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CowperKettle

13:00

A: Can 'and' be used replaceable by 'or'?

Surrender [it] and ... be spared [the consequences]. Surrender it or ... face the consequences. They are only equivalent because you're not just replacing and with or there: you're replacing and be spared the consequences with or face the consequences. The two forms of 'paratactic c...

Word of the day: paratactic conditional

Anonymous

@Araucaria What do you think of that nomenclature?

S.R.I

Heh. I just realized @snailplane works so far back up her history

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CowperKettle

14:05

> The Democratic Presidential Candidates Are Both Hypothyroid

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I feel democratic.

Færd

@TIPS It's kind of a very mild case.

@CowperKettle I hope your case is nothing serious.

CowperKettle

Good evening! It is not serious.

Færd

Good afternoon!

CowperKettle

I'm just taking some L-thyroxin. I was suprised to learn that Clinton takes dessicated pig thyroid preparation. O_O

Jim Reynolds

@Cowp You can't take dessicated pig . . .

That would be cannibalism!

Færd

14:12

Well I'm not familiar with those terms and the symptoms, so I hope the best for you!

CowperKettle

That's a vintage medicine, dating back to the XIX century

@JimReynolds porkibalism

Jim Reynolds

haha

CowperKettle

It's like injecting bovine-derived insulin.

Færd

Ah.

Thyroid is related to lack of insulin?

CowperKettle

No, I mean taking the drug derived from the pig, and not synthesized.

Færd

14:16

Aha.

CowperKettle

Is like taking your insulin from the cow, and not use the synthesized type.

Færd

Is it supposed to be better?

for humans

CowperKettle

Synthesized insulin is way better for humans

As for thyroxine, I dunno.

Færd

Oh.

CowperKettle

Because the porcine and bovine insulins differ by a tiny bit from the natural human insulin, and the synthesized insulin is theoretically the same as your natural insulin.

Færd

14:18

I wonder between powder milk and cow milk what is better for you (to mix with your coffee, etc.)

I've been using powder milk for a while and I like it.

CowperKettle

Hm.. who knows. Milk is protein, and protein might become misshaped when dried.

Færd

(Sorry that my level of concern is so low. We were discussing medicine.)

CowperKettle

There might be some articles on Sci-Hub about this.

Færd

Okay, will look it up prolly. Thanks.

CowperKettle

As soon as there's natural milk around, I'd use it. (0:

Færd

14:21

Human milk? :P

CowperKettle

no, the usual, cow milk

O_O

Færd

Yeah, I'm teasing you.

CowperKettle

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Mikhail Tsvet

Mikhail Semyonovich Tsvet (Михаи́л Семёнович Цветь, also spelled Tsvett, Tswett, Tswet, Zwet, and Cvet) (Asti, 1872 – Voronezh, 1919) was a Russian-Italian botanist who invented adsorption chromatography. His last name is Russian for both "colour" and "flowering." == Biography == Mikhail Tsvet was born 14 May 1872 in Asti, Italy. His mother was Italian, and his father was a Russian official. His mother died soon after his birth, and he was raised in Geneva, Switzerland. He received his B.S. degree from the Department of Physics and Mathematics at the University of Geneva in 1893. However,...

The inventor of chromatography. His surname means "color" in Russian.

Jim Reynolds

bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-12569011

CowperKettle

> O'Connor said, "Of course there are those who think it is obnoxious, but the ice cream is made with natural breast milk, organic and free range."

Jim Reynolds

14:36

Hahahaha

I wonder if caged humans produce milk with a different taste

CowperKettle

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user252685

14:57

@Bob have you considered reviewing your favourite room list? You're in a lot of frozen rooms ;-)

Bob

@user252685 I've considered it, but... nah.

user252685

cool

cyber-literally :P

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CowperKettle

17:17

The Blue and Human Brain Projects, Prof. Henry Markram

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CowperKettle

17:28

Q: She's the author of or she's author of? - which one is correct?

What's the difference in the usage of the article "the" with the word "author"? Why is the article "the" left in the second sentence? She's the author of "The Power of Glamour," "The Future and Its Enemies" and "The Substance of Style." She's author of the new book, “The Intimidatio...

articles

Is it the same as with "He is captain of the team"?

"he is author of" peaked in 1920s to 1940s

"she is the author" only began to pick up in the last several decades

CowperKettle

18:11

Q: Verb chaining and tenses

Here is a piece by Brodsky I wish you were here, dear, I wish you were here. I wish we were in my car, and you'd shift the gear. we'd find ourselves elsewhere, on an unknown shore. Or else we'd repair To where we've been before. The last two lines h...

past-tense poetry

+1 for a poetic question

Damkerng T.

To my humble opinion this question may be put on hold until the OP provides an example of any concept that can be expressed in English and/or Russian, but can't (to his knowledge) in Japanese. Otherwise with as little knowledge of Japanese as I have I suspect the OP's real issue was "Is my knowledge of Japanese that primitive?" Also as a native Russian speaker I consider OP's comment "да ты скажи по-простому" below as a rather rude version of "say it simpler", which makes me believe the OP doesn't really value detailed answers that others provide, and hence has unclear objectives. — kroki 7 hours ago

I guess that comment was gone, but I learned a Russian phrase!

CowperKettle

But can you read Russian script?

I'll transcribe

Damkerng T.

Yay!

CowperKettle

> Da skazhi ty po-prostomu!

Damkerng T.

If "да ты скажи по-простому" is a rather rude version of "say it simpler", what's an equally rude English version of "да ты скажи по-простому"?

CowperKettle

18:17

"Just say it in simple words"

I did not find it rude per se. It's rude int he context.

Damkerng T.

nods (and Thanks!)

CowperKettle

You ask people to provide an answer to a rather shallow question, and then they do, you aggravate it by a shallow comment.

Damkerng T.

For me, it sounds like a pun of repair. — Damkerng T. 47 secs ago

I haven't checked any dictionary yet, though.

CowperKettle

The use of the present perfect is a pun?

Damkerng T.

Oh, I missed the OP's real question!

CowperKettle

18:23

"Repair" is a verb that can mean "move to" in some cases

"We repaired under the cover of trees, but the gullywasher was too strong, and we ended up soaked through"

Damkerng T.

Hmm... that's new to me.

A-ha! It's related to repatriate.

CowperKettle

repair? nice!

> In a range of nosological forms, topical administration (using such forms as ointments, suppositories, drops etc.) leads to increased efficacy due to higher concentrations of the medicine in the affected area coupled with a lack of adverse effects typical for parenteral administration of interferon in high doses.

"nosological forms" is typical for Russian medspeak

But I guess if the source has it, the target text should also have it.

Good night!

Damkerng T.

Good night!

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Damkerng T.

22:04

Puzzle of the Day 20160704 (What does he sing?): drive.google.com/file/d/0B8KKQ0fwLEZ9N1ZVdHA2MUxsd0k/…

Hi, @PichiWuana! Welcome to the room!

Pichi Wuana

Thanks!

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Araucaria

23:37

@snailplane I don't mind it too much (and I don't like it too much either). All the conditionals nomenclature is wonky. It beats saying something like conditional non-conditional constructions I suppose ...

@snailplane I'm trying to find someone H&Pish to read a bit of writing I've got to submit for an end of year review. It basically relates to this LanguageLog piece by Pullum on questions and conditionals. Would you be interested? Harsh feedback would be greatly appreciated :)

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