ELL's Cabin

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

06:10

meta.ell.stackexchange.com/questions/2795/…

Thanks @Usern!

Oh, this has become such a happy ending!

It can't be possibly true.

CopperKettle

06:44

"A new era of spaceflight began today with SpaceX successfully making the first landing of an orbital space booster rocket. At 8:39 pm EST at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida a Falcon 9 first stage rocket booster made a controlled, powered touchdown on land after delivering 11 communications satellites into low Earth orbit for the Orbcomm-2 mission."

This is great.

Damkerng T.

06:55

Another step to Interstellar flights!

user124234

Hi , Good morning.
Have a nice day!

What is translation of this sentence?

Grid up my loins with renewed manoevouring for renewed challanges in 2016.

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

@user124234 Translation? To what language?

user124234

07:11

Do you know about Urdu?

Damkerng T.

I know the name of the language, but that's pretty much all I know about Urdu.

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

No sorry, I know Turkish, Persian, English and some Arabic.

user124234

Sir ,Dam.
If you know Urdu , so just try it.
If you cannot then translate it in English but in the simplest words.

Mar , then translate it in English.

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

@user124234 OK, lemme.

user124234

Yep, waiting for your pretty response.

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

07:14

Actually, it's kinda messed up.

user124234

Messed up ?

Damkerng T.

If that's the case, it's better to ask for the meaning of the sentence or the phrase, rather than a translation.

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

It means "I'm preparing my loin (the part of the body between hips and ribs) with new tactics for the new challenges in 2016."

I could give a better explanation if you tell me where you saw it @User1.

user124234

Hips and ribs means?

Actually, someone asked me regarding this one, but I don't know what actually it says.

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

It's a word play.

@user124234 Dictionaries explain the definitions better than us.

Damkerng T.

07:18

Gird up my loins is a common idiom.

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

@DamkerngT. Oh yeah . . . why didn't I think of that?

@User1 should it be "grid" or "gird" in your sentence?

I award @Dam the "typo sensei" hat.

Damkerng T.

Hehe!

user124234

Khekhekhe ,thanks.

@DamkerngT.Sir , I learned how to mention someone here.

But it's difficult to mention "Mar".
His name is very very tough.

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

@user124234 Use a space between the words. So you should say "@DamkerngT. sir" not "@DamkerngT.Sir".

@user124234 Type "@" and press "Tab".

Anonymous

Hello again! I see everyone here has been knighted in my absence

user124234

07:29

@Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.ah okay.

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

@user124234 Again, use a space.

@snailboat Hullo!

user124234

Welcome @s@StoneyB

Shit , @snailboat

Damkerng T.

@snailboat It happened during the night!

user124234

I mentioned someone else.
Oops!

Damkerng T.

o_O

Anonymous

07:30

It's okay, @StoneyB won't mind :-)

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

@DamkerngT. ?

Damkerng T.

I thought it was a good rhyme. :D

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

@DamkerngT. The last revision was a scary emoticon.

user124234

Mar , sir.
I am making mistake to mention someone so I shan't mention now.

Anonymous

Did I miss the rhyme?

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

07:32

@user124234 Why not? Everyone makes mistakes.

Damkerng T.

We were knighted during the night.

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

@snailboat It seems to be a Thai Haiku.

user124234

But you have very difficult names.

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

You don't need to type it.

user124234

@Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ. okay.

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

07:33

Just type the first part of the name and press "tab" when it's the only name you see on top of the text area in chat.

Anonymous

A Thaiku?

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

@user124234 Yay!

@snailboat They call it something else.

พเสเ่ด่ิพา or something.

Damkerng T.

LOL

Anonymous

User number number number number number number, I'm sorry if my name is difficult! I promise I won't be offended if you misspell it :-)

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

@Dam what did I just type?

user124234

07:34

@snailboat , okay, thanks.

Last night, I typed "Soni".

Damkerng T.

@Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ. Some gobbledegook.

user124234

Khekhekhe

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

@DamkerngT. I know, but what was it exactly?

Damkerng T.

@Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ. I don't even know how I should pronounce it!

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

Haha um, ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ

user124234

07:36

It was a cute name.
It is short cut of name "Sonia".

Anonymous

Oh, I see!

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

@user124234 Just call her Snailsensei and all problems will be solved.

user124234

So , I will call you "Soni".
If you don't mind please.

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

Sony

Anonymous

Call me whatever you like :-)

user124234

07:37

No, then problems will be created.

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

Too bad @Sony doesn't ping Snail.

@Snail just earned 1k names today.

user124234

No, no.
She likes it.
I will call her "Soni"now.
Yummy.

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

Anyway what's new today?

Throw in a topic so we could absorb some knowledge from @Snail's chat messages like a sponge.

user124234

Sir ,everything is lovely in the garden.
What about you?

Soni has a vast cognizance.

Where's Sir Subjunctive mood?

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

Whagnizance?

@user124234 He's busy studying subjunctive in Spanish/

user124234

07:43

Yeah, means knowledge.

Yeah, I have seen many teachers on this site.
That's why they have very interesting names. I like to call them with their cute names.

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

O_O Thank God I don't have a cute name.

user124234

Your name is like a problem of Maths sum.

It's tough.
You have also pretty name.

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

Oh. What does @Dam's name sound like?

CopperKettle

@Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ. It sounds quite soft.

He posted a youtube link once with a recording.

/damkyoon/, something like that. (0:

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

@CopperKettle It does? I feel like walking on a ragged terrain when pronouncing his name.

user124234

07:51

Hi , sir.
Chemistry , I mean ,sir copper.

Welcome to the chat room.

CopperKettle

Hi, @user124234!

user124234

But you didn't welcome me ,sir.
It hurt me Lotta.

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

@user124234 We only welcome people that have been visiting this chat for the first time. You're no longer new here. :)

user124234

Sir , Mar.
I am a new ghost here.

Sir , Chemistry.

Sir , Dam has very interesting name.
I like it.

Damkerng T.

Thanks!

user124234

07:55

Yeah, sir Robet.

Sir , how to fix a picture on my profile?

Damkerng T.

@Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ. is a specialist in this area.

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

:O SPECIALIST!

@user124234 What do you mean? Are you talking about Winter Bash?

Anonymous

They would like to upload an avatar.

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

@snailboat OK then.

user124234

Yeah, I like to fix a picture on my profile.
I also want to keep a very good name on my account.

CopperKettle

08:01

User124234 is a much-honored name. It derives from Latin (user) and from India (Indo-Arabic numbers) A name with ancient roots!

user124234

Sir , Maqsood is my name.
My caste is Magsi.
So , I want to keep this one "Magsi".

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

@user124234 Click on your current picture. Then find "Edit Profile & Settings", click on it. Then click "Change Picture".

Tell me when you got that far.

user124234

Sir , Chemistry.
You have a good name too.

CopperKettle

(0:

user124234

You can call "Magsi"instead of user.

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

08:03

@CopperKettle Chemistry? They should be calling me that.

CopperKettle

Agreed!

Anonymous

I will try to call you whatever you change your username to.

user124234

Soni , call me Magsi.

Anonymous

Q: How do people say goodbye to @CopperKettle?

user124234

Chemistry agreed.
Yummy 5

CopperKettle

08:04

@snailboat How?

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

@snailboat Have a nice boil.

Anonymous

A: They say "Cu Kettle!"

2

CopperKettle

@snailboat Hehe. (0:

user124234

Soni , what about Chemistry?

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

in Language Overflow, Nov 23 at 18:33, by Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

Night Cu Kettle.

@snailboat I'm inclined to close this as a duplicate.

user124234

08:05

Mar , I will change my name very soon.

Anonymous

"Night see you" is a weird thing to say.

user124234

Oh ,yeah .

Anonymous

Make sure you spell your name right. There's a limit to how often you can change a user name.

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

@snailboat But there's a grace period of 15 minutes.

@snailboat Two sentences without punctuation.

Lack of clarity contributes to punniness.

user124234

Okay, Soni.
Thanks for suggestion.

user124234

08:51

Hallo , Mar ,and other teachers.

I don't have much time to make it perfect.
I don't have much time to time it perfectly.

Which one is correct, and why?

Time to make*

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

@user124234 You can edit chat messages. Hover over the message with the mouse, click the down arrow and click "edit".

@user124234 The first one seems to be more acceptable, but that depends on what you're trying to say.

user124234

Okay, sir ,wait.
Discuss it later, see you after prayer,

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

K.

user124234

09:17

Hallo, sir.
I think "perfect"is adjective, and "perfectly"is adverb.

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

@user124234 Yes.

Adjectives modify nouns usually, an adverbs verbs.

But in linking verbs, you get the adjective.

(* denotes that something is ungrammatical)

> 1. This seems good.
> 2. This seems *well.

user124234

How can I explain these sentences in a grammatical way?

If someone asks me which one is correct, and why?
What will I reply to them?

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

Tell them "make" is a linking verb here, hence unlike the other cases where an adverb modifies verbs, an adjective should modify it. So "perfect" is correct and "perfectly" is not.

Damkerng T.

IMHO, meanings always trump grammar.

In other words, it's more important to understand what a sentence exactly means than to know its grammar.

It's usually easier to go from meaning to grammar than the other way around.

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

09:34

@DamkerngT. I decided "make" doesn't mean "make", but means "make".

Damkerng T.

Hah! What does that mean?! :D

user124234

I think Dam sir, will clear it.
Khekhe

Damkerng T.

A short-term goal: having user12423 quit using the honorable sir with our names in a month

:D

StackExchange

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Q: Poll: Remove "grammar", or not?

We've discussed this issue finely in Is This Tag Useful? Episode 1 - The Big Boss (grammar) and A proposed solution to the "grammar" dilemma -- Please contribute your answers to the "what is grammar" post. However, a recent question came up with the tag, which is currently locked. 1 It made me re...

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

@StackExchange YES PLEASE.

Maulik V

10:07

Yes

I'm telling it's either this way or that!

Either you have the tag or you remove it completely

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

Wait for it Maulik.

Maulik V

because if you...

?

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

@MaulikV I commented on the post. Please visit the specific room.

Maulik V

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user124234

17:56

Hi , how are you all?

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

18:16

@user124234 Nice, thanks!

Damkerng T.

Welcome back!

I think I'll have to go out in some few minutes, but hey, I'm still here. :-)

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

Hullo still here. :-). What do the characters in the end of the your name denote?

Damkerng T.

I'm still here smiling. :D

user124234

How are you people?

Sir , this site has very interesting chat room.
Can other sites have also ?

Damkerng T.

Most SE sites (also known as stacks) would have their own chat rooms.

user124234

18:27

Does this site have chat room "English language&Usage"?

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

@user124234 Of course, all sites in the SE network have chatrooms.

Damkerng T.

Of course!

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

But some chatrooms are more active than others.

user124234

Can you send me a link of that site?

May I join that one?

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

Well, any site you want.

You just have to know some stuff about the topic or be interested to talk about it.

What topics do you like to talk about @User1? Math? Biology? Chemistry? Tech? TeX?

user124234

18:30

Please send me "English language &usage link, if it has chat room ,I want to join it.

I am interested in Grammar.

I want to improve my English more and more.

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

@user124234 OK, but they may be interested in more sophisticated linguistics.

. . . and early modern and old English.

I think you'll do here just fine.

user124234

What do you think of it?

Means I am okay with you people?

Damkerng T.

English Language & Usage: Multi-Layer…

Not for the faint of heart or those easily triggered by Englis...

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Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

^^^ There you go @User1.

user124234

I joined it.
Thanks for sharing this link.

Damkerng T.

18:37

No problem. :D

user124234

Sir , I like to stay connected with you here.
This chat room is the best chat room.

I am sure you will help me to improve my English grammar here.

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

I hope I'm sure too.

user124234

Sir , Mar.
You are genius, and Sir Dam is my lovely teacher.

Damkerng T.

Hehe! Thanks!

Gotta go, though. Have a nice chat, everyone.

user124234

Sir , don't go please.
Speak to me for a while.

Sir , you have not copied my style yet.
Like khekhekhe

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

18:44

@DamkerngT. \o

@user124234 I am here.

user124234

Sir , copy my style.

Sir has gone.
He will have to pay fine .

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

19:22

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Q: "you're just trying to farm reputation here" Is it constructive

I have got a comment from a user: The part of the comment is: " it seems like you're just trying to farm reputation here" I know the comment is very constructive, but the part of it which I mentioned is not. Reference to shog9 answer: here not constructive: this is pretty much a supe...

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@Ravan you missed my point entirely.

Anonymous

21:01

There's a new chat room for all the language sites:

Anonymous

Polyglots

Meta Languages – A room for discussions on general improvement...

sky-light

22:01

Hi, is it correct to say "I am proud of my self"?

jimsug

@snailboat Should that be a non-site affiliated room?

Anonymous

@jimsug Yeah, that was brought up shortly after it was created, but it would take an ELL mod to move it.

jimsug

@snailboat Kind of makes sense. Otherwise we could annex any chat room we want and use it for our own nefarious purposes.

evil laugh

Anonymous

22:16

@sky-light "I am proud of myself."

Anonymous

Myself is one word.

sky-light

22:45

@snailboat Thanks. So, it is normal if someone say that?

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