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userr2684291

00:48

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ Finally. I'd been wondering why she hadn't applied for the job earlier or whatever the procedure might be.

@CowperKettle I like it when I discover a word in English that sounds like the one in my first language (and means the same). I'm talking about jalousie.

Like when I discovered the words chai and clavier. (:

And canister. That one taught me I'd been pronouncing it wrong (caRnister) in my first language.

@NathanTuggy Better luck next time (if there is a next time). I think if you'd nominated yourself earlier you could've taken the victory. But oh well.

You can still do most of the stuff, sans the pressure.

CowperKettle

01:35

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Word of the day: twofer

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> The first-ever beauty launch from the glass water bottle–maker BKR—a hydrating rose-scented lip balm that snaps onto the cap—is a treadmill twofer.

What is the meaning of "snaps onto the cap"?

user2236

02:11

It is a lip balm that attaches with a snapping sound on to the cap of a bottle.

"Twofer" informally means "two for one"

So you're getting a lip balm and a bottle cap for the price of one.

CowperKettle

08:16

A water bottle for $50

Just the usual kind of 21st century consumer idiotism.

user2236

yup

21st century consumer idiotism leads to 22nd century nonexistence

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

09:52

@NewMetaQuestion Huh, I crossed my fingers for Nathan

Oh well

M isn't too bad

Considering 1) this election didn't have many strong candidates, and 2) M is my sock-puppet

Probably

CowperKettle

But maybe these bottles are ultra-light and non-breakable

I would buy one then

\o, Muhammad

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

o/

CowperKettle

12:22

Word of the evening: overhanging columella

Nasal septum

The nasal septum (Latin: septum nasi) separates the left and right airways in the nose, dividing the two nostrils. It is depressed by the depressor septi nasi muscle. == Structure == The fleshy external end of the nasal septum is sometimes also called columella. The nasal septum contains bone and hyaline cartilage. It is normally about 2 mm thick.The nasal septum is composed of five structures: perpendicular plate of ethmoid bone vomer bone septal nasal cartilage crest of the maxillary bone crest of the palatine bone === Development === At an early period the septum of the nose consi...

> The fleshy external end of the nasal septum is sometimes also called columella.

CowperKettle

13:27

> “I believe that the brain acts as a promiscuous encoding device,” he said, noting that at night many people can recall even the most mundane events of their day in detail, but then they forget them in the following days or weeks.

Does "at night" mean "in the late evening" here?

In Russian, "night" is the time for sleeping, but in English, it often means "time after 9 pm"

.. or whenabouts

ColleenV

13:58

@CowperKettle that’s how I would interpret it - after the sun goes down is “at night”. I would have phrased it differently though

Maybe “at the end of the day”

So it is clear that we’re referring to the evening of the day they experienced these events

Lawrence

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ #2 - really?

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

15:29

@Lawrence There is a good chance

Like, a sentient AI that copies my moves?

Doesn't seem to be much of a meta guy though

Lawrence

16:15

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ A sock puppet being a mod ... that would be interesting. I'm a bit skeptical, though. :P

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ Doesn't seem to be here at all. @Em? Hello?

See ya!

CowperKettle

17:31

> However, when it means “from now on”, there is a divide between American English and British English. An American would still say “in the future”, as in the previous case, whereas a Brit would likely say “in future” (with no article).

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A: Usage of word "In future" or "In the future"

“Future” can be either an adjective or a noun. When used as an adjective, it doesn’t take any article itself; it is preceded by the article of the noun it modifies. Of course, the logic stays the same even after the preposition “in”, which is probably the most confusing case for non-native spe...

Curious.

I never knew that.

I was reading a news report, and "in future" caught my eye.

> Now, new research by Queen's University researcher Gord Boyd (School of Medicine) at Kingston Health Sciences Centre is offering intriguing insights into the kidney-brain connection that could change the way that kidney disease is assessed and treated in future.

"In future, please, take care of yourself" will be perfectly well understood by NAmE speakers to mean "From now on, please, take care of yourself." It is not at all uncommon in NAmE speech and writing without the article. — P. E. Dant Jun 22 '17 at 8:35

ColleenV

18:29

@CowperKettle I would understand “in future “ but I would assume the omission of the article was a mistake. I’m not sure why Mr. Pedant thinks it’s not uncommon

userr2684291

21:07

I miss Mr. Dant and I hope they come back.

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ Yes, they're a corgi.

Anonymous

21:56

I think Em will be a great moderator. We had two really good candidates in this election, IMO.

Anonymous

"In future, please, take care of yourself" will be perfectly well understood by NAmE speakers to mean "From now on, please, take care of yourself." It is not at all uncommon in NAmE speech and writing without the article. — P. E. Dant Jun 22 '17 at 8:35

Anonymous

@userr2684291 That sounds like a mistake to me. I don't imagine it's common at all. I think people would understand it just fine, though.

userr2684291

22:44

@snailboat A same or in future? I think in future is simply BrE, and Americans might think it's a mistake.

The user who wrote that, LawrenceC, came here and they edited their post but they didn't make any changes to a same.

Anonymous

@userr2684291 Well, the language we were discussing was NAmE, wasn't it?

Anonymous

I was talking about in future.

Anonymous

Where is the discussion of a same? I don't see it on that question.

userr2684291

@snailboat Yeah, but I hadn't made any claims concerning in future so I wasn't sure why you addressed me, haha. I know it's a BrE expression, and I didn't know what else to add to ColleenV's reply here.

Anonymous

I think we should get rid of P.E. Dant's comment, since it seems to suggest it's okay in AmE.

userr2684291

22:50

This is about a same: chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/45796531#45796531

Anonymous

I think that if they want to make that claim, they can (come back to the site and) write an answer.

userr2684291

Oh yes, I agree.

Anonymous

"express a same meaning"? That just seems ungrammatical to me.

userr2684291

I checked COCA regarding in future and there weren't that many attestations apart from the predictable false positives.

corpus.byu.edu/coca/?c=coca&q=67712920

Anonymous

I zapped the comment.

userr2684291

23:07

I edited the top-voted answer a little. The only thing the answerer added was basically formatting and the misleading chart.

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