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To: sirchtruth; Dimensio

your ilk

Based on previous readings on these threads, I'm beginning to think that 'ilk' is an insult.

513 posted on 12/17/2005 4:39:11 PM PST by ml1954 (NOT the disruptive troll seen frequently on CREVO threads)
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To: ml1954
Based on previous readings on these threads, I'm beginning to think that 'ilk' is an insult.

In the early days of NTN, "ilk" was on the list of forbidden names and I have always wondered just how stupid those people were who were so incapable of consulting a dictionary.

523 posted on 12/17/2005 4:47:36 PM PST by balrog666 (A myth by any other name is still inane.)
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To: ml1954

I think it depends on who it comes from. It may not be much different than being called a Howler Monkey.


553 posted on 12/17/2005 5:24:51 PM PST by b_sharp (Science adjusts theories to fit evidence, creationism distorts evidence to fit the Bible.)
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To: ml1954

A cow is of the bovine ilk.

One end moo, the other milk.

(O. Nash)


572 posted on 12/17/2005 5:40:23 PM PST by furball4paws (The new elixir of life - dehydrated toad urine.)
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