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Hi, Ralf
A very interesting article indeed !
Now I know the proper terminology to classify the disruptive actions of some of the members around here and on some other forums.
Before I was only aware of the word "flaming"/"flame". |
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Hi Ralf,
Very interesting. It's fascinating that a word has been 'created' to describe what oldies like me would have called time wasters and showoffs. The only antidote to this kind of behaviour is to ignore it and not get enmeshed. Every time a ping appears, my advice would be, don't pong it.
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hello,
my name's Van Giap, i'm Vietnamese. In my country, English is a foreign language, so it's difficult to practice to speak English, do you have any solution? |
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| lost_soul wrote: | Hi, Ralf
A very interesting article indeed !
Now I know the proper terminology to classify the disruptive actions of some of the members around here and on some other forums.
Before I was only aware of the word "flaming"/"flame". |
Hi Alex,
It is obvious you're referring to Stew here, and I think that is very unfair. After all, his English is heavily influenced by centuries of family affairs in a small Derbyshire village.
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| Alan wrote: | Hi Ralf,
Very interesting. It's fascinating that a word has been 'created' to describe what oldies like me would have called time wasters and showoffs. The only antidote to this kind of behaviour is to ignore it and not get enmeshed. Every time a ping appears, my advice would be, don't pong it.
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Hi Alan,
I don't know why you're saying that older people are better at Ping Pong. I tried to find evidence on google, but not a single corpus could manifest the reality I wanted.
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| anhgiap wrote: | hello,
my name's Van Giap, i'm Vietnamese. In my country, English is a foreign language, so it's difficult to practice to speak English, do you have any solution? |
First thing I'd do is ask for your above post to be put in the "right" folder. If you don't, may be accused of trolling.  |
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Hi,
Oh my golly gosh! Here we are talking about the way people are talking about what someone else has been talking about and then a still small voice (1 Kings Chapter 19 Verse 12) asks for help: | Quote: | | it's difficult to practice to speak English, do you have any solution? |
See above.
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Hi Ralf
The flaming only happens to reluctant sheep in my village, donīt know about your Wupper, do tell?
Too much messy man and not enough blarney ....cough sorry Breheny, innit.
Some people never leave the village mentality behind them I guess. Baa!
@Alex no worries I only send flaming trolls into a D & D fight. |
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| stew.t. wrote: | | Some people never leave the village mentality behind them I guess. |
And I thought you'd changed after moving to the 'big city'. But well. Once a ram, always a ram. No premiership material, that's for sure 
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Good to see you letting off steam and testosterone in the "right" place for once, R. You seem at home in this thread.  |
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For the longest time I thought trolls were leprechauns -- you know, magical little male fairies that are sometimes strategically placed on people's front lawns and in their gardens. And other than that, I'd thought trolls were only to be found in fairy tales.
Thanks for the information, Ralf.
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| Yankee wrote: | .
For the longest time I thought trolls were leprechauns -- you know, magical little male fairies that are sometimes strategically placed on people's front lawns and in their gardens. And other than that, I'd thought trolls were only to be found in fairy tales
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Hi Amy,
Your perception has completely failed you. Molly is not a real leprechaun, because there is no evidence that this troll is a good catholic or that it has the magic touch.
And although one could think that those wee folks are strategically placed on forums, the truth is that they always emerge uninvited. They come in many a guise.
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| Ralf wrote: | | Yankee wrote: | .
For the longest time I thought trolls were leprechauns -- you know, magical little male fairies that are sometimes strategically placed on people's front lawns and in their gardens. And other than that, I'd thought trolls were only to be found in fairy tales
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Hi Amy,
Your perception has completely failed you. Molly is not a real leprechaun, because there is no evidence that this troll is a good catholic or that it has the magic touch.
And although one could think that those wee folks are strategically placed on forums, the truth is that they always emerge uninvited. They come in many a guise. |
WHAT DO YOU MEAN MY PERCEPTION HAS COMPLETELY FAILED ME, WALFIE????????
AND AREN'T SOCK PUPPETS SUPPOSED TO BE TOYS FOR CHILDREN??????
PS
My all time favorite sock puppet is Lambchop!
Baaaa!!!!!!
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| Yankee wrote: | My all time favorite sock puppet is Lambchop!
Baaaa!!!!!! |
Lambchop kicks ass (and I think I've seen it somewhere before)
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