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I still think pseudo-professional is the best. semi means half, and we're definitely not half professional! What is half professional anyway? Does that mean we screw up 50% of the time?
MSX-Engine was definitely quasi-professional btw
Rikuse, you're right about that...but words do have more meanings than just the 'official' ones in the books. If someone says those bloody amateurs, amateurs doesn't refer to people who do things as a hobby, but to people who don't have enough skills/knowledge/whatever and probably screwed up 
Btw, this is called amateurish, not amaturistic. You can determine from the context if the word 'amateur' has a negative sound or not.
I still think pseudo-professional is the best. semi means half, and we're definitely not half professional! What is half professional anyway? Does that mean we screw up 50% of the time?
MSX-Engine was definitely quasi-professional btw
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Rikuse, you're right about that...but words do have more meanings than just the 'official' ones in the books. If someone says those bloody amateurs, amateurs doesn't refer to people who do things as a hobby, but to people who don't have enough skills/knowledge/whatever and probably screwed up Btw, this is called amateurish, not amaturistic. You can determine from the context if the word 'amateur' has a negative sound or not.
But we know better, don't we? Professional means nothing more than 'someone who is doing something for his profession'. 'Beroepsmatig', in Dutch. This totally lacks any connection with 'love' for what someone is doing. The word 'amateur' DOES connect those words.
An amateur can be an expert, whereas a professional doesn't necessarily have to be an expert.
true...
When you put it that way, 'amateur' is really a kick-ass word!