Collocating the adjective "complicate".

Guest   Fri Jun 06, 2008 10:01 pm GMT
Pos yer an idjit

Izzit un idjit who spenz tyme callin anuyther persson an idjit?
MrPedantic   Sat Jun 07, 2008 12:23 pm GMT
<*A taste for hangings is no guarantee of linguistic incompetence.*
But it could be as sign of such.>

A taste for hangings can also accompany linguistic competence. Therefore it is a "sign" of neither.

<I'd say that waving the OED in our faces is quite "menacing">

I doubt it. Even the supplements would make unsatisfactory bludgeons.

MrP
Pos   Sat Jun 07, 2008 2:05 pm GMT
Mr P doesn't seem too familiar with English turns of phrase.

"This includes waving that silly flag in the locals faces at every given opportunity."

"If I want to spend half the day with my shirt off bouncing a frisbee off of works of public art, the last thing I need is someone getting accepted to Harvard Law walking around waving that piece of paper in people's faces making me feel like I haven't taken full advantage of the fact that we have the only library in the nation that has a Red Bull sponsorship."

"For all of these years, he's been waving that jelly belly in our faces and expecting us to just sit and take it."

etc.
MrPedantic   Sun Jun 08, 2008 1:51 pm GMT
<Mr P doesn't seem too familiar with English turns of phrase.>

But I'm quite familiar with your idiolect. Are you the poster formerly known as "M56", by any chance?

MrP
Pos   Sun Jun 08, 2008 9:59 pm GMT
I'm the poster formely know as "Pos".
Guest   Sun Jun 08, 2008 10:12 pm GMT
"Pos" = "piece of shit"