aknitwit ([info]aknitwit) wrote,
@ 2007-11-02 13:30:00
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A little more help, please?
 It seems I am always asking you guys for help.  Or at least input.  Currrent dilemma concerns knitting needles.  I have many many needles already, but I am about to embark on New Adventures in knitting, via Cat Bordhi and her magical method, involving lots of various lengths of circular needles.  Also got Barbara Walker's book on knitting from the top down, also involving circular needles.  I think the best solution would probably be a set of interchangeable tips with various lengths of cables, but there are lots of different kinds out there, and I don't even know where to start.  Wood tips?  Metal?  Resin?  And who makes the best?  Heeelllllp!

While I have your attention, a couple more questions:
What is 'teh'?  What does it mean and how do you say it?  Also 'woot'.  Same inquiry.
Is a 'klingon' the same thing as 'a bat in the cave'?

Inquiring minds want to know....

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[info]deirdremoon
2007-11-02 09:03 pm UTC (link)
I can answer at least two of these...

"teh" is pronounced just as it looks, and means "the" but as in "the ultimate example of", like "teh cool" means "it's a very cool thing". It's Internet-speak. l337speak and lolspeak are both online distortions of spelling that include deliberate or common misspellings as a sort of visual dialect... l337speak users are pretending to sound like hackers, and lolspeak users are pretending to sound cute. Both are mocked by other Internet users. l337speak, pronounced leetspeak, uses numbers for letters and is more abusive-- "ph3ar my l337 haxx0r sk1llz, n00b" (fear my elite hacker skills, you newbie). Lolspeak uses cutesy but horrible grammar and is often used as captions for cute cat pictures. "I can has world dominashun?" Both l337speak and lolspeak use "teh" as a way of calling attention and emphasis to the noun it modifies.

I don't know where "woot" or "w00t" came from, but I think it's also l337speak in origin and it means "woohoo" or "yay".

Also worth noting in this dialect is "pwned", which is a misspelling of "owned" and pronounced "poned" (long o, not pawned). It means that you have been thoroughly conquered, either by losing to someone in a game or by being verbally smacked down. If you are in an online gaming setting, it's a pretty harsh "in your face". But elsewhere online, it's not meant as meanly, and can just be "ooo, you got a good pun in on her" or "haha, he totally stole your cookie when you weren't looking" sort of thing.

This Internet lesson was brought to you by the letter Y and the number 7.

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[info]deirdremoon
2007-11-02 09:26 pm UTC (link)
For extra credit, or if you want more info, go to wikipedia.org and search on "leet". It's an interesting read, especially the Vocabulary heading. But the short answer is above.

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[info]palecur
2007-11-03 03:58 am UTC (link)
The variant pronounciation for 'pwned' which I heard, I believe, from [info]ronebofh, is 'fat virgin'. But he can be a creature of scorn and disdain.

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[info]aknitwit
2007-11-05 09:19 pm UTC (link)
Ummm, this might be Too Much Information, but I never get tired of learning about the convoluted, imaginative games y'all are into. Thanks.
(Does nobody know about the bat in the cave?)

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[info]slothman
2007-11-02 09:08 pm UTC (link)
I usually hit the Urban Dictionary when I run into these peculiar usages. There are things documented in there that it’s disturbing that they have names at all— don’t go fishing in there at random...

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[info]racerxmachina
2007-11-02 09:35 pm UTC (link)
I lurve KnitPick's Options interchangeable needles.
http://www.knitpicks.com/needles/knitting+needles.html
Better value for the money than Boye's set (which you can find at Joann's and Michaels). Boye's doesn't have the flex in the cables needed for magic needle sock knitting.

For the original masters of knitting in the round, try Elizabeth Zimmerman or Maggie Righetti.

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[info]aknitwit
2007-11-05 09:21 pm UTC (link)
I have a Knit Picks catalog I am perusing as we speak. I think I need the metal tips, since I knit a bit tightly...Thanks for the link!
Love EZ. Have you seen any of Cat Bordhi's stuff?

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[info]palecur
2007-11-03 03:54 am UTC (link)
[info]therobbergirl swears by Turn of the Century for her crochet hooks, but I don't know about knitting needles specifically, only that I'd consider it unlikely that he'd make awesome crochet hooks and lousy knitting needles. Have a look -- it's some lovely, lovely stuff.

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[info]aknitwit
2007-11-05 09:23 pm UTC (link)
Lovely stuff, indeed!

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[info]kadyg
2007-11-03 09:29 pm UTC (link)
I have heard great things about the KnitPick's as well and an online buddy found some on eBay for cheap. Good luck with your knitting I have yarn and needles that are waiting for me to find the time to get started.

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[info]jackkansas
2007-11-03 11:06 pm UTC (link)
I polled the two fiber arts fanatics I am personally acquainted with. Their responses were a bit too long to post here, so I'll forward them via your daughter.

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[info]aknitwit
2007-11-05 09:25 pm UTC (link)
I have received said email, and I am very grateful for the wealth of information contained therein. I have copied it and put it in my Knitting Bible. You have very talented friends, thank you for sharing them with me!

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