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The definition of 'NICE'

Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 10:59 am
by Bez
Several people have said that they have a problem doing 'NICE' . I don't understand why, so I looked it up in the dictionary...here's the definition:-


Agreeable

Kind

Friendly

Considerate

Subtle

Fine

FastidiousSo it's OK to be nice folks :yh_flower

The definition of 'NICE'

Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 11:02 am
by valerie
Let me be not-so-subtle and say: YOU'RE NICE!!




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Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 11:04 am
by theia
Actually Bez, I think it may have to do with the actual usage of the word. I can remember at school (a long, long time ago) being told repeatedly to find an alternative to the word nice e.g any of the synonyms you mentioned but not "nice."

I've got an idea...why don't we start a campaign to raise poor "nice" to its former glory?

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Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 11:05 am
by buttercup
& yet some would rather be a bitch

Bitches have some or all of the following characteristics.



1) Personality. Bitches are aggressive, assertive, domineering, overbearing, strong-minded, spiteful, hostile, direct, blunt, candid, obnoxious, thick-skinned, hard-headed, vicious, dogmatic, competent, competitive, pushy, loud-mouthed, independent, stubborn, demanding, manipulative, egoistic, driven, achieving, overwhelming, threatening, scary, ambitious, tough, brassy, masculine, boisterous, and turbulent. Among other things. A Bitch occupies a lot of psychological space. You always know she is around. A Bitch takes **** from no one. You may not like her, but you cannot ignore her.

i'd rather be nice ;)

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Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 11:12 am
by buttercup
i was just giving the definitions of a bitch in comparison, by & large i'd rather be thought of as nice, whats wrong with that?

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Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 11:18 am
by Bez
The point is ...why worry about having the label 'NICE' when you are already ... Agreeable , Kind , Friendly , Considerate...etc :confused:

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Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 11:20 am
by Bez
theia wrote: Actually Bez, I think it may have to do with the actual usage of the word. I can remember at school (a long, long time ago) being told repeatedly to find an alternative to the word nice e.g any of the synonyms you mentioned but not "nice."



I've got an idea...why don't we start a campaign to raise poor "nice" to its former glory?


The same when i was at school ...it's a much maligned word....bless it !

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Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 11:21 am
by buttercup
Bez wrote: The point is ...why worry about having the label 'NICE' when you are already ... Agreeable , Kind , Friendly , Considerate...etc :confused:


i dont think you should worry about it bez, its a compliment to be thought of as nice, i'd be worried about being called a bitch if i wasent one, true bitches like being called a bitch, to them ITS a compliment :-2

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Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 11:22 am
by Bez
SnoozeControl wrote: I disagree with that.



Sorry.:o



Edit: Damn it Val! You snuck in ahead of me, I was replying to Bez's thread.


What do you disagree with Snooze ?

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Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 12:37 pm
by Bez
SnoozeControl wrote: Assertive, strong-minded, direct, candid, competent, independent, achieving, and boisterous aren't bad things. What's wrong with having those qualities AND being considered nice?:confused:


Nothing in my mind..

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Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 12:40 pm
by Bez
SnoozeControl wrote: Sorry Bez, the first qualification of nice was "agreeable." I was attempting to be funny again.


Sorry...I was doing 3 things at once....see the connection now....:)

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Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 1:21 pm
by buttercup
SnoozeControl wrote: Aw, you're just being nice. ;)

*slinks quietly out of the thread after delivering that stinker*


now i got that one snooze, that was funny :D

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Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 2:55 pm
by spot
I've only just seen this thread. It (as with so much else in life) has utterly confused me. I was told at school only to ever use nice if I meant finely distinguished. I was nine, since I remember it was Mr Whittle who ran that particular class. What's changed since then?

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Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 6:13 pm
by LarsMac
Dunno.

My parents always told me to be 'nice' but I never really got what that meant, apparently, because shortly after that command came a smack on the back of my head and , "I thought I told you to be NICE!"

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Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 7:31 am
by Bryn Mawr
spot;1363295 wrote: I've only just seen this thread. It (as with so much else in life) has utterly confused me. I was told at school only to ever use nice if I meant finely distinguished. I was nine, since I remember it was Mr Whittle who ran that particular class. What's changed since then?


One presumes, therefore, that you went to school at least a hundred years ago?

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Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 9:52 am
by YZGI
spot;1363295 wrote: I've only just seen this thread. It (as with so much else in life) has utterly confused me. I was told at school only to ever use nice if I meant finely distinguished. I was nine, since I remember it was Mr Whittle who ran that particular class. What's changed since then?


So, If i were to say "Nice ta ta's" You would immediately think " Finely distinguished ta ta's"?

Oh I see, I think I get it..

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Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 10:54 am
by Bryn Mawr
YZGI;1363391 wrote: So, If i were to say "Nice ta ta's" You would immediately think " Finely distinguished ta ta's"?

Oh I see, I think I get it..


The definition I was always given was "pernickety" but I guess "finely distinguished" sounds posher

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Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 1:19 pm
by mikeinie
I thought it was a city in the South of France..

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Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 8:25 pm
by French Grapes
I like to think that I'm nice

until I'm not.

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Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 8:14 am
by cars
mikeinie;1363683 wrote: I thought it was a city in the South of France..
:wah:

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Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 9:25 am
by Odie
mikeinie;1363683 wrote: I thought it was a city in the South of France..


you always make me laugh:wah:

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Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 7:17 am
by heyimFriagne
a recursive definition...

N- ice

I- s

C- ool

E- h?

:D

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Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 4:47 am
by Odie
caring

Kind

friendly

considerate

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Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 5:05 am
by spot
Odie;1364887 wrote: caring

Kind

friendly

considerate


You're submitting that as an advertising slogan to Colonel Sanders, I hope.

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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 5:42 pm
by Odie
spot;1364890 wrote: You're submitting that as an advertising slogan to Colonel Sanders, I hope.


fortunately, unlike yourself, I have better things in my life to do than constantly tear you apart:rolleyes:

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Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 12:38 am
by spot
Odie;1365236 wrote: fortunately, unlike yourself, I have better things in my life to do than constantly tear you apart:rolleyes:


I'm puzzled that you should interpret what I wrote as in any way critical.

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Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 1:52 am
by AussiePam
How amazing!!!! Why would Spot bother to revive this rather obvious and dreary thread -after it lay dormant (probably comatose) for five years??? Are we that short of conversation? Maybe it's a nice point, and I'm not being too nice to ask, but it would be nice to know... Bugger that. Who really cares.... and where's the Butter Refrigeration Thread.... if desperate that works.... Forget it... Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 2:34 am
by spot
AussiePam;1365260 wrote: How amazing!!!! Why would Spot bother to revive this rather obvious and dreary thread -after it lay dormant (probably comatose) for five years???At the bottom of threads is a display of similar threads. This one caught my eye and I red it, wondering what had been said. My exclamation was, I thought, reasonable. Was it not reasonable? I don't often open old threads except when they're in the "similar threads" box, and I rarely add to those I do open.

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Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 4:00 am
by fuzzywuzzy
was just comparing what the definition of nice is and the definition of bitch was .........I'm both !!! and happy to be so .....and I also went on the "slut" walk ...so add that in too lol lol

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Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 4:04 am
by Snooz
AussiePam;1365260 wrote: How amazing!!!! Why would Spot bother to revive this rather obvious and dreary thread...


Dreary, Pam? I put my heart and soul into every one of those posts. You hurt me deeply. :-1

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Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 4:35 am
by AussiePam
GUFFAW... Spot's seeing red. Snooze is deeply hurt and Fuzzy's doing the slut walk. OK, I stand corrected... all is hunky dory, in a nice way!

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Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 5:40 am
by Odie
SnoozeAgain;1365271 wrote: Dreary, Pam? I put my heart and soul into every one of those posts. :-1


I agree!

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Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 6:25 pm
by fuzzywuzzy
AussiePam;1365279 wrote: GUFFAW... Spot's seeing red. Snooze is deeply hurt and Fuzzy's doing the slut walk. OK, I stand corrected... all is hunky dory, in a nice way!


funny as!!! :)