Nema Fakei and all english language freaks: A question for you!

[erjin999]

Well there is no rush. You get better proper and good before you come back. We can manage a few days or even a few years without corrections to our words  ;)

Shure good to see you posting here though  ;D

[erjin999]

Dammit, its turned into a background process that corrects mistakes without us realising it.

Honestly, its cramping what little writing style I have  :(

shure would be good if it left my mistakes alone.

[Khan]

Dammit, its turned into a background process that corrects mistakes without us realising it.

Honestly, its cramping what little writing style I have  :(

shure would be good if it left my mistakes alone.

Yeah style that's the word...

I don't think Nema's strict enough, he should move on to 'Americanisms' next.

[Jack Leaf]

Well, he once said that Americans have not spoken English for many, many years.  :P

[lowzeewee]

Well he does speak a different language. Nema Fakei speaks British English. Exatreides speaks American English. Jack Leaf and I speak... International English. :) It's good that the Brits on Fed2k have Nema Fakei. He speaks their language. :D

[erjin999]

He doesnt allow innovation in the english language. I am at the 4front, a pioneer of the New English Language. And it just tries to stifle my progress.

[lowzeewee]

The new English english. :D

Wassup man -> American english

What's up, mate -> English english

Hello there -> International english

Nema Fakei, by any chance you happen to be an Eton-ian? :O

[Khan]

What's up, mate -> English english

I don't think I've ever heard anyone say it like that, considering that 'What's up' is quite a formal way of saying it (though a coloquialism [sP?] nonetheless) and then 'Mate' is very informal.

[erjin999]

Sounds Aussie.

[Cyborg]

I don't see any formality in what's up...

And I think it would more Australian to say what's up, mate?.

[lowzeewee]

Yeah it's more australian. Maybe "Give me a f**king beer" sounds more english.

[erjin999]

And I think it would more Australian to say what's up, mate?.

The new English english. :D

Wassup man -> American english

What's up, mate -> English english

Hello there -> International english

Seems it was.

[alchemi2]

yorkshire english - alright old luv  ;) luv maybe used to either male/female.

[nemafakei]

"Nema Fakei, by any chance you happen to be an Eton-ian?"

No. Why do you ask?

[ps501]

Well, there was also the (not so) popular "wazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzup" ("Wa" followed by a hard "Z" changing to a soft "S" with a "up" at the end of it)  from the American TV Commercials a few years back.

[lowzeewee]

"Nema Fakei, by any chance you happen to be an Eton-ian?"

No. Why do you ask?

Just curious. Did you go to a public school?

[erjin999]

'es askin' cos ure rite posh, guv'na  ;)

[lowzeewee]

Erjin you seem to me as if you were from some East End private school.

[Khan]

We don't really have such a thing as a private school. Oh and I don't think Nema went to a public school.

[Anathema]

Proletarians, tsk.

[erjin999]

Okay, so the post above proves sometimes you need programs like Nema to make sense of words like that..  :(

[lowzeewee]

For that particular post it seems that Edric O is needed too.

[Dante]

Was going to ask Nema via IM, but dcided that since this topic was here, it might as well be useful. I need to know a word, and I'm having trouble looking it up because I need both the definition and the word itself. In fact, I'm not even sure if there is a word.

Ok, the easiest way to do this would be by examples, so here's a few:

Lord of Water

Spirit of Trees

Cheese of War

Horeseman of Famine

Digital camera of Wrath.

You notice that all of the examples have an 'of something' in them. What I want to know is, what is the word for 'of something' ? It can't be 'title,' or at least, 'title' just doesn't seem right. The title is Lord, the 'of something,' is different, I think. And 'cheese' can't be a title anyway.

To clarify, if a man starts calling himself 'King of Flies,' then he has granted himself the title of King and responsibility over flies. I need a synonym for 'responsibility over,' something that would work in a similar way to 'He is generally known by his title, King.' 'He is generally known by his [X], which is of Flies.'

I may not have explained this well, but I'd appreciate any help that anyone could give. Especially Nema. Not that the rest of you aren't appreciated. I'll just stop babbling now...

[Super-ness]

It's MSN dammit.

[Kiyouta]

English language freaks... hey there's nothing wrong with being a pedant! Should be legal to smack anyone who uses an apostrophe incorrectly. Can't complain myself tho, gotta work on pronoucing my 'th's. :-X