----- Original Message -----
From: "ROBERTSON,TRAVIS J" <IS-TJR@womans.com>
> whatever geek
Travis,
I admit to have had to recur to the dictionary and the web to
understand the meaning of geek, I am not really fluent in English, you know.
I found that originally, a geek was a carnival performer who bit the heads
off chickens (pre-1900's), during a good portion of the XX century it had a
despective connotation, but as the mainstream culture became more dependent
on technology and technical skill, mainstream attitudes have tended to shift
towards a meaning of "grudging respect". So, I'd take your 2 words as a
compliment.
But please Travis, do no let my geeky answers to Jason Rusell's questions
prevent you from contributing your own and perhaps more understandable
answers to his questions. After all, I too am in this list to learn from
what other have to contribute.
Guillermo
Received on Thu Oct 31 00:19:46 2002
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.8 : Mon 13 Dec 2004 - 23:18:48 PST