Name distortion. Yeah or Nay?
brianlux
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Many of us have done it- I've done it (I once referred to Ted Nugent as "Ted No-gent)- distorted a name to express how we feel about someone. Other examples of what I mean: Bush/Shrub. Obama/Nobama. Chomsky/Chumsky etc.
Is this clever or childish? I used to think it was clever but for me, the habit has gotten old and tired and often does, indeed, sound childish. I'm for a voluntary ban on name distortion. If I don't like someones approach I'll stick to the issues and how I feel about someone's influence on them and avoid the temptation of name distortion (which is basically name-calling, right?).
Is this clever or childish? I used to think it was clever but for me, the habit has gotten old and tired and often does, indeed, sound childish. I'm for a voluntary ban on name distortion. If I don't like someones approach I'll stick to the issues and how I feel about someone's influence on them and avoid the temptation of name distortion (which is basically name-calling, right?).
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name calling? yes
if someone is an asshole, they are an asshole
ted nugent shoots bears, rhinoceros & all kinds of incredible beasts. he isn't ted no-gent, he is an asshole
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
.No. it ain't right.
Not sincerely,
trollings
I've been called worse, trollings.
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
Terms such as asshole...this can be recovered from.
Once a name as morphed- chumsky- not so much.
I guess it's just that I'd rather be called an asshole (hemorrhoids are worse) rather than (if the person really meant it
No biggie- just wanted to get others take.
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
Seems kinda stupid and petty to me.
(perhaps a bit different, but sort of like the combining of couple's names - a la Brangelina)
That is funny.
Briansux.
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