On Sat, Aug 02, 2008 at 10:04:15PM +0100, Dark Otter wrote: > As far as I've seen, the general opinion seems to be that a geek is > someone with particular skill in a special area, e.g. computing, whereas > nerd is a derogatory term for rather obsessive and often socially > dysfunctional people. There seems to be less differentiation between > younger people (particularly people at my school) compared to older > people who I know, and it is from the older people I know that this > clearer idea of the difference comes. > > N.B. Following research on urbandictionary.com, this seems to be the > opposite way round in america.
> -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/ Yes, I even have a shirt which says 'I'm not a nerd, I'm a geek' James -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/