Nick
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Re: Need German equivalent of "crank"
Posted:
Nov 29, 2006 6:14 PM
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"Proginoskes" <CCHeckman@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> galathaea wrote:
>> BDH wrote:
>> > Oh, the things sci.math can do!
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>> i wonder what the turkish equivalent of troll is...
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> It seems to derive more from the verb troll than the noun troll.
> "Trolling" is a fishing term (pulling a baited line through water,
> hoping that a fish will bite the bait).
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> Back to the main topic, though ... "Eccentric"/"whimsical" doesn't
> quite capture the nature of "crankness". Eccentric/whimsical is a "nice
> kind of insane"; crankdom is a "psychotic type of insane".
Clearly there is a very imperceptible boundary between brilliance and
madness.
And, I believe that some contributions demonstrate that quite well.
Believing that you are right and everyone else is wrong, despite evidence to
the contrary.
Nick
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