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Ricardo Aráoz
ricaraoz at gmail.com
Sat Sep 1 08:45:32 EDT 2007
Paddy wrote:
> On Sep 1, 7:57 am, "Hendrik van Rooyen" <m... at microcorp.co.za> wrote:
>> "Richie Hindle" <richi...ian.com> wrote:
>>> But - the word for someone who posts to the internet with the intention of
>>> stirring up trouble derives from the word for what fishermen do, not from
>>> the word for something that lives under a bridge. It derives from "trolling
>>> for suckers" or "trolling for newbies".
>> So am I right in asserting that there is a difference in pronunciation
>> of the noun and the verb?
>>
>> He is a Troll - like the excellent frolic example
>> He likes to Troll - rhymes with roll?
>>
>> - Hendrik
>
> No difference. A troll is a troll is a troll.
>
> :-)
>
> - Paddy.
BTW people , the word for what fishermen do is T R A W L and not troll
(Ha! and I'm not a native English speaker).
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