Notice that your example shows the negative connotation I speak of.
This raises the question of whether you are aware of the effect of your language on others. Not much though.
Fred
From: Mr Paul Vogel bannedneedle@yahoo.com Reply-To: English Wikipedia wikien-l@Wikipedia.org Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 08:37:46 -0700 (PDT) To: wikien-l@Wikipedia.org Cc: bannedneedle@yahoo.com Subject: [WikiEN-l] "Ilk" defined for Fred.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
3 entries found for ilk. To select an entry, click on it. ilk[1,pronoun]ilk[2,noun]ilk[3,pronoun]
Main Entry: 2ilk Function: noun : SORT, KIND <the rejection of these books or others of like ilk -- Kathleen Molz>
"However this word in modern times carries a strong negative connotation and violates our policy against personal attacks (without delivering any significant information). Basically just a throwaway piss word."
Ilk has a "strong negative connotation"!!!??? LOL! :D