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| SYSTEM-J |
| Pretentious in the company of those with limited vocabularies. Just another synonym to everyone else. |
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| Mr.Mystery |
| The only sans I do not tolerate is comic sans. |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
| quote: | Originally posted by AlphaStarred
Pretentious, at least where I'm from. I never heard the word "sans" uttered in any conversation. It's like saying methinks or by the bye. People will give you weird looks. |
Wwwwwhoa, stop. Pretentious in Brooklyn? |
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| AlphaStarred |
| quote: | Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On
Wwwwwhoa, stop. Pretentious in Brooklyn? |
Maybe not in gentrified Williamsburg, but definitely in Brighton Beach. :p |
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| AlphaStarred |
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
Pretentious in the company of those with limited vocabularies. Just another synonym to everyone else. |
I used to write words like sans, stripling, inasmuch as on my essays in High School when I was 16. My English teacher would give me Ds because he claimed nobody uses such words anymore. It really does hinge on where you're coming from. |
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| Dj Skez |
| quote: | Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On
Wwwwwhoa, stop. Pretentious in Brooklyn? |
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There are neighborhoods in Brooklyn that wouldn't tolerate a person of my skin tone around their women. Overall a very diverse borough, and you don't want to get caught at night around the projects at Bed stuy ,red hook, Brownsville etc. My friend lives in a great area in Williamsburg, I got my first tattoo out there. That's a very nice area to raise a family.
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| Halcyon+On+On |
| The Jews are never late. They arrive precisely when they mean to. |
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| Jon_Snow |
| Like sans through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives |
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| Dj Skez |
| quote: | Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On
The Jews are never late. They arrive precisely when they mean to. |
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The best Kosher pickles and other imported foods from Israel are in Brooklyn.
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This guy.
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| SYSTEM-J |
| quote: | Originally posted by AlphaStarred
I used to write words like sans, stripling, inasmuch as on my essays in High School when I was 16. My English teacher would give me Ds because he claimed nobody uses such words anymore. |
I hate to be the one to update your world view from that of a 16 year old, but high school teachers are not actually grand disseminators of truth and reality.
I guess the issue here is whether it's pretentious to simply use the word "sans", or whether OrangestO is specifically asking if it's pretentious to use it when ordering a drink, a lowly glass of water at that. I suppose the linguist in me would say that ordering a drink is a very functionalist piece of language use and tarting it up with frills like "sans" is wholly unnecessary and draws attention to the language use in a way that could be deemed ostentatious and thus pretentious. All of which is a basic rule of social interaction that shouldn't really need explaining: don't bust out the thesaurus to order a burger.
But as for never using "sans" in conversation because you'd get "weird looks"... that . If you're in decently educated company, why not enjoy using language? Some of my greatest successes chatting up girls while drunk came from playfully using overly ornate language. Russell Brand has shagged about three thousand women using this method. Smart girls love it. |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
tarting it up |
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| Dj Skez |
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
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I'm picturing you saying that whilst sitting in a high class restaurant with your British accent, it would sound great if you sounded like Sean Connery. |
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