I hate it when

[gdsf2]

I hate it when people post things they hate about other people's posts on this forum. You know the ones I am talking about:

the signal to noise ration on this forum blah blah blah

newbies ask questions over and over blah blah blah

And by the way, I hate the term NEWBIE. What type of made up word is that. How about a word that actually exists, like, oh I don't know, maybe "BEGINNER" or 'NOVICE." Why do people have to use a made up goofy @ss word when perfectly good real words exist.

And yes, I do see the irony in this post.

Jerry

 

[herb kauhry]

people spell things wrong -ike "ration" instead of "ratio". And I hate it when people rag on other people about how they can't spell.

:^)

Don

 

[Bob Fischer]

And by the way, I hate the term NEWBIE. What type of made up word
is that. How about a word that actually exists, like, oh I don't
know, maybe "BEGINNER" or 'NOVICE." Why do people have to use a
made up goofy @ss word when perfectly good real words exist.

Actually, if you go to: http://www.m-w.com/home.htm and search for 'newbie', you'll see it is listed.

Newbie is a term that has been used for many years.

Just an FYI.

--
Bob Fischer
http://www.bobthephotoguy.com

 

[Juli Valley]

Hmmm, I predict newbie will make its way to the dictionary very soon if it's not in the recent ones. I like novice, myself. They add lots of words every year--many of which come from technology and computers.

 

[Juli Valley]

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary Check it out. You will find newbie there.

 

[DavidP #28649]

This is all taken from dictionary.com

n[y]oo'bee n. [verry common; orig. from British
public-school and military slang variant of 'new boy'] A Usenet
neophyte. This term surfaced in the newsgroup talk.bizarre but is
now in wide use. Criteria for being considered a newbie vary
wildly; a person can be called a newbie in one newsgroup while
remaining a respected regular in another. The label 'newbie' is
sometimes applied as a serious insult to a person who has been
around Usenet for a long time but who carefully hides all evidence
of having a clue.

n[y]oo'bee (Originally from British public-school
and military slang variant of "new boy") An inexperienced user
of Usenet or other system.

This term surfaced in the newsgroup news:talk.bizarre but
is now in wide use. Criteria for being considered a newbie
vary wildly; a person can be called a newbie in one newsgroup
while remaining a respected regular in another. The label
"newbie" is sometimes applied as a serious insult to a person
who has been around Usenet for a long time but who carefully
hides all evidence of having a clue.

new·bie
n. Slang

One that is new to something, especially a novice at using computer technology or the Internet.

--
The Unofficial Photographer of The Wilkinsons
http://thewilkinsons.crosswinds.net
Photography -- just another word for compromise

 

[Juli Valley]

I hate it when people dump on Brits for spelling words in their stand way such as colour.

There is a free spelling program that works with forum messages. Look for it with Google. iespell is its name. Very nice.

 

[Juli Valley]

Dictionaries use to be prescriptive in philosophy. Since Webster's put "ain't in the dictionary in the 60s, most dictionaries have been descriptive of language usage of the day with sometime warnings about a word being sub-standard, slang, or colloq. I'm an ex-English teacher who is not a purist. Newbie works. Language is a living thing except for Latin. Class dismissed. LOL.