This Forum is becoming more Cosmopolitan

[01_Anna]

After all these posts on languages, educational as they may have been......
(...)
Though of course the OP might have meant we were all tending toward drinking a Vodka based cocktai(...)
and I hate to be defined as pedantic.
Jonathan

The OP wrote a very nice, polite message. A very interesting discussion resulted from it.?
And your contribution, sadly...is anything but.
signed:
multilingual, foreign, cosmopolitan... reader of this forum

 

[Neeves]

The OP wrote a very nice, polite message. A very interesting discussion resulted from it.?
And your contribution, sadly...is anything but.
signed:
multilingual, foreign, cosmopolitan... reader of this forum

I would never suggest I'm cosmopolitan, I might be - that might be for others to judge. As I'm Australian that must make me foreign (and maybe not nice)..

Sorry - but what precisely did I post that was impolite and nasty? I need to know so that I may not repeat the error.

Jonathan

 

[dom]

After all these posts on languages, educational as they may have been......

Since when did linguistic skill, or lack of, determine the idea of being cosmopolitan? (I Think I spelt the key word correctly ).

- free from local, provincial or national ideas, prejudices or attachments, at home all over the world.........and as a result is very open to different ideas

Cosmopolitan is so passé - modern equivalents are words like metrosexual and even spornosexual, something I had to recently look up!

 

[Stemar]

spornosexual

Thank you for increasing my vocabulary. I think...

 

[Neeves]

Cosmopolitan is so passé - modern equivalents are words like metrosexual and even spornosexual, something I had to recently look up!

and that makes me impolite?

scurries off, lost for words (at least NormanS will be happy)

Jonathan

 

[dom]

and that makes me impolite?

scurries off, lost for words (at least NormanS will be happy)

Jonathan

I don't know what happened there either but people have their ways - including the British! Having lived all my life thinking I was a 'bloke', I now seem to fit the BAME classification, a minority apparently even though there are more than 1.3 billion of us a few hours flight away! My aunt still doesn't get it.

Enough of that, I'm rowing over, so get out your shaker, lemon vodka, triple sec, cranberry & lime juice, and don't forget the orange zest you Ozzies are famous for!
???

 

[01_Anna]

Sorry - but what precisely did I post that was impolite and nasty? I need to know so that I may not repeat the error.
Jonathan

An attempt to derail the discussion. Nothing else.
If you really have nothing constructive to add...then perhaps...don't?
So-there is not going to be any further discussion of languages, boats, but..drinking. As usual.
And then...the eternal forum questions:
why there are not many more people contributing...why there are not young people...or women...
Really, really sad.

 

[dom]

An attempt to derail the discussion. Nothing else.
If you really have nothing constructive to add...then perhaps...don't?
So-there is not going to be any further discussion of languages, boats, but..drinking. As usual.
And then...the eternal forum questions:
why there are not many more people contributing...why there are not young people...or women...
Really, really sad.

Come on Anna, the thread has the name Cosmopolitan in the title and all poor old Neevsy did was take a moment's break from his anchor threads to bring up a rather famous cocktail!

Non-alcoholic versions are available

 

[dom]

Also Anna,

You make a great point re the lack of the fairer sex on this forum, in respect of which you should know that you are more than welcome!

You (I hope) won't encounter sexism on here, but 'anchorism' is another matter

 

[CAPTAIN FANTASTIC]

It is interesting to know that the more "cosmopolitan" a sport becomes, the more popular it gets, and visa-versa.
Sailing has great cultural diversity and it is good to see people of various nationalities using this forum and posting messages on topics that we all understand, sailing. Also, technology/Google Translate, to a certain degree, helps to overcome language difficulties.
So, being in a marina with a few bottles of wine and Google translate helps to become even more cosmopolitan

 

[Neeves]

Anna

My sincere apologies for any negativity you detected.

If you wish to develop a thread on languages or linguistic skills in sailing please initiative a thread, that is what the forum is here for. I was trying to suggest that maybe linguistic skills were unnecessary for one to be judged cosmopolitan and thus the thread did not focus on the topic defined by the title - threads do drift, commonly not that quickly.

When we raced my crew consisted of one Finn, one American born Chinese, 2 Americans, 2 Australians, one Swiss, one Brit - I'd call it a cosmopolitan mix and English was the common language, But then this was in a cosmopolitan city where I lived for 15 years.

If my attempts at being clever/witty and introducing another meaning to the word cosmopolitan (the cocktail) did not meet with your approval - further apologies - all you needed to do was bring the thread back to what you desired the focus to be - other contributors would have picked up your vibes, or not.

As Dom said welcome to the forum your contribution will not be judged by whether you are female or not in fact posts are seldom 'judged'.

Stay safe, take care

Jonathan

 

[Neeves]

Come on Anna, the thread has the name Cosmopolitan in the title and all poor old Neevsy did was take a moment's break from his anchor threads to bring up a rather famous cocktail!

Non-alcoholic versions are available

I'm trying to decide if I should take exception to the 'old' - my wife tells me to ac t my ag and accept that to some I am old and to other even older

I don't mind being called 'poor' - but prefer a slightly different tag - parsimonious.

Jonathan

 

[dom]

I'm trying to decide if I should take exception to the 'old' - my wife tells me to ac t my ag and accept that to some I am old and to other even older

I don't mind being called 'poor' - but prefer a slightly different tag - parsimonious.

Jonathan

Fantastic, great illustration of how tricky English can be!

The use of the word 'poor' in this sense was meant to suggest unfortunate (Alas poor Yorick! I knew him) tempered by the word 'old' which alters it into an expression of soft sympathy following a benign misfortune. Enhanced, I guess, by adding a 'y' to the end of the name to denote fond familiarity, of being on our side?

So, "And poor old Neevsy raced up the right wing only to receive a duff cross coming in yards behind him"

Neevsy in this case being a young and anything-but-poor footballer!
?

 

[Neeves]

Fantastic, great illustration of how tricky English can be!

The use of the word 'poor' in this sense was meant to suggest unfortunate (Alas poor Yorick! I knew him) tempered by the word 'old' which alters it into an expression of soft sympathy following a benign misfortune. Enhanced, I guess, by adding a 'y' to the end of the name to denote fond familiarity, of being on our side?

So, "And poor old Neevsy raced up the right wing only to receive a duff cross coming in yards behind him"

Neevsy in this case being a young and anything-but-poor footballer!
?

I took it in the manner that has been explained - though I felt the need to tease.

I do like a bit of warmth and humour and find it real or imaginary when I can.

Jonathan

 

[Stemar]

I don't mind being called 'poor' - but prefer a slightly different tag - parsimonious.

A pedant writes...

Poor means can't. Parsimonious means won't ?

 

[Neeves]

A pedant writes...

Poor means can't. Parsimonious means won't ?

And another pedant offers for consideration:

I can think of many poor people who spend money carelessly (gambling). I was using parsimony as meaning careful, only when absolutely necessary. Won't suggests, never, without reason - maybe even meanness.



Jonathan

 

[dom]

My wife who is German once asked me after a sailing race why I was being so rude.

"Rude?" I questioned
"Yes, why do you keep asking: 'Do you mind passing me the winch handle?' Why do you think I'd mind?"

English!

 

[25931]

Anna

My sincere apologies for any negativity you detected.

If you wish to develop a thread on languages or linguistic skills in sailing please initiative a thread, that is what the forum is here for. I was trying to suggest that maybe linguistic skills were unnecessary for one to be judged cosmopolitan and thus the thread did not focus on the topic defined by the title - threads do drift, commonly not that quickly.

When we raced my crew consisted of one Finn, one American born Chinese, 2 Americans, 2 Australians, one Swiss, one Brit - I'd call it a cosmopolitan mix and English was the common language, But then this was in a cosmopolitan city where I lived for 15 years.

If my attempts at being clever/witty and introducing another meaning to the word cosmopolitan (the cocktail) did not meet with your approval - further apologies - all you needed to do was bring the thread back to what you desired the focus to be - other contributors would have picked up your vibes, or not.

As Dom said welcome to the forum your contribution will not be judged by whether you are female or not in fact posts are seldom 'judged'.

Stay safe, take care

Jonathan
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Anna

My sincere apologies for any negativity you detected.

If you wish to develop a thread on languages or linguistic skills in sailing please initiative a thread, that is what the forum is here for. I was trying to suggest that maybe linguistic skills were unnecessary for one to be judged cosmopolitan and thus the thread did not focus on the topic defined by the title - threads do drift, commonly not that quickly.

When we raced my crew consisted of one Finn, one American born Chinese, 2 Americans, 2 Australians, one Swiss, one Brit - I'd call it a cosmopolitan mix and English was the common language, But then this was in a cosmopolitan city where I lived for 15 years.

If my attempts at being clever/witty and introducing another meaning to the word cosmopolitan (the cocktail) did not meet with your approval - further apologies - all you needed to do was bring the thread back to what you desired the focus to be - other contributors would have picked up your vibes, or not.

As Dom said welcome to the forum your contribution will not be judged by whether you are female or not in fact posts are seldom 'judged'.

Stay safe, take care

Jonathan

I amconfused by

Talking of gender and Latin, I was always surprised that sailors were feminine – nauta – whereas the ship they sailed was also feminine but didn't sound that way, being irregular: navis.

Nauta despite ending in a is masculine I think.

 

[CAPTAIN FANTASTIC]

.........However, in all languages, anything that is expensive and provides pleasure, such as Boats, are feminine; I wonder why!!

I plead guilty for creating confusion for words being "masculine, feminine and neutral". My statement above "However, in all languages, anything that is expensive and provides pleasure, such as Boats, are feminine; I wonder why!!" obviously it is meant as a joke.
At least in English and a few more languages, boats/cars etc are perceived as being "feminine" (a boat is described as "she") all of which provide great enjoyment, pleasure and great expense.

 

[newtothis]

My wife who is German once asked me after a sailing race why I was being so rude.

"Rude?" I questioned
"Yes, why do you keep asking: 'Do you mind passing me the winch handle?' Why do you think I'd mind?"

English!

Meeting an German friend after not seeing her for about a year:

Me: Hi
Her: Ach, where did you get that awful coat.

German!