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geek vs. nerd
Dark Master - The end is now (2005/03/01) Officially Left Posted Mar 5, 2004
Having ben called both, It nice to know finnaly what the difference is.
I would definitely prefer the however both terms are quite negatively used nowadays anyway.
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Johnny the horse <like sun burn in the evenin> Posted Mar 12, 2004
Geek or nerd really dosent matter I mean names are just a label it dosent matter
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IctoanAWEWawi Posted Mar 12, 2004
an anorak:
one who is obsessivly knowledgeable or interested in something completely spurious.
The classic example is a Train Spotter. You;ve heard of them, yes? People who hang round train stations and train shu7nting yards writing down the serial numbers of the trains and carriages that pass. Getting all excited when something 'special' comes down the track.
But it can be anyone who has an obsessive knowledge of a subject. I got accused of being an anorak about motorbikes because in the Mission impossible 2 film I was able to name the make and model of tyres on the bike as it was shown jumping over the camera.
The level of knowledge must include the most boring and unnecessary level of minute detail to qaulify as an anorak.
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Johnny the horse <like sun burn in the evenin> Posted Mar 12, 2004
i am not a number I am a free man
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Johnny the horse <like sun burn in the evenin> Posted Mar 12, 2004
a badly spelt vanila strwberry and choclate ice cream
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creachy Posted Mar 12, 2004
it's those three coloured icecreams, usually Brown, Yellow and White, each one a different flavour. they come in a rectangular block or a Tub
i am a free man too, with a number
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Methos (one half of the HHH Management) Posted Mar 12, 2004
Ah, now I got it.
My sister once met someone who was traveling all through Germany to take pictures of trains.
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IctoanAWEWawi Posted Mar 12, 2004
Methos, that sounds exactly the sort of person
Glad they are not exclusively british. Or was this a brit on holiday in germany?
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Johnny the horse <like sun burn in the evenin> Posted Mar 12, 2004
well thats just mean I spell the way its ment to be written it is just the oxford dictinary thats wrong
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RFJS__ - trying to write an unreadable book, finding proofreading tricky Posted Mar 12, 2004
This, currently in Peer Review, seems relevant:
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IctoanAWEWawi Posted Mar 12, 2004
johnny, that's I how I tend to spell No, I just wondered as it was in view in your tag if the misspelling was a deliberate reference to something and I was being thick by not picking up on it!
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