Ok i have work to get ready for no more time to play with my trolls. Later pet, later.

Originally Posted by Taramarie

No that just now looks stupid because you can see by my name that i am not actually a dude.

They don't teach grammar and sentence structure in New Zealand?
When you get back from work, think real hard and see if you can figure out the difference between the following:
1. Dude, take a valium or something.
2. Dude. Take a valium or something.

Originally Posted by Taramarie

Ok i have work to get ready for no more time to play with my trolls. Later pet, later.

Careful darlin, your superiority/inferiority complex is showing!

Originally Posted by Taramarie

No that just now looks stupid because you can see by my name that i am not actually a dude.

Tara, in the US the term dude applies to both sexes. As does the term guys.

Originally Posted by Kinser79

Tara, in the US the term dude applies to both sexes. As does the term guys.

Or:
4) replacing "um" or "like" in any sentence
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=dude

Originally Posted by Ragnarök_62

Uh, it's not only a work phenomena, but also when I'm on the road. Therein, we have our roadkill candidate sort of Millie. They have their faces glued to their electronic devices and just walk across a street without knowing it! I swear squirrels have more sense than that. Sorry, but I may just live in a zone of Millie stupid, but I just call 'em as I see them. OK, you have a point about this not being just a Millie issue. Next up we have our Xer/Boomer Ishit gazer while driving morons. These denizens of the interwebs likewise aren't watching where they are on the road while in their cars. These would be your roadkill producer sort. This is why Oklahoma has a new law that fines the hell out of these. In a way, I think waterboarding may be a nice touch. Since texting/yakking while driving is more hazardous than drunk driving, a waterboarding session with a loud parrot saying "jacking with phones while driving is for idiots, brrkkk."

It's Oklahoma, everyone there is stupid (except you, of course!)

Originally Posted by nihilist moron

Or:
4) replacing "um" or "like" in any sentence
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=dude

That is much more a west of the Mississippi thing. One doesn't encounter dude used in that manner in the South or the Mid-west. North East is a maybe since the ties to California are stronger there.

When I see or hear the word "dude" a mental image of Bob Hope wearing outrageously exaggerated white, wooly chaps immediately appears, signifying a city-slicker, hopelessly unable to cope with the realities of life. Such an understanding of the word is undoubtedly generational.

Pax,

Dave Krein '42

Bob Hope? Dude.

Looking at that page again, I was actually using the word like this:
2) Adj - expression of emphasis, amazement, or awe

Calling it an adjective threw me off. Per Schoolhouse Rock, it should be "interjection."

Originally Posted by Taramarie

No that just now looks stupid because you can see by my name that i am not actually a dude.

In Xer USA, Dude is gender neutral.

ETA: Kinser got this first, so props.

I think in Boomer USA, dude still means male. So, different meanings in different generations. Gen X girls, are they more rugged individualists and cynics, like nihilist? More "macho," then? Maybe they like the word, then. Maybe they are more used to gender equality too. Maybe millennials aren't all this, and don't. Just speculation on my part.

Now, I wonder if we can get back to real issues? Nihilist, care to lead the way? (fat chance....)

As for Kinser, I say: not props, but plops (pie in the face).

Dude. If you want to talk about "Gen X girls," you had better speak in the past tense.

Originally Posted by nihilist moron

They don't teach grammar and sentence structure in New Zealand?
When you get back from work, think real hard and see if you can figure out the difference between the following:
1. Dude, take a valium or something.
2. Dude. Take a valium or something.

Dude is referring to a male...do they not teach the difference between a male or a female over in America?

Originally Posted by nihilist moron

Careful darlin, your superiority/inferiority complex is showing!

Na that is actually just me being patronizing to you

Originally Posted by Kinser79

Tara, in the US the term dude applies to both sexes. As does the term guys.

Strange. Here in NZ it means a male. Ok i thought she was just being a dick.

The word "dude" is so 70/80s.

Originally Posted by Taramarie

Originally Posted by nihilist moron

Careful darlin, your superiority/inferiority complex is showing!

Na that is actually just me being patronizing to you

Definition of patronize in English
1(often as adjective patronizing) Treat with an apparent kindness that betrays a feeling of superiority
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us...q=patronising+

Originally Posted by Eric the Green

Now, I wonder if we can get back to real issues? Nihilist, care to lead the way? (fat chance....)

Considering that this is the religion thread the chance of us dealing with real issues is very slim indeed. Whether NM leads or not.

As for Kinser, I say: not props, but plops (pie in the face).

I know Eric. You just can't stand that someone here is actually smarter than you (not all that surprising really...I've met rocks with higher IQs than you, Eric). I call you Eric-the-Ignoramus for a reason.

Originally Posted by nihilist moron

Definition of patronize in English
1(often as adjective patronizing) Treat with an apparent kindness that betrays a feeling of superiority
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us...q=patronising+

Seeing as i felt you were insulting me of course i would patronize you due to being pissed off. I am allowed to be pissed off if insulted.

Originally Posted by Taramarie

Dude is referring to a male...do they not teach the difference between a male or a female over in America?

In American vernacular for those who were born after 1960 the word "dude" is gender neutral. For example:

"Dude, get a grip." I used that the other day to a female.

Likewise the word "guys" is gender neutral in American vernacular for those born after 1960. For example:

"How are you guys doing?" Spoken to a group composed of males and females.

The word "dudette" might be used to specifically refer to a female as well, but the way NM used it, dude would be more standard for American vernacular.

ETA: I might also want to include that in some types of American Vernacular, use of the term "dude" depending on the way it is said can be construed as essentially using the word "asshole". This is most common in Southern American English.

Originally Posted by Kinser79

In American vernacular for those who were born after 1960 the word "dude" is gender neutral. For example:

"Dude, get a grip." I used that the other day to a female.

Likewise the word "guys" is gender neutral in American vernacular for those born after 1960. For example:

"How are you guys doing?" Spoken to a group composed of males and females.

The word "dudette" might be used to specifically refer to a female as well, but the way NM used it, dude would be more standard for American vernacular.

How interesting that a single word can be used so differently elsewhere.

Originally Posted by Kinser79

Considering that this is the religion thread the chance of us dealing with real issues is very slim indeed. Whether NM leads or not.

This started with intergenerational bashing and turned into English 101. I'm not leading anything, just following along ... though I think Eric meant that as a personal attack.

Originally Posted by nihilist moron

This started with intergenerational bashing and turned into English 101. I'm not leading anything, just following along ... though I think Eric meant that as a personal attack.

He probably did. My point was that since this is the religion thread, most of it will concern woo-woo, Abrahamic Sky-daddies and a host of other very not-real topics.

Originally Posted by Eric the Green

Now, I wonder if we can get back to real issues? Nihilist, care to lead the way? (fat chance....)

As for Kinser, I say: not props, but plops (pie in the face).

Marx brothers = nomad lost generation.

Originally Posted by Kinser79

He probably did. My point was that since this is the religion thread, most of it will concern woo-woo, Abrahamic Sky-daddies and a host of other very not-real topics.

I guess he thinks that "real topics" are insulting me and throwing a pie in your face.