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Tevo
Netherlands75 Posts
On October 29 2010 20:56 Shirolol wrote: It makes perfect sense I assure you, I think the reason you find it strange is English is not your first language. While it may not be my first language, I understand it perfectly, rest assured. What didn't make any sense was your argument: He thinks a pun is clever because he found out a new word? | ||
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Fiamma
73 Posts
actually its quite witty, fauxer does mean fake boxer foxer makes no sense on the other hand Fauxer isn't witty when you have to shoehorn it in by mispronouncing it. | ||
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Pyrrhuloxia
United States6700 Posts
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Tevo
Netherlands75 Posts
On October 29 2010 21:06 Fiamma wrote: Fauxer isn't witty when you have to shoehorn it in by mispronouncing it. Tell me how you pronounce FauxeR then. Do it and show me a source. Wait, you can't, cause we just made the damn word up. | ||
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Marradron
Netherlands1586 Posts
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Shirolol
England504 Posts
On October 29 2010 21:06 Tevo wrote: While it may not be my first language, I understand it perfectly, rest assured. What didn't make any sense was your argument: He thinks a pun is clever because he found out a new word? You don't speak it perfectly, because you're failing to understand the answer - which you actually wrote in that quote there. | ||
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Fiamma
73 Posts
Tell me how you pronounce FauxeR then. Do it and show me a source. Wait, you can't, cause we just made the damn word up. If you are just going to make up words then why choose Fauxer? Why not find something that has wit? | ||
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Dalavita
Sweden1113 Posts
On October 29 2010 21:09 Fiamma wrote: If you are just going to make up words then why choose Fauxer? Why not find something that has wit? Foxer has wit? | ||
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Fiamma
73 Posts
I never said it did. Fauxer tries too hard to be witty. | ||
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UniversalSnip
9871 Posts
More than fauxer... (F)ake B(oxer) vs a miserable pun. I don't have anything against puns, but it's so... obvious... it's not funny... It's not clever. If a halfwit could come up with something, it isn't witty, by definition. | ||
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Lann555
Netherlands5173 Posts
Otherwise, go with Boxer[arnc] | ||
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McDonalds
Liechtenstein2244 Posts
On October 29 2010 21:08 Tevo wrote: Tell me how you pronounce FauxeR then. Do it and show me a source. Wait, you can't, cause we just made the damn word up. Typically when you create a portmanteau you pronounce the component parts the way they're supposed to be pronounced. Otherwise it's clumsy. Just saying. Another reason I like FoxeR is because it has a meaning to us but is also open to other interpretations. It isn't really restricted to being a silly joke. | ||
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Lonyo
United Kingdom3884 Posts
Foxer just looks stupid, because it has no connotations of being fake without knowing the history behind it. Fauxer is immediately obvious to (most people) that it's something to do with being fake. | ||
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OmegaSyrus
Canada46 Posts
Or you just don't like it because it's complicated and french? I honestly thought people on TL were better than this. I'm outright disappointed. No, the name has to be simple and easy for anyone to invent. Foxer isn't any more of a word than Fauxer. Except one makes an awesome leap into having meaning within meaning. | ||
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Tevo
Netherlands75 Posts
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cilinder007
Slovenia7251 Posts
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Malloy
Canada166 Posts
Being French, I like Fauxer better than Foxer - though most English will likely mispronounce it. | ||
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OmegaSyrus
Canada46 Posts
Faux Boxer = Fauxer for french people. English people use the word "faux" anyway. It's not as forced as people are claiming it is. It was said in passing on the sc2 forums as a joke. | ||
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Fiamma
73 Posts
On October 29 2010 21:23 OmegaSyrus wrote: It's so obvious because you use "faux" in everyday language? Or you just don't like it because it's complicated and french? I honestly thought people on TL were better than this. I'm outright disappointed. No, the name has to be simple and easy for anyone to invent. Foxer isn't any more of a word than Fauxer. Except one makes an awesome leap into having meaning within meaning. You're disappointed because some choose not to celebrate your butchering of a word to create a silly pun? | ||
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