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Anonymous
01:29
Word of the day: fasciculations
Anonymous
02:24
It's the word of the day because I got fasciculations in my legs after going for a walk! And I only walked a couple of miles, too.
Anonymous
I've always gotten those, and I don't really know why.
Anonymous
I don't usually get them if I do something more intense like running.
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
09:53
Somehow the link "show X more comments" doesn't work for me on the main site at the moment!
user62015
user62015
10:21
@DamkerngT. Hi!
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
10:51
@user62015 Evening!
user62015
user62015
Good evening.
How is going?
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
The site is going okay, I think.
> oo nga mas magaling pa si MS shiela canta ng covenant!!!!
user62015
user62015
Please let me know what is difference between these two sentences: many health-conscious people prefer margarine than butter vs many health-conscious people prefer margarine to butter.
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
> ell.stackexchange.com/a/61768/3281
What language is that?
@user62015 Use to.
user62015
user62015
oo nga mas magaling pa si MS shiela canta ng covenant!!!!
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
10:55
Though I think the sentence is opposite to the reality.
user62015
user62015
No idea.
Busy?
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
A little. I just dropped in for a little bit.
You can post your questions here anyway.
Or on the main site, even. :D
user62015
user62015
I just need a little hint then I can handle it myself.
 
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Anonymous
18:52
Speaking of off-topicness, saran wrap is evil.
Anonymous
AKA cling wrap AKA cling film
Anonymous
The box says plastic wrap, but in my dialect saran wrap is the generic term.
Anonymous
I think in the UK they call it cling film.
Anonymous
I've never heard that here, but we do say cling wrap.
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
Oh, Saran is the brand over there!
Anonymous
18:54
Yabbut I've never bought Saran brand saran wrap.
Anonymous
I just use saran wrap as a generic term. That's why I didn't capitalize it.
Anonymous
I have Glad brand saran wrap.
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
Oh, an interesting brand name!
Anonymous
Apparently in some dialects glad wrap is a generic term for the stuff.
Anonymous
I think plastic wrap is a dialect-neutral generic term.
Anonymous
18:57
Though I'm not sure if plastic wrap is understood in the UK...
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
Curious that saran is also a Thai word, meaning happy, enjoy, pleasurable. So, Glad is very close to Thai's saran. :)
@snailboat It definitely works over here.
Anonymous
Ah! That's neat.
Anonymous
A lot of brand name terms like saran wrap are genericized in many or all dialects, and are best treated not as brand names but as simple words or phrases
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
nods
Anonymous
Sometimes people respect them because the courts have allowed them to retain their trademark, so they're still legally "not generic"
Anonymous
19:00
But of course, language doesn't care about stuff like that.
Anonymous
Words become generic whether the courts sanction it or not.
Anonymous
Escalator is a nice example of a word that became generic both in common language and legally
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
Eh, was it a brand name before?
Anonymous
legalflip.com/ThisDayInTheLaw.aspx?id=156
Anonymous
Escalator brand moving stairways!
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
19:02
Hah! I didn't have even the slightest idea!
 
2 hours later…
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
20:42
Oops! I forgot to change the channel.
Ah, I missed the first break!
inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M
inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M
@DamkerngT. Change the channel!
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
Too late. I gotta wait almost another two hours for the next rerun.
fahdijbeli
fahdijbeli
Hi
inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M
inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M
Hullo!
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M I mean, on my TV.
Hi!
inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M
inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M
20:44
@DamkerngT. Rerun of what? Zombies?
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M That show. The one that there was an argument over how we should pronounce DST.
In full, I mean.
inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M
inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M
What. . .No fair. . .<rant> How come @snail gets stars for word of the days? </rant>?!!
 
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fahdijbeli
fahdijbeli
22:04
we said :
 it helps to shield users
or it helps shield users
?
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
Both help VERB and help to VERB are possible. But what does shield users mean?
fahdijbeli
fahdijbeli
22:27
@DamkerngT. Hi how are you?
@DamkerngT. means to lets users dont do more efforts to work in ...
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
How about reduce/lessen users' work/effort/burden?
fahdijbeli
fahdijbeli
@DamkerngT. hummm yes you are right
because I used a lot the word reduce thats why I change
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
I see.
Shield should be fine to if used with from.

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