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@RegDwighт s/confused/annoyed/ s/(mis)using/abusing/

Mission accomplished.

@MattЭллен I don't even have a word for what you just did to Her Majesty's tongue.

Well you're not British, so I wouldn't expect you to fully understand

A: Use of "promise", "guarantee", "swear" and "assure" for future and past

Do show me one State Opening of Parliament that sports expressions such as "s/(mis)using/abusing/". No, make that three. Yes, show me three. Four would be nice.

my crystal ball predicts your answer:

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none i'm not answer because i'm not interest an english subject :(

1:26 PM

rofl

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@RegDwighт Sure they are.

They just won't admit it.

I've admited it. it's Reg who keeps denying it

My understanding is that they admit it at a hefty hourly rate. Brits are all about money.

@MattЭллен now. Listen. You get to bash the Germans. The frigging Germans, dude. That's some quality time right there. Us, we have to make do with bashing the Brits. That's like kicking a puppy. No fun.

@RegDwighт Am I not bashing a German?

Well my crystal ball's reception is not that strong. I can't see too clearly.

1:29 PM

lol

Move a bit to the left.

how's that?

Oh. You call that a German you're bashing? Oh my.

Serves us right for not sending some actual Germans your way.

I guess being technically correct is a German's favourite

Technically correct is the best kind of correct. They said that on the Internet, so that's like correct squared.

Noah

2:00 PM

Hi

Is it common to say You will need to wash that dish out Or should we say You will need to wash that dish up?

2:18 PM

up

you can was a pot out, but a dish doesn't really have an inside

*wash

hi

anybody here?

I need to just translate 1 sentence

Anonymous

@EinsteinsGrandson I am here! Though I suppose I'm not a translation service

ok

i mean

i don't understand the meaning

So a friend of mine has a psychological problems

I wrote to one therapist from Canada

if she can just email me her opinion

I'm in the Czech Republic

So this is the sentence

Anonymous

You asked a therapist over the internet to diagnose your friend who she's never met, and give the diagnosis to you?

Anonymous

Sorry, do continue!

2:33 PM

what's wrong with that?

in person

Anonymous

I'm just trying to see if I understand the situation

I know the therapist

oh OK

so this is it:

I’m sure it has helped this girl to have you to talk to. When I was in Prague, I met a female psychiatrist – I liked her very much and she is also a psychoanalyst (trained to understand the deeper layers of emotional pain). I know this woman is also a mother. Otherwise I do not know much about her but if your friend would like me to look into a referral and see how that works, I will see what I can find out.

@snailboat well we still don't know her reply. If she is any good, it would be "make an appointment, I take $9000 per hour".

Oh crap, I'm too slow.

So what does she mean by:

"if your friend would like me to look into a referral and see how that works, I will see what I can find out."

referral = the act of sending somebody who needs professional help to a person or place that can provide it

...that she would just send me a contact to that psychoanalyst , right?

Yes, if she can't contact your friend then she will tell you the details so that you can tell your friend

2:36 PM

Or that she would ask if the psychoanalyst want to see my friend... I sent a long story about the problems my friend has...

she will have already contacted the other therapist

I don't get it still

;o)

well, your therapist can't just send your friend along to the new therapist without telling the new therapist and making sure that referring your friend is OK

so your therapist will tell the new therapist about your firend and make sure the new therapist is able to treat your friend

OK

and then tell you the details about the new therapist if the new therapist is able to help

2:39 PM

details?

like email, phone number?

address, phone number

yeah

ok

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optical illusions work on cats. good news.

ok, thank you then

Anonymous

2:45 PM

@EinsteinsGrandson Sorry I didn't actually help, but I'm glad you got your answer :-)

I understand the email now

You helped me a lot

;o)

no probs :)

@MattЭллен does not follow.

Jul 25 at 21:49, by cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

Noah

I like this last one

Why cannot she take the freaking banana?

bananas are an optical illusion. They don't look like berries

Noah

2:52 PM

They look like something else.

Which for the sake of this room, I won't mention here.

Anyway. This is a deja-vu all over again.

Apr 21 at 20:14, by Joseph Weissman

11 mins ago, by Matt Эллен

optical illusions work on cats. good news.

Apr 21 at 19:05, by Johan Larsson

in C# on Stack Overflow Chat, 40 secs ago, by Tom W

They also work on cats! http://i.imgur.com/27z5C49.gif

Anonymous

@Noah Pacific banana slugs!

@snailboat how could you! now the room will fall into disarray

tchrist

3:14 PM

@Noah cause kitties gots no thumbs

Hai 'n' bai.

Commute.

3:29 PM

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 nice gif

@tchrist 5 in the front, 4 in the rear.

Moar if polydactyl.

cats are flying dinosaurs?

Uhh...

Polydactyly

Polydactyly or polydactylism (from Greek (polys) "many" + δάκτυλος (daktylos) "finger"), also known as hyperdactyly, is a congenital physical anomaly in humans, dogs, and cats having supernumerary fingers or toes. Polydactyly is the opposite of oligodactyly (fewer fingers or toes). Presentation The extra digit is usually a small piece of soft tissue that can be removed. Occasionally it contains bone without joints; rarely it may be a complete, functioning digit. The extra digit is most common on the ulnar (little finger) side of the hand, less common on the radial (thumb) side, and...

you know, like them pterodactyls

3:32 PM

Why do I have 10 new SE messages?

because you're popular?

On many days I have zero!

welp. time to go!

No, it can't be that.

Bye!

Bai!

3:58 PM

AIK vs Djurgården tonight, soccer game.

I think the idea is that there is one game on the field and one game on the streets.

You predict a riot?

Okay, I should have clicked first!

Yowza.

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 I'm not very interested in soccer but went with one of the teams supporters once.

Some kind of violence tourist thing.

Soccer is that popular in Sweden?

A somewhat disturbing thing with that trip is that I ended up in a group photo on the supporter clubs homepage. Was on the main page for a while, have not checked in a while.

@cyberskull It is the number 1 sport with no competition.

@JohanLarsson oh dear!

4:05 PM

@cyberskull Soccer is a strange exception to the Scandinavian thing, we are famous for our ability to wait orderly in queues I think :D

why remove?

no offense to the US

non taken, taking would be hard I think

4:18 PM

Hello.

What did cyber post?

Missed it.

nvm

not important

Anonymous

@Cerberus How exciting! I want 10 new SE messages.

Anonymous

I have become the caffeine monster. Rar.

4:35 PM

@Cerberus I will respect his wish to keep it secret. You can always ask NSA if you really want to know.

Haha sure.

in C# on Stack Overflow Chat, 3 hours ago, by drch

@snailboat Most where comments with variations on "look, I can start a comment with Q too!".

Anonymous

5:11 PM

@Cerberus Q... Um... Quite... Um...!

Anonymous

@Cerberus Queequeg!

@snailboat Umm exactly!

See, I never tried. It happened accidentally in my answer.

Querulous comments abound in these rooms

See, none of you sounds natural.

Anonymous

I sounds natural when I wants to sounds natural!

5:21 PM

Sep 12 at 10:55, by Matt Эллен

quite :D

Sep 9 at 21:09, by Matt Эллен

quite

Aug 22 at 13:26, by Matt Эллен

quite some works for me

: Þ

Jun 19 at 13:42, by Matt Эллен

quite often I'm misinterpreted as crazy

@snailboat Umm yes, indeed.

Anonymous

@Cerberus At the moment, none of you sound natural either.

@MattЭллен Yes, but you cannot do it on command.

@Cerberus you said you did it accidentally

Anonymous

But none of you sounds is, at least, prescriptively correct

5:23 PM

@MattЭллен Yes...so...I don't have a point.

@Cerberus :D excellent

@snailboat Oh, I have no strong opinion on that matter.

Anonymous

@Cerberus I've been talking fairly continuously for the past few hours, though I ran out of things to say a while ago

I'll use it in singular and plural.

:-O

5:24 PM

@snailboat Bravo!

@Cerb not having a strong opinion on grammar!

unheard of

Anonymous

@Cerberus In my idiolect, it's always plural. But that's just me :-)

@MattЭллен Nah, things only come up when I do have an opinion.

Anonymous

I have lots of opinions about grammar.

@snailboat If "it"'s plural, then why didn't you say "it're"?

Anonymous

5:26 PM

@Cerberus Hey! You put quotes where there weren't none :-(

Anonymous

And how do you know I don't say it're?

Oh, those around your word must have been bits of fly poop, then.

Travis J

Its not you're fault we doesn't come around as natural sounds.

@snailboat Because you didn't.

@TravisJ !

Travis J

;)

Anonymous

5:29 PM

@Cerberus Well, maybe I've learned the errors of my ways since then.

Anonymous

Singulars and plurals is pretty hard.

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