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Discussion Groups / English Usage / November 2006"Second Life"
On this evening's news, I heard a woman, Robin Raskin (a "new media consultant"), use the term "second life" in connection with the hope-to-be purchasers of the new PlayStation (PS3). Is this term out there a lot these days in reference to people who spend so much time on PS-type games that it amounts to a second life for them? I hadn't heard the term before. I think you can see why I mention this here, in alt.usage.english. So: Am I an aue "second lifer" or an aue "second liver"? (The former sounds a bit better.)  SignatureMaria http://www.familyhomefront.net/ There's only one 'n' in my email address, and it's not in my first name. > On this evening's news, I heard a woman, Robin Raskin (a "new > media consultant"), use the term "second life" in connection [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > So: Am I an aue "second lifer" or an aue "second liver"? (The > former sounds a bit better.) I don't think so. It brings to mind the phrase "an aue second- kidney" or "second-bladder". SignatureFranke: EFL teacher & medical editor Native speaker of American English; posting from Taiwan. Unmunged email: /at/easypeasy.com "Impatience is the mother of misery." >> On this evening's news, I heard a woman, Robin Raskin (a "new >> media consultant"), use the term "second life" in connection [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >I don't think so. It brings to mind the phrase "an aue second- >kidney" or "second-bladder". You /don't/ think "second lifer" sounds better? SignatureLinz Wet Yorks via Cambridge, York, London and Watford My accent may vary >>> On this evening's news, I heard a woman, Robin Raskin (a "new >>> media consultant"), use the term "second life" in connection with [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > You /don't/ think "second lifer" sounds better? It would, except that it brings to mind "born again". Compared with that, I think I'd preferred to be called a second pancreas, or whatever. SignaturePeter Moylan http://www.pmoylan.org Please note the changed e-mail and web addresses. The domain eepjm.newcastle.edu.au no longer exists, and I can no longer receive mail at my newcastle.edu.au addresses. The optusnet address could disappear at any time. >> You /don't/ think "second lifer" sounds better? > >It would, except that it brings to mind "born again". Compared with >that, I think I'd preferred to be called a second pancreas, or whatever. Interesting. To me it brings to mind being "dead again" -- a second term of imprisonment for life, as "lifer" suggests to me someone sentenced to life imprisonment. SignatureSteve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa Web: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/stevesig.htm E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk [snip] >> You /don't/ think "second lifer" sounds better? > >It would, except that it brings to mind "born again". Compared with >that, I think I'd preferred to be called a second pancreas, or whatever. "second liver"? Sincerely, Gene Wirchenko Computerese Irregular Verb Conjugation: I have preferences. You have biases. He/She has prejudices. > [snip] > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > "second liver"? No, that's the worst. >> [snip] >> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > No, that's the worst. ITYM "wurst." SignatureMaria >>> [snip] >>> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > ITYM "wurst." Got to get reed of my occent. >>>> [snip] >>>> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > >Got to get reed of my occent. I am sorry, but that is not possible. Some of the regular could suggest new ones for you. Sincerely, Gene Wirchenko Computerese Irregular Verb Conjugation: I have preferences. You have biases. He/She has prejudices. >>>>> [snip] >>>>> [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > I am sorry, but that is not possible. Some of the regular could > suggest new ones for you. Something ever softer and lower, I suspect. > dontbother <dontbother@mushmail.mom> wrote: >> [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > You /don't/ think "second lifer" sounds better? Sorry about that. I misread "former" as "latter". Hallucination, it was, I'm sure of it. SignatureFranke: EFL teacher & medical editor Native speaker of American English; posting from Taiwan. Unmunged email: /at/easypeasy.com "Impatience is the mother of misery." Maria filted: >On this evening's news, I heard a woman, Robin Raskin (a "new media >consultant"), use the term "second life" in connection with the [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >so much time on PS-type games that it amounts to a second life for them? >I hadn't heard the term before. When I saw the subject line, the theme song from one of the 1960s' most beloved television series popped into my head: Some people say in the second life We all come back sooner or later As anything from a pussycat To a man-eating alligator. Now, you all may think my story Is more fiction than it's fact, But believe it or not, my mother dear Decided she'd come back As a car. She's my very own guiding star. A nineteen-twenty-eight Porter, That's my mother dear. She helps me through ev'rything I do And I'm so glad she's here. ....r Signature"Keep your eye on the Bishop. I want to know when he makes his move", said the Inspector, obliquely. > Maria filted: >> [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > She helps me through ev'rything I do > And I'm so glad she's here. You are writing, aren't you, of the beloved series described in <http://www.tvparty.com/recmothercar.html>? <Quote> Outlandish as some of those series were, it was My Mother the Car that was destined to be held up in ridicule as one of the worst television series of all time. NBC was the butt of innumerable jokes for airing the show in the first place - and leaving it there for an entire season. Still, 'My Mother the Car' was probably worth it to the network as fodder for 'Tonight Show' punchlines for the next three decades. </Quote> Signaturerzed Maria <marian.c-b@sbcglobal.net> had it: > On this evening's news, I heard a woman, Robin Raskin (a "new media > consultant"), use the term "second life" in connection with the [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > So: Am I an aue "second lifer" or an aue "second liver"? (The former > sounds a bit better.) Second Life is an online "world" in which you take on a personality and live, for as long as you like. A bit like AUE with graphics. http://secondlife.com/ People have been known to go in there and never come out. SignatureDavid ===== > On this evening's news, I heard a woman, Robin Raskin (a "new media > consultant"), use the term "second life" in connection with the [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > so much time on PS-type games that it amounts to a second life for them? > I hadn't heard the term before. This may be connected by some to: ------ double life (plural double lives) life with two identities: a situation in which somebody is simultaneously involved in two sets of circumstances or relationships and keeps each completely separate, and usually secret, from the other http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_1861689311/double_life.html ------ Marius Hancu > Is this term out there a lot these days in reference to people who spend > so much time on PS-type games that it amounts to a second life for them? > I hadn't heard the term before. I think when Shakepeare uses "second life" in Act V sc 1 of _The Tempest_, he's using in much the same sense as a "second chance;" see: http://www.bartleby.com/46/5/51.html Alon. What is this maid with whom thou wast at play? Your eld'st acquaintance cannot be three hours. Is she the goddess that hath sever'd us, And brought us thus together? Fer. Sir, she is mortal, But by immortal Providence she's mine. I chose her when I could not ask my father For his advice, nor thought I had one. She Is daughter to this famous Duke of Milan, Of whom so often I have heard renown, But never saw before; of whom I have Receiv'd a second life; and second father This lady makes him to me. Alon. I am hers, But, O, how oddly will it sound that I Must ask my child forgiveness! Pros. There, sir, stop. Let us not burden our remembrances with A heaviness that's gone. Aloha ~~~ Ozzie Maland ~~~ San Diego > > Is this term out there a lot these days in reference to people who spend > > so much time on PS-type games that it amounts to a second life for them? > > I hadn't heard the term before. > > I think when Shakepeare uses "second life" in Act V sc 1 of _The > Tempest_, he's using in much the same sense as a "second chance;" Other literary references to "second life" in OED: c1600 Shakes. Sonn. lxviii, Before the goulden tresses of the dead, The right of sepulchers, were shorne away To liue a second life on second head. 1631 Chapman C?sar & Pompey Plays 1873 III. 176 Yet tis free and kept Fit for reiunction in mans second life. 1711 Pope Temp. Fame 505 Fame...that second life in others' breath. 1823 Lamb Elia Ser. ii. xviii. (1865) 359 Newly-apprehending gratitude at second life bestowed. Aloha ~~~ Ozzie Maland ~~~ San Diego >>> Is this term out there a lot these days in reference to people who >>> spend so much time on PS-type games that it amounts to a second [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > 1823 Lamb Elia Ser. ii. xviii. (1865) 359 Newly-apprehending gratitude > at second life bestowed. The "second life" mentioned in my original post seems to refer to an "alternate" life -- an ongoing involvement that does not reflect a "second chance" per se. It also doesn't seem to be in line with the other examples you cite (unless I've missed their meaning). The best terms I can think of so far (other than "alternate life") seem to be "secret life," or "is living two lives." One reason "second life" caught my ear and eye is that I seem to have one. Though my on-line persona is much like my "real self," there are people who would be surprised at me were they to read all the posts I've written over the years. They would probably see a Maria they didn't really know. (The "second-lifer" or "second-liver" remark was just a silly add-on. I've got to learn to leave well enough alone when it comes to posts.) SignatureMaria http://www.familyhomefront.net/ AUE: http://www.familyhomefront.net/BirthdaysEtcAUE.html OR: http://tinyurl.com/j4j8n There's only one 'n' in my email address, and it's not in my first name. > >>> Is this term out there a lot these days in reference to people who > >>> spend so much time on PS-type games that it amounts to a second [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > (The "second-lifer" or "second-liver" remark was just a silly add-on. > I've got to learn to leave well enough alone when it comes to posts.) Totally unrelated to your online experience, the first thing that comes to my mind in connection with "second life" is "split personality disorder", something like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and probably I shouldn't have blurted it out. In light of the above, you may want to reconsider tinwhistler's literary allusions that seem much more appropriate than my 2 cents. > One reason "second life" caught my ear and eye is that I seem to have > one. Though my on-line persona is much like my "real self," there are > people who would be surprised at me were they to read all the posts I've > written over the years. They would probably see a Maria they didn't > really know. _Business Week_ (online) seems to have a second life living seven days in the future, if what I see there today (20 Nov 2006) is any indication: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_48/b4011413.htm NOVEMBER 27, 2006 Second Life Lessons You may have heard the hype about popular 3D online universe Second Life, but setting up shop there presents unique challenges Aloha ~~~ Ozzie Maland ~~~ San diego > On this evening's news, I heard a woman, Robin Raskin (a "new media > consultant"), use the term "second life" in connection with the [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > I think you can see why I mention this here, in alt.usage.english. This one of me can. > So: Am I an aue "second lifer" or an aue "second liver"? (The former > sounds a bit better.) How about "life away from life"? (=BrE or ObsBrE "life from life"?) SignatureJerry Friedman >> On this evening's news, I heard a woman, Robin Raskin (a "new media >> consultant"), use the term "second life" in connection with the [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > How about "life away from life"? (=BrE or ObsBrE "life from life"?) Sounds like a possibility to me. Taking it under advisement, SignatureMaria Both of her. |
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