|
![](/i/fill.gif) |
On 23-3-2009 5:51, [GDS|Entropy] wrote:
> "Shay" <n@n.n> wrote in message news:49c3ab4f$1@news.povray.org...
>> [GDS|Entropy] wrote:
>>> ..damned plebes...
>> What do you have against plebeians?
>>> [snip]
>> -Shay
>>
>
> Plebe as used here isn't the common proper reference to a plebian, but is
> instead derogatory slang of unknown age
It is derived directly from the Romans, so at least about 22 centuries.
> referring to someone as being a
> commoner, of low intelligence, breeding, general ability or social
> standing...or all of the above.
>
> Essentially stating that the target is the worthless gutter-dwelling
> offspring produced by barely human evolutionary dead-end progenitors.
Perhaps Shay is referring to the possibility that superficially he may
possess all or most of the above qualifications*. That is a bit of a
problem with these kind of international forums, you get all kinds.
*) This is not meant to imply that I think Shay actually is common or
dumb or any of the above. As most of us here, I think, I hold him in
high regard. It is just that I am not sure what my first impression
would be if I met him personally not knowing who he is. Actually I know
I don't know what he looks like, so this may just be a result of a
double prejudice. ;)
Post a reply to this message
|
![](/i/fill.gif) |