Do only sad losers still post on internet forums?

[spring-peeper]

New Club Penguin

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Took a look at the new pengiun club - reminds me of when my children played Hobbit Hotel.

 

[Lurdan]

I'm moderately cheerful most of the time.

 

[Elpenor]

The OP is an AI version of teuchter isn’t it?

 

[A380]

The OP is an AI version of teuchter isn’t it?

teuchter is a brilliantly constructed work of art . Like:




This one is more.

 

[Cloo]

Sad loser here! I still post on internet forums. As do you.

I think you'll find that the correct spelling is 'losser'

 

[krtek a houby]

I think you'll find that the correct spelling is 'losser'

Losser Fox?

 

[danny la rouge]

Teacher is a brilliantly constructed work of art .

I know this is an autocorrect problem on this occasion, but it’s occasionally jarring to realise that English posters don’t know the word “teuchter”, from which our own dear teuchter gets his name.

It was originally a Lowland Scots derogatory term for a Highlander, especially a Gaelic speaker, and carries some of the connotations of “hick”. In my mind it more refers to the West Highlands and the Hebrides, and not really Inverness, where teuchter hails from. However its meaning has broadened to mean general rural locations north of Stirling.

It’s one of those terms that have somewhat been “reclaimed” by the subjects, and these days Highlanders may refer to themselves as teuchters. The “ch” is pronounced as in loch, and the “teu” similar to the first syllable of “chew”, so that the word is pronounced “tyoo-chter”. (Approximately).

I have myself been referred to and self-referred to as a “teuchter”, coming originally from above the Highland boundary fault.

 

[weepiper]

I know this is an autocorrect problem on this occasion, but it’s occasionally jarring to realise that English posters don’t know the word “teuchter”, from which our own dear teuchter gets his name.

It was originally a Lowland Scots derogatory term for a Highlander, especially a Gaelic speaker, and carries some of the connotations of “hick”. In my mind it more refers to the West Highlands and the Hebrides, and not really Inverness, where teuchter hails from. However its meaning has broadened to mean general rural locations north of Stirling.

It’s one of those terms that have somewhat been “reclaimed” by the subjects, and these days Highlanders may refer to themselves as teuchters. The “ch” is pronounced as in loch, and the “teu” similar to the first syllable of “chew”, so that the word is pronounced “tyoo-chter”. (Approximately).

I have myself been referred to and self-referred to as a “teuchter”, coming originally from above the Highland boundary fault.

You can also say that something is 'a bit teuchie' as an adjective (wearing yellow wellies round the supermarket, listening to Skerryvore, etc)

 

[Elpenor]

I know this is an autocorrect problem on this occasion, but it’s occasionally jarring to realise that English posters don’t know the word “teuchter”, from which our own dear teuchter gets his name.

It was originally a Lowland Scots derogatory term for a Highlander, especially a Gaelic speaker, and carries some of the connotations of “hick”. In my mind it more refers to the West Highlands and the Hebrides, and not really Inverness, where teuchter hails from. However its meaning has broadened to mean general rural locations north of Stirling.

It’s one of those terms that have somewhat been “reclaimed” by the subjects, and these days Highlanders may refer to themselves as teuchters. The “ch” is pronounced as in loch, and the “teu” similar to the first syllable of “chew”, so that the word is pronounced “tyoo-chter”. (Approximately).

I have myself been referred to and self-referred to as a “teuchter”, coming originally from above the Highland boundary fault.

Is it analogous to “culchies” which is used in Ireland I believe for people who live outside of cities

 

[spitfire]

Is it analogous to “culchies” which is used in Ireland I believe for people who live outside of cities

Anywhere outside Dublin.

 

[lazythursday]

there's not really an equivalent bit of Yorkshire slang but over in Lancashire they have the woolybacks

 

[Silas Loom]

Down here, we have a reasonably formal term for the poor souls who live outside our city region: “provincials”. Of course, there are plenty of specific pejoratives for the various sorts of bumpkin.

 

[danny la rouge]

Is it analogous to “culchies” which is used in Ireland I believe for people who live outside of cities

Very similar.

 

[PTK]

I have no word in my vocabulary for people who live in the sticks.

 

[danny la rouge]

I have no word in my vocabulary for people who live in the sticks.

I don’t have a word for people unfortunate enough to live outside Glasgow, but I do feel sorry for them.

 

[teuchter]

I would like to clarify for the record that although I was born in Inverness I am not "from" Inverness but a rural location about half an hour outside of it, and safely and unambiguously north of not just the highland boundary fault but also the great glen fault which is where the proper Highlands start.

 

[Ax^]

hmm thought the Scottish equivalent of culchie was Teuchter



they who wear wellies all year

 

[A380]

I know this is an autocorrect problem on this occasion, but it’s occasionally jarring to realise that English posters don’t know the word “teuchter”, from which our own dear teuchter gets his name.

It was originally a Lowland Scots derogatory term for a Highlander, especially a Gaelic speaker, and carries some of the connotations of “hick”. In my mind it more refers to the West Highlands and the Hebrides, and not really Inverness, where teuchter hails from. However its meaning has broadened to mean general rural locations north of Stirling.

It’s one of those terms that have somewhat been “reclaimed” by the subjects, and these days Highlanders may refer to themselves as teuchters. The “ch” is pronounced as in loch, and the “teu” similar to the first syllable of “chew”, so that the word is pronounced “tyoo-chter”. (Approximately).

I have myself been referred to and self-referred to as a “teuchter”, coming originally from above the Highland boundary fault.

I knew that, but only because I looked it up thanks to our own dear teuchter. So in a way he was my teacher.

 

[A380]

I don’t have a word for people unfortunate enough to live outside Glasgow, but I do feel sorry for them.

Presumably Eloi for consistency…

 

[PTK]

I don’t have a word for people unfortunate enough to live outside Glasgow, but I do feel sorry for them.

I do actually live in what Londoners would call "the sticks", but I deny the accusation.

 

[krtek a houby]

I have no word in my vocabulary for people who live in the sticks.

Dryads?

 

[WouldBe]

I have no word in my vocabulary for people who live in the sticks.

Stickies.

 

[ElizabethofYork]

I have no word in my vocabulary for people who live in the sticks.

carrot crunchers

 

[danny la rouge]

I would like to clarify for the record that although I was born in Inverness I am not "from" Inverness but a rural location about half an hour outside of it, and safely and unambiguously north of not just the highland boundary fault but also the great glen fault which is where the proper Highlands start.

Ah, so also West of the boundary fault, due to its alignment. I’ve always felt the Westness was at least as important as the Northness.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

 

[krtek a houby]

Is it analogous to “culchies” which is used in Ireland I believe for people who live outside of cities

Culchies, boggers, muck savages, mud people etc etc

It's Dubs being snooty, for the most part.

 

[NoXion]

Well let's look at the alternatives to forums:

Facebook = Home to unhinged Boomers with chronic lead poisoning. Also an enabler of genocide, thanks for that Mr Zuckerberg.

Xhitter = Formerly the home of a character limit that encouraged "hot takes" (ugh), grandstanding and bad faith engagement, has now become a major outlet for 4chan/8chan-style nihilistic fascism, courtesy of that dickhead Musk.

Instagram = Holy shit does that place have hordes of incels and similar creeps.

TikTok = Its insistence on short-form videos means that being primarily a source of hyper-active brain-rot was an inevitability. It also may or may not be part of a CCP psy-op against the West.

Reddit = Funnily enough the most forum-like of the non-forum alternatives, and IMO that is why it's still a good place for specialised interests. Unfortunately the news and politics subreddits have a bit of an issue with astroturfing, and the site as a whole suffers from repost bots. This has not been helped by the recent API changes made at the behest of the Reddit CEO, who is a useless shithead that idolises Elon Musk.

YouTube = Not sure if this counts as a social media site and/or an alternative to forums, but I have decided to include it for the sake of completeness. The world's biggest source for freely available audio-visual media, but the comments on videos can be utterly vile and the algorithm has a tendency to funnel viewers towards the far-right.

Whatever problems might exist with Urban75, MumsNet, Digital Spy or any other online forum, I don't think they are as bad as the alternatives, whose sheer size can make for a greater impact.

 

[krtek a houby]

Urban’s average age of poster is getting older too. I suppose the kids like Instagram or TikTok.

You've only been posting 6 months. How do you know this?

 

[Humberto]

You've only been posting 6 months. How do you know this?

Stop police

 

[Humberto]

The secret police. Fuck the police.