BS: One Word Description

Subject: RE: BS: One Word Description
From: Will Fly
Date: 10 Jul 13 - 08:32 AM

A guitarist friend of mine signs his emails:

[name]
Old, Grumpy & Opinionated - but Musical

Subject: RE: BS: One Word Description
From: ranger1
Date: 10 Jul 13 - 06:49 AM

I'm with Eliza, I'd like to be thought of as kind.

Subject: RE: BS: One Word Description
From: GUEST,Grishka
Date: 10 Jul 13 - 06:04 AM

I try to imagine that gentleman: his properties of being controlling and authoritarian and thoughtless seem to contradict good friendship. Could it be that this is how he treats his family and employees etc., whereas he is friendly whenever he has no "authority"? I know many of that sort, and I know many orhwea who complain about their spouses in that way. (Even more youngsters will complain about their parents being authoritarian, not always without reason.)

Whenever such persons want to be my friends, I let them know that I watch their behaviour towards others as well. Neighbourly, yes - perfection is not required, but an effort should be made.

Subject: RE: BS: One Word Description
From: GUEST,Eliza
Date: 10 Jul 13 - 05:05 AM

I'd like to be thought of as 'kind'. And I'd hate ever to be thought of as 'mean'. But just one word is a bit restrictive. My dear old friend Pat, whom I admire very much, has lots of good qualities; she's wise, generous, diligent, gentle, innocent, modest, understanding, polite, popular, sensible... the list goes on. I love 'neighbourly', georgiansilver. Like you I remember when it was the norm. And 'generous' Ebbie is a lovely thing to be.

Subject: RE: BS: One Word Description
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 10 Jul 13 - 04:55 AM

Charming Youthful Debonair Handsome Erudite















Well, a man can dream, can't he!

Subject: RE: BS: One Word Description
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 10 Jul 13 - 04:25 AM

Neighbourly! I was brought up in a large village in North Devon, where everyone knew everyone. We walked into each others houses without a knock on the door and were welcomed with a drink and a bite to eat. It was a social time. To do such a thing now would be an invasion of privacy so I don't personally do it. I do however encourage people to call on me without necessarily phoning first to see if it is OK. So I would like to be thought of as neighbourly!

Subject: RE: BS: One Word Description
From: Joe Offer
Date: 10 Jul 13 - 02:35 AM

"Delightful." Hey, Ebbie, that fits YOU!

-Joe-

Subject: BS: One Word Description
From: Ebbie
Date: 10 Jul 13 - 01:56 AM

Tonight I again found myself using a word to describe a friend. I decided that it must be an important concept in my mind.

What one word would you like people to use when you come to their mind? Further, what one word would you most dislike people to use to describe you?

A quality I very much admire in people is 'generosity'.    Generous in spirit and in action, generous with time and thought. I have a friend whom I would not be married to in a hundred years - he is controlling and authoritarian and thoughtless- but he is generous with anything he has, when people are ill or incapacitated or short of money or depressed he is there. He is a musician who likes above all to see others also make music; he'll be there in a flash with his fiddle should someone call him and suggest an hour or so of play. He is generous.

And therefore I would like people to be able to say that I was generous. At this point, it cannot be said fairly of me but I'm working on it.

The description I would most dislike? Along the same theme, it would probably be 'stingy', with all its connotations.

Any favo(u)rite word in your life?