Intelligence: The Anti-N00b's definitions
The average American. IM client of choice is almost always AIM or ICQ, and computer is usually filled with gobs of spyware due to not using Ad-Aware, Spybot, SpywareBlaster, or other legit anti-spyware programs while using Internet Explorer, as well as clicking on every popup and ActiveX window seen thinking "OMG liek i won!1111".
by Intelligence: The Anti-N00b November 6, 2004
Get the Illiterate Bastardsmug. A browser superior to Internet Explorer, but inferior to everything else.
NOTE: I re-submitted this because of a typo in the last version.
NOTE: I re-submitted this because of a typo in the last version.
by Intelligence: The Anti-N00b February 26, 2005
Get the Netscapemug. Slow medium for connecting to the Internet, which some people STILL use because:
1. They can't afford broadband (understandable, unlike the following)
2. They don't know about other ways to connect
3. They've been brainwashed into thinking AOL is number one
1. They can't afford broadband (understandable, unlike the following)
2. They don't know about other ways to connect
3. They've been brainwashed into thinking AOL is number one
by Intelligence: The Anti-N00b November 4, 2004
Get the dial-upmug. by Intelligence: The Anti-N00b November 4, 2004
Get the Linksmug. by Intelligence: The Anti-N00b November 4, 2004
Get the Netscapemug. Fascist "ISP" who fortunately stopped calling themselves "number one", but still pretends that they're reinventing the Internet AND annoys people with CDs in the mail every day. On top of that, dial-up connections are MUCH slower than the already slow 56K.
Look, if I wanted AOL, I'd order a CD. I don't need you to remind me that you still haven't gone to hell.
by Intelligence: The Anti-N00b November 4, 2004
Get the AOLmug. A dialect of English whose pronunciation is frozen along with that of Canadian English. While British English had some drastic sound shifts, American and Canadian English pronunciation had only undergone a few minor vowel changes, as well as the changing of some Ts and Ds to alveolar flaps (butter sounds somewhat like "budder").
Most of the different spellings of American English (which, for all of you elitest Britons out there, are listed in the OED) developed in the U.S.'s early years, some of them created by dictionary maker Noah Webster. The differences are comparable to the ones between Brazilian Portuguese and Portuguese Portuguese.
Another interesting fact about American and Canadian English is that both dialects still use the -ize spelling for words (organize, organization, etc.), while countries outside North America have almost completely dumped it for the newer -ise spelling. However, the OED and Fowler's Modern English Usage (both of which are decent books of British origin) prefer the -ize spelling. Folks from North America also use the older aluminum spelling instead of the newer aluminium spelling. (Though neither spelling is the original; the original is alumium.)
Americans also refer to the letter Z using the 17th century name "zee" instead of the name "zed" used elsewhere (including in Canada). Rest assured, the name "izzard" is pretty much obsolete.
Sources: Wikipedia and the Concise Oxford English Dictionary.
Most of the different spellings of American English (which, for all of you elitest Britons out there, are listed in the OED) developed in the U.S.'s early years, some of them created by dictionary maker Noah Webster. The differences are comparable to the ones between Brazilian Portuguese and Portuguese Portuguese.
Another interesting fact about American and Canadian English is that both dialects still use the -ize spelling for words (organize, organization, etc.), while countries outside North America have almost completely dumped it for the newer -ise spelling. However, the OED and Fowler's Modern English Usage (both of which are decent books of British origin) prefer the -ize spelling. Folks from North America also use the older aluminum spelling instead of the newer aluminium spelling. (Though neither spelling is the original; the original is alumium.)
Americans also refer to the letter Z using the 17th century name "zee" instead of the name "zed" used elsewhere (including in Canada). Rest assured, the name "izzard" is pretty much obsolete.
Sources: Wikipedia and the Concise Oxford English Dictionary.
Give American English a break. There's nothing wrong with having a little bit of diversity in the Anglosphere. You don't see us complaining about your dialect every second, do you?
by Intelligence: The Anti-N00b March 3, 2007
Get the American Englishmug.