English Language Learners

Damkerng T.

10:00 AM

(I think "year 2000" without the got stuck in my head.)

Anonymous

In the year 2000!

Damkerng T.

Thanks for the correction, btw!

I mean it wasn't even supposed to be written as 2000, it was Y2K.

I think I must have lost the article before year back then. :-)

Now I got it back. Yay!

Anonymous

Y2K is pronounced like why two kay

Anonymous

IPA is beyond me on my phone

Anonymous

Damkerng T.

10:03 AM

Most people around me saying it as "year 2000" back then, I think.

(I've never had any chance to work with real native speakers.)

Anonymous

Oh, I've never heard anyone pronounce Y2K that way

Damkerng T.

The same went to salary.

10k, 15k, etc.

I mean what they wrote and what they spoke were not always strictly related.

Anonymous

I wouldn't be surprised if I heard 10k pronounced like ten thousand, though ten kay would be fine too

Fantasier

I do that (10k = ten kay)

Anonymous

It's also possible I'm suffering from selective memory and people did pronounce Y2K the way you said

Anonymous

10:09 AM

Though people would never say "in year 2000" regardless

Damkerng T.

I don't think so. I believe that it's likely that people around me back then pronounced it incorrectly.

Just like what Maulik and I did today.

Anonymous

I never saw that show I linked to a picture of, but my friends went around quoting it

Damkerng T.

I didn't know it was from a show!

Anonymous

And if I jokingly said "in the year 2000", they took it as a reference to that show

Anonymous

Although it wasn't exactly a phrase he invented

Anonymous

10:14 AM

That's Conan

Damkerng T.

Oh, Conan O'Brian?

Anonymous

I never watched his show, but

Damkerng T.

Me either.

Anonymous

I did see the Simpsons, which he worked on at one point

Anonymous

The monorail episode

Damkerng T.

10:15 AM

I don't watch Simpsons that often, I think.

(Not sure which tense I should use.)

Anonymous

That tense is fine. I always say the though

Damkerng T.

Oh, it's The Simpsons!

Anonymous

You could also use the past tense if you wanted. Then it would be a statement about back when the episode(s) we're talking about aired, I guess

Anonymous

Or that general era, whenever it was.

Damkerng T.

I haven't watched it for a while, so I thought of the past tense first; then I changed my mind, since I might watch it again if I run into it.

And I wasn't sure how to classify that thought into which English tense.

I found this sentence on Wikipedia:

> She is the Miss Globe Venezuela titleholder for 2006, and was the official winner of the Miss Globe International pageant held in Saranda, Albania on October 1, 2006.

Oh, the "Miss Asia for 2006" led me to this very cute page! books.google.com/books?id=KT7VVxJHcOYC&pg=PA108

I'd love to buy that book!

It's written in Japanese but I think I have no problem reading it.

Anonymous

10:26 AM

That sentence seems okay

Damkerng T.

sobbing -- The book is not on Amazon.com.

Anonymous

It looks like only the introduction is in Japanese

Damkerng T.

I really like the way they demonstrate the usages.

Anonymous

I wonder how effective learning that way is

Damkerng T.

I would say "very".

Anonymous

10:31 AM

It lets you ignore your L1

Damkerng T.

nods

I really want to buy that book!

2,052円 on Rakuten.co.jp.

Have you ever bought anything from there?

I hope that Kinokuniya sells it.

Anonymous

11:04 AM

If not, you can ask them to order it :-)

helix

11:29 AM

I need to put this thought somewhere: We should have a site like CodeReview.SE but for written English

For questions like this.

Damkerng T.

11:54 AM

I thought of something along the same line last month maybe (I thought of Code Golf back then). What's more interesting is who would participate the site. :-)

GATA

12:49 PM

Hi all :) would someone please check my sentence to see if it sound natural? "This canvas is not gessoed well enough"

Damkerng T.

I don't know this verb "gessoed", I'd better pass this one. :-)

GATA

Hi :) I've just read the following page and I thought I can use use Gesso as a verb. I meant "gesso" was not applied to the canvas adequately.

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Q: Which nouns can be used as verbs?

Someone told me that the English language is special (compared to German, at least) in the way that every noun could be used as a verb. I think this phenomenon is called supine. Is this correct? Examples: house → to house well → to well phone → to phone table → to table lamp → to lamp At fir...

Gesso

Gesso ( "chalk," from the , from ) is a white paint mixture consisting of a binder mixed with chalk, gypsum, pigment, or any combination of these. It is used in artwork as a preparation for any number of substrates such as wood panels, canvas and sculpture as a base for paint and other materials that are applied over it. Traditional gesso "Gesso", also known "glue gesso" or "Italian gesso" is a traditional mix of an animal glue binder (usually rabbit-skin glue), chalk, and white pigment, used to coat rigid surfaces such as wooden painting panels as an absorbent primer coat substrate for...

I have found few examples by Google but I am not quiet sure if they are correct.

Damkerng T.

I'm not used to this medium. It might work, I think, but I'm not very sure.

This may be unrelated, but in acrylics painting we usually prime the canvas (before painting). Gesso seems like something we do after the painting has already been finished.

Eh? After reading the Wikipedia page a little, gesso sounds a bit more like "before the painting".

Oh, maybe I already used gesso myself a few times, but I knew it as "primer".

GATA

1:08 PM

Yes Gesso is one of mediums used in priming

We Varnish the painting when its finished

Damkerng T.

I see.

Then, maybe: This canvas wasn't primed with gesso well enough.

GATA

This one sounds better, Thank you :)

Damkerng T.

No problem. (I still feel not absolutely sure about the sentence, but I think it's passable.)

GATA

Can't we say "isn't" ?

Damkerng T.

Oh, yes. The tense is your choice.

I think isn't, wasn't, and hasn't been are all possible.

Depending on the context, I mean.

I tend to prefer wasn't.

Or hasn't been if the priming has just finished.

GATA

1:16 PM

This is one of my biggest problems. I think when we say is, then we are describing its current state(a fact).

Damkerng T.

You are right.

But in passive voice, the action took place before we say the sentence.

However, we can use is primed when we describe general ideas.

But that's not your case, I think.

GATA

That's right.

Damkerng T.

Another case I think is primed is fine, is when the canvas is still getting primed.

GATA

Hmm... I think I need to study the passive voices again. Thank you again DamkerngT.

Damkerng T.

You're welcome.

Hey, I've gained a few more pounds this month. :D

I think I need more exercise. :-)

GATA

1:36 PM

:D I think I have Hyperthyroidism :) I am 71 kg for years.

I eat as much as I can but nothing changes.

Damkerng T.

Wow! Good for you!

Awal Garg

1:56 PM

hello holy people

i need some help from you

is anybody here?

Damkerng T.

What is the problem? I will try if I can help.

Awal Garg

@DamkerngT. i have come up with a title for an upcoming project

Damkerng T.

Yes?

Awal Garg

i want to know what comes to your mind first when you see it

Damkerng T.

Okay. What's the title?

Awal Garg

2:02 PM

ok, it might be very good. don't try to steal, it is copyrighted by me

Damkerng T.

LOL

Awal Garg

"the emerging reality"

Damkerng T.

Some sort of Second Life?

Awal Garg

@DamkerngT. and...?

Damkerng T.

You asked about what would come to my mind first. :D

Awal Garg

2:04 PM

@DamkerngT. and second?

Damkerng T.

It makes me feel like I'm not in the real world.

Maybe this reality, which is emerging, is actually the real one. :-)

Awal Garg

@DamkerngT. haha i'll assume you are not kidding

Damkerng T.

Just a bit; but I really feel that way.

Awal Garg

do you get any thoughts about something new blowing up minds like a big obvious suspense just revealed and everyone on awe?

Damkerng T.

Could be, I think.

It's kind of paradoxical.

Awal Garg

2:08 PM

@DamkerngT. how?

Damkerng T.

I mean it is emerging, but it is also a reality, then again we already are in the reality.

(Suppose that we are really in the reality.)

But because of that, it could sound interesting.

"Intriguing" may be a better word.

Awal Garg

@DamkerngT. that is very important. you hit the nail man... cool

Damkerng T.

Now you made me curious about your project. :-)

Awal Garg

@DamkerngT. it is a science documentary

Damkerng T.

Oh, I see. It's a great title.

Awal Garg

2:11 PM

@DamkerngT. thanks

Damkerng T.

No problem. (Not sure that I helped much, though.)

When will I be able to watch it on my cable TV? :-)

Awal Garg

and not on cable TV

Damkerng T.

Oh! -- sad

Awal Garg

@DamkerngT. atleat a month to be released

Damkerng T.

I will wait. :D

Awal Garg

2:22 PM

@DamkerngT. sure. i will first post the youtube link here

Damkerng T.

Thanks in advance.

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