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Q: Word for eighteen expressed as Twenty Minus Two

SPAOther than Latin, are there any languages that have a word for the number 18 that means twenty minus two? A quick glance at some of the numeral systems of languages in the Indo-European reveal that 20 - 1 is common and there are some 30 - 1 words. But I only know of 20 - 2 in Latin (duodevigin...

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Alenanno
Alenanno
15:19
@Cerberus I fixed my problem. It was some problem on the phone software maybe... I reset to Factory settings and now it says "0,96 GB" instead of 126 MB.
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A: Space problem in Samsung Galaxy Pocket GT-S5300

AlenannoI have solved my own problem today and I'd like to provide the solution for others that might have the same problem. The actual Internal memory for this phone should amount to exactly 0,96 GB or close to that. I knew this confronting my phone to another one from the same model. I first tried form...

Cerberus
Cerberus
@Alenanno Ohh so you did in fact have more memory!
I was thinking 128 MB was extremely small for a recent phone.
Yay!
Alenanno
Alenanno
@Cerberus Yes! I think it was the phone that "didn't see it" somehow.
Yes lol
Cerberus
Cerberus
Very odd.
Alenanno
Alenanno
As we say in Italy
"Tutto è bene quel che finisce bene"
2
:D
Cerberus
Cerberus
All's well that ends well.
Eind goed, al goed.
This expression exists in many languages!
Alenanno
Alenanno
15:22
Ah, great lol
Cerberus
Cerberus
I should have checked the internal-memory specification.
> Storage 3 GB(inbuilt)
So you should have even more!
Perhaps Android itself takes up the remainder.
Alenanno
Alenanno
@Cerberus You have a Nexus no? You should have more, not me. :P
Ah you mean for my problem.
Cerberus
Cerberus
Hehe.
Alenanno
Alenanno
Yes lol
Cerberus
Cerberus
No, that is for your phone.
Yeah.
My phone has 16 GB officially, but I can only access 13.3 GB.
Alenanno
Alenanno
15:25
At least I can install Skype without fearing the "Your storage is full" message.
Oh that's not bad.
Cerberus
Cerberus
So Android must take up 2.7 GB on my phone.
Alenanno
Alenanno
After all, it's not like you have to install all that stuff, no?
Cerberus
Cerberus
And it must take up about 2 GB on yours.
Alenanno
Alenanno
Some games, some apps, and that's it.
Cerberus
Cerberus
Yeah, so far the 13.3 GB is enough.
The problem is, I have no card reader.
So the 13.3 GB is really all I will ever have.
Alenanno
Alenanno
15:26
You cannot have an SD card??
Cerberus
Cerberus
So a few films and my memory is full.
Nope.
Alenanno
Alenanno
Why is that?
That's weird.
Cerberus
Cerberus
Because Google is stupid.
Iphones don't have card readers either.
Some of the newest Android phones have card readers, some don't.
Alenanno
Alenanno
Yeah but they're 16, 32 and 64 GB.
Cerberus
Cerberus
It is my theory that they are first trying to make you get used to having no card reader, and then later they can try and sell you a phone with 32 GB internal memory for € 80 more than the variant with 16 GB.
A very easy way to extort money from customers.
Alenanno
Alenanno
15:29
An unrelated question: do you see my nickname in italics on this chat?
Cerberus
Cerberus
No.
Alenanno
Alenanno
Yours?
Cerberus
Cerberus
Yes.
I'm the room's owner—you are a mere mod.
Alenanno
Alenanno
Mere lol
:D
Cerberus
Cerberus
Hehe.
Alenanno
Alenanno
15:29
Remember who put you there!
Cerberus
Cerberus
Do dictators ever remember who gave them their power?
Alenanno
Alenanno
You're a dictator?
Cerberus
Cerberus
Do presidents ever remember who voted for them?
Alenanno
Alenanno
Now you're a president? Wow, from tyranny to democracy in some seconds.
Cerberus
Cerberus
@Alenanno Ehh nooo, certainly not. I would never! At least not in your presence.
@Alenanno Same effect.
Alenanno
Alenanno
15:31
@Cerberus Not in my presence?
Today I was out and I saw the video "4 Minutes" with Madonna and Justin Timberlake, now I have it in my head. But it's all Timbaland's fault. One of my fave rap producers.
Cerberus
Cerberus
Hmm.
Try bleach.
Alenanno
Alenanno
Bleach?
Cerberus
Cerberus
To bleach your brain, to get rid of the song.
Gigili
Gigili
What was the movie called? That the man tried to bleach his brain to forget his girlfriend.
Alenanno
Alenanno
@Cerberus Ahah I don't think that's necessary!
Gigili
Gigili
15:37
Hullio @Cerb.
Cerberus
Cerberus
Hi.
@Alenanno It will be if you decide to date a horrible witch of a girlfriend one day...
Alenanno
Alenanno
@Cerberus Oh, I carefully choose those... lol
@Gigili Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
@Cerberus Do you like western movies?
Gigili
Gigili
Thanks.
Alenanno
Alenanno
No problem.
Cerberus
Cerberus
@Alenanno Wise.
Alenanno
Alenanno
15:46
Eheh
Cerberus
Cerberus
@Alenanno Ehm not specifically. I rarely watch movies.
Alenanno
Alenanno
@Cerberus Ah I think you told me.
Cerberus
Cerberus
Is there a specific one that you like?
Alenanno
Alenanno
All Sergio Leone's movies.
Which are... 5, western related.
Or maybe 6 if you count a collab.
Cerberus
Cerberus
OK noted.
Alenanno
Alenanno
15:47
He really re-wrote a genre there. He changed some standards.
For example, in classic westerns there was a good guy and a bad guy.
In his movies, the roles are not clean cut... The good guy is not that good, as he makes "philosophically" bad choices (he kills someone, for example)
but he's still the good guy.
But anyway, check "For a fistful of dollars"... Nothing complicated, but a good plot, not stupid, with a young Clint Eastwood. :)
Cerberus
Cerberus
16:14
Ah OK.
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16:27
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Q: The most famous issues contested among linguists in the fields of Sociolinguistics and Discourse analysis?

nicholas ainsworthWhat are the most famous contested issues in the fields of sociolinguistics and discourse analysis?

sociolinguistics discourse
 
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Otavio Macedo
Otavio Macedo
19:43
@Alenanno In the restaurant where I had lunch today:
user image
Cerberus
Cerberus
Hi!
What's up with the double consonants?
 
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Otavio Macedo
Otavio Macedo
21:10
Maybe the Roman dialect?
Cerberus
Cerberus
Hmm Romaneschi...
What does that mean? Gypsy?
@OtavioMacedo Where are you anyway?
I see Spanish?
That's not Portuguese, is it?
> importada
Otavio Macedo
Otavio Macedo
I am in São Paulo
But this is an Italian restaurant
There are lots of them here
Cerberus
Cerberus
Ah OK.
So what is Romanescho?
From Emilia Romagna?
Roman is Romano.
Otavio Macedo
Otavio Macedo
I don't know, but the owner came from Rome
nellos.com.br/historia.php
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanesco
Alenanno
Alenanno
It's a dialect ahahah
there's nice stuff in there
lolll
It's the Rome accent/dialect
so to speak
"mejo" "er", yes it's Rome.
Did you understand that @OtavioMacedo?
Otavio Macedo
Otavio Macedo
21:25
Not everything
Alenanno
Alenanno
@OtavioMacedo If you need something translated, let me know!
They are all sayings, by the way.
Some are amusing eheh
Otavio Macedo
Otavio Macedo
Tiettela
What is it?
Alenanno
Alenanno
It's basically "tienitela".
You know this term, I suppose?
It might not be helpful if you don't lol
Otavio Macedo
Otavio Macedo
No, I don't
Alenanno
Alenanno
Ok, sorry. It is:
"tieni" = second person of "tenere", keep.
In this case, it's a sort of imperative.
te = underlines to yourself
la = simple pronoun
so "keep her [to yourself]"
Otavio Macedo
Otavio Macedo
21:33
Ah, so keep the sad things to yourself...
Is that it ?
Don't complain all the time
Alenanno
Alenanno
I'm not sure of the non-literal sense, but the literal one means "sour thing, keep her close to yourself"
caro as in "dear"
Caro is quite a polysemic word in italian.
It can be "dear", "expensive"...
I'll be going away for now. If you need more, just ping me and I'll answer as soon as I get back online. :)
A presto!
Cerberus
Cerberus
Bye!

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