Proud of being an amateur

Note the bold red below.... I love making/creating music


amateur [ˈæmətə -tʃə -ˌtjʊə ˌæməˈtɜː] n

1. a person who engages in an activity, esp a sport, as a pastime rather than professionally or for gain
2. (General Sporting Terms) an athlete or sportsman
3. a person unskilled in or having only a superficial knowledge of a subject or activity
4. a person who is fond of or admires something
5. (modifier) consisting of or for amateurs an amateur event

adj amateurish; not professional or expert an amateur approach

[from French, from Latin amātor lover, from amāre to love]
amateurism  n

bapu


Note the bold red below.... I love making/creating music


amateur [ˈæmətə -tʃə -ˌtjʊə ˌæməˈtɜː] n

1. a person who engages in an activity, esp a sport, as a pastime rather than professionally or for gain
2. (General Sporting Terms) an athlete or sportsman
3. a person unskilled in or having only a superficial knowledge of a subject or activity
4. a person who is fond of or admires something
5. (modifier) consisting of or for amateurs an amateur event

adj amateurish; not professional or expert an amateur approach

[from French, from Latin amātor lover, from amāre to love]
amateurism  n

I resemble #3!
 
 
bapu does #4 all the time....just sayin'

Hi,

The humor is lick ... wait ... likeable!

All in all, the only difference, more than anything else is what the number 6 should have that is not in there ... the professional gets paid ... the amateur doesn't unless you are an Olympian and can cheat your way and still get paid for it, so you can go to the next Olympics and cheat some more!

Sometimes I think that the word is just a way of saying ... I do it and you don't. And the professionality of that person, of course, is questionable.

bapu

Moshkiae

And the professionality of that person, of course, is questionable. 

Everyone thinks it.


Moshpitsezit.

That's it!
 
I'm creating a Dark Elf in World of Warcraft, and call him Bapu ... and he will be a Rogue!

Moshkiae

bapu

Moshkiae

And the professionality of that person, of course, is questionable. 

Everyone thinks it.


Moshpitsezit.

That's it!
 
I'm creating a Dark Elf in World of Warcraft, and call him Bapu ... and he will be a Rogue!

I'm going to start the National Elf Service in World of Warcraft, and call it Bupa.

Beagle

bapu


Note the bold red below.... I love making/creating music


amateur [ˈæmətə -tʃə -ˌtjʊə ˌæməˈtɜː] n

1. a person who engages in an activity, esp a sport, as a pastime rather than professionally or for gain
2. (General Sporting Terms) an athlete or sportsman
3. a person unskilled in or having only a superficial knowledge of a subject or activity
4. a person who is fond of or admires something
5. (modifier) consisting of or for amateurs an amateur event

adj amateurish; not professional or expert an amateur approach

[from French, from Latin amātor lover, from amāre to love]
amateurism  n

I resemble #3!
 
 
bapu does #4 all the time....just sayin'

If ewe are fond, does that mean you fondle a lot??????

I recall seeing a movie where students and other non-professional musicians were attempting to play in a community orchestra. Somehow, the orchestra had a few professional musicians in it and they kinda looked down on the amateurs and let them know what they thought of them in a snide and sarcastic way...... by the way they called them "amateurs". 

This of course discouraged the "amateurs". It was only after the conductor explained to several of the "amateurs" the root and meaning of the word that they were encouraged and of course.. the movie had a happy ending.....

jbow


I thought we were talking about Bapu's aperture?

Which is wide just like my moobs.

What's this about Bapu's armchair not being wide enough?