the human mind is tremendous; using this language will still trigger ideas in our subconscious and this can prevent us from truly advancing to a more enlightened state.
Wow, sorry, maybe I took this all to far :) |
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You are just mad because I'm suing you. I take this with stride, my good sir. |
I propose that, in the context of referring to another person, so as to avoid the risk of appearring to suggest ownership or objectification, the words "the" and "my" should be scrapped and replaced with "ickle cutie pie".
(This post was brought to you courtesy of yet another tedious day at the office.) |
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Wasn't Monika Lewinsky an internet? I'm confused me. |
I always thought internet was a footballing term. It's when a player kicks the ball internet, thus scoring a goal.
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Good point. The fact that we hear that now indicates that we may not even be as advanced as many may think. Of course, this isn't a huge surprise to most of us. :) Quote:
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so what do people think of marriage itself?
Is it an out of date concept? Or a celebration? |
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heheh the whole shabang. I was against it for a long time (during my cool alternative phase) (now i'm in my moany old git phase) but i think i saw how much Em wanted to get married and realised that it'd make her more happy than it'd make me sad so we got married. I'm happy that we did, it was a great day. |
Marriage is fine if both parties feel it's what they want. It also has certain financial benefits. I tend to think it's unnecessary though when ventured into as a way of confirming a couple's commitment to one another.
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I think marriage is great. I can see the pros and cons of each, but I'm glad I got married.
I do feel weird though referring to Jess even as "my wife." I usually just say Jess. I don't see the term "wife" as derogatory, just as I don't see "husband" derogatory, or "mother," "father," or "son," for that matter, but I still feel odd using the term. But hey, how 'bout them hipsters, huh?!? :) |
Hipsters don't marry, they 'connect'.
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I thought they did marry, but they could only give their vows by text while at opposite sides of the room at a Minus The Bear show.
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Please raise your pabsts to the bride and groom
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The biggest drawback is all of the rice that gets caught in your ironic mustache...
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hipsters don't like relationships cause they are "starving artists who feel relationships will ruin their creativity."
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I don't like the term "starving artist." It makes me think of boring landscape paintings sold at flea markets.
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i have an iphone.
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