Forum Ranks

Whiskers · Post by **Whiskers** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 11:23 pm

Artanis wrote:Philippa has a new rank too.

Me too. At this rate I'll hit Winged Avenger sometime in 2018.

Dandy Forsdyke · Post by **Dandy Forsdyke** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 11:39 pm

Just add a smiley to every post!

Actually numbers mean nothing - it's the quality of posts that really 'count', pardon the unintentional pun.

Post by **Allard** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 10:29 am

Dandy Forsdyke wrote:
Actually numbers mean nothing - it's the quality of posts that really 'count', pardon the unintentional pun.

Hear hear!

Post by **Allard** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 9:07 pm

***See first post in this topic for update.***

mousemeat · Post by **mousemeat** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 2:07 am

Whiskers wrote:
Artanis wrote:Well, it's going to be a long time until anyone reaches 3,000 posts. On another forum I have about 8,000 posts.
I wouldn't be too sure, a girl at the Spooks forum I frequent has managed to rack up 34,103 in just 22 months.

the spooks forum? what the heck is that ? a forum on the CIA? SPIES ?
Ghosts ? sounds weird, but inna good way...

Timeless A-Peel · Post by **Timeless A-Peel** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 4:56 am

mousemeat wrote:
Whiskers wrote:
Artanis wrote:Well, it's going to be a long time until anyone reaches 3,000 posts. On another forum I have about 8,000 posts.
I wouldn't be too sure, a girl at the Spooks forum I frequent has managed to rack up 34,103 in just 22 months.
the spooks forum? what the heck is that ? a forum on the CIA? SPIES ?
Ghosts ? sounds weird, but inna good way...

I think they mean the Kudos TV series Spooks, dubbed MI-5 in North America, about MI5 agents/spies, also known as "Spooks."

Philippa · Post by **Philippa** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 9:06 am

^Odd that they changed the name in North-America. I though Spooks was quite a good title..

Dandy Forsdyke · Post by **Dandy Forsdyke** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 1:39 pm

I think 'Spook' could be viewed as an offensive word in the US.

Philippa · Post by **Philippa** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 4:13 pm

Dandy Forsdyke wrote:I think 'Spook' could be viewed as an offensive word in the US.

Oh I had no idea. In what way could it be viewed as offensive then? Because I've never heard of it in that way. (Could very well be because I'm not a native speaker of English)

kim · Post by **kim** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 3:27 am

Philippa wrote:
Dandy Forsdyke wrote:I think 'Spook' could be viewed as an offensive word in the US.
Oh I had no idea. In what way could it be viewed as offensive then? Because I've never heard of it in that way. (Could very well be because I'm not a native speaker of English)

Don't worry Phillipa, the word "spook" was used as a negative term term towards African Americans back in the day. The term wasn't used quite as much as the more familiar negative words and as far as I know is rarely used any more (I could be wrong on this...it may be used more often in the Southern states) So chances are few people would recognize it to mean anything other than ghost here in the US.