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Can't tell.

Then I'll default to accepted.

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9:34 PM

Congrats to Barrie England for attaining 70k!

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He is on track to attaining 100k in 2013!

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Will Robusto also attain 100k in the year?

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Stay tuned for the next episode...

By the looks of it, @robusto will attain 100k on ELL before he attains 100k on ELU.

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@RegDwighт Is the private beta already started?

9:38 PM

You got that, @KitFox?

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I will aim for 30k and then retire...

Jasper gets away with way more nonsense without getting labeled a pineapple.

Not the first time. Not even the tenth.

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Also note that I don't intend my sentences in chat to be grammatical all the time.

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Not that those on main are.

Glass of peas my afterbody.

9:40 PM

You're not a pineapple. Jasper obviously is.

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In particular, I use comma splices all the time in chat.

Are you trying to set me against Rob?

Wut?

I am trying to get a reaction from you following "Is the private beta already started?"

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Yes, I was trying not to use "has" there, just for fun.

Wut?

Oh. See, I didn't notice that.

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9:42 PM

It has started (present perfect)

That doesn't sound peculiar.

Oh, see, I noticed your not noticing.

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It is started (participial adjective)

@KitFox I give up!

Aww.

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9:42 PM

Allow me some literary licence.

That sounds peculiar in every variety of English I am remotely familiar with, and in fact Jasper himself just admitted he did it on purpose.

I'm sorry @Reg. It was just that one time.

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I feel like putting a bounty on the burned/burnt question.

A: When would one use "burnt" and when would "burned" be more appropriate?

Yeah yeah.

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According to my little "research", I have provided an answer.

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9:44 PM

2

The simple past and past participle of burn is either burned or burnt. In addition, burnt also functions as an adjective to describe something as being damaged, injured, or made black from burning, a meaning slightly different from it being used as a participial adjective.

I am hardly even paying attention right now anyway.

Whoa. That's OVER 2 years old.

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But I have never seen any similar answer on this site or anywhere else.

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So I seem to be talking alien there.

@KitFox only until I say something funny again.

9:45 PM

You say funny things all the time.

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Now I checked several dictionaries on burned/burnt before giving that answer.

I am a Volkswagen full of clowns.

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So, if I interpret the dictionaries correctly, there is a subtle difference as I mentioned.

@JasonBourne you checked several dictionaires now before giving that answer twenty-five months ago?

Kit! Kit! Come on!

That ain't even Denglisch.

Anyway, I'm off to watch that Twilight thing.

Lators or morrows.

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@RegDwighт Watch the second movie, it has nice muscles.

9:47 PM

Never did I imagine the list of reasons to not watch the second movie could become longer still...

I am so confused.

No, you're just bi.

It's okay. It's officially recognized now.

Well, I can't dispute that.

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If you read my blog post in the past, I talked about my sexual orientation.

It's a choice you made, and it's only Christian of us to live with that.

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9:49 PM

But the blog is deleted.

I hadn't.

@RegDwighт That's hilarious.

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To summarise, I am heterosexual.

Well, that might be overstating it.

I know, I'm still a Volkswagen full of clowns.

@JasonBourne I don't know how much doubt there was.

9:50 PM

I'm pretty sure the lady doth protest too much.

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I see a whole string of blue names!

Wait, who's the lady now?

I've been losing track for too long.

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All interspersed with blue squares!

BBL.

Chat's slow as hell and shuffles my messages.

See, again.

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I have no idea what Kit and Reg are talking about, still about COCA?

9:51 PM

blows kisses

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While you are at COCA, I will give you KOKA.

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Koka noodles

Koka Noodles are a brand of instant noodles, manufactured by Tat Hui Foods. The noodles are available in a variety of Asian flavors, as packets or cup noodles. Manufacturing and packaging is done at Tat Hui's factory in Jurong, Singapore. They are sold islandwide in Singapore, and also exported to overseas markets where they are relatively cheaper priced. In recent times, they are marketed as being MSG-free. Koka Noodles are also available in all supermarkets in Ireland and some supermarkets in the United Kingdom. However, unlike the version available in Singapore, the instant noodles ...

@RegDwighт Why you mak fun me?

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@Robusto I wanted to say that sounds like pineapple, but then I realised I would just get a whoosh.

@Robusto You were just collateral damage.

9:59 PM

It was intended to sound like pineapplese.

Powerpuff Girls. Gotta go. Bye!

@KitFox Collateral damage is still damage. Ask the people in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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@KitFox You watch that with your boys?

I got it for my eldest for Christmas.

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Hmm, strange, why do people who seem to leave chat always seem to return a few seconds later?

10:03 PM

@MattЭллен off to a slow start, but it gets better. More to the point, it actually is very informative. I like.

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They fly out and then in again...

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Also, when is the sleigh going to disappear?

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They were complaining about the sleigh in the math room.

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It's already the third week of the year.

@KitFox Robusto might be damaged, but he sure ain't collateral.

@Robusto it was not meant as fun.

You've been a very unhappy panda of late.

10:05 PM

Wait, wasn't Götterdämmerung the original twilight film?

You mean the original opera?

@RegDwighт Thanks for uncheering me up then.

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The last flag was ridiculous.

@Robusto it's what I do.

Or is it "cheering me down"? I misremember.

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10:06 PM

People just flag every shit thing these days.

@Robusto cheering you unup. Unwork unyour litotes.

@Robusto You have a doubt?

Doubt about word in language English, no less.

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@Robusto You can post a question on this.

I doubt everything. I don't undoubt it.

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10:08 PM

It is good to have doubts.

I always duodecimdoubt everything.

At least.

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A wise man questions all things.

That's twelve doubts.

Cf. apostles. Dan Brown would immediately turn that into a book.

Sorry, a "book".

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There is this name Apostol.

10:09 PM

But only one of the apostles was Doubting Thomas. The rest were something else, doubtless.

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How can one have faith if there is no doubt?

Q: What is the difference between "section" and "part"?

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What is the difference between "section" and "part"? And for meeting the site's quality standards, I'm repeating the question: What is the difference between "section" and "part"?

Yes, repeat the question to beat the filter.

I think Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater was one of the apostles. Also Cool Hand Luke.

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@simchona And for that, he gets a downvote.

Sorry I only know Peter the Pussy Eater.

No honestly. I know someone called that.

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10:11 PM

@RegDwighт Now you are trying to trick me into repeating what I got suspended for...

@JasonBourne that iPhones suck?

If hyperbole is gross exaggeration, does that mean amphibole is exaggeration that could go either way?

No wait, that was @Cerberus.

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@RegDwighт A pussy is a cat and Dick is your neighbour.

@RegDwighт Or some thing.

Cerberus

10:12 PM

You always confuse me with you.

And Bob's your uncle.

@Cerberus whoa whoa whoa. Hold on right there. I never got suspended once. I am not you. Not to mention I am not Robusto.

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@RegDwighт He said that iPhones are gay.

Cerberus

Can mods even be suspended?

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@Cerberus Yes.

10:15 PM

I always make sure to preach to the choir. When I say iPhones are the devil, I make sure that my audience already knows that.

@JasonBourne We can unsuspend ourselves, too

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@simchona WTF!

From a tree.

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Or using suspenders.

That was the joke. Thank you.

10:16 PM

facepalm

Anyhoo. I got a gold badge for some crap and now rather than feeling like celebrating I feel like hiding in a corner somewhere.

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No.

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A tree is a tree.

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Suspenders are suspenders.

So I guess I'll go read Twilight reviews on IMDb or something.

CUae's.

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10:18 PM

@RegDwighт Remember which one to watch.

That's easy. The one that starts with an N.

> Is there any origin for this word?

No. You have just discovered the one word without origin.

Congratulations! The princess is in another castle.

Cerberus

Hehe.

Stupid princess.

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Buongiorno principessa!

Q: Which is correct: "my father died from" pneumonia or "my father died due to" pneumonia?

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Which is correct? My father died from a heart attack or My father died as a result of a heat attack.

usage words

Which is right — "I can't make" or "my mind up"?

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I think I had my serial upvotes from a fan reversed!

10:33 PM

Probably.

If they were serial, they would have been caught automatically

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@simchona No, this one is probably triggered manually.

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And I can also understand why.

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I am not complaining, of course.

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Well, I shan't reveal too many details myself here, in case other people want to game the system!

Q: The proverbial wedding ring?

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In old books, I keep coming accross the saying, "....is so transparent it could pass through the proverbial wedding ring." What does this mean?

phrases

Gen ref.

10:39 PM

Looks like the wedding ring... puts on sunglasses... isn't that proverbial after all.

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@RegDwighт May I ask if you know about my fan's votes being reversed?

You may ask, and I will even answer, but the answer will be no, I have no idea.

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Ah OK, if none of the mods know it, then it might be some SE staff who got an email from one of my enemies.

I keep losing reps to removed users once a month or so. Not just here, on MSO as well.

@JasonBourne You haven't gone through and asked all the mods

10:41 PM

But then it actually says that in the rep report.

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@simchona Oh, do you know about it?

I'd like to gain reps from the removal of one particular user.

Look for the "All your rep is belong to mine" button.

No you mak fun.

No. In fact that button does exist. It's called "Merge users".

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10:43 PM

@JasonBourne I'm hurt that you didn't ask me. :(

@JasonBourne No, but you just asked Reg.

That would be the ultimate April 1st prank. Merging Barrie into Robusto.

Why do you hate waiwai, @Jason?

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@waiwai933 Oh, I know you don't chat.

I'm saddened by the sight of this slight

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10:44 PM

@waiwai933 So do you know about it?

@Shog9 We will join in mod solidarity, and have a moment of silence

To disrespect him like that, publicly, and then expect him to share secrets... tsk!

I vow to only disrespect waiwai privately.

Good man.

And only on Tuesdays.

That one comes for free.

10:45 PM

Tuesdays with Reggie.

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Anyway, it is not really an issue, but at least I do know that it is probably triggered manually, for reasons I shan't elaborate.

Huh, where did you take that bit away from.

You know more than I do.

And not only when it comes to Twilight.

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I am JL you know.

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I know more than you think I know, MWAHAHAHAHA.

Speaking of which, I was going to read IMDb reviews.

And it's late anyway.

So I'm calling it a day.

Ouvert et haut.

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10:49 PM

But in this case, note that although I probably know this fan, there is no collusion, because I don't tell this fan to upvote my posts, and this fan doesn't tell me to upvote this fan's posts either.

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We may be described more appropriately as part of a "mutual admiration society".

@RegDwighт A doubt about a vocabulary English.

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@kitfox Do you know about the reversal of my fan's votes?

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Haha, suddenly everyone is so quiet!

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11:20 PM

Anyway @kit @wai @sim @reg you don't need to tell me what is happening anymore. I know everything now. Thanks and case closed.

hey, uh... If you know everything now, can you tell me where I left the screws to my sofa? Been looking everwhere for those.