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00:35
@N3buchadnezzar It's a German last name; the H is pronounced.
At any rate, the English-speaking people would've marred it as is the case with the famous Victor Hugo ([yɡo], in the original French pronunciation, according to Wikipedia).
 
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05:43
@snailplane That's too bad! I hope everything is alright now. I've never been in a flood-hit area, so it's hard to imagine what it feels like. I only read in Wikipedia that humanity's largest disasters - those that killed the most people - were all floods.
On the screen it looks serene. Water flowing around.
Anonymous
06:01
I'm fine personally, please don't worry about me :-)
06:20
I'm calmness incarnate! (0:
Inmetalate.
Because kettles are made of metal.
06:36
Russian woman faces 3 years in Thai prison for feeding bread to fish
07:01
@snailplane I just hope that my latest letter does not drown in some post office. (^_^)
@CowperKettle I remember the most disastrous disaster was some kinda a combination of a flood, earthquake, tsunami etc.
> History of PET recycling in Russia
A curious headline I've just translated from Russian
I haven't recycled a single pet yet.
@M.A.R. Good afternoon!
> Review of Russia's PET recycling industry
Another news item
@CowperKettle 'PET recycling' isn't the same as 'pet recycling'. It's only reserved for big pets
(0:
I changed it to
> A look on Russia's PET recycling industry
Like whales and stuff
07:13
I think that "review" is too big a word for a news report
A pet whale?
@CowperKettle Yeah, courtesy of Ice Age 4
@CowperKettle Morning from Iran
Whale petting is a criminal offense in Putin's Russia
Okay, I uploaded 2.5 Gb of new music into my player. Jogging time!
@CowperKettle Wow, can you get to listen to all of that?
I find that I'm more loyal to music I hear than most
I want a warm "morning " from warm countries too. Morning.
Morning, but it isn't close to warm here
Unless by Russian standards
07:29
Perhaps there are no mornings left.
07:51
TIL that the plural for 'ax', 'axe' and 'axis' is 'axes'
08:32
That confirms my life-long suspicion that axes are in fact evil.
08:57
@M.A.R. I listen it 40 minutes at a time
Today I first heard this beautiful song - press "On-Line" in the third line from the top to listen to it.
I listened to it like 5 or 6 times, it's so cheery
And the words are beautiful
About clouds and light rain and a girl meeting with a Cossack stealthily to avoid being seen by her mommy
I listened to "Черкаський хор – Ой, на небі тучі набігають (2:14)" but the other versions might be great too
Googletranslated lyrics
> Oh, for heaven tuchi incident, and from the sky Small fine rain nakrapaye. Oh, not yet smerklo as mother fell asleep, I etim-time together, and I etim time together-goat-Cossack cried! Oh, you, Cossack, and not stupid! Oh, not to hear-hear, Oh, not to see Tiyi, tiyi will cause people ...
> Come, darling, sleep time skrylos to utra Sun, Sun skrylos to utra ... Oh, mother, and has keys, and more tiny letters lock, door locks, door locks. Oh, the sky is incident tuchi A fine rain from heaven Small rain nakrapaye.
LOL
Haha
hello guys
I'm writing a letter
Is it correct to say "I have a Master degree in (Field of studies) obtained at (University Name)?"
09:43
@M.A.R. nice! So "axes of evil" would have two meanings.
10:07
@M.A.R. Yeah, but it's not pronounced the same.
10:56
@user8469759 The common pattern would be I received a master's degree in ____ from ____.
@CowperKettle Huh?!?
"feeding fish in a forbidden area or in an area with coral reef" -- ahh
Looks like Thailand Bail could be helpful.
His tour guide might be to blame: thephuketnews.com/…
> It’s cheaper for the Chinese to visit Thailand than to travel inside China, thanks to these cheap travel packages to Thailand.
Weird
Greetings everyone!
Hello!
11:11
I am the student who came to the office around 3o'clock just before you go for the lunch.
Before you went, perhaps?
ahh,, yeah
I have written the letter and give it to the miss whom you asked me. But when I gave the letter she asked me to hand it over to Miss Saumya. So, I gave it to her.
Are those sentences explain what I'm trying to say clearly?
You need either given or gave it.
If you know her name, use her name instead of the miss whom you asked me.
@DamkerngT. Nope
She was busy and didn't pay much attention to it. I am humbly asking you, could you please take over this issue and try to resolve it?
I am humbly asking you, could you please take over attend to this issue and try to resolve it?
Your recipient is a teacher or someone of a similar status, right?
11:18
@DamkerngT. She is someone in administration sector in our college. She was bit polite when talking. But I don't know her
Maybe it's okay, then.
I'd personally avoid using could you please, though. Just could you would sound a bit more polite to my ear.
I am humbly asking you, could you attend to this issue and help me out?
For some reason, it sounds strange to me. Like, almost rude.
I feel above sentence bit sounds like I'm commanding her, isn't that so?
Even though I know you didn't mean that at all.
@JudeNiroshan Yeah, maybe, I think so.
11:21
But I want to ask this help in more humble manner
If she's American, I would simply drop I am humbly asking you.
It could be different in your environment, though.
I think I should keep take over this issue
@JudeNiroshan In my experience, overly politeness with strong assertion generally comes off as a bit rude.
@JudeNiroshan That part is fine, I think.
@DamkerngT. What are those so called Assertions? I actually don't know
@JudeNiroshan It's a bit loose term. For me, it also covers any forms of requests.
If you insist on requesting something, it will feel like a series of demands.
11:25
I am humbly asking you, could you look into this issue and help me out?
In math, assertion is generally about claiming something.
@DamkerngT. yeah, even in programming we have those when we write test cases
If I were in your place, I might keep it simple. Something like, I don't know how to resolve this issue. Could you help me out?
This avoids telling her what to do, even though the likeliest action would be taking over the issue.
nice nice....
@DamkerngT. thanks alot :)
My pleasure!
11:32
@userr2684291 Mhm
Hi
Two quick questions
This man was an accomplice _____ the thief.
(A) of (B) in
(C) with (D) from
and
I bade him to submit all the important
documents before he left the job.
(A) I bade to him to submit
(B) I bade him submitting
(C) I bade him submit
(D) No improvement
We have to replace "I bade him to submit"
11:52
@user62015 What do you think?
For A I think with
and for B I think C
And you/
?
@user62015 Yeah, "with" or "of".
Okay
so of is also possible
I'd use "of".
I agree.
Thanks and next question?
12:00
I don't know about the second question. No one uses this verb anymore.
To me, both D and C sound fine.
Maybe I bade him submit is more common.
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Q: Have/ get me considered?

JUNCINATORSomething had me considered or something got me considered? I would like to use the past particle form of 'consider' in the object + participle construction. To express that I was considered for a job/ Uni/ scholarship thanks to good grades, performance, record etc. I can only thinks of two wa...

LDOCE says "bid somebody (to) do something".
nods -- I guess both would be okay, but it's more usual without to, at least in Shakespeare's works.
If I'm not mistaken, he never used to, except when it's in the passive voice.
I am not bid to wait upon this bride.
12:52
Anybody around?
@M.A.R. Hey.
@M.A.R. I'm not here.
(:
@userr2684291 Sanity check: Is ''I feel now better'' non-standard?
@userr2684291 And I'm MAR. Nice to meet you, not here
Sounds strange.
I didn't go as far as ungrammatical, but it doesn't flow as well as "I feel better now"
I feel better now. Now I feel better. I now feel better.
12:58
BTW, I'm gonna fix my shift key in a day or two
@userr2684291 There goes nothing:
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A: Is the sentence "I now feel better" correct?

M.A.R.Both of them are correct. 'now' is an adverb, and adverbs, as a general rule, can be placed anywhere in the sentence as long as they don't interrupt constituents. This, however, doesn't mean that all the possible placements would be common. So all of these are acceptable: Now I feel better....

@M.A.R. You sound shifty.
You may have one option, to command or control your life, perhaps an alt lifestyle that will return you home, where you can delete with the elite.
Do you know where the elite meet to beat the heat?
@userr2684291 Oh, I do? Self-slap
@userr2684291 Silicon Valley
doesn't know if the puns are obvious.
They are
13:01
But I don't have a witty response just yet, mate
Because for one reason, I'm eating lunch
 
1 hour later…
14:27
Mon and Dad went and bought Burgers for dinner
isn't this incorrect? Can anyone correct me?
why do you think it is potentially incorrect?
I have used 2 and in that sentence which sounds bit strange to me
14:54
@JudeNiroshan Why would you capitalize "Burgers"? Free the burger from the tyranny of capitalism!
hahaha... okay :)
 
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18:14
Word of the day: pan loafy voice
> Pan loaf: [...] It was once more expensive than the then more common plain loaf.[1] Hence, to speak with a pan loafy voice is to speak in a posh or affected manner.
18:30
Once again, the lengthy answer doesn't get the credit -__-
Not that I'm complaining. I'm just complaining
18:49
Hey @V.V.
Hi.
Are you OK?
Yup, starry night here
(And I haven't been out all day)
Is the weather fine?
I went out in the morn-afternoon.
−0,4°
Outlandishly warm
Winter will recommence on February 27
Good +2,-1.here.
Having fun with classes.
19:03
Do you teach a big class of students?
No, one to one.
ah! good!
I was asked by several people to teach them one on one. But I'm too disorganized
Hi,@Catija!
Good evening @Catija!
Lunch time ;)
I hope you're all doing well.
19:06
Past-midnight translation time ;)
Snail is having a flood
Hey @Cat
Stop being confusing
Trump incurred flood on California for voting against him
Meh. Sorry.
He is a wizard
Compound noun of the day "Cheese taste".
19:07
The wonderful wizard of Oz
Wonderous
We hear he is a whiz of a wiz
If ever a wiz there was
I think we made it to HNQ @Cat \o/
And as always, the non-elaborate answer will get more votes :P
 
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20:10
@M.A.R. Well, it was also first :P
@Catija And unless you type like a snail, I started writing it before you
Well, I think @snailplane is quite a quick typist. ;)
Well, planes are fast, but humans are not.
So I guess snailplanes are fast, but snails are not
20:49
I think I broke the un-commented-on downvote record somewhere
 
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22:55
@CowperKettle That's not how that word is commonly used.
California incurred floods by not voting for Trump.

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