MN Etiquette.

[Carmenere]

I think that mn needs a bit of a guide to its specific local etiquette.

There are tons on unspoken 'rules' on here that you don't know if you don't live on spend lots of time on here.

Swearing in thread titles offends some, not me as it happens, but I do know it offends others so I don't do it.

Text speak is obviously a no no.

Ghoulish thread titles in the news section are ill advised.

Writing without paragraphs is another one that causes confusion and upset.

Basically it can be a bit of a minefield for a new poster. I don't think that it deserves a whole topic but maybe folks could add to this thread and it might be a good place to direct newbies to.

[Housemum]

We have a Gobley Hole near Basingstoke...

[thumbwitch]

just thought I'd have another attempt at finding out where the term "norks" came from...

Anyone?

[RealityGap]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nork

Nork is slang (originally and principally Australian English) for breast

[ScottishMummy]

your link i associate norks wholly with MN,dont actually like the word though

[thumbwitch]

ta for that never heard it outside MN either (and DH is Australian)

[ScottishMummy]

norks sound positively agricultural.

[zippitippitoes]

i seem to break quitre a few of these rules

[WhereTheWildThingsWere]

My dp has always called them 'norks' don't know where he got it from, he's from the SW?

[RealityGap]

thanks ScottishMummy for sorting my rubbishy link - I have just realised that there is a big paragraph next to this box that tells me how to make it neat and tidy

perhaps that is another rule that I have broken - crud links??

[RealityGap]

Norks Everywhere

My Oxford Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms, Cassell?s Dictionary of Slang, and the Oxford English Dictionary all list NORKS with no mention of NORAS:

NORKS (originally Australian) [1960s and still in use - they?ve been in use for a lot longer than that (

Culture? (