English Language & Usage: Multi-Layered Discourse Room

simchona

20:00

Maybe it's a privilege to be able to blog?

user19161

It is alright since all posts would be peer reviewed for quality. This will give due credit to bloggers.

simchona

Say, you need 1k or some sufficient reputation to be established enough to post.

user19161

@simchona Right, and that would be another idea.

Cerberus

Yeah.

Matt Ellen Д

also

simchona

20:01

I'm not discounting admin/peer quality review though. I honestly think both could work together

Matt Ellen Д

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Q: We have a web log, so now what?

I have recently found this English Language and usage blog. There is no content there. I said in this call to arms post that I would like to participate by posting lessons or explanations for beginners learning English as an nth language. What is the procedure of posting to the 'blog? How many...

Cerberus

@MattEllenД Good post.

user19161

@MattEllenД call to arm?

Matt Ellen Д

Ta! just trying to keep the ball rolling.

@JasperLoy arms

user19161

Jinx.

Matt Ellen Д

20:03

um?

RegDwight Ѭſ道

Call to um?

Matt Ellen Д

@RegDwightѬſ道 um

user19161

@MattEllenД Indeed, many things can happen in pubs. I go there for the music mainly.

simchona

Since I can't peeve on EL&U, I'd probably peeve on the blog.

"Literally".

Matt Ellen Д

@JasperLoy I'm off the Edinburgh, for some festivalities. A friend is performing.

user19161

20:08

If they implement the +100 for blogging, I think they should give me +1000 for making the suggestion.

Matt Ellen Д

it promises to be slightly more unpredictable than normal

user19161

People you want to meet often shows up when you least expect it - serendipity.

Matt Ellen Д

@JasperLoy this time the person I want to meet will be where I'm going ;)

user19161

@MattEllenД Your friend is not the one you are referring to right?

Matt Ellen Д

@JasperLoy my friend is the one I'm referring to.

user19161

20:11

A few weeks ago a middle aged woman approached me in a pub, but I was not in the mood to talk, so I politely declined.

Matt Ellen Д

I hope we'll get a chance to catch up after the performance

user19161

@MattEllenД So your friend is the one you are targeting?

Matt Ellen Д

@JasperLoy probably for the best

@JasperLoy only in a friendly way

user19161

@MattEllenД Considering I am not middle aged.

Matt Ellen Д

@JasperLoy and you were not in the mood

user19161

20:12

@MattEllenД But you never know what will happen...

Matt Ellen Д

@JasperLoy yes. all manner of things could prevent me from getting to the festival

simchona

If this user was able to comment on another question saying

> You search "put someone in timeout" – Dalton 9 hours ago

WHY COULDN'T HE GOOGLE HIS OWN QUESTIONS

Matt Ellen Д

:D

user19161

@simchona And now we are typing like this?

simchona

@JasperLoy I AM ANGRY

user19161

20:14

@simchona RELAX

user19161

Have a Kit Kat.

KitΘδς

@simchona kiss

simchona

@Jasper I think I found mine~

KitΘδς

@simchona It's okay, kitten. Easy now.

Matt Ellen Д

@simchona programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/39/…

user19161

20:15

@simchona Yes I know you have a bf, like fallen.

Matt Ellen Д

you can replace stack overflow with EL&U

user19161

@KitΘδς I thought you were too far to be of use.

simchona

I almost asked about the archaic use of "without", but I think I found it

Matt Ellen Д

within? no, without!

Cerberus

Oh, that.

KitΘδς

20:17

Come all without, come all within.

Matt Ellen Д

ooo, I know that song! But at the same time, I don't.

user19161

By the way, I have been spied on in the loo by a man, approached by a man, and inappropriately touched by a man in public before. Somehow I attract them.

Cerberus

Wow! How do you do it?

Matt Ellen Д

Mighty Quinn! Thank you Google.

user19161

@Cerberus I think they did not get enough sleep so they thought I was good looking.

KitΘδς

20:19

@Cerberus The same way you do.

user19161

@KitΘδς You wouldn't know: you only saw one, I saw a few!

KitΘδς

@JasperLoy Wha? Huh?

user19161

@KitΘδς His pics. It's our secret.

KitΘδς

Oh. One was enough to earn my seal of approval.

simchona

I think I saw one

KitΘδς

20:22

Hey @Cerberus, share a pic!

Please?

Cerberus

@JasperLoy Impossible. People just like you.

@KitΘδς I've never had that?

Matt Ellen Д

@Cerberus you don't seem sure

Cerberus

@KitΘδς I can't share a pic of how Jasper gets his share of attention?

KitΘδς

@Cerberus I can think of at least one person that you've attracted inappropriately.

Cerberus

@KitΘδς Really? Well, don't tell.

KitΘδς

20:24

Now I'm confused.

Matt Ellen Д

um, no flirting in chat?

maybe?

Cerberus

Please.

user19161

@KitΘδς Me?

Matt Ellen Д

@JasperLoy shirley, that was entirely appropriate

KitΘδς

OK, boys and girls. See you later!

user19161

20:26

Maybe one day we can all show our faces, like Matt.

simchona

Bye @Kit!

Matt Ellen Д

@KitΘδς cya!

KitΘδς

@simchona smooch

simchona

@KitΘδς kiss

Matt Ellen Д

@JasperLoy When I started at SO, I wanted my persona associated with the solid world me. There are other places online where I'm not identifiable.

user19161

20:29

@MattEllenД I see. I'm not really online anywhere else. This is my only nontrivial presence.

user19161

But maybe in future I will have a website too.

Matt Ellen Д

Perhaps.

Cerberus

@JasperLoy You do not have a user name on any other site?

Matt Ellen Д

In fact, I'm working on an avatar for EL&U so that it's not my face any more!

but that is taking some time to complete

user19161

@Cerberus Of course there are some here and there but those are trivial ones in the sense that I don't do much, more of a one time affair.

Cerberus

20:32

Do you really have that double side-beard?

Matt Ellen Д

@Cerberus I really used to

Cerberus

@JasperLoy OK.

Matt Ellen Д

but I made that image a while ago

Cerberus

@MattEllenД Funny. But not any more?

Matt Ellen Д

I now have a normal beard

Cerberus

20:33

OK.

Matt Ellen Д

well, not normal, but less weird

Cerberus

Haha.

user19161

@MattEllenД Using gimp, inkscape?

Matt Ellen Д

@JasperLoy gimp

user19161

@MattEllenД Or LaTeX. :)

Matt Ellen Д

20:34

I have inkscape, but I think that's for vector drawing, and my new avatar isn't a vector drawing

Robusto

After all this discussion I sooo do not want to try blogging for EL&U.

user19161

@Robusto Why?

Cerberus

@Robusto Yeah?

Robusto

@MattEllenД — Think of how much longer it took to create your face. I'd say you were getting a deal.

Matt Ellen Д

@Robusto you might like it

Robusto

20:36

All these rules. F*** rules.

user19161

Rules like?

Matt Ellen Д

@Robusto there are rules now?

my post hasn't been updated

Robusto

All the discussion you guys are having about what the blog articles should be, should we vote on topics, etc., etc.

/yawn

Matt Ellen Д

@Robusto you should voice this opinion in the meta post.

user19161

Well we have finished that now, so the yawning will finish too.

Robusto

20:38

@MattEllenД — More rules.

Matt Ellen Д

@Robusto you could just give it a try; say volunteer one post and if you don't like the way it works, then not do it again.

i think it won't be bad like you're worried about

user19161

Let's try to press for the +100.

user19161

Or maybe more if that helps.

Matt Ellen Д

maybe getting started will be laborious, but once we're running I think it will be plain sailing except for the number of article we'll need to produce

user19161

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Matt Ellen Д

20:43

The journey to A&E begins with a single cucumber

Robusto

It all sounds very complicated — laborious, not fun, with little hope of success. In other words, you haven't sold me on this yet. All I hear so far is, "Hey, Robusto, here's a job for you for us!"

user19161

@MattEllenД I am not sure where the cucumber went into.

Cerberus

@Robusto Frankly I'm not so sure how a blog is even necessary, since we already have the question-and-answer format where we can put up long posts to our own questions if we like.

Matt Ellen Д

@Robusto fair enough. If you think of something you'd like to post, though, I'm sure the regular bloggers would be glad to receive it.

@JasperLoy that's what the doctors are there to figure out.

user19161

@Cerberus Actually that is what I feel too, but also no harm trying. Some things cannot be in Q and A, like reviews of grammar books.

Cerberus

20:45

@JasperLoy Agreed.

user19161

@MattEllenД My first guess was somewhere below the waist.

user19161

It has happened before I heard.

Matt Ellen Д

@JasperLoy many a rumour has spread regarding such things!

Matt Ellen Д

21:13

Good night young language enthusiasts!

Cerberus

21:25

Night!

simchona

Wow:

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Q: self-employed ?what an strange new word

I don't know what is a self-employment ? Can that earn enough money to eat ? Thank you

career

Rebecca Chernoff

22:09

@waiwai933 and @nohat - blog is set up, you should both have emails to activate your accounts. @lert me when you have a chance to drop into chat and we can go over any questions you've got. (:

Mana ಠдಠ

Sick!

user19161

22:43

@Manaಠдಠ What is sick?

Mana ಠдಠ

The idea of this site having a blog.

user19161

@Manaಠдಠ At first I thought you were sick, then I thought maybe you were referring to the cucumber thing.

trg787

23:30

oi

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