I have issues with awesome

[Matt]

oh how the world turns.

Kenny becomes Kenneth
Gerald becomes Je-rry, Je-rry

 

[EL72]

A Jewish fraternity!

Did you have chess tournaments on Saturday nights with a keg of Manischewitz?

 

[kennethpollock]

Originally Posted by EL72

A Jewish fraternity!

Did you have chess tournaments on Saturday nights with a keg of Manischewitz?

Not hardly, however, Jerry did pick up a few bad habits in New Orleans which were to later cause him trouble, as he discussed here.

 

[EL72]

Originally Posted by kennethpollock

Not hardly, however, Jerry did pick up a few bad habits in New Orleans which were to later cause him trouble, as he discussed here.

Was that for real? What kind of hooker takes a check?

I've been to NO a few times and thought it was a cash-only business.

 

[kennethpollock]

Originally Posted by EL72

Was that for real? What kind of hooker takes a check?

I've been to NO a few times and thought it was a cash-only business.

That particular hooker, which he mentioned in the political announcement, was much later, when he was married, on the City Council in Cincinnati, and about to run for mayor (he won). I think that he believed that his immediate public full confession helped him so much politically that he reminded everyone of it, in this ad about nine years later, when he was running for governor of Ohio. I think that another US politician might have avoided impeachment had he been so forthcoming.

Jerry had started down that path at 1026 Conti Street in the French Quarter, at the very famous "Norma's." I suspect no checks were accepted there. The madam, Norma Wallace, had a very interesting (?) life. Someone recently wrote an excellent book about her and parts of it were adapted into a play that also got good reviews.
http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/01/3....30lewist.html

The above review makes me wonder exactly what a "tail towel" is, however.

 

[odoreater]

Originally Posted by Saucemaster

I read a piece by David Foster Wallace once, where he said (I'm paraphrasing) that the mark of true mastery of the English language is the ability to switch *between* various types of vocabulary and grammar depending on what's appropriate to the situation. I absolutely agree. If, in 2007, you insist on speaking and acting in public like it's 1947, you're not "correct", you're archaic. If, in the boardroom, you insist on calling your coworkers "dude", you're not just a child of your generation, you're acting unprofessionally. Language changes, standards change, and it never fails to amuse me when people try to recast their inability to adapt as some sort of rearguard action against the encroaching forces of barbarism. Leave that to AAAC, guys.

Best post in this thread.

Personally, I probably would have used "sweet" instead of "awesome" in that situation, but that's just me.

Also, I have a one-of-a-kind name and am patently employable. In fact, I'm pretty sure I beat out many guys named Michael, Thomas, Arthur, Harold, Richard, James, etc. for my job.

 

[rdawson808]

Originally Posted by kennethpollock

That is it.
Although it certainly lacks the sheer beauty of French, English is a wonderful language, full of nuances and special meanings. She had nearly infinite choices of terms she could have used to describe her pleasure at my being available for the dental appointment on the date which she had proposed;

How do you know you weren't the 50th call in a row that she had made to reschedule an appointment and you weren't the first to ***** her out for doing so and just politely rescheduled? To her that might well have been "awesome." To you it was mundane, but to her it was validation that not everyone's a dick. Oh wait. Then you lectured her...

Originally Posted by kennethpollock

I think "awesome," which means to me such superb, marvelous, unusual and fantastic news (such as the second coming of Christ) that it is worthy of great awe, was about the last she should have used.

And that's the end of the story isn't it? It is only okay to use the word when you say so. Whatever.

It's getting warm here. I think I'll throw on a pair of shorts and a baseball cap and head out to a restaurant just to piss you off.


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[Kent Wang]

For some crab cakes?

 

[metaphysician]

Did the receptionist tell you her name before she used "awesome?" If so your lecture was justified.

 

[drake]

I use brilliant instead of awesome.

 

[j]

Originally Posted by drake

I use brilliant instead of awesome.

Brilliaaaaaaaaaaaaant!