[Lactating Man Nips]

I honestly didn't know if it was Whit, or Wit .

For all intensive purposes either would get the message across.

I think the phrase you are looking for is "to all intents and purposes". Although its more fun if you use porpoises.

O'Reilly? T'was supposed to be ironic. Sheesh!

[chrysostom]

I don't see what a book featuring a religious cult and a character called Isis Whit has anything to do with this thread though??

Oh, and unless I'm mistaken, this is a public forum, so unless the admin guys have a problem with it, I'll continue to discuss my consensus freely.

well my reference to the book was regarding your constant use of the word whit. it's a pretty easy conclusion to draw.

it is a public forum. We generally think dappy is a half whit apparantly. Before taking a general concensus and representing the forum's views directed to a CM team member, please take those who object to what you think into account as i wouldn't want such comments attributed to me.

Mocking the underclasses by using their dialect in a derogatory way isn't very effective and has the connotations of someone who knows nothing about them, picking up on a few phrases and repeating them for their own pleasure.

i'll be happy to discuss my concensus that you're slightly ignorant and enjoy laughing in those who you percieve to be below you, when in fact they're probably more savvy in their own industry than you are in your own - which is why they are a national act when they could have just ended up performing in SUs around london.

[Yudster]

For all intensive purposes either would get the message across.

I think the phrase you are looking for is "to all intents and purposes". Although its more fun if you use porpoises.

O'Reilly? T'was supposed to be ironic. Sheesh!

Porpoises are still funny though.

[Lactating Man Nips]

well my reference to the book was regarding your constant use of the word whit. it's a pretty easy conclusion to draw.

I'd be more concerned with the repeated use of "my consensus"

it is a public forum. We generally think dappy is a half whit apparantly. Before taking a general concensus and representing the forum's views directed to a CM team member, please take those who object to what you think into account as i wouldn't want such comments attributed to me.

He has no mandate for that so it's irrelevant.

Mocking the underclasses by using their dialect in a derogatory way isn't very effective and has the connotations of someone who knows nothing about them, picking up on a few phrases and repeating them for their own pleasure.

But it's very effective for the purposes of nominal satisfaction. What 'effect' had you in mind?

i'll be happy to discuss my concensus that you're slightly ignorant and enjoy laughing in those who you percieve to be below you, when in fact they're probably more savvy in their own industry than you are in your own - which is why they are a national act when they could have just ended up performing in SUs around london.

How about mocking those we 'perceive' to be above us? Do your mocking ethics work in that direction?

[JimLafleur]

I don't see what a book featuring a religious cult and a character called Isis Whit has anything to do with this thread though??

Oh, and unless I'm mistaken, this is a public forum, so unless the admin guys have a problem with it, I'll continue to discuss my consensus freely.

well my reference to the book was regarding your constant use of the word whit. it's a pretty easy conclusion to draw.

it is a public forum. We generally think dappy is a half whit apparantly. Before taking a general concensus and representing the forum's views directed to a CM team member, please take those who object to what you think into account as i wouldn't want such comments attributed to me.

Mocking the underclasses by using their dialect in a derogatory way isn't very effective and has the connotations of someone who knows nothing about them, picking up on a few phrases and repeating them for their own pleasure.

i'll be happy to discuss my concensus that you're slightly ignorant and enjoy laughing in those who you percieve to be below you, when in fact they're probably more savvy in their own industry than you are in your own - which is why they are a national act when they could have just ended up performing in SUs around london.

a) The book has no relevance to what we're discussing. The word Whit wasnt even used in the same context.. its used as a character's surname. To mention it is totally irrelevant and serves no meaningful point what-so-ever.

b) Unless I'm mistaken, I've read the 40+ posts within this thread and only 2 have suggested any kind of tollenerce to Dappy, Indeed many more have agreed he is irritating / annoying.. hence my use of the term 'general consensus'. NOT unanimous verdict.. General Consensus.

c) Are you seriously complaining about my jovial dig at the way Dappy speaks when he is trying soooooo hard to speak like an American gangsta / rasta in the first place, and nothing like how people speak where he actually comes from - Great Britain! I mean come on - this guy could be Tim Westwood's secret love-child.

d) Unless I'm mistaken and the quality of their gigs has improved in the last few months (and I may well be mistaken, as I dont follow them).. dont this 'national act' play in venues up and down the country such as Butlins??? Hardly the huge 'national act' you're suggesting.

e) I bet you have a Dappy poster on your bedroom wall, dont you? Go on, admit it..

Do you want me to e-mail you my new Dappy Av? You can use it if you like.

PS.. Mr Man Nips... How do I do the cleaver quoting were I quote parts of text and then reply to it??

[Yudster]

PS.. Mr Man Nips... How do I do the cleaver quoting were I quote parts of text and then reply to it??

I don't know how other people do it but i put the code in manually instead of just clicking on "quote". I bet there are quicker ways, but it works for me.

[JimLafleur]

PS.. Mr Man Nips... How do I do the cleaver quoting were I quote parts of text and then reply to it??

I don't know how other people do it but i put the code in manually instead of just clicking on "quote". I bet there are quicker ways, but it works for me.

Ah right, I see what you mean. Thanks!

[Lactating Man Nips]

PS.. Mr Man Nips... How do I do the cleaver quoting were I quote parts of text and then reply to it??

Quote my post (for example) and you'll see the quote tags have been put in manually...with a cleaver.

[Yudster]

Well, i quote the whole thing first then break it up manually. Does that make sense? I don't know the right words for these things.

[JimLafleur]

test

PS.. Mr Man Nips... How do I do the cleaver quoting were I quote parts of text and then reply to it??

Got it, thanks! Good job I had my cleaver to help me hack that code up. lol. Just cant get away with typos anymore in forums eh

[Yudster]

Typos are tolerated pretty well. Constant sloppiness and basic lack of care is a different matter, as some people have found.

[McGuinness-89]

All this because of Dappy.I don't know why that amuses me but it does.

[chrysostom]

a) The book has no relevance to what we're discussing. The word Whit wasnt even used in the same context.. its used as a character's surname. To mention it is totally irrelevant and serves no meaningful point what-so-ever.

b) Unless I'm mistaken, I've read the 40+ posts within this thread and only 2 have suggested any kind of tollenerce to Dappy, Indeed many more have agreed he is irritating / annoying.. hence my use of the term 'general consensus'. NOT unanimous verdict.. General Consensus.

c) Are you seriously complaining about my jovial dig at the way Dappy speaks when he is trying soooooo hard to speak like an American gangsta / rasta in the first place, and nothing like how people speak where he actually comes from - Great Britain! I mean come on - this guy could be Tim Westwood's secret love-child.

d) Unless I'm mistaken and the quality of their gigs has improved in the last few months (and I may well be mistaken, as I dont follow them).. dont this 'national act' play in venues up and down the country such as Butlins??? Hardly the huge 'national act' you're suggesting.

e) I bet you have a Dappy poster on your bedroom wall, dont you? Go on, admit it..

a) you were contantly using the word whit which doesn't exist in the context you were trying to use it. i was pointing out your spelling error.

b) many of the '40+ posts' to which you refer are either you or not about dappy, so to use them as proof of a 'general consensus' would be misguided or stupid (take your pick)

c)If you're referring to their accent (which isn't something i mentioned, i drew attention to your criticism of his dialect) then you're right. the accent which formed in the original US ghettos was adapted through many urban areas in the UK, but this was at least 7-8 years ago, and now they are present in what some may describe as 'ghetto' areas of the UK - so what began as articificial became organic. i would think it misguided to generalise how 'people from the UK' speak, as in areas (such as london) there are so many different accents and dialects floating about that there are many combinations available.

d) If you're really trying to denounce an act who just won 2 MOBO awards as nothing but a butlins act, then you aren't worth debating with - i've seen them live and they work the crowd well, while performing their songs which i think are good in their own genre. Clearly anyone who performs at butlins is a regional affair.

e) i do not have a dappy poster on my bedroom wall.

[JimLafleur]

e) i do not have a dappy poster on my bedroom wall.

Nope, I don't believe you.

[chrysostom]

it's true, see.

[JimLafleur]

I knew it!!



This has been fun, but I have to leave for the evening.

Bye all.

[Nicola_Red]

a) you were contantly using the word whit which doesn't exist in the context you were trying to use it. i was pointing out your spelling error..

It intrigues me that the first reference for the word 'Whit' was a character in a book and not the Christian holiday. Just an observation...

[Yudster]

Well, it matters not a whit. Or a jot. Which mean the same thing.

[foot-loose]

Do either of them mean anything? What are we talking about anyways, this thread is too long.

[Yudster]

I think that was true a long long time ago.

[Sunny So Cal]

It just means I liked half wHit yob! Oh, and JimLaFleur, I used it all day. No one seemed as amused as I did, seeing as how most were on the receiving end.

[josepi]

Brrraaappp brrraaappp! For real yea, ch get me?

I actually think that N-dubz and Dizzy are good guests. Of course they are aimed at younger folks than most of us, and I think, first time Chris was due to interview them he probably (this is not fact, just my impression from how he talked about n-dubz before meeting them, as Topher mentioned earlier) thought 'this ain't really my cuppa tea'. They all play along and give good banter, which makes the interviews good. Not a huge fan of that style of music, but when talking to Chris they are just have a good ol joke and a chat. Its all good. Except for the people who seem to hate them

[bradcali]

There are currently two threads running on cm.net. One suggesting that the show is gearing up for a move to Radio 2 with it's old content, and the other that we've changed focus over the last few months to focus on our younger listeners.

Brilliant.

So are you saying there is no change whatsoever in the demotarget?

[Aled]

i'm saying you can't please everyone!

Radio 1 has always been a BBC radio station aimed 15-24 or 15-30 year olds. NDubz and Dizzee have fans across all those ages but are mainly appreciated by the younger end of our audience. My point is we'll have guests that appeal to the older half of our demographic and some that appeal to our younger end. Please don't read too much into that.

[English Bob]

i'm saying you can't please everyone!

Radio 1 has always been a BBC radio station aimed 15-24 or 15-30 year olds. NDubz and Dizzee have fans across all those ages but are mainly appreciated by the younger end of our audience. My point is we'll have guests that appeal to the older half of our demographic and some that appeal to our younger end. Please don't read too much into that.

But Chris dismissed Charlie Higson out of hand recently...isn't he one of the guests who would appeal to the older half?