OT Why is a gyroscope called a gyroscope?

"William Sommerwerck" <grizzledgeezer@comcast.net> wrote in message
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Why don't you look up the etymology of the word,
you fucking idiot?

A gyroscope isn't an insect, you moron.

How did insects enter into this? Or are you confusing
etymology with entomology? ;)

A joke is no longer a joker when you explain it...
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I never did understand American humour ... :-|

Arfa
 
"William Sommerwerck" <grizzledgeezer@comcast.net> wrote in message
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Why don't you look up the etymology of the word,
you fucking idiot?

A gyroscope isn't an insect, you moron.

Entomology (from Greek ???????, entomos, "that which is cut in pieces
or engraved/segmented", hence "insect"; and -?????, -logia[1]) is the
scientific study of insects, a branch of arthropodology.

Etymology is the study of the history of words and how their form and
meaning have changed over time.

Next time you want to insult me better have your facts straight,
cocksucker.

I'm not a cocksucker. And I was making a joke.
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I think I could have handled the etymology / entomology 'play on words' as
being a joke. That's almost like a bit of the subtle British humour that
some Americans have difficulty with. What confused me was tacking "you
moron" on the end, which seemed to make it a more of a serious statement.

Arfa
 
On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:54:40 -0700, "William Sommerwerck"
<grizzledgeezer@comcast.net>wrote:

Why don't you look up the etymology of the word,
you fucking idiot?

A gyroscope isn't an insect, you moron.

Entomology (from Greek ???????, entomos, "that which is cut in pieces
or engraved/segmented", hence "insect"; and -?????, -logia[1]) is the
scientific study of insects, a branch of arthropodology.

Etymology is the study of the history of words and how their form and
meaning have changed over time.

Next time you want to insult me better have your facts straight,
cocksucker.

I'm not a cocksucker. And I was making a joke.
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I was joking.
 
On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 09:11:10 -0000, "Arfa Daily"
<arfa.daily@ntlworld.com>wrote:

"William Sommerwerck" <grizzledgeezer@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:ho8vvg$iq4$1@news.eternal-september.org...
Why don't you look up the etymology of the word,
you fucking idiot?

A gyroscope isn't an insect, you moron.

Entomology (from Greek ???????, entomos, "that which is cut in pieces
or engraved/segmented", hence "insect"; and -?????, -logia[1]) is the
scientific study of insects, a branch of arthropodology.

Etymology is the study of the history of words and how their form and
meaning have changed over time.

Next time you want to insult me better have your facts straight,
cocksucker.

I'm not a cocksucker. And I was making a joke.



I think I could have handled the etymology / entomology 'play on words' as
being a joke. That's almost like a bit of the subtle British humour that
some Americans have difficulty with. What confused me was tacking "you
moron" on the end, which seemed to make it a more of a serious statement.

Arfa
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The use of a smiley face :) or a <g> for grin would have made it
crystal clear. Just calling someone a moron is doing it without a
grin. You wouldn't call someone a moron to their face without some
kind of grin, same here.

You all can continue to harp on this thread until eterinity, I've said
what I had to say.
 
Why don't you look up the etymology of the word,
you fucking idiot?

A gyroscope isn't an insect, you moron.

How did insects enter into this? Or are you confusing
etymology with entomology? ;)

A joke is no longer a joke when you explain it...

I never did understand American humour ... :-|
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I think the Reverend Dodgson would have gotten it...
 
The use of a smiley face :) or a <g> for grin would have
made it crystal clear. Just calling someone a moron is
doing it without a grin. You wouldn't call someone a moron
to their face without some kind of grin, same here.
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So it's okay for you to call someone a fucking idiot, but you don't like
being called a moron, even as part of a joke?

"The Virginian", you are not.
 
Next time you want to insult me better have your
facts straight, cocksucker.

I'm not a cocksucker. And I was making a joke.

I was joking.
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Okay, Trampas.
 
On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:41:13 -0700, "William Sommerwerck"
<grizzledgeezer@comcast.net> wrote:

Why don't you look up the etymology of the word,
you fucking idiot?

A gyroscope isn't an insect, you moron.

How did insects enter into this? Or are you confusing
etymology with entomology? ;)

A joke is no longer a joke when you explain it...

A joke is not a joke if there is no explanation...

It's assumed the disentanglement occurs in the listener's mind...
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I think it only happened in your mind, not anyone else's... <g>
 
On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 09:04:09 -0000, "Arfa Daily"
<arfa.daily@ntlworld.com> wrote:

"William Sommerwerck" <grizzledgeezer@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:ho839b$gr0$1@news.eternal-september.org...
Why don't you look up the etymology of the word,
you fucking idiot?

A gyroscope isn't an insect, you moron.

How did insects enter into this? Or are you confusing
etymology with entomology? ;)

A joke is no longer a joker when you explain it...



I never did understand American humour ... :-|

Arfa
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There was no humor there. Sommerwerck screwed up, then tried to make a
joke of it. It fell flat.
 
On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:54:40 -0700, "William Sommerwerck"
<grizzledgeezer@comcast.net> wrote:

Why don't you look up the etymology of the word,
you fucking idiot?

A gyroscope isn't an insect, you moron.

Entomology (from Greek ???????, entomos, "that which is cut in pieces
or engraved/segmented", hence "insect"; and -?????, -logia[1]) is the
scientific study of insects, a branch of arthropodology.

Etymology is the study of the history of words and how their form and
meaning have changed over time.

Next time you want to insult me better have your facts straight,
cocksucker.

I'm not a cocksucker. And I was making a joke.
Click to expand...
Just like the rest of the politicans: repeat a lie enough and it
becomes true. So keep saying it: "It was a joke..."
 
There was no humor there. Sommerwerck screwed up,
then tried to make a joke of it. It fell flat.
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I did not screw up. Shall we whip out our vocabularies and see whose is
larger? I have two printed copies of the OED (plus the digital 2nd),
thesauri galore, etc. I am a word-lover -- a logophile -- of more than
50-years' standing. What are /your/ qualifications?

I should have learned by now that any attempt at even fairly obvious humor
on UseNet almost always fails.
 
I'm not a cocksucker. And I was making a joke.

Just like the rest of the politicans: repeat a lie enough
and it becomes true. So keep saying it: "It was a joke..."
Click to expand...

If you can't see the intentional humor in...

Why don't you look up the etymology of the word,
you fucking idiot?

A gyroscope isn't an insect, you moron.
Click to expand...
....what can I say?
 
On 23/03/2010 12:52, William Sommerwerck wrote:
I'm not a cocksucker. And I was making a joke.

Just like the rest of the politicans: repeat a lie enough
and it becomes true. So keep saying it: "It was a joke..."


If you can't see the intentional humor in...

Why don't you look up the etymology of the word,
you fucking idiot?

A gyroscope isn't an insect, you moron.

...what can I say?
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How about sorry?
Then drop it


Ron(UK)
 
On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 05:50:53 -0700, "William Sommerwerck"
<grizzledgeezer@comcast.net> wrote:

There was no humor there. Sommerwerck screwed up,
then tried to make a joke of it. It fell flat.

I did not screw up. Shall we whip out our vocabularies and see whose is
larger? I have two printed copies of the OED (plus the digital 2nd),
thesauri galore, etc. I am a word-lover -- a logophile -- of more than
50-years' standing. What are /your/ qualifications?

I should have learned by now that any attempt at even fairly obvious humor
on UseNet almost always fails.
Click to expand...
And how many definitions for moron does your dictionary have? One word
managed to change what could have been a joke into a wonderful display
of stupidity.
 
On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 05:52:33 -0700, "William Sommerwerck"
<grizzledgeezer@comcast.net> wrote:

I'm not a cocksucker. And I was making a joke.

Just like the rest of the politicans: repeat a lie enough
and it becomes true. So keep saying it: "It was a joke..."


If you can't see the intentional humor in...

Why don't you look up the etymology of the word,
you fucking idiot?

A gyroscope isn't an insect, you moron.

...what can I say?
Click to expand...
Try "I am the moron..." and admit you messed up? <g>
 
I'm not a cocksucker. And I was making a joke.

Just like the rest of the politicans: repeat a lie enough
and it becomes true. So keep saying it: "It was a joke..."


If you can't see the intentional humor in...

Why don't you look up the etymology of the word,
you fucking idiot?

A gyroscope isn't an insect, you moron.

...what can I say?


Try "I am the moron..." and admit you messed up? <g
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I guess it's okay for the OP to say "you fucking idiot", and be excused,
hmmm?

It took me many years to learn that I didn't know everything, and that I
wasn't smarter than everyone else. Unfortunately, in my old age I am having
to unlearn the latter.
 
On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:45:52 -0700, "William Sommerwerck"
<grizzledgeezer@comcast.net> wrote:

I'm not a cocksucker. And I was making a joke.

Just like the rest of the politicans: repeat a lie enough
and it becomes true. So keep saying it: "It was a joke..."


If you can't see the intentional humor in...

Why don't you look up the etymology of the word,
you fucking idiot?

A gyroscope isn't an insect, you moron.

...what can I say?


Try "I am the moron..." and admit you messed up? <g

I guess it's okay for the OP to say "you fucking idiot", and be excused,
hmmm?
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I know you didn't mean me, but for the record I was the OP and didn't
say that. You meant the OCP or the OBP, the Original Crackpot Poster
or the Original Berserk Poster.
It took me many years to learn that I didn't know everything, and that I
wasn't smarter than everyone else. Unfortunately, in my old age I am having
to unlearn the latter.
Click to expand...
 
On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 05:50:53 -0700, "William Sommerwerck"
<grizzledgeezer@comcast.net> wrote:

There was no humor there. Sommerwerck screwed up,
then tried to make a joke of it. It fell flat.

I did not screw up. Shall we whip out our vocabularies and see whose is
larger? I have two printed copies of the OED (plus the digital 2nd),
thesauri galore, etc. I am a word-lover -- a logophile -- of more than
50-years' standing. What are /your/ qualifications?

I should have learned by now that any attempt at even fairly obvious humor
on UseNet almost always fails.
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SDNWOTN and often HDNWOTN. Sarcasm does not work on the net.
>
 
On 3/23/2010 10:56 PM mm spake thus:

On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 05:50:53 -0700, "William Sommerwerck"
grizzledgeezer@comcast.net> wrote:

There was no humor there. Sommerwerck screwed up,
then tried to make a joke of it. It fell flat.

I did not screw up. Shall we whip out our vocabularies and see
whose is larger? I have two printed copies of the OED (plus the
digital 2nd), thesauri galore, etc. I am a word-lover -- a
logophile -- of more than 50-years' standing. What are /your/
qualifications?

I should have learned by now that any attempt at even fairly
obvious humor on UseNet almost always fails.

SDNWOTN and often HDNWOTN. Sarcasm does not work on the net.
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I disagree; it can work, and often does, but it requires a certain
intelligence on the part of both writer and reader.

Myself, I don't use smiley faces. If anyone needs that kind of crutch to
discern humor, they're beyond hope.


--
You were wrong, and I'm man enough to admit it.

- a Usenet "apology"
 
I know you didn't mean me, but for the record I was the OP and didn't
say that. You meant the OCP or the OBP, the Original Crackpot Poster
or the Original Berserk Poster.
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Thank you for clarifying that. I don't like to assign blame where none is
due.
 
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