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AIQ

01:27

I looked up "encouraging" in Cambridge dictionary and it says "making you feel more confidence or hope"

Shouldn't the words be "confident" and "hopeful"? Or maybe "giving you more confidence or hope"

userr2684291

02:11

@M.A.R. Um... I don't think so. I've never heard that one before, but it sounds completely natural, although obviously joke-y.

@AIQ Yeah, their version is at best grammatical, but not particularly idiomatic.

dictionary.cambridge.org/us/plus/quiz/image These image quizzes with household items are so difficult for me (when done properly, without looking at the answers).

Whisk, kettle, ladle... I mean who uses these words anyway. I much prefer "the thing you do the eggs with", "the tea thing", "the big spoon thing, you know, ein Loeffel in German".

Actually, that's also a spoon in German. Jesus. What did I think the word for a spoon was?

userr2684291

02:47

These lv. 4 ones (farthest to the right) are the most difficult, but for real, though. Without looking at the words I know from 0 to 2 out of 6 on each of those. Axolotl, seriously? "Congratulations, you've finished the quiz!" Lol, it's mocking me.

in English Language & Usage: Multi-Layered Discourse Room, Nov 10 '12 at 16:04, by tchrist

That’s what happens to be people who axolotl ittle questions on ELU.

The pics they post there are kinda disturbing, though.

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CowperKettle

03:57

Word of the day: bougie

Anonymous

04:46

@userr2684291 I guess I never really thought of axolotl as a rare word, because it does come up often enough, but I suppose only in certain contexts. Generally speaking, it probably really is a rare word.

skullpatrol

04:59

Word of the day: axolotl

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Cardinal

06:49

@CowperKettle This word reminded me of "John Wick". Have you watched the series?

Though the pronunciation is different.

AIQ

Hey guys, if you were to tell somebody about ELL, how would do say it? "The English Language Learners Stack Exchange Community ..." or "The English Language Learners Community" - Sorry, not tell, like if you were to write it down ...

Cardinal

There is an English learning community on the stack exchange platform, it's called ELL. It has a wise Russian Kettle made of copper and a Snail who caries the world knowledge on her back, and a guy who's IQ is ranked A. :Teeth Smile:

AIQ

07:04

lol well done ...

but I gotta keep "English Language Learners"

M.A.R.

@AIQ I just end up saying "there's a site, you know, and we do, you know, and there's stuff there, you know"

Honestly, any explanation that would do justice is lengthy, and I've found people are not really excited about hearing lengthy explanations of how some site on the internet works

AIQ

@M.A.R. Ah, like I want to write it down (formal) ...

M.A.R.

I guess link to things you find important should do it, in-context and relevant to the matter being discussed

AIQ

But I have to mention the name ...

I will link it, but if you had to write out the name how would you do it

M.A.R.

Spark their curiosity: "About capitalization, you can check this ELL.SE response: link" "Ooooh, what kind of food is an ELL?" "Well, ELL is . . . "

As for the explanation, stick to the core principles, but don't give too many details about anything

AIQ

07:18

@M.A.R. this is nice ...

No, not giving any details ... but I still need to write out the full name at some point

M.A.R.

ELL is a Question and Answer site with more focus on answer quality and references than other sites of similar nature on the internet.

. . . At least I hope so.

AIQ

Very helpful.

M.A.R.

A dozen native speakers of English frequent it, where they answer learner problems.

If it was asked about any further, say: But your problem needs to have some substance. No one is happy about doing a random person's homework online.

And the rest

@AIQ Usually, if it's me saying that, with the period and all, I'm being sarcastic

AIQ

I am not ....

All that is actually very helpful

M.A.R.

Oh fo show

I have a thing for being helpful

Also, congrats @Eddie!

AIQ

07:22

hmmm ... this part needs rephrasing "answer learner problems"

M.A.R.

Rephrase as you see fit

But as I said, people grow bored of talking about this very easily, so be as concise as possible

AIQ

hmm ... I will ... no, really, heartfelt gratitude ...

Eddie Kal

@M.A.R. Thank you!

M.A.R.

Blue already

Does this mean I have to bow down to you! I WILL NOT bow down to you!

Eddie Kal

M.A.R. has summoned me from sleep

AIQ

07:23

You just tagged EddieKal and he appeared

that was fast

M.A.R.

Whoops

Were you dreaming of suspending users?

Eddie Kal

So I have probably 1000 tabs open on my chrome, and somewhere this chatroom is open as a tab

M.A.R.

I would

AIQ

Dominus Eddie

Eddie Kal

so when you guys at me, I hear a sound but have no idea where the tab is

M.A.R.

07:25

I would keep hovering over "destroy this user" on @userr

AIQ

lol

Eddie Kal

I shall ask userr first what they would bribe me to not have their user destroyed

@AIQ Thanks for being so active on the site. I am still climbing up the learning curve. You have been a great help to the community!

AIQ

@EddieKal thanks! (lol me active?)

Eddie Kal

Oh shoot I can't destroy userr! They have over 500 rep

Should have run for CM instead

M.A.R.

Nah, they won't allow new mods to do it

You need to pro it up

Eddie Kal

07:29

Aite I really have to go to sleep

Night y'all

M.A.R.

G'night Ed

CowperKettle

07:41

Have an impactful sleep!

AIQ

didn't he just say he woke up?

CowperKettle

07:58

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userr2684291

12:44

@snailcar I just thought the word sounded exotic, that's why I italicized it. But yeah, I don't think of specialized / technical vocabulary like words for different foods, or animals, or tools as inherently rare, except they kinda are in general.

userr2684291

12:55

I have seen the animal in question before, but I don't know its name in my first language. I know of sun animalcules, if that's worth any points.

Also, I joined a Discord channel yesterday and wrote that word only, axolotl, and got banned immediately.

I mean today (I went to bed really late).

They thought I was trolling, I think. In their defense, I was.

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Jasper

14:22

@CowperKettle That looks like Frodo. In fact, it is Frodo.

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CowperKettle

17:03

@Jasper Hard not to discern such an impactful figure!

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20:10

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20:26

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21:38

I find this kind of writing just awful

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