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user227867

00:22

@Tonepoet Oxford again, no, lol.

Tonepoet

@Jasper They're not in print anymore anyway so you wouldn't want 'em. XP

user227867

@Tonepoet I also want new books, not used books. I also don't want leatherbound books. Leather is stupid.

user227867

The comments on Jacob's channel are so bad that I think they are even prosecutable...

user227867

Why do they want to abuse a 14 year old boy like that?

user227867

Initially I could live with the idea that these comments are meant to inject fun and drama.

user227867

00:27

But seeing more and more of these comments and thinking about who would write them made me think that they are actually not jocular but malicious.

user227867

Maybe all those commenters are taking heroin or something while typing.

Tonepoet

@Jasper Millions of people watch his videos, it's bound to happen.

tchrist

The winner by spelling is mainstaysail, but good luck with the pronunciation.

user227867

I am only taking tea and coffee, so don't worry. =P

user227867

@Tonepoet Only one watch mine, lol.

tchrist

00:29

straight-grained
laissez-faireism
straight-haired
hair-raisingly
paint-spraying
spray-painting
ferry-railway
mainˈtaining
mayoˈnnaised
spray-painted
straight-tail
straightways
chainmail

user227867

If only you could use grep for solving crosswords.

tchrist

haymaids
layaway

playday
staircase

user227867

@Tonepoet I emailed Chambers just now to tell them about some mistakes on their website promoting the dictionary. Also, I suggested that they include a list of the quirky definitions in that edition in all future editions so people know which are quirky in the book they are buying.

tchrist

gainsay
railway

Tonepoet

@Jasper I see.

user227867

00:32

@Tonepoet Maybe they will like my email and send me a free copy of their current dictionary. =P

user227867

08:40

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tchrist

17:03

@Cerberus Pretty sure we’ve talked about this but I couldn't find the body/mind thing anywhere on Linguistics when I looked for it.

Cerberus

17:22

@tchrist Ah, I had forgotten all about -ment!

Good answer.

tchrist

Thanks!

1 hour later…

Sandro

18:30

I start to learn 504 by ankidroid

do i do a right job

just memorize the word

sometimes i make sentences with them

but sometimes just pass them when i recover them well and don't make any sentence or question with that word

Rejlan Givens

19:03

Hi everyone

Sandro

hi single one :D

Rejlan Givens

hey Sandro

Sandro

hay man

@RejlanGivens where are u from

Rejlan Givens

Montenegro, Sandro

Sandro

I just heard it

google it and find u in europ

Rejlan Givens

19:11

:) a tiny spot on a political map right

Sandro

you are in lucky place man

don't underestimate your country

Rejlan Givens

ex Yugoslavia, that is how I prefer to answer when people ask me but it's been some time since then and younger people may not know

no Sandro, I'm not underestimating or overestimating Montenegro or any other country

Sandro

take it easy

Rejlan Givens

:) I wish I could, but I have some work on my hands and I was looking for some help by a native speaker

Sandro

lol

what are they

Rejlan Givens

19:15

but people obviously do not frequent this place that much on sunday evenings

Sandro

maybe i could help

Rejlan Givens

I really appreciate your offer for help but it will take a native speaker to answer my question

Sandro

NOP

Færd

19:37

When by fowl you mean birds collectively, is it a mass noun or a plural noun like fish?

tchrist

@Færd Plural: these fowl.

Færd

Thanks.

tchrist

I adjudge even avifauna to be plural, at least for me. But it sometimes gets used in the singular.

Færd

Oh. So you disagree with ODO on that.

tchrist

I don't know.

I do use group nouns in the plural more than some.

Færd

19:45

The percentages are important in those plots. It tells you if the plot is meaningful or not.

tchrist

Oh.

I don't know that I trust the are ones.

They seem to all be red herrings.

google.com/…

Færd

There are only 34 hits for that in all Google Books.

tchrist

Yeah.

So I'm probably wrong.

Færd

34 is not much.

I don't take anything with percentage around 0.00000010% very serious.

Anyway, that's not a word that I'll be using much.

(Well, what do I know!)

Tonepoet

@Sandro My mind has been perverted by that phrase and I shall not rest until all others share in my misery. ſ:-Þ

Færd

20:06

@tchrist Only 5 or so of those are not false positives BTW.

tchrist

Thanks.

Færd

Cerberus

20:36

Flora and Fauna are goddesses.

They are not plural.

Nor are they neuter.

tchrist

Cerberus

21:17

There you go.

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