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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Been reading some profiles today and came across this phrase a fair bit, 'professional straight male'
just wondered how people read and interpret that statement with no punctuation. This is only for fun and I'm not being the grammar police. Xx |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Been reading some profiles today and came across this phrase a fair bit, 'professional straight male'
just wondered how people read and interpret that statement with no punctuation. This is only for fun and I'm not being the grammar police. Xx"
I wonder if and unprofessional male is code for Bi |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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There are many calling themselves professional. I don't believe that they understand the double meaning.
It also amazes me just how many people who call themselves professional, can't spell the word. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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There are many calling themselves professional. I don't believe that they understand the double meaning.
It also amazes me just how many people who call themselves professional, can't spell the word. "
You don't have to be able to spell professional to be one unless there is an unwritten rule somewhere.  |
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"Been reading some profiles today and came across this phrase a fair bit, 'professional straight male'
just wondered how people read and interpret that statement with no punctuation. This is only for fun and I'm not being the grammar police. Xx"
lol! I have never come across a professional straight person, do they become bisexual or homosexual when they clock off  |
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I always think it means THEY (think they) are better than everybody else,a cut above you ,I and lesser mortals granting us a huge privelige and favour gracing us with their company..
They think and feel it,just dont say it |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Our language as complicated as it is, has severe limitations even for those with extensive vocabularies.
Ironically all workers are by definition professionals. But I'd guess the received wisdom would be that the claimant was a member of the middle class something like a lawyer doctor or business man etc. I suspect he wears a suit to work is the actual situation. Implying a level of education and economic status
At a guess he'd be from a working class background and has achieved his station in life of which he is unconsciously proud and is trying to impress females of the same station who may share the same aspirations and might be looking for a provider from such a demographic
Is this the kind of thing you were after ? |
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over a year ago
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It is the fat / curvy debate in another guise.
It is a term that at one time had specific meaning, that is now used so widely that it becomes almost subjective |
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Can I just say that the op isn't asking what people mean by professional she is asking what they mean by "professional straight male" without commas. It's for amusement not ridicule 
Well that's how I read it anyway |
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"Can I just say that the op isn't asking what people mean by professional she is asking what they mean by "professional straight male" without commas. It's for amusement not ridicule
Well that's how I read it anyway"
Because they get paid for acting as a straight male in the camp revue 'Charles does the oddly shaped balled rugby team', an all singing and dancing caper based on the ever popular Brighton farce 'Kemptown Races' |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Some people seem to use professional to mean they wear a suit to work, and in some cases just that they are employed. Similar to the sporting meaning, as opposed to being an amateur. In the 'real' world, to be a true professional your job would need to be classed as a profession, ie to practice you are required to be a member of a professional body (and therefore follow it's code of practice, have required qualifications and meet certain standards). |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I read it as meaning they are professionally straight. Nothing to do with class or snobbery. Xx
That's what I thought you meant I found it amusing anyway "
You beat me to it... 
And as the tumble of light whimsy rolls forlorn into the distance, again, we bid a fond farewell to another lighthearted thread...  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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To be a member of a profession is defined as someone who has studied/trained to a level required by a professional body, e.g. GMC or Law Society etc. for membership of that body. Those professionals will then abide by codes of conduct and practice, the regulatory body being there to protect the public from misdeeds. It does not mean wearing a collar and tie to work  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Some people seem to use professional to mean they wear a suit to work, and in some cases just that they are employed. Similar to the sporting meaning, as opposed to being an amateur. In the 'real' world, to be a true professional your job would need to be classed as a profession, ie to practice you are required to be a member of a professional body (and therefore follow it's code of practice, have required qualifications and meet certain standards)."
I think this is traditionally the case. More recently though I think the are a number of times where you can legitimately claim to be a professional without the being a body that you have to be a member of to carry out that role. I'd certainly agree that wearing a suit to work doesn't make you a professional though. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Been reading some profiles today and came across this phrase a fair bit, 'professional straight male'
just wondered how people read and interpret that statement with no punctuation. This is only for fun and I'm not being the grammar police. Xx
I wonder if and unprofessional male is code for Bi "
No, the code for bi men is "straight"
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"I read it as meaning they are professionally straight. Nothing to do with class or snobbery. Xx
That's what I thought you meant I found it amusing anyway
You beat me to it...
And as the tumble of light whimsy rolls forlorn into the distance, again, we bid a fond farewell to another lighthearted thread... "
lol, this is absolute proof that people don't read the op properly and just assume they know what it says. Very unprofessional of them |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Can I just say that the op isn't asking what people mean by professional she is asking what they mean by "professional straight male" without commas. It's for amusement not ridicule
Well that's how I read it anyway"
me too,but there was a bandwagon to be jumped on and people jumped |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Been reading some profiles today and came across this phrase a fair bit, 'professional straight male'
Xx
he might mean professional straightener and work in a banana factory"
or he's the straight man in a comedy duo  |
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"Can I just say that the op isn't asking what people mean by professional she is asking what they mean by "professional straight male" without commas. It's for amusement not ridicule
Well that's how I read it anyway
me too,but there was a bandwagon to be jumped on and people jumped "
Preferable to the handcart to hell i'm currently clinging to  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Can I just say that the op isn't asking what people mean by professional she is asking what they mean by "professional straight male" without commas. It's for amusement not ridicule
Well that's how I read it anyway
me too,but there was a bandwagon to be jumped on and people jumped
Preferable to the handcart to hell i'm currently clinging to "
Sorry,am I pushing too fast? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Can I just say that the op isn't asking what people mean by professional she is asking what they mean by "professional straight male" without commas. It's for amusement not ridicule
Well that's how I read it anyway
me too,but there was a bandwagon to be jumped on and people jumped
Preferable to the handcart to hell i'm currently clinging to "
Sorry you are correct xx |
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"Can I just say that the op isn't asking what people mean by professional she is asking what they mean by "professional straight male" without commas. It's for amusement not ridicule
Well that's how I read it anyway
me too,but there was a bandwagon to be jumped on and people jumped
Preferable to the handcart to hell i'm currently clinging to
Sorry,am I pushing too fast? "
Yea and you told me I'd get a cushion |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I consider myself to be Semi Pro until i am fully Certified
Gimp
is a semi pro someone who only gets paid for half the sex?"
Its someone who gets paid by performance.
So far i'm up 12/6p
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I consider myself to be Semi Pro until i am fully Certified
Gimp
is a semi pro someone who only gets paid for half the sex?
I thought it was someone who could only manage a semi. "
Kick me while i'm down why dont'cha
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