English Language & Usage: Multi-Layered Discourse Room

tchrist

00:18

@Mitch The sun and the cows pay no heed to your horological hanky-panky, and neither should anybody else.

Robusto

00:47

@tchrist Wrong. The sun got up later this morning. I witnessed that myself.

tchrist

@Robusto By 2 minutes. I’m unimpressed.

And I think your sign bit is off.

Robusto

I can't remember if I'm a Big Endian or a Little Endian.

Cerberus

03:20

@MετάEd Then it's easy.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

03:44

!!hang

KitSox

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cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

!!hang e

KitSox

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cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

!!hang i

KitSox

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cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

03:45

!!hang o

KitSox

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cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

!!hang a

KitSox

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cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

!!hang n

KitSox

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e---onio----

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

03:48

!!hang p

KitSox

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e-p-onio----

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

!!hang s

KitSox

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cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

!!hang m

KitSox

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cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

03:50

!!hang l

KitSox

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cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

!!hang y

KitSox

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cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

!!hang u

KitSox

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eup-oniously

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

03:50

!!hang h

KitSox

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 Correct! The word is euphoniously.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

!!define euphoniously

KitSox

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 euphoniously in a euphonious manner

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

-_-

!!define euphonious

KitSox

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 euphonious Pleasant-sounding; agreeable to the ear; possessing or demonstrating euphony.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

03:51

Ah, yes.

As opposed to cacophony.

Cerberus

Indeed.

skullpatrol

09:58

!!wiki euphonium

KitSox

Euphonium

The euphonium is a conical-bore, baritone-voiced brass instrument. The euphonium derives its name from the Greek word euphonos, meaning "well-sounding" or "sweet-voiced" (eu means "well" or "good" and phonos means "of sound", so "of good sound"). The euphonium is a valved instrument; nearly all current models are piston valved, though rotary valved models do exist. A person who plays the euphonium is sometimes called a euphoniumist, euphophonist, or a euphonist, while British players often colloquially refer to themselves as euphists, or euphologists. Similarly, the instrument itself...

Matt Эллен

10:51

3/4 of the way there

cyril

11:28

!!> 2^11

KitSox

@cyril 9

cyril

!!> Math.pow(2,11)

KitSox

@cyril Were you trying to invoke me? Use the !!/help command to learn more.

@cyril 2048

cyril

that's why I like matlab, the bitwise operator comes after the logic ones

no need for the stupid && just &

!!define mule

KitSox

@cyril mule A generally sterile male or female hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse.

cyril

11:31

!!define emulation

KitSox

@cyril emulation The endeavor or desire to equal or excel someone else in qualities or actions.

Matt Эллен

!!> {hat:'bowler'}

KitSox

@MattЭллен "bowler"

Matt Эллен

!!> function hat(){ return {hat:'bowler'}; }

KitSox

@MattЭллен "undefined"

Matt Эллен

11:36

!!> hat();

KitSox

@MattЭллен "ReferenceError: hat is not defined"

Matt Эллен

hmmm

cyril

!!> {_:0}

KitSox

@cyril 0

cyril

@MattЭллен no persistent memeory

Matt Эллен

11:36

indeed#

cyril

!!> function hat(){ return {hat:'bowler'}; };hat().hat

KitSox

@cyril "bowler"

Matt Эллен

!!> bot

KitSox

@MattЭллен "ReferenceError: bot is not defined"

Matt Эллен

!!help

KitSox

11:38

@MattЭллен General help

Matt Эллен

!!> IO

KitSox

@MattЭллен "ReferenceError: IO is not defined"

cyril

!!> (()=>'he')()

KitSox

@cyril "he"

cyril

that's a real fox

though I tend to use chrome, I don't know why

Matt Эллен

11:40

!!> stoplog

KitSox

@MattЭллен "ReferenceError: stoplog is not defined"

cyril

!!> var fibo = (a)=> a==2?1:a==1?0:fibo(a-1)+fibo(a-2); fibo(1e9)

KitSox

@cyril 5

@cyril 1

@cyril 2

@cyril 3

@cyril "InternalError: too much recursion"

Cerberus

I think that chart tells you all there is to know about linguistic distances. Can you be more specific about the information you are looking for that isn't in the chart? — Cerberus 8 secs ago

Matt Эллен

questions ending "what do you think" are close worthy, IMO. What do you think?

Cerberus

11:51

Hmm I'm not sure.

Discuss!

Matt Эллен

I don't see Eng on that chart

where is English?

Oh, no I've seen it

Cerberus

Yeah.

Matt Эллен

I was expecting a big, flashing, rainbow spot for the most important language

it's just blue

I see Latin is conspicuous in its absence.

Not a language of Europe, I guess

Cerberus

?

I wonder how they "measure" those distances anyway.

Matt Эллен

yeah. that'd be interesting to know

Cerberus

11:59

It will be grossly imperfect.

But better than what we can come up with at the moment.

Matt Эллен

The data source is in Russian

> The original research data for the chart comes from K. Tyshchenko (1999), Metatheory of Linguistics. (Published in Russian.)

Cerberus

I'm sure it's the best that linguistics has to offer.

And it's data are.

But I don't need to tell you that.

Matt Эллен

:Þ

Cerberus

So.

Has spring reached the isles?

Has it been 20 degrees as well?

KitFox

Moin.

cyril

12:12

!!> ((throws)=>'stick')()

KitSox

@cyril "stick"

Matt Эллен

@Cerberus it was at the weekend. very nice Sunday. It's cloudy and not so warm today and yesterday

@KitFox Plus

KitFox

Pluie.

Matt Эллен

Neige

KitFox

Uh. Uh. Damn.

You win.

Matt Эллен

12:20

yay!

French-off champion

KitFox

Do you Google Chat?

Matt Эллен

Yes

KitFox

I'm supposed to join a training this morning. Is it complicated to figure out?

Matt Эллен

no

KitFox

og, it's 8:20 already? I should probably shower first.

Matt Эллен

12:21

if you go to mail.google.com, then chat is in the bottom left corener

KitFox

Do they contact me or me they?

Matt Эллен

that's up to you guys

KitFox

I hate technology.

brb

Matt Эллен

it's like FB chat AFAIK

CU

Cerberus

@MattЭллен Ah OK. Still sunny here.

Mitch

12:35

@KitFox To get some 'learnings'?

KitFox

Yes.

We're not friends anymore?

Mitch

Free breakfast? or is the training too late for that?

KitFox

It's online. The only breakfast is the one I make myself.

skullpatrol

nvm

KitFox

:-(

Mitch

12:39

@KitFox Technology will soon take care of that.

Cerberus

I want bacon and eggs.

KitFox

Me too.

And toast.

Cerberus

Hmm I have bacon in the fridge. And eggs, not in the fridge.

skullpatrol

Me three.

Cerberus

Three bacon? Wow.

skullpatrol

12:40

35 secs ago, by KitFox

Me too.

25 secs ago, by skullpatrol

Me three.

Cerberus

That's OVER 9000.

Me four.

Mitch

Samsung is coming out with a 3D printer that will make you the bacon and toast (really, you just microwave some goop to get scrambled eggs)

Cerberus

And the input material happens to be bacon and toast?

Mitch

no, silly. for bacon it's...bacon goop and for toast it's basically wheat gluten goop.

skullpatrol

!!wiki goop

KitSox

12:41

List of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies characters

This is an incomplete list of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies characters. A A. Flea A. Flea is a flea that appeared in two Merrie Melodies cartoons. He first appeared in An Itch in Time, and then in A Horsefly Fleas. He is often seen singing his famous "Food Around the Corner" song. As revealed in his second appearance, the "A." stands for "Anthony." Ala Bahma Ala Bahma is a magician from the short Case of the Missing Hare. He plasters posters advertising his magic show, all over Bugs's hole. Bugs decides to get revenge by going to Ala Bahma's show and driving him crazy. Ala Bahma a...

Mitch

but it -prints- it out, you see, in the shape (and supposedly consistency) of bacon and/or toast.

skullpatrol

!!define goop

KitSox

@skullpatrol goop (informal, usually uncountable) A thick, slimy substance; goo.

skullpatrol

usually uncountable?

Mitch

Butter will just be butter...no need to print that off.

@skullpatrol always? "The many goops of the world" ?

Cerberus

12:47

@Mitch Sounds lovely.

KitFox

OK, I have the coffee on. How's the bacon coming?

Also, I like my eggs scrambled.

skullpatrol

Yummy...

...I just ate though :(

Matt Эллен

@Mitch if you have two nozzles, can you get bacon toast?

KitFox

You have the best ideas.

Matt Эллен

thanks :D

Utkarsh

12:52

@skullpatrol sorry friend!

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

Bacon and toast by themselves are among the easiest foods to make. bacon-toast, now, that's something worth buying a 3D-printing-breakfast machine for.

Mitch

@MattЭллен Now you're just being silly

Cerberus

Suuuure.

skullpatrol

@Utkarsh np

Cerberus

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 It's worth buying an Ara module for!

Mitch

12:53

starts writing letter to samsung about new invention bacon-toast

Utkarsh

@skullpatrol i am saying sorry for the mess that i did earlier

actually, i was out of mind

Mitch

@Cerberus Like cookie dough, it's really disgusting to eat it raw...but people do it anyway.

Utkarsh

got angry because spent a lot of money on the game the stanley parable and it was a nonsense

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@Mitch what? cookie dough is amazing to eat! Sometimes I don't bother baking the cookies!

Mitch

another letter: cookie-dough flavored cookies

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

12:55

@Utkarsh you should say "it was nonsense"

Matt Эллен

@Mitch not only now

Utkarsh

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 oh! thanks :P

Mitch

@MattЭллен no comment.

Matt Эллен

@Mitch silly comment

skullpatrol

uncomment

Cerberus

12:56

@Mitch Depends on the dough.

Mitch

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 I pass no judgment. OK. Yes I do. That's nasty. Also, probably not hygienic. It's like leaving your eggs out of the fridge for 3 weeks.

@MattЭллен commenting seems not to work on these people. revert to cryptic remarks

How about that weather?

Matt Эллен

So inhumane.

Mitch

I know!

What? Isn't it sunny there today?

Matt Эллен

Sorry I misheard you. I thought you said wether

Cerberus

@Mitch We've talked about this. Eggs belong outside the fridge. Nobody stores them in the fridge here, at least not normal people.

Mitch

12:59

@Cerberus I bet you also don't have airconditioning.

or screens on your windows to keep the bugs out.

Matt Эллен

Or state funded health care

oh, wait

Mitch

@Cerberus OK, here's a test. Does the market keep the eggs in a refrigerated area or not?

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