@RegDwight It's because they've misspelt "bananas," poor things.
@GraceNote I figured it out while I was singing lullabyes.
Tzi Tsi Si are what I would romanize as Zi Ci Si.
Ts'i would be the Wade-Giles equivalent of Xi, I think.
Anyway, my books are at work, so it will have to wait until Wednesday, and I'll have forgotten by then.
What confuses me is that Tzi and Tsi would never be with Qi and Ji in the system we used. Tzi and Tsi would be with Ch'i and um, I can't remember. Wade-Giles anyway.
Oh, hey, @GraceNote, there's this thing called the Internet and it's got this thing called Wikipedia that I can look up stuff in, instead of my books. So yeah, I was right about what I said above.
Duh. I should have thought of that in the first place.
> The Qing Dynasty (Chinese: 清朝; pinyin: Qīng Cháo; Wade–Giles: Ch'ing ch'ao; IPA: [t͡ɕʰíŋ t͡ʂʰɑ̌ʊ̯]; Manchu: Daicing gurun.png, Von Möllendorff: Daicing Gurun), also known as the Manchu Dynasty
I've had it with you folks. No, I don't have the entire library of 16th and 17th century original manuscripts I studied handy at the moment -- that was thirty years ago (and what I was studying was letterforms and abbreviation). Relying entirely on modern references (books about books) is both lazy and, frankly, stupid (see C.S. Lewis for more on the subject).
But I've seen too damned many arguments to authority here in both of my brief visits -- it's like a really bad Wikipedia discussion page. Knock it off.
Is the following sentence ambiguous?
The eight queens puzzle is the problem of placing eight queens on an
8x8 chess board so that no two queens attack each other.
Do we need to add "or more" as follows?
The eight queens puzzle is the problem of placing eight queens on an
8x8 chess b...
@Cerberus He's old and sure he's right about everything.
@SpareOom I don't like Ted's attitude. D&D may have popularized the concept, but that interview with Arneson pretty much cinches it. Arneson invented the concept in the Ironclads game. It had not been used before then.
Is the following sentence ambiguous?
The eight queens puzzle is the problem of placing eight queens on an
8x8 chess board so that no two queens attack each other.
Do we need to add "or more" as follows?
The eight queens puzzle is the problem of placing eight queens on an
8x8 chess b...
For the best answer to this question, I suggest you ask somebody who has good command of English and who is also familiar with the type of technical documentation you are writing.
Otherwise, there are too many 'ifs and buts'.
Alternatively, you could formulate a sentence using language closer t...
Read his comments to me. It's so off topic at this point...
I think you're looking for nomadic, which describes a group (or person) that has no permanent home. Nomadic tribes often follow herds of game animals, for instance, so they would have seasonal camps.
Edit (Aug 2nd): Or you might have been thinking of peripatetic, which means walking or traveling...
Is the following sentence ambiguous?
The eight queens puzzle is the problem of placing eight queens on an
8x8 chess board so that no two queens attack each other.
Do we need to add "or more" as follows?
The eight queens puzzle is the problem of placing eight queens on an
8x8 chess b...
For the best answer to this question, I suggest you ask somebody who has good command of English and who is also familiar with the type of technical documentation you are writing.
Otherwise, there are too many 'ifs and buts'.
Alternatively, you could formulate a sentence using language closer t...
Acting as the airplane is first person, and speaking to your grandson is second person.
I was wondering what some ways are to say one tries very hard.
For example, can I say
I gave myself (all) out last year.
Thanks!
English Language & Usage: Multi-Layer…
English Language & Usage: Multi-Layer…