HB8 Realtor - Single - No kids - Should I?

[Bokanovsky]

Realtor is a ridiculous word. It has absolutely no relationship to what it means. "Real estate" as a concept makes no sense either. Opposed to what, fake estate? Isn't "Estate agent" far more easy to understand?

Realtor sounds like a word a kid would make up. Like "Skeletor". Why not call pilots "Skytors"?

Don't forget, it's our language. Americans have simplified and bastardised it to suit the huge numbers of pretty much every nationality which makes up the US populous. It's a step up from Pidgin english, but it's still text-speak to us.

Realtor....the tor suffix doesn't work either. It's a car-crash of a word.

Please bear in mind this is a slight troll, I don't really feel this strongly. American english just is annoying. Why not actually just use English instead of making up random words which make no sense. Oh. and you can stop using "zeds" (yes, it's a zed, not a "zee" - another childish phonetic-based word) when you should use an "s".

There's something called an Oxford English dictionary....worth a look. Not that Mirian Webinster comic book of slang.

In North American usage, the word "estate", when used as a stand-alone term, typically refers to the assets and liabilities of a person at death. Hence, an "estate sale" is a sale of the assets of the deceased (both "real" and otherwise) by his trustees and not a regular sale of land transaction. Calling someone an "estate agent" would be confusing, as that might imply that the person is a trustee. The word "estate" can also mean a large landholding (i.e. a "country estate"). You would never call a regular subdivision-style single family home or a condo an "estate". As for calling land "real estate", that practice goes back to 1600's Britain. Stand-alone use of "estate" to refer to landholdings of any type is a 20th century British simplification.

Somewhat counterintuitively, American English is actually closer to the original, pre-industrial revolution English than modern British English. American English is basically the language of the 17th and 18th century puritan settlers, who came from the south of England. Modern British English is nothing but a hodge-podge of regional dialects brought by illiterate peasants when they started moving into the cities en masse during the industrial revolution (think of the barely comprehensible East London c0ckney or the equally absurd accents prevalent in Northern England and Scotland). It’s a language in transition that is yet to be fully synthetized into something more coherent.

 

[taiyuu_otoko]

She's only playing you to get the sale.

Going after her is an idiotic move, one she's counting on.

As soon as you commit with your d*ck, you lose leverage and she gains money.

Once I was shopping for condos and there was one a little out of my price range, and the agent sat down on the floor across from me, back against the wall, spread her legs and pointed her vajayjay at me and started to make statements like, "I really want to make this happen."

You can't trust anybody who stands to make a commission if you do what they suggest.

Especially attractive women who are ninja manipulators.

This con is as old as the hills. It's why Homer wrote about the Sirens.

 

[Bokanovsky]

You are forgetting that a lot of US English is brought about by the fact the US is almost a white minority, with a tiny fraction of people actually being related to British people and therefore a huge amount of influence has been brought by this. Britain, is still ethnically 82% white British so the development of the language, from illiterate peasants or otherwise, can be truly defined as "English". Hence, the olde english tint you get with US english is purely the remnants of the only real English the US as ever had. The spelling and pronunciation has been simplified, to suit people without English as their mother tongue, which is why English in the US sounds and appears pidgin to those with English as a first language - the English.

82%? Is that still true? I'm willing to bet that's an outdated government statistic. London is only what, 40-45% white these days? And some other cities are even less white. In any event, for the first two or two-and-a-half centuries since the arrival of the first settlers in the early 1600's, the majority of the American population was of white British origin. It was not until the second half of the 19th century that wide-scale immigration from Eastern and Southern Europe (and later other parts of the world) began. These later immigrants adopted the existing version of English, save for the introduction of certain ethnic words.

The language that is spoken by natural-born white Americans today is similar to the language spoken by the original British colonists. It’s also virtually identical to Canadian English. The “British English” that you people speak today is a hybrid language that did not exist even 200 years ago. And by the way, “Fall” is not an Americanism. It’s an old Anglo-Saxon term that has fallen out of use in the UK but not in America.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturenews/11167569/british-american-accent-facts.html

I’m not an American, so I have no horse in this fight. In fact, I learned English as a second language. But you are factually wrong when you call American English a “simplified version” or a pidgin language.

 

[marmel75]

82%? Is that still true? I'm willing to bet that's an outdated government statistic. London is only what, 40-45% white these days? And some other cities are even less white. In any event, for the first two or two-and-a-half centuries since the arrival of the first settlers in the early 1600's, the majority of the American population was of white British origin. It was not until the second half of the 19th century that wide-scale immigration from Eastern and Southern Europe (and later other parts of the world) began. These later immigrants adopted the existing version of English, save for the introduction of certain ethnic words.

The language that is spoken by natural-born white Americans today is similar to the language spoken by the original British colonists. It’s also virtually identical to Canadian English. The “British English” that you people speak today is a hybrid language that did not exist even 200 years ago. And by the way, “Fall” is not an Americanism. It’s an old Anglo-Saxon term that has fallen out of use in the UK but not in America.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturenews/11167569/british-american-accent-facts.html

I’m not an American, so I have no horse in this fight. In fact, I learned English as a second language. But you are factually wrong when you call American English a “simplified version” or a pidgin language.

Maybe he's just mad cause we kicked their arses out 250 years ago...lol

@Fruitbat be thankful our simplistic selves saved your ass during WWII or you'd all be speaking German now and it would be a moot point

 

[Building_and_Loan]

Realtor is a ridiculous word. It has absolutely no relationship to what it means. "Real estate" as a concept makes no sense either. Opposed to what, fake estate? Isn't "Estate agent" far more easy to understand?

Realtor sounds like a word a kid would make up. Like "Skeletor". Why not call pilots "Skytors"?

Don't forget, it's our language. Americans have simplified and bastardised it to suit the huge numbers of pretty much every nationality which makes up the US populous. It's a step up from Pidgin english, but it's still text-speak to us.

Realtor....the tor suffix doesn't work either. It's a car-crash of a word.

Please bear in mind this is a slight troll, I don't really feel this strongly. American english just is annoying. Why not actually just use English instead of making up random words which make no sense. Oh. and you can stop using "zeds" (yes, it's a zed, not a "zee" - another childish phonetic-based word) when you should use an "s".

There's something called an Oxford English dictionary....worth a look. Not that Mirian Webinster comic book of slang.

Bro we kicked your ass in two wars then saved you from two others, so we'll use what English we damn well please.

Besides, you're welcome for not having to learn German. All we ask is a little thanks every now and then

 

[Building_and_Loan]

Hmm....you won 2 world wars on your own yet got beaten by Vietnam and the Taliban....and we defeated Germany in the Battle of Britain with no invasion.....something doesn't add up....only in Hollywood, my friend! The french, perhaps, but Britain...no. Do you know about the war BEFORE 1942? We had 3 years of resisting the Germans. We did not have the force to take Europe, true. But you don't end up speaking German unless they invade you, which they didn't, in either war.

Note that Russia won WW2, the western war was a skirmish compared to the Eastern front. You did beat the Japs by frying their children alive....good old Freedom! Still the only nation of earth to use atomic weapons on civilians, yet hollywood forgets that bit.

So there!

Scoreboard.

 

[RichardTheFrog]

Hmm....you won 2 world wars on your own yet got beaten by Vietnam and the Taliban....and we defeated Germany in the Battle of Britain with no invasion.....something doesn't add up....only in Hollywood, my friend! The french, perhaps, but Britain...no. Do you know about the war BEFORE 1942? We had 3 years of resisting the Germans. We did not have the force to take Europe, true. But you don't end up speaking German unless they invade you, which they didn't, in either war.

Note that Russia won WW2, the western war was a skirmish compared to the Eastern front. You did beat the Japs by frying their children alive....good old Freedom! Still the only nation of earth to use atomic weapons on civilians, yet hollywood forgets that bit.

So there!

Okay and what did the Japanese do to the Chinese civilians in 1937?

Many American lives were saved by dropping those bombs.

But this isn't a history forum and I really have to find better things to do than be on the Internet all day.

 

[Building_and_Loan]

Russia took Berlin.

The US have never taken Berlin. Not in either war.

Russia took Berlin because the European theater was divided between two fronts, i.e, the Germans had to fight two fronts at the same time. Hitler defeated himself the day he declared war on the U.S., no way could he win fighting the Soviets and Americans at the same time.

And dude I was just joking anyway, lighten up. I thought you Brits were supposed to have a good sense of humor

 

[nismo-4]

She's only playing you to get the sale.

Going after her is an idiotic move, one she's counting on.

As soon as you commit with your d*ck, you lose leverage and she gains money.

Once I was shopping for condos and there was one a little out of my price range, and the agent sat down on the floor across from me, back against the wall, spread her legs and pointed her vajayjay at me and started to make statements like, "I really want to make this happen."

You can't trust anybody who stands to make a commission if you do what they suggest.

Especially attractive women who are ninja manipulators.

This con is as old as the hills. It's why Homer wrote about the Sirens.

This thread got hijacked with an etymology and history lesson.

Back on track. OP, are you about business? I can guarantee you she is.

How about you negotiate a deal and then bang her? Why are you waiting to make a move? You might be deep in the clientzone or friendzone. Having this woman on a pedestal doesn't help.

Don't fall for her feminine wiles. If you make a move and it's a no go, turn 100% business. Make sure she knows you're not gonna be some orbiter or heavy cash register.