A question of terminology.

Obviously I saw it as a scam, hence using the term......


What do they say about Mad Dogs and Englishmen out in the sun.....was it that Sun Tzu guy?

YUP!

Doesnt matter where ya go, people know automatically what area yer from the minute they hear "Yinz".

I personally can't stand it when people use the nouns "impact" and "obsession" and turn them into verbs: "The foreclosure impacted our bottom line negatively." or "She's obsessing over that guy." ARGH.

Hence the original meaning of the word: "Ginko (verb): to give money to someone else, hoping that they are lying when they say they cannot guarantee your principle or interest; to let one's common sense be clouded by desire for reward."

It's hard to call something a "scam" and at the same time call it "obvious." Ginko was either a scam because to many people it seemed like a legitimate effort at banking--AND STILL DOES ("if only he'd had time to realize the profits on his long-term investments"--or it was no scandal at all, because people knew all along what was going on.

As popular as it is to nod and say "ponzi," I would like to point out that there is still no proof of this, nor is there likely to be (even if it truly was a ponzi scheme). People are accepting the proof substitutes now that Ginko was a ponzi scheme, just as people accepted proof substitutes before that it was a good place in which to invest money. One can't decry Ginko for being "unregulated," "opaque," "nondisclosed," "unaccountable," etc. then turn right around and claim something that requires knowledge of the books.

/me grabs hold of the handrail to spare being taken as the fun has just been sucked out of this thread..........

I speak none of the language, but do own some Laxey tartan that I am going to have made into a kilt.

The Celts, as you should know, didn't exist in the context of being a single race and/or culture. Although it may be acceptable to define a number of different cultures as being "celtic". I believe the word derives from the Greek "keltoi" - which, as far as I remember, was their name for a specific tribe from South-West Germany. Correct me if this is wrong.

However, other names appear to be related. Could the Welsh name for themselves (the Cymri), the area of North Eastern England known as Cumbria, and the troublesome Cimbri who caused Julius Caesar such problems be related somehow? I suspect so.

Also, a Celt, or Kelt, is a type of neolithic stone axe. Lord Avebury, in his seminal work "Prehistoric Times" preferred the 'C' spelling.

The Manx are mixed Norse and Irish blood mostly, hence the preponderence for names like "Thorfinn" traditionally all over the island - and one of Odin's ravens appearing on the Manx coat of arms. My own real life surname is the Manx rendering of the Irish name MacCauly.

"I am your father, Brenda"

Hmmmm, I could do worse I guess.

Actually One can.

One just cant PROVE it.

and some other one may not LIKE it.

But One can do a lot of claiming - becuase unlike in court - one doesnt need absolute PROOF to voice one's opinion.

As for this particular One.

I call it like I see it - PONZI

If Nick dont like it - he give the people information about what he did with their money and shut me up.

LOL... the image of you standing there hanging on to the railing while air was being sucked past you made me think of whichever Star Wars that was where DV cut off Luke's hand and they were out on that totally pointless spire thing in the middle of that totally pointless tunnel through the ship thingy and DV told Luke that he was Luke's father.

wow no wonder Brenda never took me to meet her Parents.

Well evidently you met my Father last Sunday......

"Hey Dudes! Party at my place!! You know, the Moon of Endor. Bring your Dead fathers and Jedi trainers along too!!"

Worst ending of any film ever.

I got a sex change after that exchange on the spire thingy. That's why I had to keep wearing my mask for the Return of the Jedi.

Yep. That was the last Star Wars movie I watched.

Wow, it really was......"Pointless".

Yup. Bad hack job, too.

I'm going to submit a JIRA that on this Forum, next to the "View Firs Unread Post" button, we have a "View First Relevant Post" button. I think it's the responsible thing to do.

Aw, come on, you know that if we try to change anything about the forum, it'll just get all Lindened up.

yeah look at the Torley job on the BBC code.

Why does "Ponzi" make me think of a 'cool' guy in a leather jacket, giving a 2 thumbs up going "Aaaaaaeeeeeeee"???

As In:

"Richie! Saving money in your bank is 'uncool'. You should give it to me to invest in my new bank!!"

Kudos to those that get that reference. If you dont- Yer too young!!

Trouble with that, though, is that verbing nouns weirds language.

This thread has jumped the shark.

oOOOoo I love this post, it gives me the opportunity to tell my joke again...

How many Lindens does it take to change a lightbulb?












1 to hold the bulb, the rest to ginko the sims......

It's just something I remembered...a have a lot of weird linguist facts stowing away in my head to reappear at moments like these I guess...

@Conan: Oh, I do know about "the" Celts. I lived in Wales and learnt some Welsh there. Cumbria IS related to Cymru...and hey, the Saxons were also called after their fave weapon, a knife called a seax, or sax, but then they were Germanic to begin with. Where I come from, we had the tribe of the Mattiaci, and they were kind of mixed Celtic-Germanic (AND brown-nosing the Romans!)