On the naming of things

[adorshki]

While we are having fun one of the reasons for updating the Lingo FAQ is we get new members who ask about terms and this can help them.

Can a poster be Hans'd by anyone other than Hans?

Depends on the semantic interpretation of the usage/term. Strict constructionists would argue "No, only the <namer> can <name> somebody."

But there's no escaping the verbalization school which would ascribe the <namer's> salient characteristics to the verb the <name> is used as.

What to do, what to do?
Use a name as a verb. Ultimate power.

I do believe though that I have here one of the rare examples of Hans Hansing himself, post #'s 5-8 in the linked thread:

Hello djpeyton,

Welcome!

Edit: Sorry, I was thinking the o.p. had a JF30 (after GardMan mentioned that the SNs for JF-30s in 1990 end with 1099), but it turned out to be a JF30-12, so the manufacturing date is 1991.

Sincerely,

Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl

Does it count if he edits his own post?

 

[zulu]

No one Hans’s but Hans.

No one Ralf's but Ralf.

They’re very different things.

Very true. When one looks at a typical hansing, its quick. Like a slap. Often one line, whereas your standard ralfing is more like enduring a couple losing rounds of boxing. There's Citations, footnotes, photo references and historical context.

 

[JohnW63]

Has pulls your posting teeth with a quick pull of the rare and vintage guitar string.

Frono takes plenty of time explaning why the tooth needs to come out and the history of tooth removal to the point that when you decide you've had enough and get up to leave you find your tooth is gone and you have to rewind the conversation to figure out when the act occurred.

 

[lungimsam]

Someone besides Hans could Hans someone.
For Example, If frono fronos someone with the typical fronoing of: “explanation/recollectiontothebestofmyhumbleandselfadmittedbadmemoryandletswaitforhanstochimein”,
but then new LTG member Gretle affirms or corrects fronos best recollection with a reference she quotes from Hans’ book, then frono would have just gotten “Hans’d and Gretled”.

 

[fronobulax]

See https://letstalkguild.com/ltg/index.php?threads/hansd.209203/ which is locked so continue the discussion here, please.

 

[walrus]

Very true. When one looks at a typical hansing, its quick. Like a slap. Often one line, whereas your standard ralfing is more like enduring a couple losing rounds of boxing. There's Citations, footnotes, photo references and historical context.

Has pulls your posting teeth with a quick pull of the rare and vintage guitar string.

Frono takes plenty of time explaning why the tooth needs to come out and the history of tooth removal to the point that when you decide you've had enough and get up to leave you find your tooth is gone and you have to rewind the conversation to figure out when the act occurred.

These two posts are tremendous! LMAO!

walrus

 

[jp]

These two posts are tremendous! LMAO!

walrus

Agreed! This is excellent and necessary stuff.

So to address another commonly recurring case that deserves an LTG-specific term, what should we call it when a TRC is mounted upside down?

Has the TRC been over-easied? Wrong-side upped? Capsized? Un-Guilded?

Suggestions?

 

[adorshki]

Agreed! This is excellent and necessary stuff.

So to address another commonly recurring case that deserves an LTG-specific term, what should we call it when a TRC is mounted upside down?

Has the TRC been over-easied? Wrong-side upped? Capsized? Un-Guilded?

Suggestions?

Already named by yours truly, Inverted Truss Rod Cover Syndrome. Pronounced "Itrocks" for those who like to turn their acronyms into words.

 

[Opsimath]

My opinion is only Hans can Hans, only Ralf can Ralf, and only Frono can Frono. Each is as unique as its individual.

Anyone else who performs one of these actions might have pseudo-Hans'd, Ralf'd, or Frono'd, but for simplicity's sake would instead have <name>'d, which would minimize a lot of potential gray area.

 

[jp]

My opinion is only Hans can Hans, only Ralf can Ralf, and only Frono can Frono. Each is as unique as its individual.

Anyone else who performs one of these actions might have pseudo-Hans'd, Ralf'd, or Frono'd, but for simplicity's sake would instead have <name>'d, which would minimize a lot of potential gray area.

I second Cynthia's opinion. It seems much clearer this way. It also gives each individual credit where credit is due. For instance, when I get Hans'd, it's a very different experience from getting Ralf'd. We've all experienced this.

Already named by yours truly, Inverted Truss Rod Cover Syndrome. Pronounced "Itrocks" for those who like to turn their acronyms into words.

I did not know this. Should it be added to our list?

 

[fronobulax]

Already the early results of the poll suggest to me I have erred. It is not clear whether my definition is wrong in some eyes or it is too soon. Regardless, one possibility is for someone else to write definitions. Just because I can be That Guy who wordsmiths things to death in an effort to get a precision out of English that isn't there, even in run on sentences, doesn't mean it has to be my writing and definition.

 

[adorshki]

Already the early results of the poll suggest to me I have erred. It is not clear whether my definition is wrong in some eyes or it is too soon. Regardless, one possibility is for someone else to write definitions. Just because I can be That Guy who wordsmiths things to death in an effort to get a precision out of English that isn't there, even in run on sentences, doesn't mean it has to be my writing and definition.

You rang?

 

[F312]

You mean,

 

[Nuuska]

Late to the party - but I do have a tiny spoon that I wish to insert into the soup.


Names are written w capital first letter.
Verbs should be written with small first letter.

Hans - hansed or hans'd
Ralph - ralphed or ralph'd
Frono - fronoed or frono'd

 

[wileypickett]

Ralph - ralphed or ralph'd

That's "ralfed" or "ralf'd" -- you've just been wileyed.

 

[AcornHouse]

That's "ralfed" or "ralf'd" -- you've just been wileyed.

Better than rolf’d, which my late kitties were experts in.

 

[fronobulax]

Better than rolf’d, which my late kitties were experts in.

Rolling on the floor laughing?

(We don't actually have a word for the sound and the word for the results varies depending upon how they were discovered such as discovered by bare feet or discovered by careful search after hearing the sound).