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HarryCBurn

22:00

So I googled cyanide plant, to see how it was grown.

I think I'm on a few watchlists now.

Anonymous

In apples!

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

In ladybugs.

Damkerng T.

Wait, cyanide is from apples?

HarryCBurn

In milkshakes.

Anonymous

Yeah, cyanide is in apple seeds.

HarryCBurn

22:01

@DamkerngT. I think the sugars.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

In ladybugs.

HarryCBurn

Oh!

Anonymous

And apricots and peaches.

Damkerng T.

o_O

Anonymous

Ladybugs are also called ladybirds.

HarryCBurn

22:02

They are :p

Anonymous

Ladybug is the American English term.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Hmm.

Lagybud is Australian.

Damkerng T.

verifying...

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

I think that'll leave you in an infinite loop.

And that's lethal for robots.

Damkerng T.

> Lagybud is an anagram of the following dictonary word(s): 7. ladybug

HarryCBurn

22:04

while (1) {}

Damkerng T.

I think that's more creditable.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Hehehe it does exist?

Damkerng T.

Someone has a page for it!

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ

Anonymous

Presumably an auto-generated page...?

Damkerng T.

22:05

Probably. It's a website dedicated to anagrams, I think.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

I guess so.

Damkerng T.

Vague is listed as an antonym of vivid in this dictionary: oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english-thesaurus/…. — Damkerng T. 2 days ago

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Let's take my imagination even further and pollute the air: What about labydug?

Damkerng T.

+5 Hey, that's not bad.

HarryCBurn

claps

Anonymous

22:06

@DamkerngT. I suppose as in a vague description ⇔ a vivid description

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@DamkerngT. Haz you the pundit?

HarryCBurn

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M Galydub?

Damkerng T.

I wonder if it would've gotten 5 up-votes too, if I posted it as an answer.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

That's too much off.

@DamkerngT. It would've gotten 42.

No really.

Damkerng T.

@HarryCBurn I guess @inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M would love it mirrored.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

22:07

That only happens in an ideal world.

HarryCBurn

Watch a man hold his breath! Exciting stuff.

Breath-Holding Challenge

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Damkerng T.

Ugh! That looks a little scary!

HarryCBurn

He's at 3:30.

He got to 3:28.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Yawns

Anonymous

Why are they doing it?

HarryCBurn

22:09

Because the internet is for people to put things they do for... fun(?)

Damkerng T.

Could be useful in free diving.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

I needz some handsfree and sleep.

I'm shut down people.

HarryCBurn

You heading off?

Damkerng T.

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M Shut down peacefully.

Anonymous

@DamkerngT. Or if they want to induce bradycardia.

Damkerng T.

22:10

But don't forget to wake up. :P

@snailboat Eww!

Anonymous

I didn't click the video link, but the thumbnail image makes it look like they're deliberately triggering the mammalian diving reflex

Anonymous

→ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammalian_diving_reflex

Anonymous

Well, I'm a bradycardiac to begin with, so it's in my interest to be aware of activities which lower heart rate :-)

Damkerng T.

Oh, I got a question!

Can gorillas swim?

Anonymous

Ask Siri!

Damkerng T.

22:12

LOL

HarryCBurn

I think they probably can.

Anonymous

That reminds me of a certain Language Log comment.

Damkerng T.

@snailboat I could end up like this guy:

Siri Helps You

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Anonymous

languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=2282#comment-65613

HarryCBurn

Hey, it's Marshall from HIMYM!

Damkerng T.

22:14

@snailboat What?!

(About the title. I just saw the comment.)

I thought the sheep-ship confusion wouldn't happen among native speakers.

I was probably wrong.

Anonymous

It might have been an L2 speaker calling in.

Anonymous

Or someone with an accent from a different region? I'm not sure what sort of native accent would cause that confusion in California.

Anonymous

Native speakers do mishear each other all the time, though.

Anonymous

As for guide and gay, there's some good discussion in the LL post!

Damkerng T.

BTW, remember this puzzle?

in ELL's Cabin, Apr 28 at 16:01, by Damkerng T.

Puzzle of the Day (What does he like?): https://www.dropbox.com/s/dypz8q0wiw4adzc/20150428%20Puzzle%20of%20the%20Day.wav‌?dl=0

It looks way too low down there in the male's chart!

It's as if they pronounced head as "haeyd".

Anonymous

22:25

@DamkerngT. I hear ships

Damkerng T.

Oh!

(I forgot what he said, actually. :-)

But at the moment, I hear chips.

Anonymous

Yeah, the closest word I can think of besides that is chips, but I don't hear a /t/.

Damkerng T.

@snailboat Ah, you're correct!

> I like ships. And I used to be a sailor.

> You Only Live Twice

(Of course, you would be correct. :-)

Anonymous

Yay! I won!

Damkerng T.

Congrats!

Anonymous

22:38

Woo hoo!

Damkerng T.

Also another upvote! :D

Anonymous

I feel kind of bad that the question I just answered has another answer that I think is generally reasonable (though I don't agree with it 100%) that was at -1.

Damkerng T.

It's at 0 at the moment.

Anonymous

I upvoted... I didn't think it needed to be at -1.

Anonymous

I don't agree with it entirely, but it is Useful in that it supplies information my answer does not :-)

Anonymous

22:40

(If you mouse over the up arrow, it says "This answer is useful")

Damkerng T.

nods

Anonymous

I disagree that the construction is ungrammatical without just (and CGEL backs up my point of view), but I can also understand why they'd say so.

Anonymous

It appears very often with just.

Damkerng T.

I agree with your disagreement.

Anonymous

Well, you can find real world examples without just. A lot of native speakers do talk that way.

Anonymous

22:42

Or write that way.

Damkerng T.

One alternative in their answer is useful, though, IMHO:

> That people don't talk doesn't mean they don't think.

Should fit business or formal occasions.

Anonymous

I'm not sure I'd ever use that sentence myself, but it does seem grammatical at least.

Damkerng T.

Another possible alternative:

> The fact that people don't talk doesn't mean they don't think.

Oh, a post by Grammarphobia seems to support my idea (“The fact that X … doesn’t mean Y.”):

grammarphobia.com/blog/2007/11/just-because-youre-you.html

Anonymous

23:13

@DamkerngT. CGEL also mentions the the fact that version.

Anonymous

Actually, I quoted that part. :-)

Damkerng T.

Ah, I missed that!

Anonymous

As an aside, when I say "the the fact that version", I pronounce the the's respectively /ði/ and /ðə/

Damkerng T.

See, it wasn't bolded. :P

Anonymous

But when I say "I pronounce the the's", I pronounce them respectively /ðə/ and /ðiz/

Damkerng T.

23:15

Could be challenging for Siri to transcribe them right. :-)

Anonymous

23:31

I wonder if other speakers say /ðə ðə/ in the 'the fact that' version

Damkerng T.

23:48

How about /ðəə... ðə/? :-)

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