Don't feed the donkey sponge cake.

@tchrist haha. pearls before swine. diamond in the rough..wait no. beating a dead horse...well yes, but not that.

Let them eat sponge cake.

Hi @Jasper.

I should be, but I am allowing myself to be distracted.

Is it? Because it is the last one?

Is Crimson Peak that one with that guy I like?

raises eyebrows

Tom Hiddleston.

Also, it's Guillermo Del Toro who I like his movies.

That's interesting.

I'm off to bed. Good night, @Jasper.

@Cerberus I found your secret deep within the lair of the Jade monkey dragon.

Do most people here study English or work as authors and such?

@MattE.Эллен Three brand new words posts.

@JasperLoy Oh, okay.

@JasperLoy Oh, OK.

1am Monday here

@Cerberus Just curious whether you already knew the overarching reason why modern Western Romance languages so often have “synchronic irregulars” in their verbs’ present indicative inflexions, especially in the first person singular? For example FR: je viens; CA: vinc; ES, IT: vengo; PT: venho.

Is it just me, or does this seem unfortunately worded?

@tchrist The title? Yeah, I don't know what that means.

Ok I'll bite, what's the reason for synchronic irregulars?

@Mitch The -io and -eo first person singular forms in Latin. The first vowel became a semi-vocalic /j/ which triggered instability in the previous sound or sounds, which gave rise to palatalization of the previous consonant and sometimes to raising the earlier vowel, sometimes to a diphthong.

That’s also why you so often have those irregulars only in the first person singular, since the other persons didn’t have /j/-in-diphthong there.

Hi, I'd like to ask is it correct to say "bring some experience to some activity", as in "bring new experience to everyday shopping" (artificial example). Or there is more precise expression? I though about "introduce ... to ..." and "add ... to ...".

Also, a grammar checker I use says, that "bring ... to ..." is not correct, while "bring ... into ..." is OK for it.

Will ask on the forum.

@JasperLoy Ohai. I am writing now.

@Arrowfar Hi.

I am writing. Almost done the fourth novel. I've got about 5K words left. Two days.

And yourself?

Hey, only two more days! Then your stress can be over with.

@tchrist thanks

I'll ask for a black listing tomorrow

hi

I'm just catching up on @Kit's writing :D

Oh but it's awful.

"Nearly complete" is the best praise for it.

Although I think I would rate the story as the best yet, despite how it doesn't have one.

it's not! It doesn't feel like it'll be over in 5k words...

Um. Yeah. I noticed that too.

I mean: it's not awful

My ego heard what you meant.

good :D

only half my brain is working, apparently

I guess you'll have to keep writing 1000 words per day until it's done

Right.

coughs

:D

I haven't finished editing last year's yet, and I was really committed to that.

Also, I have a topic for next year now.

oh?

It's called "And Then There Was Cake."

See The Overlook Hotel.

Funny thing is, I think I could actually do it.

Anyway, this isn't the writing I'm meant to be writing.

bbl

OK :D Get writing. CU

@MattE.Эллен Better snag the word synonym while you're at it.