What are all the possible combinations of English words? We should list them all and check off which ones form even remotely grammatical sentences, then store them in a Google database so that ELL folks can search for their own personal word-melange and leave us alone.
@tchrist I worked on a recipe from typecooker.com last night. I ended up cooking NABOKOV and ran out of room on my page. The recipe called for a ligature, so I overlapped the OV.
@Jez The sizes of states have fluctuated throughout history. And you should also consider how broad the concept of a "state" is: if it takes a month to get a message from one end of your empire to the other; if the Emperor only has power in his royal capital, but his dukes and counts rule their own domains; if most people never pay taxes or use government services: do states even matter? Are they at all comparable?
@Cerberus If one state uses foreign policy to badger another state into changing its laws to the benefit of the first state, does the second state even matter?
I wonder if the British love to win prises By trying on hats of various sises Before they invarably do grow ould And are buried deep in the ground so could.
@Cerberus Well, I don't know all the details, but my understanding is that China+USSR were basically supplying the North Koreans and that there were unofficial cases of actual combat between US fighter planes and Soviet fighter planes.
@Gigili the answer is one word. The answer does mention that word. The pictures are there to provide further examples. The comic is relevant, too, though I agree it is probably the least relevant part.
According to Wikipedia, which never, ever lies, Korea was split in two after WWII by the US/USSR. THEN there was a war about it afterwards.
So I was watching a video the other day which claimed that WWI should be examined in schools as "the time Britain invaded Iraq so that Germany couldn't get the oil"
It sure makes a lot more sense than "One guy was murdered, then all the countries lined up and started shooting at each other and couldn't stop because they had treaties that said they'd do that"
The most probable term would be "geek", as in "computer geek" (roughly "computer whiz").
(not the US geek from fifty years ago, as the lowest form of circus performer, who did horrible, demeaning things).
Even though a geek is not necessarily smart or into computers, but can be in general a "weir...
No, it is not a short form of anything. Here, will is not an auxiliary verb, but a full verb. Nothing is omitted in the sentence. Will, here, is used in the meaning "want" or "wish", which is considered archaic in most other contexts, outside of set phrases. It is related to the German wollen, Du...
> This is a surprising development. A pertinent xkcd comic comes to mind. But I am rather drunk now, so I will save myself the trouble of deleting emotional remarks in the morning. For the record, I never typed-and-deleted any such remarks.
A year from now, I predict that people will edit my example sentences about Antiquity, replacing all "Cleopatras" with "Janes", because the references are irrelevant and too difficult, and the modern reader only wants modern examples that appeal to his small bureaucratic world.
I've watched two interviews. One with Grace Park, one with Eliza Dushku.
What one can't miss is that Eliza uses an awful lot of garbage words (or how is it called) — um, so, like, you know, actually, I guess, I mean, kind of... — whereas Grace doesn't use them much.
YouTube links:
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Because of a certain 140 character limit I've learned where I can trim characters on responses but even after all this time I still reply with "Well, so and so . . ." and I go back and have to delete it (even on comments to this site I start with well and then delete it). Is it because that's gen...
A friend was noting that his daughter would occasionally start sentences with the phrase "I mean, " simply for emphasis, not for clarification:
Friend: How was the Miley Cyrus concert?
Friend's daughter: I mean, it was the best concert ever!
I have typically seen "I mean" used to jo...
Oh, and "Well, ..." doesn't mean that what you said was not useful in the discussion or it shouldn't have been said; it just means I'm going to side-step your line of reasoning a bit, for whatever reason.
@Cerberus can you please stop wasting your time on saying things a) everyone here knows and b) everyone including yourself has already said on the linked questions.
That's like saying, don't go watch Titanic, it sucks. Well, thanks a bunch but I would like to build my own opinion. Even if I know in advance, even if I am 100% certain that Titanic sucks, I will still watch it. Because otherwise, how can I possibly argue why it sucks?
I am not one of those people who hate on a movie without seeing it. I want to be able to tell you why I hate it. Otherwise any die-hard fan could just present any number of arguments to which I would know nothing to respond.
Actually that Britney video was not bad, video-wise. Just strange that they put the song into a Mars mission. And then there's a scene where they are talking with no helmets on, but the voices are all "talking-on-the-comlink-muted/scratchy"
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 I think we've strayed way too far from the original point. Which was that not having seen Oops I Did It Again is like never having seen IE6. It is possible, if you live under a rock.
@ЯegDwight "Oops, ... I played with your heart. You think I'm in love. I'm not that innocent." So basically she's just saying she's a f-cking bitch playing head games?
That guy had musical education under his belt. Wrote operas. Played piano. These days, they take the next best jerk who can find the "on" switch in AutoTune. Often the artist themself.
@Cerberus Why not just go all the way? "I don't care who you are, you stupid pansy, I just want to torture you so you give me stuff. And I'm going to keep doing that because you are stupid."
It's kinda a shame that Britney's talents are basically wasted on such shitty music. She's not a bad entertainer. She (or her handlers) just has no taste.
Weekly writer's chat going on now in The Overlook. Today we're discussing ideas for National Novel Writing Month, and looking at some short fiction some of us did as part of last week's exercises. Come join us, if you like.
A friend was noting that his daughter would occasionally start sentences with the phrase "I mean, " simply for emphasis, not for clarification:
Friend: How was the Miley Cyrus concert?
Friend's daughter: I mean, it was the best concert ever!
I have typically seen "I mean" used to jo...
whats wrong with "projects done",
I think portfolio is a page which contains all this projects in with a single logo os screen shot!
English Language & Usage: Multi-Layer…
English Language & Usage: Multi-Layer…