Quote: Gordon Bennett @ 10th September 2014, 1:56 PM BSTI don't know, I'm not Dutch...but what association does it have in English? In German extreme left wing people are often referred to as 'Zecken'...which means 'ticks'.
(sorry, zooo!)
Clever dick!
Better than being a nitwit.
(Not to be nitpicky)
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=nit Some interesting ones...
Quote: Gordon Bennett @ 10th September 2014, 2:13 PM BSThttp://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=nit
Some interesting ones...
I'd think "nit" was a twit or maybe a twerp. Something in that region. A "nitwit" is closer to a dim wit. Not much brain. UD isn't right in the English sense of (being) "nit-picky". It's making a big important thing of a small insignificant matter. Using "nitpicking" might be better. It is similarly used, whether it is grammatically correct or not. To my ear, it has less of an American sound to it. Nits are also head lice. Here endeth...etc.
Ah, the pride of Switzerland:
Head lice was the use I was referring to as in 'nit nuss'.
Quote: Hercules Grytpype Thynne @ 10th September 2014, 9:56 AM BST
Whozat?
Quote: zooo @ 10th September 2014, 6:15 PM BSTWhozat?
William Tell 
Former rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist for the piano rock band Something Corporate.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMwI1DlZpyY&list=PLE915C90BF2FF0897
Ah, nice.
Is he from Swizzland then?
Quote: zooo @ 10th September 2014, 7:33 PM BSTAh, nice.
Is he from Swizzland then?
Just me trying to be clever dicky. 
I'm never clever enough to get your jokes. 
Moi? Whadabout Marc P? He's another planet. 
(Swiss Cottage Station by the way)
Here's summat a bit more obvious.
From the "Film" - "My 26 Weeks as a Bag Carrier" (Ah, the memories!)
