English Language Learners

Mitch

14:17

@RegDwighт you can always link to the answer in ELU, there's no law against that.

RegDwighт

I guess.

Mitch

and presumably TPTB = Rob Cartaino? Hi Rob!

RegDwighт

The Powers That Be.

Manishearth

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Q: Who are the Community Managers, and what do they do?

Who are the Community Managers? What do they do? What is their relationship to the "Community" user? Return to FAQ index

Shog's around right now

Or, well, in the room. Probably asleep

RegDwighт

He's a lurker.

Mitch

14:19

@RegDwighт most of the questions are from non-ELUers. so if they're doing ELU style questions, it is not on purpose.

RegDwighт

Haven't seen Grace in a while. Is he on vacation?

Matt Эллен

a lurking lurker, lurking lurkily

Mitch

@RegDwighт what I meant was...The Powers That Be, does that really mean exactly just Rob, or are there other 'deciders'?

RegDwighт

@Mitch I know, in fact I anticipated that if you read on.

Mitch

@RegDwighт I don't read obviously.

RegDwighт

14:21

@Mitch I have no idea who actually decides what.

But of course the point is that we have to do Everything Right and Nothing Wrong, then no amount of Deciders can do us any harm.

Mitch

@RegDwighт except if they decide to.

which has happened already (like when the proposal for ELL was closed right in the middle and took a bunch of complaining to get it back.

RegDwighт

In order to decide they first have to cide, and I don't think they are in a position to even figure out what that means.

I know I can't.

Matt Эллен

patricide?

deicide?

Manishearth

Site-icide?

Matt Эллен

pineapplecide!

Mitch

14:23

I read that as '...first have to ride...'

RegDwighт

@MattЭллен patrickstewart.

Manishearth

NOO THE POOR PINEAPPLES

Mitch

poor patrick stewart

Matt Эллен

He was a good captain

RegDwighт

@Manishearth what you mean, "poor"? I'm filthy rich.

Just look at my living room.

Matt Эллен

14:24

lol

RegDwighт

in English Language & Usage, 23 mins ago, by Matt Эллен

Mitch

anyway, yes, the questions at ELL ...well, they do seem like good questions, but easily closable on ELU.

RegDwighт

That's actually okay. That's how it should be. What's closable on ELU goes here.

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Q: Pronunciation of beaches and bitches

For me it often hard to distinguish this two words while speaking and talking. The t in the bitch is almost neglectable in speech. So, what is the correct pronunciation of this to words?

pronunciation

This is an excellent question for ELL.

This is a problem everybody has.

This is a problem I have.

Same for the coke vs cock question, which is currently on ELU but doesn't really fit in there.

Similarly, the hate vs. ate question would be the very definition of NARQ on ELU, but not here.

Mitch

@RegDwighт But, and it's a big one, the top questions on ELU right now really seem like good -ELL- questions.

@RegDwighт I'm an excellent answerer!!

what's up with spicey oko? I don't know what slang thing he's talking about.

RegDwighт

@Mitch depends on what questions you're looking at. Certainly not the Central Pennsylvania speakers question.

Mitch

14:29

I'm sorting by 'active' so I don't see a Penn question.

RegDwighт

Wait, but active can't be top.

Top is by votes, which is orthogonal to activity.

Matt Эллен

the active tab has a top

RegDwighт

And top by votes is basically "whatever the MC likes", so of course these questions seem like good ELL questions, because they seem like good anything questions to everyone.

They have passed the test of being the jack of all trades.

@MattЭллен well if that's what Mitch means, I'm not sure.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

wow, ELL is full of people posting difficult-to-understand pronunciations of things

It's the deaf leading the blind

or the blind singing to the deaf

RegDwighт

Do they play a mean pinball?

Matt Эллен

14:34

that's just mean

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

we'll have to see if they're also dumb first

uhoh, meeting time. be back later.

Mitch

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 or dancing about architexture

Matt Эллен

so... will ELL have dating-advice?

Manishearth

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A: Is there a mnemonic that help remembering when I should use "hate," and when "ate"?

Well, try to think of "ate" as "hate" with the "H" eaten.

Any way I can expand this?

Seems like the mnemonic posts can't turn up longer answers :/

Mistu4u

Is there any meta post to show when should I post in ELL and when in ELU?

Manishearth

14:44

@Mistu4u Does it fit the ELU FAQ?

Does it fir the ELL FAQ?

If both, post wherever you want

If neither, don't post

The existence of a new site doesn't change the question's on-topicness on an older one

Mistu4u

@Manishearth, okay. So i guess everything can be fit here.

Manishearth

@Mistu4u ?

Mistu4u

I mean everything related to English of course!

RegDwighт

@MattЭллен once and for all, it's mating-advice.

Manishearth

@Mistu4u no, not really

RegDwighт

14:56

Wow I have ten badges already. Exciting!

Mistu4u

15:07

@Manishearth, I mean any kind of problem related to English........

Manishearth

No, any problem that comes across while learning English

@RegDwighт probably could answer this better

Reg, what sort of questions do you guys prefer?

Mistu4u

Yes yes that is what I am talking about!

RegDwighт

Yeah. For example, it's not okay to ask "which armchair should I buy", but it's fine to ask "which armchair should I be wearing while learning English".

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Matt Эллен

something about that seems wrong

RegDwighт

@Manishearth It's been but one day. Right now it's a free-for-all. I am not here to impose rules, even less so if they are rules of other sites.

Manishearth

15:11

@RegDwighт yeah, but you know the general atmosphere better than I do :)

RegDwighт

It's okay to go crazy right now, the community forms around decisions, not lack thereof.

@Manishearth I only just registered a couple hours ago! Waiwai already has like 600 reps.

Mitch

@MattЭллен I know, right? It seems wrong to be sitting while learning English.

RegDwighт

I am user number 112, and my first post has the number 224.

Hey, that's a nice coincidence.

By which I mean, that's a nice I think not!

@MattЭллен and now we have a site where you can ask what it is.

Manishearth

@RegDwighт ...this site's heading for disaster, isn't it? :P

RegDwighт

No idea, I don't have Roland Emmerich's street address.

Manishearth

15:18

:P

Novice

17:09

I am waiting to watch interesting questions that don't go like: “Is [insert slang here] okay to use?”.

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Siddhartha

Totally agree with the Novice

Matt Эллен

19:47

I answered my first question on ELL today!

Liam W

20:33

@Martha Is my answer correct now?

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