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ORIGINAL: frenchpet

It's in the Oxford French-English dictionary : a "dominant" is a dominant species (It think it's the most common species of trees in a forest, or most common fish in a river for example).
In biology it's the dominant gene, as opposed recessive. It's probably not very common though : both meanings (of the noun "dominant")are in the English-French Oxford, but neither in the English-Spanish or the English-German.

Edit : I wonder if the guys writing the Oxford French English didn't make it up : It's neither in the Encyclopedia Britannica nor in the english dictionaries I just checked.

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ORIGINAL: frenchpet

Funny that you write "fora", which is the plural of "forum", as a singular.

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ORIGINAL: Lordandmaster
Still, my point was that "dominant" is not listed in a dictionary as "a dominant person"; it's just our usage...

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ORIGINAL: frenchpet

True, but the dictionary doesn't reflect all the different dialects used in geographic areas or by some particular groups (that's what specialized dictionaries are for). The language is what is spoken, not what is in a dictionary (although dics are essentials to me). It's normal that the BDSM community has some specific expressions. After all scientists also have theirs.

For example I can't find "ren speake" in any dictionary[;)], although I understand this borrowing from chinese. Btw, do you expect all people reading your profile to understand this expression ?

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ORIGINAL: Lordandmaster
If people don't know what ren speake is, hallelujah. (Ren speake is that nonsense that belongs at the Renaissance Faire.)

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It's surprising how someone with such small brains can say such big words I'm impressed.
We as a whole are not trying to insult anyone.

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ORIGINAL: frenchpet

OMG !! [sm=lol.gif]See what your non standard english did : I couldn't find it in the dictionary, so I thought you borrowed "ren" (man) as in "ren min" (people) from mandarin, to mean "lingua vulgata" ("vulgus" is the noun[;)])...

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It's got nothing to do about being a snaut (sp?) it's got to do with if the people who are not educated and have a disability and are insulted by this forum then they will tell us. Since you're being their representative without being asked, butt out.

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ORIGINAL: Tempestspet
The only reason I had used the scening on the threads as an example...

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Lingua vulgata in Chinese is suyu, "vulgar language."

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ORIGINAL: softandshy
In this case, it's just a question of kinks. [;)]

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I did, but this kind of things makes me a bit nervous, but if you insist... For example dominate and dominant. I just don't understand how could one make a confusion between a verb and an adjective (or noun). It's a matter of logic, it's just as bad as not being able to finish a simple sentence such as "fool me once, shame on you...". It has nothing to do with a lack of eloquence, it's plain basic logic.
Even worse : recently I read a sentence where there was a confusion between "no" and "know". I had to read it 5 times before I was sure of what the person who wrote that meant. How can one write "know" instead of "no" ?? I guess anyone could do that once, but it's impossible to miss that if you read it again.

OK, another one, very common : why in hell would someone write "cum" instead of "come" ? "cum" means either sperm, or is the latin for "with", still used in most european language in several set phrases (e.g. "cum laude", used in english). Why would someone say "sperm" when he actually means to invite someone to come ? Just for the fun of being gross ? Then just say "fuck on" instead of "come on", that'll sound really nice.

As you see Ojedieu, if you're a spelling nazi I must be the Himmler of grammar

frenchpet

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ORIGINAL: frenchpet

OK, another one, very common : why in hell would someone write "cum" instead of "come" ? "cum" means either sperm, or is the latin for "with", still used in most european language in several set phrases (e.g. "cum laude", used in english). Why would someone say "sperm" when he actually means to invite someone to come ? Just for the fun of being gross ? Then just say "fuck on" instead of "come on", that'll sound really nice.

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ORIGINAL: pinkpleasures
i am guilty of "no" instead of "know" and of "cum" instead of "come"; one seems to have to do with my keyboard sticking; the other is meant to be a bit light-hearted.

i shall endeavor to do better in the future.
pinkpleasures

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ORIGINAL: Lordandmaster
I wonder, by the way, whether the sense of "cum" as semen derives from an obscure use of "come" as a noun, meaning "The radicle of barley or other grain which in malting is allowed to develop to a certain point, and is then dried up by the process of roasting, and afterwards separated from the malt" (OED). I mean, just look at one of the old examples: "You shall rub it [the Malt] exceeding well between your hands, to get the Come or sprouting clean away" (1668).

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If I write in spanish or another language in which my grammar is poor, I'll expect tolerance because I always apologize for my poor level in the language. When someone writes in one's own language and makes more mistake than I do in spanish, I feel insulted as a reader.

frenchpet

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So bastardizing the English language for a kink is ok but not if you just didn't have the time to proof read (which I rarely do so I know I make some errors here and there if I'm rushed) or if one didn't have the benefit of an adequate education or if one has a learning disability or one makes a typo or any of the other myriad of reasons one might make a mistake. What an interesting perspective.

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ORIGINAL: pinkpleasures

However, frenchpet, i feel you should not take poorly-written posts as insulting to you personally. People may have used an acorymn you don't know, etc., but scarcely with the intention of insulting.
pinkpleasures