Happy Birthday

[StayThirstyMyAguila]

Happy birthday GreenRain22 (23)!

[DavidH]

Thank you very much, Roy - but I haven't left the forum, even if I visit less frequently these days. I didn't take umbrage at the rather silly exchange you mention, but it wasn't worth pursuing. I'll be around, never fear.

[ET, the Extra Terrestrial]

Geesh, and I thought I was old.

Happy birthday, David.

[StayThirstyMyAguila]

some twerp suggested that Google Translate was sufficient evidence to rebut his correction to a mis-translation.

I rebutted the French translation, which I double checked with my French instructor, whose first language is French, yamuppet.

Anyway, happy birthday Davey!

[Nef Yoo BlackBeard]

some twerp suggested that Google Translate was sufficient evidence to rebut his correction to a mis-translation.

Ho !

Tha twerp be ye , tha cannon feef
Oi fawt so rrrrrrr

Wen ya gowing aweigh ?
If ya go aweigh din alla goode members gonna cum bak ! rrrrrr

Happee burpday unca daybid rrrrrr

[DavidH]

If it has é in it, it ain't Latin. This word has two of 'em.

[ET, the Extra Terrestrial]

If it has é in it, it ain't Latin. This word has two of 'em.

So doesn't that mean they cancel each other out?

[DavidH]

So doesn't that mean they cancel each other out?

Only if one of them is negative, else they add up.

[StayThirstyMyAguila]

In supporting evidence for this assertion, here is the entry for protégé in the Oxford English Dictionary:

Your first mistake was referencing an English dictionary for a French definition.
Even so, it explicitly supports what I said from the start, ya even bigger muppet.

[Nef Yoo BlackBeard]

In supporting evidence for this assertion, here is the entry for protégé in the Oxford English Dictionary:

Your first mistake was referencing an English dictionary for a French definition.
Den agin oi gunna ignoor how stewpit tha abuff sintince iz cuz me brane too small .
Even so, it explicitly supports what I said from the start, yoosing me oan speshull logic . Me mummy lives on tha moon.

[daftbeaker]

some twerp suggested that Google Translate was sufficient evidence to rebut his correction to a mis-translation.

I rebutted the French translation, which I double checked with my French instructor, whose first language is French, yamuppet.

As Roy has pointed out, you did nothing of the sort. To 'rebut' means to show that someone else was wrong.

What you said:
The word "protégé" is Latin for "protect", French & Portuguese for "protected" (roughly), and Spanish for "protects" (roughly).
It's also English for "protégé".

What David said:
Sorry, STMA, but "protégé" is French for "protected". The Latin equivalent is protectus (-a, -um).

So he was in fact AGREEING with you about the translation into French (it being a French word and all). The rebuttal was David telling you that your claim protege was latin was totally incorrect. Something backed up by your later statement:

I probably should have mentioned that I'm using [url]translate.google.com[/url], so there's bound to be errors. I'm certain about the French, though.

Shall we sum up? You made a correct statement about protege being a French word and an incorrect statement about protege being a Latin word. Rather than accept you were wrong, you continue to bluster about 'rebutting' something you never did (because DavidH was agreeing with you). You then, when Roy uses a dictionary definition to point out that protege is a FRENCH word think that because that definition is in an English dictionary it somehow invalidates where the word protege comes from.

You are a weapons grade idiot.

[DavidH]

What do we all make of the word squuntch? I claim it's Mongolian thieves' cant for something naughty. Anybody care to disprove this theory?

[StayThirstyMyAguila]

Rather than accept you were wrong, you continue to bluster about 'rebutting' something you never did (because DavidH was agreeing with you).

I fully accepted the fact that I was likely incorrect about the other definitions.

You then, when Roy uses a dictionary definition to point out that protege is a FRENCH word think that because that definition is in an English dictionary it somehow invalidates where the word protege comes from.

I simply claimed that using an English dictionary for a foreign definition is like asking a junior arsonist for lessons on fire safety.

You are a weapons grade idiot.

Yep, but no need to rub it in.

What do we all make of the word squuntch?

I think it's the sound made when a large scab cracks from folding about 10 minutes after taking a shower.
It also sounds like a cigar brand.

[ET, the Extra Terrestrial]

What do we all make of the word squuntch? I claim it's Mongolian thieves' cant for something naughty. Anybody care to disprove this theory?

squuntch

noun

A sandwich made for yesterday's lunch, left in the sun until lunchtime today.

verb

To compress one's entire midday meal into a thimble.

[StayThirstyMyAguila]

Squuntch (n.) (Slang)

1. A process that happens too quickly (derived from a conjunction of the words sequence and scrunch).