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I'm addicted so sue me!

LonelyDad ๐Ÿšซ

OK I will admit it. G Younger has snared me again. I am a retired old fart, so one of my time wasters is wandering around my 8+k of SOL stories and reading some of the high points of some of my favorites, and sometimes reading the whole story. So, a couple of days ago I went to reread the last couple of chapters of 'A Better Man'. That sent me to reread the last couple of chapters of 'Senior Year Book III' By then I was hooked, and started at the beginning, and am currently about half way through 'Freshman Year Part II' And I know that there is no way I am going to be able to avoid reading ALL of the rest of Stupid Boy. Oh well, at least it will keep me busy for a few days. I think this is about the third time I have done this to Stupid Boy. What can I say, it is a good read.

richardshagrin ๐Ÿšซ

@LonelyDad

Better

"Is someone who bets called A Better?
Better comes from the Old English word betera. A bettor is one who bets, especially as a habit. Bettor is an American word, it seems to be gaining ground internationally. Better is also an accepted term for one who bets, in British English."

LonelyDad ๐Ÿšซ

@richardshagrin

Just another example of how those smarmy Brits mangle good old American English! :-)

awnlee jawking ๐Ÿšซ

@LonelyDad

old American English

Just how old is old American English? :-)

AJ

Replies:   solreader50
solreader50 ๐Ÿšซ

@awnlee jawking

Just how old is old American English? :-)

There is no doubt that American English gets pretty old, pretty quickly. :-)

Ernest Bywater ๐Ÿšซ

@LonelyDad

Just another example of how those smarmy Brits mangle good old American English! :-)

There's no such thing as GOOD old American English or BAD old American English, or NEW American English of either sort - but there's plenty of BAD Yankee which imitates English.

Replies:   Dominions Son
Dominions Son ๐Ÿšซ

@Ernest Bywater

but there's plenty of BAD Yankee which imitates English.

Try saying that to the face of someone from one of the former Confederate states. :)

awnlee jawking ๐Ÿšซ

@richardshagrin

Better is also an accepted term for one who bets, in British English.

It's probably the more common form in British English.

AJ

Replies:   akarge
akarge ๐Ÿšซ
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@awnlee jawking

Actually, someone who bets is a bettor

Edited for a typo.

awnlee jawking ๐Ÿšซ

@akarge

Actually, someone who bets is a bettor

Unlike British English, 'bettor' seems to have a clear majority in American English.

AJ

solreader50 ๐Ÿšซ

@akarge

Actually, someone who bets is a bettor

I see. I'll be changing my aliasname to SolReadOR50 then.

Dominions Son ๐Ÿšซ

@LonelyDad

I'm addicted so sue me!

Okay, your name is now Sue.

CB ๐Ÿšซ

@LonelyDad

I've reread the series at least half a dozen times. Each time a new part would come out I'd reread the whole thing. Loved it is an understatement. Better Man came out and was a radical departure in style and about made me sick. I grudgingly read it again when it was published openly and now I feel a bit better about it. Good lessons on changing styles in an established series.

Dominions Son ๐Ÿšซ
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@LonelyDad

Would a man who likes anal sex on the "pitching" side be a butter?

Replies:   LonelyDad
LonelyDad ๐Ÿšซ

@Dominions Son

You're trying too hard! :-)

Replies:   joyR
joyR ๐Ÿšซ

@LonelyDad

You're trying too hard! :-)

Or perhaps you've not yet come to the thrust of his point...?

:)

black_coffee ๐Ÿšซ

@LonelyDad

Laughing, I did exactly the same sequence, ending up re-reading the entire series. While waiting for the next "Third Son" chapter.

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