English Language & Usage: Multi-Layered Discourse Room

user19161

10:01 PM

I have a feeling that Nicholas Ainsworth is Edwin Ashworth.

user19161

They seem to have the same writing style, hmm...

RegDwighт

Then who is Nicolas Sarkozy?

user19161

Of course, the former is nothing but the famous Cunning Linguist or Just N Beaver.

RegDwighт

Oops, gotta go AFK.

user19161

@MattЭллен Mine is 100 per cent on all my sites. I try to accept any reasonable answer, even if it does not really answer the question, because some of my questions are unanswerable.

user19161

10:04 PM

@KitFox That looks like men's shoes. I guess they are unisex.

MετάEd

I've asked all of 4 questions and accepted 50%.

Will ultimately answer one of them myself, I think.

user19161

Answering your own question does not give you +2 or +15 anymore if you accept it.

MετάEd

@JasonBourne I don't care about points.

Well, I do care about gaining enough rep to do more stuff on the site. But I really don't care if I lose a few points by answering my own question.

user19161

I brought it up because I remembered the change.

user19161

There was once I got +17 for that, and after that I didn't.

user19161

10:12 PM

If I start a new site, I would do away with downvotes and accepts altogether and give questions and answers equal upvote points.

user19161

Also, I would make sure that X cannot upvote Y more than 5 times a day.

user19161

Under this system, people don't need to look out for others trying to game the system.

user19161

I think this is much better, don't you think?

user19161

This would also encourage better questions.

user19161

Also, do away with rep cap.

user19161

10:17 PM

It's good that we have this rep and privileges system, but to me the current implementation has many problems.

MετάEd

You might deserve what you get. ;-)

user19161

@MετάEd This chat seems to be mostly conversation between blue and amber these days. =)

user19161

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Q: Minimal size of vocabulary

What is the minimal size of vocabulary that could enable two persons to communicate more or less sensibly about matters of everyday life in English? Would 3000 words (8000 words, if different grammatical forms are taken into account) be a reasonalbe estimate?

vocabulary

user19161

I am closevoting this as not constructive.

Robusto

10:43 PM

I see Jasper changed his color square after my comment.

user19161

@Robusto I changed the colour long ago, you need to refresh more often you.

Robusto

2 days ago, by Robusto

@JasonBourne No. Your square is Manties blue.

user19161

I am not even sure what you are seeing now.

Robusto

Two days is not "long ago" unless you're a mayfly.

user19161

But currently it should be "blue".

simchona

10:45 PM

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Q: Dealing with poorly posed questions

I know that the common and most acceptable way to deal with poorly posed questions is to point the OP to ways to better ask questions and to probe for clarification in comments. This issue comes up a lot and it is not always the OPs fault. We want people to participate when they are interested in...

discussion

If he posts so much on Meta, why doesn't he participate on the site that much?

user19161

Maybe he does by voting.

Robusto

iCarlo has a lot of demons he needs to work out.

user19161

Maybe he is taking a break.

user19161

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Q: I'm new.. i usually have a lot of questions... can this site help?

how does this work? can i ask any question and you will answer me? how long does it take to get an answer? and btw if this is what i think it is. you have just became my new english teacher/s :D and i don't know who to thank you for that xD