Explanation vmic, absolved
― put a skronk ornette (wins), Sunday, 14 June 2015 16:16 (eleven years ago)
also, it's possible to have heard of tennyson yet not be so aware of the “alfred, lord tennyson" name/title construct, esp for non-brits unfamiliar with that convention
witness, wtf’s up with tennyson's name is frequent online question
― drash, Sunday, 14 June 2015 16:17 (eleven years ago)
I thought Emily Post Punk was like what she does on Twitter, post punk-related stories.
― pplains, Sunday, 14 June 2015 16:24 (eleven years ago)
Though I've never heard of her until a dozen posts ago.
― pplains, Sunday, 14 June 2015 16:25 (eleven years ago)
Does she do that as a career or is she a part-time post-punk?
― Never Mind The Blecchs, Here's The James Redd Orche (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 14 June 2015 16:26 (eleven years ago)
let it be known that I almost adopted the DN "d3lg4do tha fun quixo most apian", but while he is fun & rides around ilx courteously righting wrongs I don't feel our eponymous hero pertains greatly to bees
― imago, Sunday, 14 June 2015 16:34 (eleven years ago)
lol
― drash, Sunday, 14 June 2015 16:36 (eleven years ago)
https://simpsonswiki.com/w/images/thumb/1/17/Bumblebee_Man.png/250px-Bumblebee_Man.png
― put a skronk ornette (wins), Sunday, 14 June 2015 16:38 (eleven years ago)
accidentally racist display names i didn't make
― let he who has not approved of the ronaldinho bottle opener cast the (sarahell), Sunday, 14 June 2015 16:41 (eleven years ago)
ay
― imago, Sunday, 14 June 2015 16:44 (eleven years ago)
:-)
― put a skronk ornette (wins), Sunday, 14 June 2015 16:46 (eleven years ago)
esp for non-brits unfamiliar with that convention
I don't think 'Alfred, Lord Tennyson' follows convention, off the top of my head I can't think of anyone else with that 'Forename, Lord Surname' construction - I'm very possibly wrong about that though!
― Willibald Pirckheimers Briefwechsel (Tom D.), Sunday, 14 June 2015 17:41 (eleven years ago)
B-b-but isn't Alfred his surname?
― Never Mind The Blecchs, Here's The James Redd Orche (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 14 June 2015 17:48 (eleven years ago)
Tennyson, I mean, not Sotosyn.
― Never Mind The Blecchs, Here's The James Redd Orche (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 14 June 2015 17:49 (eleven years ago)
Nope, he got me again. I blame Alfred College.
― Never Mind The Blecchs, Here's The James Redd Orche (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 14 June 2015 17:51 (eleven years ago)
Time for a new screenname, I guess
― Now Sleeps The Redd Petal, Now The Blecch (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 14 June 2015 17:55 (eleven years ago)
still confused myself
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/archive/index.php/t-306058.html
― drash, Sunday, 14 June 2015 17:58 (eleven years ago)
btw, even though it's ridiculously obvious, I'd never really thought about Alfred, Lord Sotosyn being a reference to Alfred, Lord Tennyson either!
― Willibald Pirckheimers Briefwechsel (Tom D.), Sunday, 14 June 2015 17:59 (eleven years ago)
That straight dope discussion was pretty useful, thanks. Now I sort know why in Isaac Newton bios the guy who got him a job at the mint and was apparently the paramour of his nice is variously referred to as Montagu or Halifax.
― Now Sleeps The Redd Petal, Now The Blecch (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 14 June 2015 18:20 (eleven years ago)
In the kindest way possible what the fuck is wrong with you all
― put a skronk ornette (wins), Sunday, 14 June 2015 18:29 (eleven years ago)
this is my Ralph wiggum dreaming of a blue & white dress
― put a skronk ornette (wins), Sunday, 14 June 2015 18:33 (eleven years ago)
wins, did you ever stop to think that when it seems like there's something wrong with the whole of ilx except you, that maybe there's nothing wrong with us? huh? well? did you?
(aimless folds his arms across his chest and looks exceedingly self-satisfied)
― Aimless, Sunday, 14 June 2015 18:40 (eleven years ago)
"george, lord byron"
About 30,000 results (0.38 seconds)
― Twee Speech and Crepey Literalism (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 14 June 2015 18:40 (eleven years ago)
(this is where i confess i don't remember ever consciously recognising Alfred's DN as a Tennyson ref)
― Twee Speech and Crepey Literalism (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 14 June 2015 18:43 (eleven years ago)
what the goddamn hell
― put a skronk ornette (wins), Sunday, 14 June 2015 18:43 (eleven years ago)
― put a skronk ornette (wins), Sunday, June 14, 2015 11:43 AM (48 seconds ago)
― let he who has not approved of the ronaldinho bottle opener cast the (sarahell), Sunday, 14 June 2015 18:45 (eleven years ago)
this incidence of dyspunia has clearly upset you
― drash, Sunday, 14 June 2015 18:46 (eleven years ago)
hey, it's entirely possible it has registered at some point down the years, but it's barely even a pun as such
― Twee Speech and Crepey Literalism (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 14 June 2015 18:46 (eleven years ago)
It isn't a pun! Unless the "syn" corresponds to sth in which case I have missed a pun. This changes nothing
― put a skronk ornette (wins), Sunday, 14 June 2015 18:48 (eleven years ago)
all freed, lord, so to sin
― drash, Sunday, 14 June 2015 18:50 (eleven years ago)
feel like after a bit any long-term display name just kinda drifts off your front brain without making an impression of meaning
― Twee Speech and Crepey Literalism (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 14 June 2015 18:50 (eleven years ago)
I can see that, things like "dr morbius" are p divorced from their original referents by now. This changes nothing
― put a skronk ornette (wins), Sunday, 14 June 2015 18:51 (eleven years ago)
Lol drash btw
― put a skronk ornette (wins), Sunday, 14 June 2015 18:52 (eleven years ago)
(Xp)Of course it isn't a pun. If it were in fact a pun, some of us might have decoded it sooner. But there is no Display Names That Aren't Quite Puns That You Had Missed Thread.
― Now Sleeps The Redd Petal, Now The Blecch (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 14 June 2015 18:57 (eleven years ago)
psotoalfredrine
― rallizes mcguire (unregistered), Sunday, 14 June 2015 19:02 (eleven years ago)
"george, lord byron"About 30,000 results
― Now Sleeps The Redd Petal, Now The Blecch (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 14 June 2015 19:03 (eleven years ago)
correct shmorrect, just pointing out it had some public usage
― Twee Speech and Crepey Literalism (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 14 June 2015 19:04 (eleven years ago)
Tarzan, Lord Ofthejungle
I hadn't really registered the Tennyson thing either tbh, sorry wins
― feargal czukay (NickB), Sunday, 14 June 2015 19:15 (eleven years ago)
oh i get it – "wins" like how a big tough guy is called "tiny".
― pplains, Sunday, 14 June 2015 19:17 (eleven years ago)
kinda, yeah!
― 5HI+ that looks like an anion particle but isn't (wins), Sunday, 14 June 2015 19:18 (eleven years ago)
sticking with ilxors in cool navelgazing style while also watching the Spain match it just occurred to me that Sgt Biscuits = Sergio Busquets
or maybe not?
― there was a lot of beer and people doing sit ups, (laughs) (DJ Mencap), Sunday, 14 June 2015 19:34 (eleven years ago)
fwiw i have always assumed "wins" was a reference to the Winsock TCP/IP spec
― here i am in the land of large breakfasts (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 14 June 2015 19:44 (eleven years ago)
That has come up before, but I had never heard of it & assumed ppl were playing on "windsock"
― 5HI+ that looks like an anion particle but isn't (wins), Sunday, 14 June 2015 19:55 (eleven years ago)
wins is layer 8 of the OSI model
― mad maxwell's wasteland death suite (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 14 June 2015 21:20 (eleven years ago)
the wins layer
I have no idea what that means
― 5HI+ that looks like an anion particle but isn't (wins), Sunday, 14 June 2015 21:25 (eleven years ago)
think it's a breaking bad reference
― imago, Sunday, 14 June 2015 21:27 (eleven years ago)
xp means you operate at the highest level
― mad maxwell's wasteland death suite (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 14 June 2015 21:28 (eleven years ago)
smdh ppl won't go study a simple chart to get a dece ref these days
― Killarney Hilton (darraghmac), Sunday, 14 June 2015 23:11 (eleven years ago)
/!! Just this instant got that the band name Spacehog had two meanings. I never got thought of the one about hitting space./What does this mean? And, for that matter, this:/the twitter name "emily post-punk" (i thought it was just an emily who liked post-punk)/
What does this mean? And, for that matter, this:
/the twitter name "emily post-punk" (i thought it was just an emily who liked post-punk)/
Oh many xps. First of all, my post contains an inexplicable typo. Should read !! Just this instant got that the band name Spacehog had two meanings. I never thought of the one about something hogging a lot of space.
The only meaning I thought before was a hog from outer space.
― Je55e, Tuesday, 16 June 2015 03:31 (eleven years ago)