All Arsenal fans are know-nowt nobbers

[TKIZ!]

Well are they?

[Lord Kangana]

Well you said it.

[TKIZ!]

Thread closed!

[Lord Kangana]

Actually, I've just thought about this (not that it needs much thought). Its essentially like the ontological argument, Arsenal fans exist therefore they are nobbers.

Just needs bumping once a day.

[thebish]

Actually, I've just thought about this (not that it needs much thought). Its essentially like the ontological argument, Arsenal fans exist therefore they are nobbers.

will they one day disappear in a puff of their own logic?

[TKIZ!]

If they did wouldn't that cut a hole in the very fabric of the universe?

[thebish]

If they did wouldn't that cut a hole in the very fabric of the universe?

only if Van Persie was playing...

[Lord Kangana]

Puff the magic Dragon more like.*





*This is a (at first perhaps less than obvious) reference to Arsenal fans being a little childish.

[TKIZ!]

If they did wouldn't that cut a hole in the very fabric of the universe?

only if Van Persie was playing...

Only true if Aquaplaning or Smithy is involved

[thebish]

LK raises an interesting point...

in a bracketed off sentence like his:

This is a (at first perhaps less than obvious) reference to Arsenal fans being a little childish.

the "a" indirectly (because of the bracket) precedes the "at", but is actually, grammatically, attached to the word "reference" - so he has written it as I would have.

if the sentence were spoken - I'd be tempted to say "an".

but which (if either) is right?

my Directory of useful TW contacts has ohjimmyjimmy listed in the English grammar section....

[TKIZ!]

LK raises an interesting point...

in a bracketed off sentence like his:

This is a (at first perhaps less than obvious) reference to Arsenal fans being a little childish.

the "a" indirectly (because of the bracket) precedes the "at", but is actually, grammatically, attached to the word "reference" - so he has written it as I would have.

if the sentence were spoken - I'd be tempted to say "an".

but which (if either) is right?

my Directory of useful TW contacts has ohjimmyjimmy listed in the English grammar section....

Personally Bish, I would go with an 'A' rather than an 'an'

[Prufrock]

LK raises an interesting point...

in a bracketed off sentence like his:

This is a (at first perhaps less than obvious) reference to Arsenal fans being a little childish.

the "a" indirectly (because of the bracket) precedes the "at", but is actually, grammatically, attached to the word "reference" - so he has written it as I would have.

if the sentence were spoken - I'd be tempted to say "an".

but which (if either) is right?

my Directory of useful TW contacts has ohjimmyjimmy listed in the English grammar section....

I think, since "at first perhaps less than obvious" is a separate clause, you would go with 'a'. Brackets are confusing, but if we substitute in commas instead,

"This is a, at first perhaps less than obvious, reference to Arsenal fans being a little childish"

looks better than,

"This is an, at first perhaps less than obvious, reference to Arsenal fans being a little childish"

In fact reading it back the second one looks awful. So there.

Can I be in your book thing. Latin, or being angry maybe? Or the way to dress on Parisian balconies?

[Gary the Enfield]

LK raises an interesting point...

in a bracketed off sentence like his:

This is a (at first perhaps less than obvious) reference to Arsenal fans being a little childish.

the "a" indirectly (because of the bracket) precedes the "at", but is actually, grammatically, attached to the word "reference" - so he has written it as I would have.

if the sentence were spoken - I'd be tempted to say "an".

but which (if either) is right?

my Directory of useful TW contacts has ohjimmyjimmy listed in the English grammar section....

I think, since "at first perhaps less than obvious" is a separate clause, you would go with 'a'. Brackets are confusing, but if we substitute in commas instead,

"This is a, at first perhaps less than obvious, reference to Arsenal fans being a little childish"

looks better than,

"This is an, at first perhaps less than obvious, reference to Arsenal fans being a little childish"

In fact reading it back the second one looks awful. So there.

Can I be in your book thing. Latin, or being angry maybe? Or the way to (not) dress on Parisian balconies?

Amended for truthfulness.

[thebish]

Can I be in your book thing. Latin, or being angry maybe? Or the way to dress on Parisian balconies?

ok - deal!

[Prufrock]

Can I be in your book thing. Latin, or being angry maybe? Or the way to dress on Parisian balconies?

ok - deal!

I can has all of the above? Yay.

[Prufrock]

Can I be in your book thing. Latin, or being angry maybe? Or the way to (not) dress on Parisian balconies?

Amended for truthfulness.

I thought I'd try to get in before you. It seems not to have stopped you .

[Lord Kangana]

We need to get this thread back on track.

Are there levels of Arsenal-fan-as-know-nowt-nobbers? Say half-nobbers, demi-nobbers, pseudso nobbers if you will. Or does being an Arsenal fan simply preclude any lack of nobishness, ergo I talk therefore its bollox?

[TANGODANCER]

LK raises an interesting point...

in a bracketed off sentence like his:

This is a (at first perhaps less than obvious) reference to Arsenal fans being a little childish.

the "a" indirectly (because of the bracket) precedes the "at", but is actually, grammatically, attached to the word "reference" - so he has written it as I would have.
if the sentence were spoken - I'd be tempted to say "an".but which (if either) is right?....

Or perhaps re-write it as: Whilst at first being perhaps less than obvious, this is a reference to Arsenal fans being a little childish.

[officer_dibble]

You know how most teams you might have a mate or colleague who supports 'em that you don't think is a bell end? Like for instance I know some yernited fans from Manchester and *spit* I don't want to decapitate the b@stards every time they open their mouth?

Well I've never met a non nobber Arsenal fan.

[William the White]

LK raises an interesting point...

in a bracketed off sentence like his:

This is a (at first perhaps less than obvious) reference to Arsenal fans being a little childish.

the "a" indirectly (because of the bracket) precedes the "at", but is actually, grammatically, attached to the word "reference" - so he has written it as I would have.
if the sentence were spoken - I'd be tempted to say "an".but which (if either) is right?....

Or perhaps re-write it as: Whilst at first being perhaps less than obvious, this is a reference to Arsenal fans being a little childish.

I think there's a case for 'perhaps' being in parenthesis in either formulation.