@tchrist Thanks! I have added some of the new ones to my post.

@sumelic sprueing means “provision of sprues”.

It's a (de)verbal noun, not a participial adjective.

What's the name for the construction "less than"?

@user314159 A comparison?

"Less" is a comparative, right?

What about "than" @tchrist

I'm not sure what you're asking.

When you say that something is bigger than something else is, than is being used as a conjunction.

Right.

More and less are ways of comparing things; most and least are the respective superlative forms.

We don’t have an inflection for "less X" for English adverbs and adjectives the way we do (sometimes) have one for "more X".

Could you look at my question please?

Which question?

I don't know the answer.

And have a nasty headache.

:(

np

Perhaps later @tchrist

Yes, maybe.

It's past my bedtime anyway.

Thanks for looking

cya

@tchrist I wondered if I should say something like that in my post, but I saw enough evidence of verbal use on Google Books that I think it's reasonable to also consider "spruing/sprueing" to be a verbal form. Example:

> In sprueing a ring to be cast this first rule is generally ignored (books.google.com/…)

This has a direct object.

> SPRUEING AND VENTING THE WAX (books.google.com/…)

This has a direct object and is coordinated with another verbal "-ing" word

@Cerberus So what would an unusual example be?

@sumelic Yes, once it has a direct object, it's certainly a verb not a noun.

I'm trying to find a similar phrase like "howilook" or "judgeme" ..! Is there any alternative? I cannot use them because both of them are registered as domain name.

desperateforattention

doesmybumlookbiginthis

plentyoffish

already taken and not related. is it opposites day where you are?

nope, queen victoria's bday here

Lucky Vic

amigoodenough

whydoesnobodylikeme

doesitlooklikemymumdressedme

canipassforhuman

itsallaboutme

better?

closer. although it isn't inherently asking for judgement

dontjudgeabookbyitscover

more like dojudgeabookbyitscover

ok, apparently doesmybumlookbiginthis.com is taken. who'd've thought?

:O

you must've got some "interesting" search results with that ;)

sadly not. just some brand management firm

ionlyweardesignerclothing

mylookbook

oh, that's taken too

ivegotthelook

strikeapose

beautyiswhereyoufindit

all good options

I bet strikeapose is taken...

yep

oh, apparently not

orly?

inspired by Madonna

Vogue

nice

thnx

gotta run, cya

cu

@MattE.Эллен well what is supposed to mean?

I see, thx

@MattE.Эллен thx

Is this sentence correct?

> anyway, coding has enthusiasm and motivation enough to ignore hot weather

not really

and do you know the correction?

While I'm coding...

does that^ help you get started?

Do you mean something like this?

> While I'm coding I don't care about anything else

Yes.

ok thx

np

@Shafizadeh Is doilookgood taken?

nope .. sounds good, thx

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Manually reported answer (batch report: post 1 out of 2): Are the words "mandatory," "obligatory," and "compulsory" interchangeable? by dylan on english.SE

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Manually reported answer (batch report: post 2 out of 2): Are the words "mandatory," "obligatory," and "compulsory" interchangeable? by dylan on english.SE

@MattE.Эллен heyyyy... that's the one day my outfit actually works.

@Mitch The only day the trousers face in the right direction

@MattE.Эллен I don't know. I notice that pretty quickly.

Also, that reminds me. I gotta go.

when you gotta go...

Thank you

Mornin.

heya

Now I want pie.

Why is that?

Yummy

Pi day should be celebrated on February 28.

@Mitch Are Mondays busy days for you?

@Tonepoet It seems to me you weren't misinformed but thought that it was "biblical" in origin. I say this because that phrase.org.uk site is correct when it says the phrase "has an Old Testament sound about it".

@tchrist Which season? Game of Thrones?

And when you said biblical I was thinking "very great; on a large scale", not the Bible related meaning.

That's a slot machine now @Robusto

@tchrist: Also: 'Trump ... is the all-time record-holder of the Dunning-Kruger effect. It’s the phenomenon in which “the incompetent person is too incompetent to understand his own incompetence.” The example Brooks gives is that Trump thought he’d find glory when he fired former FBI director James Comey and thought the press would be wild with happiness when he won the Republican nomination. “He is perpetually surprised because reality does not comport with his fantasies,” says David Brooks.'

See nytimes.com/2017/05/15/opinion/trump-classified-data.html?_r=0

@user314159 How is it a slot machine?

They made a slot machine called The Game of Thrones.

Oh. Does that mean winter is coming?

Perhaps.

I'm just waiting for Trump to turn the white house into a hotel and casino

The oval room would make a great show lounge

@user314159 I thought that's already happened.

In some ways, yes.

But it ain't over till the fat lady sings.

@Robusto Already read that article. But I'm also thinking he's got dementia.

He used to be able to talk. Now he can't.

alternet.org/personal-health/…

How's the headache?

Ok. Lunching.

Cool :-)

@MetaEd You're mad

As in mentally unhinged

The door to your psyche is off kilter

Also Tau Day is already 6/28, Jun 28th.

Pie. Pfft

@englishstudent I wasn't accusing phrases.co.uk for the misinformation; I was using it as a basis for correction. Such phrases that seem to originate from one source often have a "folk etymology" associated with them, and I vaguely recollect hearing something of the sort before. I can not verify from where since it would have been a long time ago, and I am not sure this is the case since such a vague memory may simply be a mistaken recollection.

Nevertheless, would it kill you to just give me the benefit of the doubt? XP

@Tonepoet erm, you misunderstood me. I didn't mean that. Can you please reread my comment above? I appreciate your comments about the phrase, they are informative. Also I didn't think you were accusing anyone of anything. :P

@Tonepoet English is not my first language so sorry, if my tone seemed I was criticising you.

I just meant to say the phrase.org site has a point when it says 'it has an Old Testament sound about it'. So to me you weren't misinformed, and you probably thought the same thing, that, the phrase has an Old Testament sound, so it must be biblical.

damn, it is difficult to put thoughts into words sometimes. xD

gives up

Also I have been doing an internship here, so I come to chats with whatever brain cells I have left after work.

It has been exhausting.

But rewarding.

@Mitch "Pfft" looks pretty good in writing. Do you ever feel like using that expression in real life with sound?

I asked because I never. It sounds ugly. In writing I use it though.

That reminds me, any other good expressions to use in its place while speaking?

Let me know if you know of any good ones sir.

@englishstudent No. In real life it would be pretty rude.

Ah I see.

Yeah.

In real life, I blow air out my nose like a snort... but not wet.

hah.

Also, that same sound I use for a barely suppressed laugh

so if you hear me say it, you won't know which I meant

You made a pun? frmph

So when you use "pfft" in text chats do you ever like you are being rude? I ask because I would never use it if I knew it was rude if I said the same thing with sound.

heh.

The IPA for that, a nasal fricative, is [frmpf]

"Meh" is not rude in real life with sound right? I mean in general, like "pfft".

@englishstudent Try me. Say something dumb about tau. Like tau is better than pi. Watch my reaction.

@englishstudent It's as rude as saying 'I don't care'

@Mitch Why not? Tau is better than pi.

@Mitch I see

That is it's not rude at all if someone asks you "How is the soufflé at that new restaurant?"

It's totally rude if someone asks you "How did you like the soufflé I spent hours making for you?"

@englishstudent Pfft. You obviously have no evidence

@Mitch By the way, my brain says you are unoffendable :) So I fear not interacting with you. Why do you think I'm pinging you all the time with all types of comments? You seem cool most of the time and not judgmental etc. that's why.

@englishstudent I'm totally judging you @englishstudent

haha

@englishstudent did that ping you more than once? I was trying.

@englishstudent sure, but like you, when there's in-between time it's fun to say things that aren't constrained by any connection to reality, unless the breeze floats that way.

@Mitch Nah you are not judging me. I don't buy it. I can differentiate an ass from someone who is cool and friendly like you. I have that talent :)

@Mitch Yes it did. I mean the highlighted grey @ thingy. But I saw only one pink circle iirc.

Don't remember, I don't pay much attention to pings lel.

@englishstudent It was just the sounds I was concerned with @englishstudent. It really annoys some people, @englishstudent, even just once. But if it pings for every mention, @englishstudent, so much the better

Just in case you try it for me, my sound is off.

My sound is off too, so it is cool. Totally.

It doesn't annoy me one bit.

Re judging - people walking down the street you don't know are judging you.

except when they aren't. That's the worst, when they're not.

@englishstudent cool cool cool

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword with email in answer, email in answer: Is "You’re a better man than I am, Gunga Din!" still considered a compliment in English? by Sherry on english.SE

Btw I forgot to tell you, I am wanting to learn the skill of a "referee". For office, I mean.

@englishstudent for... your state/country legislature?

@Mitch Yeah, I could become a politician in the future, that's true.

I will spare you the details for reasons, but at my office there is some politics and people fight once in a while. I have been a good boy though. So my senior has asked me twice "Why didn't you break the fight?". I simply said "I didn't know what to do". I mean those are educated people and quite cool otherwise, but it just happens sometimes.

I mean in my own finance department.

And that was a joke about me becoming a politician.

It is unpleasant but it happened twice last week and once before that.

I just didn't interfere because I like my face and my previous career was all for my looks, so I'd rather not ruin that lel. Also people hate it when the most handsome guy in the office wants to play the hero part, also I'm quite new there.

I will learn to handle things though.

There is time.

Threaten to cut the baby in half

haha

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in answer, offensive answer detected: Where did the word Yankee originate? by Chris Gibbens on english.SE