English Language Learners

Anonymous

01:56

Ah, a straightforward matter of cluster simplification and nasal assimilation

user116848

02:32

So, I was looking at the transcripts of first days of ELL chat. Cerberus, Reg, Mahnax and others are one of the oldest users of chat :D

user116848

They are good folks :-)

user116848

Oh, and Damk and snail too. Obviously!

user116848

But those guys were the first ones here. Hehe.

user116848

I have been here for 5 months now :p

user116848

Oh, Damk is older than snail on ELU. Oh My! hehe

user116848

02:36

See ya all!

user116848

Bye!

user116848

I was feeling like sharing this into.

user116848

:-)

user116848

*has been around here for much longer

user116848

Stupid edit button. I can't edit now!

Anonymous

02:47

@Arrowfar Well, I don't use ELU that much

Anonymous

There were a couple periods where I was rather active briefly

Anonymous

I've racked up about 50 answers :-)

Anonymous

That's about an answer every other week or so on average

Anonymous

But most of the answers are clustered, so most of that time I've been inactive

user116848

@snailboat Oh, sorry i meant on ELL. He has been around here for 3 years :D

Anonymous

02:51

That doesn't make sense. You must have meant ELU

Anonymous

ELL hasn't been around for 2 years yet.

Anonymous

I've been on ELL pretty much its entire run, sans the first couple weeks

Anonymous

Sans, sans, sans.

user116848

@snailboat Oh, I only saw the first two, three days of chat here and said my statement above.

Anonymous

I was talking about the site itself rather than chat

user116848

02:54

Sorry if I offended.

Anonymous

You haven't said anything offensive as far as I've seen

user116848

I see :)

Anonymous

ELU is fun on occasion.

Anonymous

It's maybe slightly easier to get upvotes on ELU than ELL

user116848

@snailboat So, I said the same thing on ELU and Robsuto seemed mad :(

Anonymous

02:57

in English Language & Usage, 4 mins ago, by Arrowfar

@Robusto Disagreement of numbers? I am sorry if I offended anyone. Was it inappropriate?

Anonymous

You didn't say anything inappropriate. He was just taking the opportunity to point out a problem with your grammar

Anonymous

A, B, C, and D are some of the oldest users on chat

user116848

in English Language & Usage, 7 mins ago, by Robusto

That doesn't excuse disagreement of number.

user116848

@snailboat Oh, so it was only grammar related?

Anonymous

Agreement is when a word changes in form to reflect a trait or traits of another word

Anonymous

02:59

In English, finite verbs typically change form to agree with their subjects in number and person.

user116848

I see :-)

Anonymous

Robusto is using agreement in a kind of vague sense similar to this.

Anonymous

What he meant to point out was that the plural some was more appropriate than singular one

user116848

Oh, I thought he meant "disagreement" as in 'argument'. My bad. I feel ashamed now! :D

Anonymous

Don't worry, his phrasing wasn't really a standard way of using the term

user116848

03:02

Yes

user116848

And very confusing for ESL like me

user116848

What's MSO?

Anonymous

Meta Stack Overflow

user116848

Oh, that! I googled MSO and couldn't fit any meaning

user116848

lol

Anonymous

03:04

Yeah, it only has meaning to people 'round these parts.

user116848

Such a technical language lol

Anonymous

I think MSO/MSE are best avoided, personally

user116848

I was still googling until you told me now LOL

Anonymous

But MSE is relevant to Stack Exchange sites.

Anonymous

MSE is Meta Stack Exchange. It's the SE-wide meta site

Anonymous

03:05

MSO used to be SE-wide, but they split off MSE from MSO semi-recently and now MSO is specifically for Stack Overflow.

user116848

I see. I had no idea about all this :-)

Anonymous

So if you want to request a new feature for the entire Stack Exchange platform, not just a particular site, for example

Anonymous

You can head over to Meta.SE.

user116848

I mean short forms :-)

Anonymous

Oh, okay.

Anonymous

03:06

I like to call them Meta.SE and Meta.SO instead of MSE and MSO

Anonymous

It still saves me typing, but I think it's a little clearer :-)

user116848

Yes that is understandable

user116848

I thought he was mad by saying some "MSO" and "disagreement" words LOL

user116848

My bad lol

user116848

Give me the benefit of the doubt I'd say.

user116848

03:10

So, short forms are bad :)

user116848

Like you mentioned the other day :)

Anonymous

Well, like Cerberus keeps reminding us.

user116848

haha Yes, exactly!

user116848

I like Cerbs style. I think he has a very good sense of humor too.

user116848

Cerbs and Red Dwight both.

user116848

03:13

So I asked this other day from RegDwight:

user116848

in English Language & Usage, Sep 27 at 0:59, by Arrowfar

@RegDwigнt So where can I learn to have a sense a humor in writing/chat? Like you seem to have. Or is it natural?

user116848

Good thing no one made fun of me for asking that lol

user116848

in English Language & Usage, Sep 27 at 1:00, by Arrowfar

@RegDwigнt Oh, but that's just mean. I mean a good sense of humor without hurting anyone's feelings/ego :-D

Anonymous

Well, it's certainly possible to study humor from an academic point of view.

Anonymous

Although, uh, that does kind of take the fun out of it. Unless you enjoy that sort of thing. :-)

user116848

03:14

So, it's all natural and innate quality I bet

user116848

No I don't.

user116848

That's just lame of me to ask.

user116848

Like I said good thing no one made fun of me about this all lame talk :-)

Anonymous

It might help to have some basic idea of the types of humor if you're going to be writing

Anonymous

That's the sort of thing we covered in English class in America

Anonymous

03:16

Since, you know, we don't talk about grammar

user116848

Yes, that's what I meant. In writing. Yes.

user116848

Like in real life (everyday life) I never ask anyone how can I be funny. But 'here' I meant in writing and style of chat :-)

user116848

Also because in chat facial expressions etc are missing so a good sense of humor seems like a good idea while writing.

Nico

09:17

When onelook let's you down, the urban dictionary comes to the rescue!

Anonymous

09:29

Haha! Yes, hooray for UD!

hey

Wiktionary also does not show meaning of "footgun"!

Anonymous

I'd like to say that the meaning of footgun is actually fairly obvious if you're familiar with the relevant idiom

Damkerng T.

Indeed, though somehow the first thing came to my mind was the other gun a cop usually has in movies.

Hello, everyone!

hey

Hey!

Nico

Or if you're familiar with Despicable me, you could picture a gun shooting feet.

Damkerng T.

09:33

Hey, there!

hey

@Nico Who doesn't know minions!!!

Nico

:)

Anonymous

@DamkerngT. Ah! But cops don't carry guns on their feet, they carry them on their ankles (in ankle holsters)

Damkerng T.

Banana, potato-o-oh!

Anonymous

That's too high up to be considered part of the foot.

Anonymous

09:34

But in Japanese, it would all be あし.

Damkerng T.

@snailboat Indeed!

Anonymous

Where does Thai draw the boundary between foot and leg?

Damkerng T.

Not that precisely, I guess. :-)

I mean, it could depend a lot on context.

Anonymous

Uh-huh?

Anonymous

Japanese generally doesn't distinguish.

Anonymous

09:36

Just like English doesn't distinguish hot and tepid water.

Anonymous

I wondered if Thai was similar.

Damkerng T.

I think Thai food and leg aren't very different from English when they are used standalone.

Nico

@snailboat Is an AmE thing,isn't it?

Damkerng T.

When they are used adjective-like, it could very ambiguous.

Anonymous

@Nico I'm not sure what you mean

Nico

09:37

My impresion is that BrE distinguishes between hot and warm water.

Damkerng T.

@snailboat In Thai, hot has a wide range of meanings!

Anonymous

@Nico It's water.

Damkerng T.

BRB

Anonymous

Many languages have separate words for hot water and for not-hot water.

Anonymous

English does not.

Anonymous

09:38

It uses the same word for both.

Nico

ahh! Japanese has different nouns!

Anonymous

Yes, mizu and yu

Anonymous

Yu is hot.

Anonymous

If it cools down, it becomes mizu.

Nico

If I had to give a guess, I'd say mizu is hot water

50% to get it wrong :p

Anonymous

09:39

That is a very reasonable guess! Unfortunately for you, I accidentally said them in two different orders

Anonymous

I said hot-cold then cold-hot

Nico

My guess was to do with miso soup :)

Damkerng T.

Is it weird in English to say, "the water is pleasantly hot!"

Anonymous

Miso-shiru!

Damkerng T.

(When say, taking a shower.)

Anonymous

09:41

I can't recall having ever uttered such a thing, but it sounds okay. I suppose pleasantly warm sounds more likely

Anonymous

But some like it hot.

Ice Boy

Robert Palmer?

Anonymous

There you go :-)

Ice Boy

Hello all.

Anonymous

Hi there, Ice Boy!

hey

09:43

Hey

Anonymous

Oh, god . . .

Anonymous

What were the 80s thinking?

Anonymous

Gated reverb . . . sobs

Damkerng T.

@snailboat Hot and warm actually confused me often enough. Perhaps because in my language hot-warm is similar to Japanese blue-green.

Anonymous

@DamkerngT. Japanese only developed a word for green in the last century.

Anonymous

09:44

It comes from a word for plants.

Anonymous

Until then, aoi covered both parts of the spectrum, and to some extent, it still does: ao-shingō are green traffic lights (lit. "blue/green signal")

Anonymous

Aoi is still metaphorically young/inexperienced, coming from the green color of unripe vegetables, which being unripe are not ready yet → young/inexperienced

Anonymous

Just like the English green = a rookie

Damkerng T.

I'm not sure about the origin of the word for "warm" in Thai being used to indicate hotness. I guess its sense for warming food has been with us for so long, but the use for temperature, I guess we borrowed it from English.

@snailboat Still not sure about that expression, but "gated reverb" sounds rather nice.

Anonymous

@DamkerngT. Oh, if only it did!

Anonymous

09:48

►

2

Anonymous

Listen to how everything's cutting off.

Anonymous

That's gated reverb.

Damkerng T.

A-ha!

hey

nice

Anonymous

If you do that, you sound like the 80s.

Damkerng T.

09:50

I didn't know this song, but it sounds quite nice!

Oh, I miss that kind of sound around 1:42.

Anonymous

Phase effects?

Damkerng T.

Ah, that sounds like the right name for the effect. :)

I think I've heard that kind of sound in other songs, which I'm sure I can't recall the names.

Anonymous

There are all sorts of phase effects.

Damkerng T.

2

Q: Why are "baked" and "naked" not pronounced the same?

The word "baked" is pronounced as: /ˈbeɪkt/ While "naked" is pronounced as: /ˈneɪkɪd/ Why are these two words not pronounced the same?

pronunciation

Interesting!

I think I've heard either /ˈbeɪkt/ or /ˈbeɪkɪt/.

Perhaps the first is way more common than the latter.

hey

just think what will happen if both the words are pronounced same. "baked body"

Damkerng T.

10:06

A hot body!

"But, if you are in school or are taking a test, then you probably should give the teacher or the tester the answer they want."
http://ell.stackexchange.com/a/34557/3281

Who could argue with that line?!

Anonymous

@DamkerngT. The latter sounds nonstandard.

Damkerng T.

@snailboat I think sometimes people inserted that involuntary.

Anonymous

@DamkerngT. I'm not sure I would recognize the word pronounced that way.

Damkerng T.

Would it sound off or even wrong?

Anonymous

Yes, wrong.

Damkerng T.

10:15

Ahh

Anonymous

/ɪ/ used to be possible in older forms of English

Anonymous

But then I think it should be /ɪd/

Damkerng T.

I think I can't really tell the difference between most of /ɪd/-/ɪt/ in typical speech. I mean, if I can tell it, it's the difference in the /ɪ/ (I probably misuse the symbol here; it should be the one that paired with the schwa) of /ɪd/-/ɪt/.

(Some /ˈneɪkɪd/ sound like /ˈneɪkayɪt/ to my ear.)

Damkerng T.

10:44

Site self-evaluation ends in 16 hours

Quick! There is still time.

Anonymous

Already did it. :-)

Damkerng T.

0

Q: It is there any grammatical error or not genuine in the paragraph I writen below?

Participants – Two speakers (1 male and 1 female), who are both 24 years old graduate students from the Institution of Linguistics and Technology in Nanjing Normal University, were recruited to produce the attitudinal utterances. Both of the speakers are native Chinese and have the experience of ...

meaning grammaticality

Definitely proofreading, but it sounds like an interesting paper!

1) "good at expressing" makes me wonder, expressing what?

2) "Before recording, all the speakers had been clearly explained about the meanings of ..." -- Probably a dangling participle, and I don't like that "about".

3) "Each attitude was performed by 10 utterances containing 6 to 10 syllables which were all semantic-neutral." -- That "by" somehow doesn't sound quite right.

Anonymous

@DamkerngT. It's a bad passive.

Anonymous

"I explained you how it works."

Anonymous

"You have been explained how it works."

Anonymous

10:56

Doesn't that seem weird?

Damkerng T.

A little bit.

Maybe they wanted to use passive to be able to avoid mentioning themselves in the paper.

Anonymous

"I explained to you how it works."

Damkerng T.

A-ha! Now I know why. Thanks!

Another thing weird is that they referred to the two speakers as "Both of the speakers", and later referred to them again as "all the speakers".

Anonymous

Ah, I usually expect all to mean "three or more" if the number is known and it has specific reference

Anonymous

@DamkerngT. Perform doesn't really take attitude as a direct object, at least not normally

Anonymous

11:04

It could work in context, though it sounds a bit jargony (meaning I am unfamiliar with it but it might be fine to the ear of someone who doesn't have my limitations)

Damkerng T.

I guess that the author was thinking of maybe "in" or "for", rather than "by", in that sentence.

"as", even!

Anonymous

@DamkerngT. Yes, I think you're right, in or as sound like decent choices

Anonymous

I think they intend by to be instrumental: "performed by way of ..."

Anonymous

Which is a little weird sounding in English

Damkerng T.

11:42

> Only 1 comment allowed per 15 seconds; timer reset.

I really don't like that!

Amit Joki

@DamkerngT. Is, "Department of Secrecy against lower leveled planet's species" correct?

Damkerng T.

Possibly, though I prefer more capitalized letters, and maybe "Species of Lower ...".

Amit Joki

@DamkerngT. what I mean is secrecy must be maintained with lower leveled species

Damkerng T.

To work with those species or to get rid of them?

Oh, I see.

Amit Joki

to get rid of them

Damkerng T.

11:55

To protect their identity.

Amit Joki

yeah

Damkerng T.

Hmm...

I'm not sure if "against" really works there. Probably does, I guess.

Amit Joki

@DamkerngT. does it work or doesn't?

Damkerng T.

I tend to think "does".

Amit Joki

But, is it correct, I mean my and your instinct says it does, but does it really?

P.S sorry @Damkerng will get dismantled in my next post, I'm writing

Damkerng T.

12:01

I'm not familiar with this usage, so I can't really guarantee, but I think it should work in your context.

Oh, poor that Damkerng!

Amit Joki

Shall I ask it as a question?

Ice Boy

yes

Damkerng T.

Hmm... I guess you could.

Just try not to ask it as a proofreading question. I think you know how.

It would be a good question!

Amit Joki

Well, I didn't get second line of your comment @DamkerngT.

Damkerng T.

About proofreading?

Amit Joki

12:06

"From" too makes sense to me, doesn't it? "Department of Secrecy from Lower Leveled planet's species"

@DamkerngT. yeah

Damkerng T.

The thing is proofreading is off-topic on ELL.

Amit Joki

So, you mean to say, I should be as casual with my question as casual can be?

Damkerng T.

But considering your writing skill, I'm rather sure that you know how to avoid making your question sound like a proofreading one.

Some user will vote to close on proofreading questions very quickly. I usually wait several hours before voting on them myself, 'cause more often than not, someone will give really good comments on these questions.

Amit Joki

@DamkerngT. now, I know..

preparing the question.. will post the link asap

@DamkerngT. what should I tag my question? I really don't know that much English

Damkerng T.

Have you already posted your question?

Amit Joki

12:14

nope. I need to tag it yet

Damkerng T.

Maybe "preposition"

Amit Joki

@DamkerngT. thanks!

Damkerng T.

Oh, the tag name is "prepositions", with an s.

My pleasure!

Amit Joki

that won't matter, as I can't create tags and will be forced to use the existing ones ;)

Damkerng T.

Ahh...

Amit Joki

12:16

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Q: What word should I use here

I'm currently writing a blog and am having a question on what word should be used in here. Department of Secrecy _______ Lower Leveled Species Should the blank be filled with (from/against/or any other word). The context is that the department in point is safeguarding its secrets from lowe...

prepositions

Damkerng T.

+1

Amit Joki

@DamkerngT. thanks!

@IceBoy I tagged it "Meaning" as well, but it seems you removed your suggestion

Damkerng T.

Hi, @IceBoy!

Ice Boy

Hello everybody

Amit Joki

@DamkerngT. that doesn't sound proofreading, am I right?

Damkerng T.

12:23

I think it sounds fine. :)

Ice Boy

+1

Amit Joki

@IceBoy thanks for that for you too.

@DamkerngT. it seems you watch asiad

Damkerng T.

asiad?

Amit Joki

Asian games at Incheon?

Damkerng T.

Oh, it's another name of Asian Games.

Yes, I do.

Ice Boy

12:26

who won the badminton?

Damkerng T.

Mostly China. :)

Amit Joki

@DamkerngT. well, the judges all are biased and they don't take any complaints

Damkerng T.

I felt rather bad when I saw the second goal in the football match yesterday.

Amit Joki

at least some of them are definitely are...

Damkerng T.

This sort of thing takes away the true spirit of sports, I would say.

Ice Boy

12:29

which is?

Amit Joki

@DamkerngT. Mongolia even threatened to move out its entire boxing contingent as a protest of a biased decision which went in favor of the opponent

Damkerng T.

nods

Amit Joki

@DamkerngT. I got a reply to my question as a comment. Seems legit, doesn't it?

Damkerng T.

I remember that JMB is a native speaker.

Wait... I'm not sure.

I think I mixed up the names. :)

Amit Joki

@DamkerngT. his profile says so...

you're right, he is a native speaker.

@DamkerngT. when we use "we're" , don't we mean "we are", or does it change sometimes to "we were"

Damkerng T.

12:38

"We're" should mean only "we are".

Amit Joki

thanks for the clarification!

Isn't the sentence "We're ice skating this afternoon in the park." is in future tense?

Damkerng T.

You could understand English as a two-tense system: past and non-past.

Amit Joki

and the sentence is in non-past..

Damkerng T.

(And group will and would with modal verbs)

Yes.

Amit Joki

but is it future continuous or just future? It's definitely not present

Damkerng T.

12:43

"We're going to play football this evening," is in the present tense.

But it suggests an event that is going to happen.

"We will play football this evening," sounds not very different from the first example.

"We might play football this evening," sounds like the second example, but less definite.

Amit Joki

got it!

Damkerng T.

@AmitJoki About the aspect, your example looks like the progressive aspect to me.

Amit Joki

@DamkerngT. ah! My bad, I'm in 10th grade and I don't know what a progressive aspect is. It isn't taught here in India, that's why though I write good English (at least I suppose so ;-) ), I fail with the technical terms..

Damkerng T.

Oh, nothing bad at all! Progressive is just another name for continuous.

By separating the aspects out of tenses, we can get a better picture of English tenses.

Amit Joki

yeah.. You're right, needless to say, though..

Damkerng T.

12:50

"He plays football every day," present tense, simple aspect
"He is playing football," present tense, progressive aspect
"He's played football for two hours already!" present tense, perfect aspect

Amit Joki

@DamkerngT. I seem to kno that things, probably because that's taught here. Would ya mind asking me a question(complicated) for which I can answer to know if I know these?

Damkerng T.

I think it's more natural to say "He's been playing football for two hours already!" but I'm not sure what would be the name of the aspect, maybe perfect-progressive.

@AmitJoki I'm not sure what you mean. Do you want me to ask you some questions?

Amit Joki

exactly

Damkerng T.

Hehe! Well, what kind of question would you like?!

Amit Joki

Sort of complicated, which asks me what tense it is of.

Damkerng T.

12:54

Probably grammar books would do this job better than me. :)

Amit Joki

grin

@DamkerngT. how does the name Alcor Dale sound?

Damkerng T.

Unfamiliar, but obviously a name!

Amit Joki

And how about "Arielle School of Defense Against Monstrous Evils"

Damkerng T.

It has a nice ring to it!

Amit Joki

ring?

Damkerng T.

13:05

Like, the ring of its sound.

Amit Joki

@DamkerngT. you mean to say it sounds good?

Damkerng T.

Yes. :)

Amit Joki

great then :-)

Ice Girl

13:25

@DamkerngT. Hi

Amit Joki

hey, what's with all that IceBoy and IceGirl?

Ice Girl

@DamkerngT. I have a question. May I ask?

@AmitJoki :D

Amit Joki

@IceGirl you surely can ask. I don't remember Damkerng having refused anybody

Damkerng T.

@IceGirl You surely can ask any questions here. The answers are not guaranteed, though. :)

Ice Girl

@AmitJoki I know. But he isn't here now

oh he comes

Damkerng T.

13:29

I was making some tea. I probably will have to be in and out for a while, too.

Ice Girl

This idiom: "A burnt child dreads the fire". has a special meaning. but "A burnt child" itself has a special meaning too. I need some idioms like that. did you understand what i mean?

Damkerng T.

You want more idioms with a similar meaning?

Ice Girl

@DamkerngT. yeah. like that

Damkerng T.

Hmm... I'm not very good at proverbs.

Ice Girl

:(

Amit Joki

13:31

what special meaning does "A burnt child" have other than the literal meaning @IceGirl?

Damkerng T.

I think there must be some places on the web that collect those proverbs.

I'm more into simple stuff, like "Once is enough". :)

Ice Girl

@AmitJoki google.com/…

Amit Joki

@IceGirl I know the meaning of the proverb, I am asking because you said in your second sentence that "A burnt child" itself has a special meaning.

BTW, how about "A man who's slave dreads work", though, not widely used. Just used by me and that too in this comment. @IceGirl

Ice Girl

!!!!!!!!!!!!

Amit Joki

@IceGirl I know it's rubbish :-)

Ice Girl

13:37

:)))))))))))

Damkerng T.

You can try this: "Once bitten, twice shy."

Ice Girl

what does it mean?

Damkerng T.

It means the same. You can find it in the same dictionary too.

Amit Joki

If you're bitten by something, you'll shy twice before going near it, I suppose @IceGirl

Damkerng T.

nods

Ice Girl

13:44

Can i omit twice shy? like that example.

A burnt child dreads the fire

A burnt child

Dreads the fire is omitted

Amit Joki

no. Once bitten doesn't form a meaning if it is contextless

Ice Girl

so it's not similar to my example

Damkerng T.

If the context is very clear, you probably could.

Amit Joki

@DamkerngT. example?

Damkerng T.

"The guy is a mess. What happened to him?" "I think Jane broke his heart, badly. You know what they say, 'Once bitten--'" "Yeah. Poor man."

People are usually good at filling in whatever being left out.

Amit Joki

13:49

Ahem, then how could I delete my second last comment?

Damkerng T.

I think your comment is fine.

Amit Joki

@DamkerngT. is the following fine? can you find some errors?

Universal Protocol of Handling Trespassers
(Department of Secrecy From Lower Leveled Species)

Species of lower level planets must not be knowing about technologies which belong to a level higher than them. There is least possibility of this happening though, but yet, if someone has the intelligence of knowing about higher level technologies, either they must be atomized to prevent them from going back to their planet and spread what they know or they must be made a citizen of the planet which owns the technology. The accused may or may not be asked for a choice. Whatsoever, the secrecy mus…

Damkerng T.

LOL

Perhaps, "must not be allowed to know".

Maybe, "the technologies (which) belong to ..."

Wow, atomized! What a punishment!

I think "Whatsoever" should be fine, though somehow I like something like "In whatsoever circumstances" better.

Amit Joki

@DamkerngT. but as the writing stands, is it grammatically correct? I've a doubt in "but yet", is it fine?

Damkerng T.

The code sounds quite ironclad!

I didn't notice it in my first pass. Yes, I think only "but" or "yet" is better.

Amit Joki

14:04

"The code sounds quite ironclad", I didn't get that one..

Damkerng T.

What you wrote sounds like a code.

(A code of conduct)

Amit Joki

Yeah! It's a protocol, it's written over there at the top..

@DamkerngT. how can be Professor shortened? Something like Prof. or should it even be shortened?

Damkerng T.

I would expect Prof. as the shorten form.

Amit Joki

great

and if there are two names like Alcor Dale, which would you place after Prof.?

Damkerng T.

It's the name of one person, right?

Amit Joki

14:11

yes

Damkerng T.

"Prof. Alcor Dale"

Amit Joki

Should I use the full name?

Damkerng T.

That would be your choice. :)

I think a full name is fine. A last name with Prof. or Professor is also fine.

Amit Joki

Prof. Alcor or Prof. Dale?

Damkerng T.

"Professor Dale," "Professor Alcor Dale," "Prof. Dale," "Prof. Alcor Dale"

Amit Joki

14:17

Is the following correct, especially the second direct sentence?

Pieter immediately asked coldly - "Atomize? You aren't gonna atomize us, are you?" to which Prof. Dale said in a calm tone, "Well, I certainly don't want to, but that would mean the obvious."

Damkerng T.

I think it's fine. Though I'm not sure what the obvious is!

Amit Joki

Well, it's stated in the code of conduct..

Damkerng T.

(I will atomize you anyway) thought Prof. Dale!

:P

Amit Joki

did you really didn't get it?

Damkerng T.

I was just kidding and took the liberty to reinterpret "don't want to" in an unusual way. :)

Damkerng T.

14:36

@AmitJoki I'll be away from my keyboard for a while. See you around!

Amit Joki

Yeah..

will infom you when my post is done :)

Amit Joki

14:56

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