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ssb
ssb
00:01
Where was that data that showed the growth trends of the site?
was that moderator only?
 
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Darius Jahandarie
Darius Jahandarie
01:48
/me contemplates making a dashboard of Japanese.SE stats
I doubt I will though, I don't think I care that much. :P
Especially since T-SQL is a rather irritating dialect of SQL to work in.
jkerian
jkerian
02:20
@DariusJahandarie we used to have one...
I don't think it's the japanese that's confusing in this question
Basically, the existence of things like 'writing lab', 'math lab', and 'theater lab' are a bit unusual to a native English speaker who doesn't live at a college.
Personally... 'math lab' sounds normal, but 'math laboratory' actually sounds... wrong
 
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Rilakkuma
Rilakkuma
06:13
Kenzo's answer on japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/9580/where-does-えっと-come-from is very interesting. Sad it is down voted.
Could be nice if he finds some references.
ssb
ssb
I'm pretty sure the downvotes are fresh
my answer just got a downvote
Though looking back at what I wrote in 2012 I don't think it's that great..
Rilakkuma
Rilakkuma
I get down votes all the time, perhaps this is the "organic" way things are done at SE.
ssb
ssb
Well the question itself just got bumped by the SE algorithms because it's old and has no accepted answer
Looks like that answer has 2 downvotes, though
I'd like to see a source for it too
Rilakkuma
Rilakkuma
interestingly he says ゆないと belongs to Edo period while it is actually modern Edo/Yamate dialect feature and is very common
つっないと as well
 
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ssb
ssb
09:52
Did we decide for sure that technology questions are for meta?
A similar question before was closed:
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Q: Setup computer for Japanese language

kkishereHow to setup computer language/keyboard to support Japanese language? I am using Microsoft Windows 7- 64 bit OS.

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jkerian
jkerian
10:08
@ssb They're not for the main site, that much was decided. As for whether they belong on meta or not, it's a bit up in the air
My general guideline has been, if it's a well-formed question that involves some complication of the language (ie, is not more likely to get an answer on SU), I tend not to close it.
Most of these questions have not been very well formed. This most recent one would probably be better on SU.
3 to 5 business days
3 to 5 business days
10:33
> 「手紙」, in Chinese, means "toilet paper"
TIL
 
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Andrew Grimm
Andrew Grimm
14:37
Yet another "wa" versus "ga" question. Sorry everyone!
Anonymous
@AndrewGrimm I'd think that any functional forum on the Japanese language would have multiple questions about は and が.
Anonymous
I don't see any reason to apologize
Anonymous
People write entire books about these particles.
Andrew Grimm
Andrew Grimm
Oh cool, there's a tag for wa versus ga! :)
Before tonight, I thought that "ga" was always used when asking if something did or did not exist. I learnt otherwise from lang-8.com/424295/journals/… , but wanted to confirm it.
There's A Tag For That(tm)

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