"Derspatz to English" Dictionary
FISK errancy@infidels.org
Mon, 19 Jul 1999 08:53:41 -0700 (00932417621, 2.2.32.19990719155341.0068668c@uwec.edu)
At 12:23 PM 7/19/99 +0800, you wrote:
>derspatz
>Thank you FISK for ensuring that my little
>rambling found it past various twit-filters
>and kill files ... your total repost is BOC a
>useful service. I also always enjoy a good
>spelling flame - nice to have confirmed that
>someone is so carefully reading my meanderings
>and so stirred up enough to make comment
>on them, particularly when it exposes such fear
>and loathing of any departure from accepted
>norms. Quite the toadie for The Establishment
>are you ?
>
>It is always amusing to have someone confirm
>their pedanticisms and A.R.ness as they bungie
>in over trite and irrelevant grammar and spelling
>differences (we prefer "S" over "Z" in many words
>down here in "Oz", BTW - put it down to being
>a cultural thang), particularly seeing communication
>was obviously successful ... the "corrections"
>signifying recognition and understanding of what
>the words in question were supposed to be and
>what they mean.
>
>However, allow me to put you out of your misery
>regarding various acronyms that you obviously
>have not been previously exposed to enough to
>figure out, let alone recognise.
>
>AFAIC = As Far As I'm Concerned
>OTOH = On The Other Hand
>NOBA = Not Only But Also
>BOC = But Of Course
>ROFL = Rolls On Floor Laughing
>WYLASOMTGWTC = Would You Like A
>Saucer Of Milk To Go With That Comment.
>FOAD = Fuck Off And Die
>
>etc, etc ... you'll get the hang of it, and with a
>bit of effort, I'm sure you will be able to locate
>on the web QUITE a list of commonly used
>acronyms.
>
>As for your other queries:
>"Oz" = Australia
>"Ocker" = Australian
>"eben" = deutsches for "even"
>"arvo" = Ozzy for "afternoon"
>"Ozzy" = Australian
>"Nu" = Yahudi for all sorts of things, but
>generally similar to "Ja", "eh", "don't you
>think ?" ... but not necessarily so.
>"Yahudi" = a more polite term for "Jew"
>365.abit = 365.23564 or whatever it is.
>regarDS = regards from David Sparrow or
>Der Spatz, which eben blind freddy might
>realise that the capped "DS" in "regarDS"
>signifies my initials.
>"derspatz" = The Sparrow
>"ersatz" = instead of, or, replacement - thus
>"ersatz derspatz" COULD be deemed to be
>saying "the anti-sparrow" <grin>.
>"Deem <whatever> included" = merely YA
>of my peculiarities that are typically peppered
>through my postings (along with "Not Only
>But Also"s, "Nu"s, "Oz"s, "et al"s, and all that.
>"YA" = Yet Another.
>"thang" = An Americanism (in some parts, but
>certainly exampled in the music industry) for
>"thing".
>
>Now suitably education/armed with this
>knowledge, you should be able to recognise
>the issue of this sparrow from twenty paces
>regardless of what name appears at the top,
>nu ? Don't let any of my habits rub off on
>you though - it'll only confuse things.
>
>Glad to be of service.
>
>No, I won't be turning the spell-checker on
>in my USofA built email program ... I don't
>want to learn how to spell like a yank, for I
>realiSed a long time ago that Oz and the
>Queen's english has been coloUred far too
>much already by you pedantic ingrates.
>
>Deem SFSF included, BOC. .
>
>regarDS
FISK
Seeing that you're from Australia I can excuse the variant spelling of
certain words; however, I feel that it's rather arrogant of you to expect
people to whip out their "Derspatz to English" dictionary each time they
attempt to decipher one of your postings. I'm certainly no "toadie for The
Establishment." It's just that we get a lot of traffic on this list, and
most people don't have the time to sit and try to figure out what you're
talking about. If you're here to engage in verbal intercourse, that's fine.
But if you're here to engage in verbal masturbation, you can entertain
yourself in my trash filter.