Re: On nerds and dreamers

> > Meanwhile, back to nerd and geek.  What do others think is a distinction
> > between these two?   "Geek" does seem to have gravitated more to the
> > technical side than "nerd" does.
>
>For me, they denote similar kinds of personality, but while "nerd" is
>pretty
>neutral, "geek" is decidely negative.
In Quebec, "geek" isn't used and "nerd", borrowed from north american
english, is used negatively

Here, a nerd is someone who has for only passions things that are usually
done only in school by most of the people and who has no friends

These school's passions may be Mathematics, Hystory, Geography, Science,
and, unfortunately, Languages

Someone whose hobby is to learn things when he doesn't ought to is a nerd..


Having a reputation of "nerd" here isn't a good thing and nobody will show
themself saying "I'm a nerd and I'm proud to be" because it is very
negative.

-Max

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