Talk:Chip on shoulder

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[edit] Sign your shit

With four tildes (~) or just don't use the fucking talk pages. Oddity- (talk) 00:42, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

This article needs to be cleaned up. The quotes need citations. I realise that this may not be possible for all of them, but for all we know someone could have just made something up and put it on the page. Also, the first quote is very poorly written: "When two churlish boys were determined to fight, a chip would be places on the shoulder of one, and the other demanded to knock it off at his peril." This doesn't make sense at all, and should read something like this: "When two churlish boys were determined to fight, a chip would be placed on the shoulder of one, and he demanded the other to knock it off at his peril."

Whoever wrote this stuff is either completely lying or can't copy properly.

The first phrase (places for placed), I think you're right. As for the second, the original makes much more sense than your edit.

[edit] Irish warning

The section that warns the Wikipedia reader about the Irish sense of humour is uncalled-for and unencylcopedic. It has no place here. In fact, the writer of this part has a chip on his shoulder! Also, the note about it not necessarily referring to a desire to fight in Britain and Ireland could also apply to the US.


[edit] plagiarized?

Appears to by copied from [www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/92100.html] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.86.161.147 (talk) 09:11, 10 April 2008 (UTC)