Jay Smith

[W4 Shrimper]

Quote[/b] (Napster @ Aug. 24 2005,20:42)]do you ever read Matt Walker's page in the programme and get confused by his terminology - e.g. uxorious, pyhrric, etc.


Ever read Harry Potter?

Two closely related questions there....

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

Quote[/b] (Napster @ Aug. 24 2005,20:42)]do you ever read Matt Walker's page in the programme and get confused by his terminology - e.g. uxorious, pyhrric, etc.

Oi! I never used uxorious!! Quixotic and pyrrhic, I will concede, but not uxorious...

 

[Guest]

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[Matt the Shrimp]

Quote[/b] (shrimp_on_the_wing2003 @ Aug. 25 2005,00:23)]What do you think about the current situation of our continued occupation of Iraq??

Whoa - that one came out of left field!

Jay - do you see the current Al-Qaeda terror campaign as a simple Islamic counter-strike against Western globalisation, or do you see it instead as a deeper-rooted form of Islamist totalitarianism based on nihilistic neo-fascist roots?

 

[TrueBlue]

Q. Jay how do you feel that you are being watched week in week out by a rather short man who looks like Harry Potter!

 

[overseas shrimper]

Quote[/b] (Matt the Shrimp @ Aug. 25 2005,00:51)]

Quote[/b] (Napster @ Aug. 24 2005,20:42)]do you ever read Matt Walker's page in the programme and get confused by his terminology - e.g. uxorious, pyhrric, etc.

Oi!  I never used uxorious!!  Quixotic and pyrrhic, I will concede, but not uxorious...

Not doubting you ability as a wordsmith, but you must surely realise that a good writer knows how to write for his audience. Surely such exuberant use of our fine language is lost (at best) on the average football supporter. If, on the other hand, you wish to maintain your Wordsworth approach to football programme writing, should you not, at least, provide a glossary of sorts at the back?

Perhaps this glossary could take the place of the team line-ups?

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

Quote[/b] (overseas shrimper @ Aug. 25 2005,08:04)]Not doubting you ability as a wordsmith, but you must surely realise that a good writer knows how to write for his audience. Surely such exuberant use of our fine language is lost (at best) on the average football supporter.

Your point is a good one - but unfortunately it is based on the quite incorrect premise that I'm a "good writer"...

I do occasionally use the odd florid word. But is it wrong for me to want to use as much of this wonderful language of ours as possible in my articles? Sod dumbing down, how about sharpening up?

I've restricted myself to one new word for my readers this week: ersatz.

MtS - programme writer and vocabulary zealot!

 

[Guest]

Quote[/b] (Matt the Shrimp @ Aug. 25 2005,01:17)]Jay - do you see the current Al-Qaeda terror campaign as a simple Islamic counter-strike against Western globalisation, or do you see it instead as a deeper-rooted form of Islamist totalitarianism based on nihilistic neo-fascist roots?

Hmm ...

 

[Its Only A Game]

2 New Questions for Jay

1. do you know what RSS stands for?

2. have you ever listened to a podcast?

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

Quote[/b] (TrueBlue @ Aug. 25 2005,01:20)]Q. Jay how do you feel that you are being watched week in week out by a rather short man who looks like Harry Potter!

5'9" - 5'10"... hardly "rather short"?!

Perhaps you have a news exclusive for us: Darryl has started wearing round-rimmed glasses...

 

[Tweedy]

Hi guys, Ive been away and have not been informed of the latest goings on down the hall, what happened to the jozic fella?

 

[BlueJ]

Quote[/b] (Tweedy @ Aug. 30 2005,12:35)]Hi guys, Ive been away and have not been informed of the latest goings on down the hall, what happened to the jozic fella?

Tilly didn't sign him in the end

 

[Tweedy]

why was that?

 

[BlueJ]

Quote[/b] (Tweedy @ Aug. 30 2005,12:44)]why was that?

I don't think anyone's 100% sure, but probably because Tilly didn't think he would fit into the squad.