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...same expression, same language, different meanings on different servers O.o
failkiwib16_ESO
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I play on PC platform and I get confused whenever I hear the word/expression "meh", because on NA server I've noticed that it's being used as an expression for "I don't care", where as on the EU server it's mainly used as "I HATE/ DISLIKE THIS".
Wikipedia's definition of meh
Now the difference between indifference and strong emotional reaction is actually big, and it is less confusing when I play the game, but I wonder how many people have been misunderstanding each other on the forums, where both definitions are used.
Now I'm making a deal out of this thing, because I've always known "meh" to be an expression for indifference, so whenever I got asked questions and I took my time to carefully answer and responded with a "meh" I got pretty offended. Because if people don't care, then why waste my time? I don't get offended anymore, now that I know that people on EU use it for a different meaning...
Are there more expressions or words that are used like this? I'm actually curious now lol
Wikipedia's definition of meh
Now the difference between indifference and strong emotional reaction is actually big, and it is less confusing when I play the game, but I wonder how many people have been misunderstanding each other on the forums, where both definitions are used.
Now I'm making a deal out of this thing, because I've always known "meh" to be an expression for indifference, so whenever I got asked questions and I took my time to carefully answer and responded with a "meh" I got pretty offended. Because if people don't care, then why waste my time? I don't get offended anymore, now that I know that people on EU use it for a different meaning...
Are there more expressions or words that are used like this? I'm actually curious now lol
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stevepdodson_ESO888✭✭✭✭✭
✭failkiwib16_ESO wrote: »I play on PC platform and I get confused whenever I hear the word/expression "meh", because on NA server I've noticed that it's being used as an expression for "I don't care", where as on the EU server it's mainly used as "I HATE/ DISLIKE THIS".
Wikipedia's definition of meh
Now the difference between indifference and strong emotional reaction is actually big, and it is less confusing when I play the game, but I wonder how many people have been misunderstanding each other on the forums, where both definitions are used.
Now I'm making a deal out of this thing, because I've always known "meh" to be an expression for indifference, so whenever I got asked questions and I took my time to carefully answer and responded with a "meh" I got pretty offended. Because if people don't care, then why waste my time? I don't get offended anymore, now that I know that people on EU use it for a different meaning...
Are there more expressions or words that are used like this? I'm actually curious now lol
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Birdovic✭✭✭✭✭failkiwib16_ESO wrote: »I play on PC platform and I get confused whenever I hear the word/expression "meh", because on NA server I've noticed that it's being used as an expression for "I don't care", where as on the EU server it's mainly used as "I HATE/ DISLIKE THIS".
Wikipedia's definition of meh
Now the difference between indifference and strong emotional reaction is actually big, and it is less confusing when I play the game, but I wonder how many people have been misunderstanding each other on the forums, where both definitions are used.
Now I'm making a deal out of this thing, because I've always known "meh" to be an expression for indifference, so whenever I got asked questions and I took my time to carefully answer and responded with a "meh" I got pretty offended. Because if people don't care, then why waste my time? I don't get offended anymore, now that I know that people on EU use it for a different meaning...
Are there more expressions or words that are used like this? I'm actually curious now lol
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GabiAlex✭✭✭✭It has a more subjective and contextual meaning, for me it means that "I'm not really impressed" or "I'm indifferent to it".@GabiAlex - PC EU Megaserver
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✭I use it (rarely) to mean 'indifferent', almost like a virtual shrug. I don't consider it to be negative. Mind you, I would rather spend those few seconds extra to type, "I feel indifferent".
There is another word that generates a considerable amount of confusion it seems: opinion.Suvis Bek - DC Colovian Templar0 -
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✭mehConan, what is good in life?
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✭✭✭✭✭It's just one of those things like how for whatever reason British people call the trunk of a car a boot. It's obviously not a shoe of any sort, but here they go calling it a boot anyway.
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✭✭It's just one of those things like how for whatever reason British people call the trunk of a car a boot. It's obviously not a shoe of any sort, but here they go calling it a boot anyway.
It's more the foot end of the car than the middle of a car (boot goes on foot, trunk is your middle/abdomen area).
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✭✭✭✭✭It's just one of those things like how for whatever reason British people call the trunk of a car a boot. It's obviously not a shoe of any sort, but here they go calling it a boot anyway.
It's more the foot end of the car than the middle of a car (boot goes on foot, trunk is your middle/abdomen area).
Americans got it wrong!
Trunk is a storage area
The foot of the car is the wheels, the tire (do you say tyre?) being the shoes!
Edited by Sigtric on December 28, 2016 4:11PM
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Scrub: Chews-on-Beavers - 50 EP DK Tank | Vera the Wild - 50 EP magicka Warden | Sigtric the Axe - 50 EP Dragonknight Crafter | Sigtric the Blade - 50 EP Lost Nightblade | Sigtric the Savage - 50 EP magicka Templar | Vibeka Shadowblade - 50 Ep Stealthy Ganky Nightblade |
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✭mehPC - EU
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Scrub: Chews-on-Beavers - 50 EP DK Tank | Vera the Wild - 50 EP magicka Warden | Sigtric the Axe - 50 EP Dragonknight Crafter | Sigtric the Blade - 50 EP Lost Nightblade | Sigtric the Savage - 50 EP magicka Templar | Vibeka Shadowblade - 50 Ep Stealthy Ganky Nightblade |
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✭a trunk is an elephant's nose...which is neither at the foot or the middle...it's on the front
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Trunk is a storage areaIt's just one of those things like how for whatever reason British people call the trunk of a car a boot. It's obviously not a shoe of any sort, but here they go calling it a boot anyway.
It's more the foot end of the car than the middle of a car (boot goes on foot, trunk is your middle/abdomen area).
Americans got it wrong!
Trunk is a storage area. The trunk is the middle of the car.
CONCLUSION: Americans are sitting in storage!3 -
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✭✭✭✭✭stevepdodson_ESO888 wrote: »a trunk is an elephant's nose...which is neither at the foot or the middle...it's on the front
it's also the foot and the middle of a tree
all of which including your elephant don't [naturally] wear boots!
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Scrub: Chews-on-Beavers - 50 EP DK Tank | Vera the Wild - 50 EP magicka Warden | Sigtric the Axe - 50 EP Dragonknight Crafter | Sigtric the Blade - 50 EP Lost Nightblade | Sigtric the Savage - 50 EP magicka Templar | Vibeka Shadowblade - 50 Ep Stealthy Ganky Nightblade |
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✭stevepdodson_ESO888 wrote: »a trunk is an elephant's nose...which is neither at the foot or the middle...it's on the front
it's also the foot and the middle of a tree
all of which including your elephant don't [naturally] wear boots!
damn, you're good at this1 -
Sigtric✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭stevepdodson_ESO888 wrote: »stevepdodson_ESO888 wrote: »a trunk is an elephant's nose...which is neither at the foot or the middle...it's on the front
it's also the foot and the middle of a tree
all of which including your elephant don't [naturally] wear boots!
damn, you're good at this
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Scrub: Chews-on-Beavers - 50 EP DK Tank | Vera the Wild - 50 EP magicka Warden | Sigtric the Axe - 50 EP Dragonknight Crafter | Sigtric the Blade - 50 EP Lost Nightblade | Sigtric the Savage - 50 EP magicka Templar | Vibeka Shadowblade - 50 Ep Stealthy Ganky Nightblade |
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Trunk is a storage areaIt's just one of those things like how for whatever reason British people call the trunk of a car a boot. It's obviously not a shoe of any sort, but here they go calling it a boot anyway.
It's more the foot end of the car than the middle of a car (boot goes on foot, trunk is your middle/abdomen area).
Americans got it wrong!
Trunk is a storage area. The trunk is the middle of the car.
CONCLUSION: Americans are sitting in storage!
Who stores luggage in a boot? I don't. I put mine in the trunk!
Stormproof: Vibeke - 50 EP mDragonknight | Savi Dreloth - 50 EP Magsorc | Sadi Dreloth - 50 EP Magblade | Sigtric Stormaxe - 50 EP Stamsorc | Valora Dreloth - 50 EP Magplar | Sigtric the Unbearable 50 EP Stam Warden
Scrub: Chews-on-Beavers - 50 EP DK Tank | Vera the Wild - 50 EP magicka Warden | Sigtric the Axe - 50 EP Dragonknight Crafter | Sigtric the Blade - 50 EP Lost Nightblade | Sigtric the Savage - 50 EP magicka Templar | Vibeka Shadowblade - 50 Ep Stealthy Ganky Nightblade |
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✭stevepdodson_ESO888 wrote: »stevepdodson_ESO888 wrote: »a trunk is an elephant's nose...which is neither at the foot or the middle...it's on the front
it's also the foot and the middle of a tree
all of which including your elephant don't [naturally] wear boots!
damn, you're good at this
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mmm....curious...is the a "meh" you just gave me 0 -
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Trunk is a storage areaIt's just one of those things like how for whatever reason British people call the trunk of a car a boot. It's obviously not a shoe of any sort, but here they go calling it a boot anyway.
It's more the foot end of the car than the middle of a car (boot goes on foot, trunk is your middle/abdomen area).
Americans got it wrong!
Trunk is a storage area. The trunk is the middle of the car.
CONCLUSION: Americans are sitting in storage!
Who stores luggage in a boot? I don't. I put mine in the trunk!
Wait, so you sit in the boot and store your luggage in the middle of the car?
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✭✭✭✭✭stevepdodson_ESO888 wrote: »stevepdodson_ESO888 wrote: »stevepdodson_ESO888 wrote: »a trunk is an elephant's nose...which is neither at the foot or the middle...it's on the front
it's also the foot and the middle of a tree
all of which including your elephant don't [naturally] wear boots!
damn, you're good at this
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
mmm....curious...is the a "meh" you just gave me
Yes, but you have to figure out if that is a NA Meh or an EU Meh
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Scrub: Chews-on-Beavers - 50 EP DK Tank | Vera the Wild - 50 EP magicka Warden | Sigtric the Axe - 50 EP Dragonknight Crafter | Sigtric the Blade - 50 EP Lost Nightblade | Sigtric the Savage - 50 EP magicka Templar | Vibeka Shadowblade - 50 Ep Stealthy Ganky Nightblade |
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stevepdodson_ESO888✭✭✭✭✭
✭stevepdodson_ESO888 wrote: »stevepdodson_ESO888 wrote: »stevepdodson_ESO888 wrote: »a trunk is an elephant's nose...which is neither at the foot or the middle...it's on the front
it's also the foot and the middle of a tree
all of which including your elephant don't [naturally] wear boots!
damn, you're good at this
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
mmm....curious...is the a "meh" you just gave me
Yes, but you have to figure out if that is a NA Meh or an EU Meh
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Rawst✭✭✭proc sets? meh. no-crit proc sets? meh. crown crates? meh. vMA? meh.
now guess which meaning of meh I'm using.Beasts in amber! Wake and remember!1 -
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✭✭since when was 'meh' indicative of hate or dislike in the eu?
i've always used it to indicate indifference...2 -
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✭✭It's just one of those things like how for whatever reason British people call the trunk of a car a boot. It's obviously not a shoe of any sort, but here they go calling it a boot anyway.
we english take the word from the germans..... it's what they call it. and they should know, they invented the car after all...
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✭✭✭✭✭jedtb16_ESO wrote: »since when was 'meh' indicative of hate or dislike in the eu?
i've always used it to indicate indifference...
I was thinking that. I play on EU servers, and I'm British which means I understand insulting someone by saying "excuse me" or saying "You're absolutely right" and meaning "You could not be more wrong, and you're also an idiot". But I would always interpret meh to mean "I don't care".
I suppose it could be a short, somewhat evasive way of saying "I'm so sick of this conversation I don't care anymore, let's just stop talking about it" but that would depend on context.
Like if someone asked what build they should use and it sparked off a massive debate about which item set/skill morph/ Other detail is better, they might respond with "meh" in the hope it will kill the conversation.
But other than that I can't see how you could use it to say you're annoyed.PC EU player | She/her/hers | PAWS (Positively Against Wrip-off Stuff) - Say No to Crown Crates!
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That's how I use it. It's usually indifference, but can also be slight dislike. It's never hate though, and I don't think I've seen it used this way (I play on EU)."I'm not really impressed"0 -
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✭✭✭✭✭jedtb16_ESO wrote: »It's just one of those things like how for whatever reason British people call the trunk of a car a boot. It's obviously not a shoe of any sort, but here they go calling it a boot anyway.
we english take the word from the germans..... it's what they call it. and they should know, they invented the car after all...
Ooo blaming the Germans. I like it.
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Scrub: Chews-on-Beavers - 50 EP DK Tank | Vera the Wild - 50 EP magicka Warden | Sigtric the Axe - 50 EP Dragonknight Crafter | Sigtric the Blade - 50 EP Lost Nightblade | Sigtric the Savage - 50 EP magicka Templar | Vibeka Shadowblade - 50 Ep Stealthy Ganky Nightblade |
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✭✭jedtb16_ESO wrote: »It's just one of those things like how for whatever reason British people call the trunk of a car a boot. It's obviously not a shoe of any sort, but here they go calling it a boot anyway.
we english take the word from the germans..... it's what they call it. and they should know, they invented the car after all...
Ooo blaming the Germans. I like it.
What have we done now to deserve it?
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✭✭jedtb16_ESO wrote: »It's just one of those things like how for whatever reason British people call the trunk of a car a boot. It's obviously not a shoe of any sort, but here they go calling it a boot anyway.
we english take the word from the germans..... it's what they call it. and they should know, they invented the car after all...
Ooo blaming the Germans. I like it.
no, just giving credit where it's due...1 -
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✭@Birdovic hi muffinpie, I've always had a char in NA, and now I have 2.... I don't play there much though.
Perhaps I'm just hanging out with the wrong crowd in EU, because I've only met 1 person who used it to express indifference, everyone else I've seen have used it to express dislike/hatred...
It's interesting for me to read your oppinons and thoughts on this matter, so thanks for sharing it fellow forumers
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