Comments on: Insults for Fun and Profit http://donklephant.com/2006/03/16/insults-for-fun-and-profit/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:03:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Angry Viking http://donklephant.com/2006/03/16/insults-for-fun-and-profit/comment-page-1/#comment-467749 Angry Viking Sat, 23 May 2009 23:47:44 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=1970#comment-467749 An exquisite job there, riding on the coat-tails of the research of others, If ever the term "ergi" were appropriate it would be her, though i would be h ard pressed to decide whether the lack of credit were due to you being a gleidrmerrfretr or simply illskaelda. An exquisite job there, riding on the coat-tails of the research of others, If ever the term “ergi” were appropriate it would be her, though i would be h ard pressed to decide whether the lack of credit were due to you being a gleidrmerrfretr or simply illskaelda.

]]> By: You suck http://donklephant.com/2006/03/16/insults-for-fun-and-profit/comment-page-1/#comment-11823 You suck Sun, 09 Apr 2006 04:27:13 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=1970#comment-11823 Try citing your sources if you're gonna blatently rip off other sites. http://etymonline.com/viking.php PLAGERISM ROCKS! Try citing your sources if you’re gonna blatently rip off other sites.

http://etymonline.com/viking.php

PLAGERISM ROCKS!

]]> By: GN http://donklephant.com/2006/03/16/insults-for-fun-and-profit/comment-page-1/#comment-8626 GN Mon, 20 Mar 2006 16:29:16 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=1970#comment-8626 All I can say is ... Damn .... My reading list is on the increase. I had an old English mentor in one of my jobs who always responde to someone he thought was selling him a bill of goods with "I maylook gormalous, BUT ........ " Had to go look that one up. Been reading ever since. All I can say is … Damn …. My reading list is on the increase.
I had an old English mentor in one of my jobs who always responde to someone he thought was selling him a bill of goods with “I maylook gormalous, BUT …….. ” Had to go look that one up. Been reading ever since.

]]> By: callimachus http://donklephant.com/2006/03/16/insults-for-fun-and-profit/comment-page-1/#comment-8569 callimachus Sun, 19 Mar 2006 20:36:05 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=1970#comment-8569 Old languages are not that hard to grasp if you approach them with a smile. In <i>trenið</i> and <i>muðnið</i> the first elements are recognizable as "tree" and "mouth," even though they're separated from us by one language and more than 800 years. The "nith" in those words used to be in English, too. NITHE - "Malice, enmity, violence, persecution." Except perhaps "malice," none of the synonyms come close to the nasty sneer of Old English <i>niþe</i>. The word <i>nithing</i> survived into the mid-19th century in dialects in parts of England, meaning "vile coward, wretch, villain of the lowest type;" and a <i>nithing post</i> was a stake set up as a form of insult, apparently in very much the style of the old viking <i>trenið</i>. Old languages are not that hard to grasp if you approach them with a smile. In trenið and muðnið the first elements are recognizable as “tree” and “mouth,” even though they’re separated from us by one language and more than 800 years.

The “nith” in those words used to be in English, too. NITHE – “Malice, enmity, violence, persecution.” Except perhaps “malice,” none of the synonyms come close to the nasty sneer of Old English niþe. The word nithing survived into the mid-19th century in dialects in parts of England, meaning “vile coward, wretch, villain of the lowest type;” and a nithing post was a stake set up as a form of insult, apparently in very much the style of the old viking trenið.

]]> By: kreiz http://donklephant.com/2006/03/16/insults-for-fun-and-profit/comment-page-1/#comment-8568 kreiz Sun, 19 Mar 2006 20:23:07 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=1970#comment-8568 Gn: some guy calls Cal a "dick" in a long thread the other day. Instead of lowering himself to calling the guy an asshole or moron, Cal lowers the boom with an intellectual tour de force on Viking insults. How dare someone have the temerity to play hardball with a guy like that. Gn: some guy calls Cal a “dick” in a long thread the other day. Instead of lowering himself to calling the guy an asshole or moron, Cal lowers the boom with an intellectual tour de force on Viking insults. How dare someone have the temerity to play hardball with a guy like that.

]]> By: GN http://donklephant.com/2006/03/16/insults-for-fun-and-profit/comment-page-1/#comment-8508 GN Sat, 18 Mar 2006 19:46:17 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=1970#comment-8508 TV for me is Oberman, Washington Journal, and occasionally Cops when I want to see my OLD freinds running from danger. The rest of it is pretty inane TV for me is Oberman, Washington Journal, and occasionally Cops when I want to see my OLD freinds running from danger. The rest of it is pretty inane

]]> By: Callimachus http://donklephant.com/2006/03/16/insults-for-fun-and-profit/comment-page-1/#comment-8448 Callimachus Sat, 18 Mar 2006 02:12:43 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=1970#comment-8448 Turn off your TV. Seriously. You' be amazed. Turn off your TV. Seriously. You’ be amazed.

]]> By: GN http://donklephant.com/2006/03/16/insults-for-fun-and-profit/comment-page-1/#comment-8441 GN Sat, 18 Mar 2006 00:41:07 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=1970#comment-8441 Okay ... maybe that was harsh, but the detail blows me away. I'm swallowing aspirin just thinking about the polygamy issue and you give me this whole set of standards for breaking someone's balls. Where will I find the time? Okay … maybe that was harsh, but the detail blows me away. I’m swallowing aspirin just thinking about the polygamy issue and you give me this whole set of standards for breaking someone’s balls. Where will I find the time?

]]> By: Callimachus http://donklephant.com/2006/03/16/insults-for-fun-and-profit/comment-page-1/#comment-8428 Callimachus Fri, 17 Mar 2006 21:19:38 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=1970#comment-8428 Nonsense; this is why we're alive. To learn shit. Besides, I augment my meager earnings in journalism by writing books on history and Web articles on language. Nonsense; this is why we’re alive. To learn shit. Besides, I augment my meager earnings in journalism by writing books on history and Web articles on language.

]]> By: GN http://donklephant.com/2006/03/16/insults-for-fun-and-profit/comment-page-1/#comment-8425 GN Fri, 17 Mar 2006 20:28:48 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=1970#comment-8425 Dude, I don't mean this as an insult but you have way too much time on your hands. Dude, I don’t mean this as an insult but you have way too much time on your hands.

]]> By: Alan Stewart Carl http://donklephant.com/2006/03/16/insults-for-fun-and-profit/comment-page-1/#comment-8397 Alan Stewart Carl Fri, 17 Mar 2006 15:18:48 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=1970#comment-8397 Good lord, exactly how did you learn all that? I'm flipping through my "big book of insults" right now and all I'm getting are poop jokes. Good lord, exactly how did you learn all that? I’m flipping through my “big book of insults” right now and all I’m getting are poop jokes.

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