Eating crow

[mesaywee]

Mods delete please

[Parallex]

Originally Posted by mesaywee

What in gods name does this mean? I'm pretty familiar with internet speak but this is the most confusing term i've ever come across.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eating_crow

[Blaster86]

How old are you?

[Yeah_Baby]

Originally Posted by Blaster86

How old are you?

Clearly he's part of a generation that only understands leetspeak and zOMg dat wuz awsum.

[mesaywee]

Yeah judge me because I don't know what "eating crow" means. I'm a university student, my age doesn't matter. Russian is my first language, but feel free to give me a hard time for not knowing a term.

Enjoy being 35 and posting on a forum.

[Jbo]

So rather then just google it and have the answer... you posted in on here and are mad you are getting heckled?

[Yeah_Baby]

Originally Posted by J-bo09

So rather then just google it and have the answer... you posted in on here and are mad you are getting heckled?

Followed by going internet tough guy and then deleting the OP.

[mesaywee]

Originally Posted by Yeah_Baby

Followed by going internet tough guy and then deleting the OP.

Internet tough guy? At which point?

My question was answered by the first poster, thats all I needed. What I didn't need is people questioning my age.

"eating crow" is not a common phrase, at least not among university students. Only place i've ever seen the phrase was here and i've seen it multiple times.

[Yeah_Baby]

"Enjoy being 35...."

Tough guy might have been a stretch. But you seemed to be overly offended.


And for what it is worth, you're right, the phrase isn't in the common lexicon of those ages 18-22. However that's because they're out #######izing the English language in ways even I haven't imagined yet. And that's saying something. I'm border line illiterate.

[Dion]

Originally Posted by Yeah_Baby

Followed by going internet tough guy and then deleting the OP.

Or the usual suspects mocking an OP for his post. Goes both ways.

[Yeah_Baby]

Originally Posted by Dion

Or the usual suspects mocking an OP for his post. Goes both ways.

"If you don't like my posts, feel free to put me on ignore"

[Dion]

Originally Posted by Yeah_Baby

"If you don't like my posts, feel free to put me on ignore"

You can do the same.

[moon]

Originally Posted by mesaywee

Internet tough guy? At which point?

My question was answered by the first poster, thats all I needed. What I didn't need is people questioning my age.

"eating crow" is not a common phrase, at least not among university students. Only place i've ever seen the phrase was here and i've seen it multiple times.

Eating crow is definitely a common phrase and known by many university students.

Not surprising that people will question your age if you do not know what it means as it is pretty surprising to most people.

[tha King]

Originally Posted by Yeah_Baby

"If you don't like my posts, feel free to put me on ignore"

How do I do this? That Green Tree Frappacino guy is driving me crazy already.

[Yeah_Baby]

Originally Posted by tha King

How do I do this? That Green Tree Frappacino guy is driving me crazy already.

The U...ser Control Panel is theonlyway you can do it.

[tha King]

Originally Posted by Yeah_Baby

The U...ser Control Panel is theonlyway you can do it.

Woah! LOL! You are really too much! How did you think of that? Oh, probably by regurtitating the already regurgitated crap the other unfunny tro.. I mean posters put out there.

I wonder how many more times you guys will internet high five and congratulate each other on being so fresh and funny? I mean, heck... a joke only gets funnier the more times you use it right?

At least you answered my question, and I know just who to test it on after GTF.

[mesaywee]

Originally Posted by moon

Eating crow is definitely a common phrase and known by many university students.

Not surprising that people will question your age if you do not know what it means as it is pretty surprising to most people.

You chose to ignore the part where I said english was not my first language.

My grammar is and accent is non-distinguishable from first language speakers but some phrases and terms I have trouble with. Why people are choosing to give me such a hard time for this I do not know.

[moon]

Originally Posted by mesaywee

You chose to ignore the part where I said english was not my first language.

My grammar is and accent is non-distinguishable from first language speakers but some phrases and terms I have trouble with. Why people are choosing to give me such a hard time for this I do not know.

How did I choose to ignore that?

I stated that it was a well known phrase, meaning that native english speakers know the phrase.

If you are not a native speaker than that explains why you didn't know it but that isn't an issue when you say that it isn't a common phrase and that most university students don't know it.

That is what I responded to and that is simply untrue.

If your issue is that non-native english speakers don't know it then I have no issue with that but don't say that it isn't common or that university students don't know it because that is untrue and has nothing to do with what language is your native tongue.

[Blaster86]

Originally Posted by mesaywee

Enjoy being 35 and posting on a forum.

#### yeah, time travel!

[HPLovecraft]

35 year olds shouldn't be posting on forums. They are supposed to be out saving lives and having nuclear families and stuff. You all sicken me. Child neglectors. No hobbies are permitted in this country past 30.