Posted by Owen Roberts on November 15, 2006 at 00:27:23 from 195.92.67.75 user OwenRoberts.
In Reply to: Re: The Lakeland Lurker posted by PeterH on November 14, 2006 at 22:55:01:
"or alternatively, the old school warning - 'Cavey!' (from caveat). Does anyone know of 'lurk' being used like this elsewhere? "
I think cave - with the e pronounced as a long e, was meant to mean warning. i.e. stop what you were doing before you were punished by an approaching master (or mistress if you were in a ladies school).
Thus, for example, it was a good idea to stop giving Jones minor an ink injection with one's fountain pen (we were all blue or blue/black blooded at school) and refill it in time for the lesson to start.
Those who play (or whose children play) Dragons and Dungeons will know that a lurk is a type of character in the game. I wonder if AR would have played D&D ? Certainly my son and several of his friends played chess as well as D&D and found both games similar.