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I want to ask a question about in-text citation in the main site. I don't know if that would be on-topic. Ideas?

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Faxlore

Faxlore is a sort of folklore: humorous texts, folk poetry, folk art, and urban legends that are circulated, not by word of mouth, but by fax machine. Xeroxlore or photocopylore is similar material circulated by photocopying; compare samizdat in Soviet-bloc countries. The first use of the term xeroxlore was in Michael J. Preston's essay Xerox-lore, 1974. "Photocopylore" is perhaps the most frequently encountered name for the phenomenon now, because of trademark concerns involving the Xerox Corporation. The first use of this term came in A Dictionary of English Folklore by Jacqueline Simpson...

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[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Link at end of answer, non-latin link in answer, potentially bad keyword in answer, potentially problematic ns configuration in answer (144): What does "Of" mean in the beginning of "Of mice and men"? by دارالترجمه رسمی پارسیس on ell.SE

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War of the Bucket

The War of the Bucket or the War of the Oaken Bucket was fought in 1325, between the rival city-states of Bologna and Modena. It took place in the region of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy. The war was an episode in the over 300-year-long struggle between Guelphs and Ghibellines. Modena won the Battle of Zappolino (the only battle of the war), and the bucket remains in Modena to this day. A common myth surrounding the War of the Bucket is that it was caused when the Modenese stole a bucket from a Bolognese well. However, this is mostly incorrect, as the bucket was (according to most accurate...

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@userr2684291 You would have died because of a giant suffocating stamp-collecting maniac of an alien

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@M.A.R. I imagine it'd be done in this style (one of my fave cartoons when I was a kid – in case you can't see it, it's Conan: The Adventurer).

Hm, this might be my new favorite song. I thought our version was as pumped up as it gets, but this is amazing. It's the robotic voice thingy that really pushes it to another level.

11:15 PM

It appears Araucaria's also... distanced themselves from SE.

who are they?

They've made a lot of quality contributions to both ELL and ELU. I believe they're a linguistics student.

ohhh

I can't wait no more for the snow

11:31 PM

@AIQ youtube.com/watch?v=mN7LW0Y00kE (:

Do you like Christmas songs?

I do generally, but omg this is like brain washing or sth - starbucks playing these songs all day long

I sometimes (often) study here

I like the chatter

helps me zone in

Lol. I can't stand that stuff.

the noise from chatter is sometimes more helpful than a quite place with sudden noises that distract me

That's why you put on some non-distracting monotone music.

which stuff?

11:38 PM

I mean chatter or public places. I mean I can't study there or anything. Library? Forget it.

well I get to see nice people

Yeah, I like seeing girls there too, so I go, but I bring my earphones with, and then put on those nice monotone songs.

Oh our Library is a hell - its suffocating

they don't prefer air condition

Oh our Library is a hell - its suffocating

no air condition

my university is "GREEN"

Yeh I do that to sometimes - when people around me are just too noisy

I play rainy videos on Youtube

And yes, it is pleasant to have conversations with strangers

I search for lofi hip hop radio. There are no sudden changes in melody or anything.

oh they are great

for some reason those rain videos feel very peaceful to me

it calms me down

oh look ColleenV is online

11:43 PM

I'll give it a try.

during Christmas time my city gets very empty-ish

after Final exams people go back home

and its soo quiet

I will sometimes go out 2 am and walk

best when it snows

absolute silence

@AIQ That's the best study time for me.

yeh I was always more night person

11 p.m. to 4 a.m., I'd say. Especially if I woke up at like 11 a.m. and thus have enough energy.

I don't think it's got to do with night with me, it's just completely silent.

I was doing that when I was doing my courses in the first two terms ... and during my undergrad

I meant that

11:47 PM

@AIQ What are "terms"?

semesters?

yes

4 months

Isn't your undergrad split into semesters?

I am in grad school

we call it terms

in undergrad which I did back home, we called it semester

So terms are for grad school and semesters are for undergraduate programs?

11:50 PM

that's where the word "midterms" comes from

Usually that is how it is, I am not sure. I am speaking from all the websites of universities that I have looked at

@skullpetrol

it puzzles me

why?

I don't think there's a difference.

when some courses (undergrad in particular)

have 3 midterms @skullpetrol

or even two - I am like then why say "mid"

@userr2684291 no difference

"triterms"

11:54 PM

I was confused because you said "first two terms and during my undergrad", thereby differentiating between them somehow (as if there were no terms during undergrad).

oh haha sorry

I had 11 semesters in my undergrad

I mean I finished in 11

5.5 years?

How many semesters are there normally in your (country's?) undergrad programs?

3 in a year

so I finished within 4 years