Oh so many INTELLECTUALS!

[Miss Madison]

I'm a 'newbie', so pardon my over-enthusiasm but I've never been in a place where people are so intelligent and well-read! At college, very few students enjoy English Literature, but I adore it with a passion. It's great to see not everyone is taking English Literature just for the sake of gaining another A Level to add to their university applications.
I'm excited for university now! :D
I'm applying to King's College, they have amazing English professor, and I know everyone in the lectures there will be as excited as me because they'll share the same passion for books! [At least I hope so! People wouldn't pursue a subject as wonderful as English Literature if they had no interest in it, would they?]

[andave_ya]

Hi! Welcome to the forums! I agree with what you said 100%. Lots of intellectual people to learn from and discuss things with. Though I can't claim I'm an intellectual, I love being here.:D

[Miss Madison]

Though I can't claim I'm an intellectual, I love being here.:D

Then we're in the same boat!

I agree, however, there are a lot of wise people on the forum!

[kathycf]

I think you will like it here, Miss Madison. :)

[Miss Madison]

^ Thank you! I think I will too. :)

[cuppajoe_9]

Interesting that you chose to start this topic just after this one (http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3496) came up.

[kathycf]

Interesting that you chose to start this topic just after this one (http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3496) came up.
Well, that thread isn't any more fluffy than some of the games. :lol:

[ennison]

You can tell how inter lectoral folk here are by their love of nonsense interspersed by sense. 'part from Red of course who's too evenly balanced to allow the Lear to come out.

[Countess]

Interesting that you chose to start this topic just after this one (http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3496) came up.

Well I've often wondered who would win a fight: a shark or an alligator (perhaps this is because I live in Florida where sharks and alligators regularly bite people.) Both have big mouths and vicious teeth. (-:

Miss Madison, isn't it great? Online-Lit is like a haven to me. I'm on a couple of other sites that don't understand my writing, but here the majority of people do, and to connect in that manner (to be understood) is a wonderful feeling.

[Demian]

Welcome to the Land of Lost Souls...Accchh-just trying my hand at lyrical writing...Don't be discouraged by rebuffs and/or indifference--they are the stigmata of genius...Saliente! c/o Demian

[Mark F.]

Don't EVER call me an intellectual, please.

[Aunty-lion]

Don't EVER call me an intellectual, please.

That's like putting a red flag in front of a bull, now all I wanna do is call you Mr Intellectual!

I agree with the majority though, whatever you want to call it, it's nice to have people to chat with who can understand concepts that are at all complex.

Perhaps not all of us (me included) are in-tellectual, but at least we're in-terested!

[Mark F.]

They could have found a less pretentious word though. Seriously, there's an "intellectual trend" in France right now, with everyone on serious TV shows calling themselves intellectuals when all they are is a bunch of self-centred halfwits. I don't like being assoaciated with those people.

[EAP]

lollzz we1cUm ima iNtelectaUal 2!!!11!


[At least I hope so! People wouldn't pursue a subject as wonderful as English Literature if they had no interest in it, would they?]

They definitely do.

In any case, your enthusiasm speaks for itself - I hope you have a fine University experience. :)

[Aunty-lion]

They could have found a less pretentious word though. Seriously, there's an "intellectual trend" in France right now, with everyone on serious TV shows calling themselves intellectuals when all they are is a bunch of self-centred halfwits. I don't like being assoaciated with those people.

Amen!

( I was only joking Mark, I swear I'll never call you an i**********l):lol:

[andave_ya]

how about academic, erudite, or scholarly?:)

[Mark F.]

academic and scholarly : beaurocracy

erudite, hmm maybe, but I prefer to consider myself normal.

[andave_ya]

for some reason, I think of you as cosmpolitan. Don't know why, it just seems to fit.

[Mark F.]

I think I can stomach that one, heh. We just elected Sarkozy so I better free myself from national ideas...

[ennison]

'Cosmopolitan'? Aint that a glossy rag for trendy bints?

[Mark F.]

That's me.

[Captain Pike]

Yeah, but how many of us have a "certified" high IQ? huh? Huh, answer me that?