ELL's Cabin

user116848

15:05

Hello @M.A.Ramezani @Nick @fahdijbeli!

user116848

@M.A.Ramezani Nice avatar!

M.A.Ramezani

Hullo @Arrow!

user116848

Yo!

M.A.Ramezani

8 hours ago, by M.A.Ramezani

OK here goes: I'm now a 2,4,6-triphenyl-2,4,6-trimethyl-1,3,5,2,4,6-trioxatrisilinane.

user116848

Kewl! :)

user116848

15:08

I always sucked at nomenclature in school.

M.A.Ramezani

The nomenclature that is taught in schools is simply asking for it.

At the very least, the Iranian syllabuses suck at teaching them.

But download the blue book, and you'll see wonders.

user62015

15:23

Hi!

Anyone who can help me?

M.A.Ramezani

I can. Raises hands

At least I hope so.

user62015

Hi!

Here we go.

But her sordid past was laid bare in court as her two victims detailed the years of abuse they suffered at the hands of the paedophile.

M.A.Ramezani

Oh no$\ldots$

user62015

This is a sentence from Dailymail.

M.A.Ramezani

OK.

user62015

15:26

Do you think the editor must have used the article 'the' before 'court'.

M.A.Ramezani

I thought it was a Shakespeare sentence though

@user62015 No, I think the sentence is fine.

user62015

But after this sentence the editor used the article before it?

M.A.Ramezani

Give me the other sentence.

user62015

'The court heard how, when away from the classroom....'

M.A.Ramezani

The rest please.

That's incomplete.

user62015

15:28

Sure.

M.A.Ramezani

@user62015 I'm guessing by the court they mean the people in court.

user62015

'The court heard how, when away from the classroom, Lakey - who has been married three times, each to a younger man - was a 'disgusting sexual monster' who preyed on the teenagers, even having sex with one for the first time in a tent on a school camping trip.'

M.A.Ramezani

Yes.

By the court they mean the judge, the jury etc.

Damkerng T.

In court is fine.

M.A.Ramezani

It is.

user62015

15:31

Okay.

Damkerng T.

My answer for a similar question:

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A: Why is there no article "the" before "bed" in "in bed"?

It is correct (read "grammatical"). Though bed is normally used as a countable noun, it's better to think of it in in bed as uncountable. This is common in common fixed expressions about place, time, and movement. Here are examples of such expressions (according to Practical English Usage by Mi...

macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/american/court_1

M.A.Ramezani

@DamkerngT. BTW have you read Judge and the jury?

Damkerng T.

in court: The charges were read aloud in court.

M.A.Ramezani

@DamkerngT. Downvoted.

Damkerng T.

Heh! :-)

@M.A.Ramezani A novel?

M.A.Ramezani

15:32

Inglish, Hyderabad, India

186 1 5

user62015

And what does it mean 'at the hands'?

M.A.Ramezani

Awkward username. . .

@user62015 They say at the hands of . . .

Damkerng T.

@M.A.Ramezani I guess it's the proper spelling in some language.

Nick

@M.A.Ramezani It's what we should call Indian English.

M.A.Ramezani

@DamkerngT. When it could be perceived as awkward, it fails its mission.

user62015

15:33

It is from Dailymail.

Damkerng T.

I thought of some European languages actually.

M.A.Ramezani

@DamkerngT. Hey I might have forgotten the name of the novel. . . You know how I am with names.

@DamkerngT. Me too.

Damkerng T.

@user62015 macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/american/…

@M.A.Ramezani There is a novel named Judge and Jury.

M.A.Ramezani

@DamkerngT. Yeah that one.

Damkerng T.

Nope. I haven't read it.

Hmm... James Patterson...

M.A.Ramezani

15:35

It's kinda fun to read.

Damkerng T.

I'm pretty sure it is!

M.A.Ramezani

Note that other than furnace, I haven't called any other novels riveting.

Damkerng T.

On my wish list: Scalia: A Court of One

user62015

Could you please answer my question?:)\

M.A.Ramezani

OK.

Which one?

Damkerng T.

15:38

Sorry, my browser refused to work for a while.

@user62015 Have you read the definition given by Macmillan Dictionary above?

M.A.Ramezani

He knows you've planned the death of mankind.

Damkerng T.

Heh!

user62015

Oh. Sorry, I am checking.

M.A.Ramezani

Ooooh drama! Watch:

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Q: My rude/offensive flags on insulting comments were declined

A new user asked a question, found out the answer, and took the time and effort to inform us about that and even make his solution clear with a diagram: Arduino IR Receiver (Answer). Now, he used Fritzing, which is clearly just not good enough for some people - sigh -: Enough with those stup...

discussion support comments flagging reviewing

Damkerng T.

Well, I think the definition of "rude" on SE is very, very narrow.

I'd better pass that one.

M.A.Ramezani

15:44

I wouldn't get hurt if someone calls my question stupid.

I'll only flag them.

Damkerng T.

Mr. A's saying stupid and Mr. B's saying stupid could mean very, very different.

So, I'd say it depends on the context.

M.A.Ramezani

It's true that when I call your Q/A/code/browser/decision I'm not calling you stupid.

Damkerng T.

And my impression is, SE seems to avoid judging anything on the contextual basis.

M.A.Ramezani

But it hurts anyways.

Damkerng T.

Yes.

M.A.Ramezani

15:45

I'm not a robot. I'm a molecule.

Damkerng T.

But stupid could be used in a friendly manner as well.

M.A.Ramezani

You're stupid!

Damkerng T.

Iirc, that wasn't the first. :-)

M.A.Ramezani

That's totally friendly.

@DamkerngT. Really?

Damkerng T.

For the benefit of the doubt.

Yes. (IIRC, but my memory is not that reliable.)

M.A.Ramezani

15:49

Ah man! I end up cleaning my tabs all day and I still have five Newest questions - English Language Learners open. And I only realize it when there's a question with new activity.

Damkerng T.

@M.A.Ramezani :-)

Status Report: This window has 1770 tabs.

Nick

@M.A.Ramezani You're a faggot, you bundle of sticks.

M.A.Ramezani

I am? Yay!

Damkerng T.

@Nick Please avoid using borderline words. :-)

M.A.Ramezani

Yeah. Be sharper, revolutionize, bring the world to your knees$\ldots$

Hah! @Dam:

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Q: What is the difference between newest and latest in clothing industry?

For example, she always tries to keep up with the "newest" or "latest" fashion of clothing. In this case, are there any difference? If not, which one is more common?

word-choice

Damkerng T.

15:53

Probably nothing, zip, nada.

Nick

@DamkerngT. See, sometimes words have some negative emotion imprinted on them. This is why something as friendly as "stupid" can be interpreted in some cultures as being offensive.

M.A.Ramezani

Less than an hour till iftar

Damkerng T.

@Nick Exactly!

The most mysterious ones would be those non-verbal things, like laughter.

For some unknown reason, adding lol in the wrong place could be risky at times. :-)

M.A.Ramezani

lol

Damkerng T.

lol :P

M.A.Ramezani

15:57

lol

LOL

Damkerng T.

\o\

M.A.Ramezani

lol

This isn't working! Where's the risk?

Nick

Oh no! Call the lifegaurd! Several people are drowning in the flood!

Damkerng T.

lol <-- this one is, probably. :-)

Nick

@M.A.Ramezani A: "I still cry myself to sleep every night because of my puppy's death." ... B :"lol"

That's not only risky but it's offensive.

Damkerng T.

16:00

nods

Nick

lol is not a make-everything-happy card.

M.A.Ramezani

lol

Haha! Hope that's risky.

@Nick I don't think it makes everything happy though.

Nick

@M.A.Ramezani No, but some people use it synonymously with the emoticon :D and it's usage is just unintelligible at times.

M.A.Ramezani

Yeah. Biggest lie in the internet.

Damkerng T.

Oh, not that meme again! :-)

M.A.Ramezani

16:04

Frankly, I've never LOL'd in its full sense in SEs' chats yet.

@DamkerngT. Ya know, I've made up a semi-meme in periodic table, with this:

user116848

Yeah I saw that cartoon a while back. It is funny.

user116848

Today we have seen some winds here after a whole week. I am glad.

user116848

I hope it remains like this.

user116848

But it is still hot.

M.A.Ramezani

@Arrowfar Yay!

Yesterday was very windy.

Today, not so much.

Still, way better than early in the week.

user116848

16:09

Yeah.

M.A.Ramezani

@Arrow have you had iftar yet?

user116848

Yes I have alhamdullilah. What about you? How much time left? :)

M.A.Ramezani

Some 40 mins.

Scratch that. 30 mins.

user116848

Good thing you got pleasant weather there.

M.A.Ramezani

Pleasant$\ldots$

IRONIC!

user116848

16:11

Drink lots of water!

user116848

@M.A.Ramezani okayish weather?

M.A.Ramezani

It's still hot.

Even for me, someone who has caught cold for three years.

user116848

But it is seasonal right?

user116848

I mean how can you do difficult exercises like kung fu etc. if you have cold? o.O

M.A.Ramezani

I have to stretch my breath capacity

user116848

16:15

I am making "o.O" a lot these days.

M.A.Ramezani

Lots and lots of biking.

o.O

Hey! By cold I mean an easy cold, not an H1N1!

user116848

Yeah I figured.

M.A.Ramezani

16:59

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