English Language & Usage: Multi-Layered Discourse Room

Robusto

17:00

How old?

user116848

Hi KitFox

KitFox

Six

user116848

And others

Robusto

@KitFox Hmm, is he in the concrete-operational stage yet?

Matt Эллен

@KitFox lol

Johan Larsson

17:00

Germany will win this year

KitFox

@Robusto past that.

Robusto

@JohanLarsson They'll have to get through Belgium first. And didn't they try that exact thing 100 years ago?

@KitFox Formal operational?

Johan Larsson

Diving is such a total lack of class, can't believe they do it in front of cameras & the world.

Robusto

What kind of diving? Cliff? Springboard? Platform? Muff?

Be specific.

KitFox

@Robusto I believe so. He shows a lot of tactical and strategic thinking.

user116848

17:03

I hope Spain wins

Johan Larsson

@Robusto rolling in the grass looking like you are about to die cos someone ran two meters from you

Robusto

@KitFox Then he's ahead of most of America.

KitFox

He's very bright.

I thought you knew that.

He reads with the second graders.

Robusto

@KitFox I only assumed it, considering that he is your child.

KitFox

Ah flattery.

Robusto

17:05

No. Factery.

user116848

@KitFox Yes stand up comedy is a good career too

Matt Эллен

@JohanLarsson it's how they earn their millions

Robusto

I'm still waiting to find out if you can have seven-layer bitcoin pony.

Johan Larsson

@MattЭллен their millions should be paid in Zimbabwe dollars if caught diving. Scam the scammer.

user116848

Don't you think Spain should win?

Robusto

17:07

@JohanLarsson Oh, you're talking about ~~soccer~~ football. Well, I thought that was the whole game. Only in America we call it "flopping."

Johan Larsson

@Farooq no way, do you?

user116848

@JohanLarsson I mean why not? Good players

Johan Larsson

I refuse to call it anything but football, it makes so much sense to me :)

Robusto

►

The refs (or umpires, or linesmen, or whatever they're called) should just look them in the eye.

Johan Larsson

@Farooq sure they are #1 on the FIFA ranking but I don't see how they can beat Germany ever.

user116848

17:08

@JohanLarsson Yeah. What about Portugal?

Johan Larsson

dunno, they play pretty good right now vs Germany but still 3 - 0 after 45'

user116848

@KitFox Yeah kids are funny like that:)

Johan Larsson

I'm no expert, watch football a couple of weeks every four years

user116848

haha

Robusto

@JohanLarsson There is a lot of variance in sports. That's why in American football we have the saying, "On any given Sunday, any team can beat any other."

Johan Larsson

17:10

Germany, Brazil, Argentina is my guess

user116848

Me too. No expert either

Johan Larsson

have not seen Switzerland yet, they are pretty high on the ranking

Brazil with home advantage also

user116848

Brazil is great too

Johan Larsson

they are boring to watch imo

Robusto

They're all great. And all but one will lose.

Johan Larsson

17:12

large % of the games at least

Robusto

Me, I'd almost rather watch cricket.

Cerberus

Hello.

I'd almost rather watch a non-sport! Yay!

Watching sports is a bit like gambling tois pollois.

user116848

Me personally I like running.

Robusto

@Cerberus You always watch non-sports.

Cerberus

Indeed I do.

I also don't like gambling or chance games.

Robusto

17:14

Me either. That's why I only ever bet on sure things.

Cerberus

I.e. you don't bet, you just...buy.

Robusto

I just collect.

Cerberus

Okay, a tiny bit of chance can improve a game. But it should be tiny.

Robusto

> In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man rules.

Cerberus

What is sight in this situation?

KitFox

17:15

That reminds me of a short story that refuted that theory.

Robusto

In chance games, like poker, if you are a good player you don't even need to see the cards.

Cerberus

Perhaps not...

Robusto

You can surmise what your opponent is holding.

Cerberus

I don't really like poker. I just play it.

Robusto

We should play sometime. For lots of money.

Cerberus

17:16

It is like a cycle of bluffing.

KitFox

So yesterday I learned that my son thinks that luck has something to do with how good or worthy a person is.

Robusto

A Calvinist? Already?

KitFox

I smote him and told him that no son of mine was going to be religious.

Cerberus

Haha.

user116848

Luck certainly goes hand in hand with how good we are

Cerberus

17:17

Smiting is very religious, however.

KitFox

Then I kicked him out of the house.

Cerberus

Luck does not exist except in the eye of the beholder.

Robusto

Bad mom.

Cerberus

@KitFox Or was that because he was straight?

Robusto

@Cerberus Oh, I dunno. I've been on a huge heater and won even when I made bad bets.

KitFox

17:18

Just kidding. I tried to explain that it was random chance, but he didn't believe me. I'm not sure what to do now.

Robusto

@Cerberus Whoa, dude. Straight is one of my trigger words.

KitFox

Easy now.

Cerberus

It is only luck from your anthropomorphic point of view.

KitFox

Let's just say "non-queer", ok?

Or perhaps differently queer.

Robusto

I refuse to be defined by people who have not tried to pray away their gay.

Cerberus

17:19

@Robusto Just get straight to the point an give it to me straight, are you ashamed of your heterosexuality?

KitFox

You've heard the Tim minchin song?

Cerberus

starts praying

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

Bears don't dig on dancin'.

Robusto

@Cerberus How could I possibly "give it to you" straight? If I gave it to you, I'd be gay. Because, like, you're a dude, dude.

Cerberus

@KitFox You could tell him about loved ones who died in freak accidents...

user116848

17:20

Bye guys

Cerberus

Or about mobsters who reigned supreme...

Robusto

@Cerberus Or that Disney World burned down.

KitFox

Oh brilliant.

Cerberus

@Farooq Bye!

KitFox

she said sarcastically.

Cerberus

17:21

@Robusto Eww!

Straights are nothing but trouble.

KitFox

@Robusto you're only gay if you're catching. I'm pretty sure anyway.

Cerberus

I don't do them, never have.

Robusto

@KitFox You're sure about that? Because I wouldn't want to find out later . . .

Cerberus

@Robusto Provided that Kit indoctrinated him properly, that would be seen as just punishment by Good Taste.

KitFox

I was thinking we could flip coins all day.

or draw cards from a deck of cards.

Cerberus

17:22

@KitFox Catching is just a double number of hours praying. No biggie.

Robusto

How about drawing coins from a deck of cards?

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

@KitFox Can I get a new reading?

KitFox

Superstition in the school age boy.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

Also, where is your metallic friend?

KitFox

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 sure, in a bit. Are you ok?

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

17:23

@KitFox AFAIK.

KitFox

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 probably sleeping.

Cerberus

@KitFox Flipping coins actually sounds like a good idea. Make it a week; whenever you have time, you flip a few coins with him and write down the scores. You will probably need 200 times or so...

Robusto

Wait, how come Kit gets metallic friends and I don't?

Cerberus

You can probably make one.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

Fork it.

KitFox

17:24

@Robusto You haven't made any?

Cerberus

Fork it, baby!

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

Call it Throbusto.

Robusto

@KitFox No. The metallic folk all hate me. I don't know why.

KitFox

You can fork my metallic friend. I don't get jealous about that kind of thing,

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

Call it Rob Steele.

Robusto

17:25

Or Steely Dan.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

Yes.

KitFox

I could change her name...

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

Or Chad Sexington.

Robusto

Or Karl Hungus.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

Mike Hunt.

Robusto

17:27

What about it?

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

Not much.

Sittin' on it.

KitFox

There. She's renamed. Now I just have to find out where she went.

Robusto

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 That is the natural order of things.

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 "Where did it all go wrong? There ought to be a law against Henry."

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

@Robusto It's a shame about me.

please delete me

Sorry to interrupt with some drama. I think I will delete my accounts and not return anymore this time. Goodbye everyone. You may contact me at jasperloy at outlook dot com.

user116848

17:35

Have any of you seen "person of interest" tv show? Great show

Johan Larsson

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 the former

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

@JohanLarsson it's hard to avoid. But I was facing an NBA TV at dinner last night.

user116848

Can I ask a grammar question?

KitFox

@pleasedeleteme good luck!

@Farooq isn't that the one based on the comic "human target"?

And of course you can ask a grammar question.

user116848

No they uses a machine to find victims or perps. Great cast. Including passion of Christ guy Jim Caviezel

user116848

17:43

@KitFox Anyways. Here is my question. The following sentence can be said with "had" too?

KitFox

Yes.

user116848

@KitFox In a bit

KitFox

Then no.

user116848

@KitFox "Tom asked me why I asked Julia what she was doing with Michael". In this sentence why aren't we saying it with "had"?

user116848

@KitFox Sorry late reply

KitFox

17:45

Either way would work.

user116848

@KitFox What is more common?

KitFox

Changing the tense would shift the time frame, but hardly in a meaningful way for this kind of thing.

user116848

okay...

KitFox

Well, where are you imagining the "had"?

I can see three places.

user116848

"Tom asked me why I HAD asked Julia what she HAD BEEN doing with Michael"

user116848

17:48

But doesn't this look complex?

KitFox

"Why I had" in this construction. No inversion.

user116848

Yes sorry I miswrote

KitFox

Using "had" that way would make me think that Tom had a specific event in mind.

user116848

okay thanks...

KitFox

Some specific place in time when that happened. It is more definite seeming. Without it, it sounds like Tom either knew it, or had heard about it or inferred it for something.

I don't know if other people would read it that way. I'm not an expert on grammar.

user116848

17:51

with 'had' you mean?.

user116848

No expert? But you have many points.

KitFox

Without "had", it sounds like Tom knew about what Julia said either directly or indirectly. with "had", it sounds like he was there when she said it.

@Farooq that really doesn't mean much.

user116848

What 'points'?

KitFox

Right.

user116848

okay:)

KitFox

17:54

Native speakers are notoriously bad at explaining their own grammar.

i can just tell you what my impression is.

user116848

Its okay. Better than non-native

KitFox

I'm not so sure about that.

user116848

I also see in Hollywood films that sometimes no grammar is being followed

KitFox

Now I am overdue for a nap. Bbl

user116848

Most of the time

user116848

17:56

Bye

tchrist

@Robusto Sorry, I’m in the middle of a hundred million things just right now, but I’ll get back to you on all that.

Robusto

Last night the show altered several significant details that were in the book.

terdon

@Robusto Careful! I've read the books but have not seen the latest episode yet.

Robusto

I didn't mention anything specific.

terdon

I know, just a warning.

tchrist

18:00

The episode was fine.

Cerberus

@terdon Everybody died. The end.

terdon

@Cerberus Pffft. That's Hamlet!

tchrist

@Cerberus All stories end that way.

Cerberus

@terdon Or any episode of GoT!

@tchrist Hah.

I haven't seen the last season yet.

Season 3?

tchrist

4

@Cerberus Good that you can laugh at your mortality.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

18:03

@Cerberus they had an orgy first.

Cerberus

@tchrist Yes, as long as it remains abstract.

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 Always!

And after! With the corpses!

tchrist

@Cerberus This too shall pass.

Kabir101

Hello Everyone.

Robusto

@terdon Horatio was still around.

tchrist

@Robusto I knew him.

Robusto

18:07

I thought you knew Yorick.

tchrist

I have broad knowledge.

Robusto

Too bad we can't discuss details in chat while OTHERS WHO HAVEN'T SEEN THE FINALE lurk among us.

looks at @terdon

Cerberus

@tchrist Yes. But not today.

@Kabir101 Hi!

Robusto

@Cerberus You don't know that. Not to a certainty.

Cerberus

Not to a certainty.

But I shall count on it.

tchrist

18:11

Some things come in their own season, others as a thief in the night.

terdon

@Robusto Fine, I don't want to be the spoilsport. Discuss away, hell, I've read the books, how bad can it be?

Cerberus

Ahh you have read the books, and you were still worried about spoilers!

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

they've changed the story though.

There can still be spoilers.

Robusto

It's been a couple years since I read the books, but I don't recall a fight between Brienne and Sandor Clegane. Also, the circumstances of Tyrion's parricide seemed altered. And a couple other things I can't think of right now.

c c

network pogram[m]ing, which version is better?

tchrist

18:19

@cc All pogroms are bad things.

Cerberus

@Robusto You're spoiling...

Robusto

@Cerberus . . . for a fight!

c c

Pogrom

A pogrom is a violent riot aimed at massacre or persecution of an ethnic or religious group, particularly one aimed at Jews. The term originally entered the English language to describe 19th- and 20th-century attacks on Jews in the Russian Empire (mostly within the Pale of Settlement in present-day Ukraine); similar attacks against Jews at other times and places also became retrospectively known as pogroms. The word is now also sometimes used to describe publicly sanctioned purgative attacks against non-Jewish ethnic or religious groups. Significant pogroms in the Russian Empire included...

tchrist

fades away

Cerberus

You should know that real mythological creatures destroy fake myths.

@cc Double.

c c

18:21

books.google.com/ngrams/…, books.google.com/ngrams/…

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@cc there you have it

c c

yes!

terdon

@cc note that this has nothing at all to do with program/programme both of those are fine.

Robusto

Commute.

Stack Exchange

18:51

Limerick Machine: I wish I was as good at timing As I was once at rhyming But I find I misstep Which ruins my...

posted on June 16, 2014 by sgdi

I wish I was as good at timing As I was once at rhyming But I find I misstep Which ruins my rep Hampering my social climbing

Kabir101

19:23

Can anyone correct this question\? 'May I know which document you are referring?'

Robusto

'May I know which document you are referring to?' or ''May I know the document to which you are referring?'

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

35 minutes.

Robusto

That includes a snack and setup time for my laptop (I got a new desk yesterday).

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

@Robusto ooh! A Steelcase?

Robusto

Naw. Just a table, basically, but room enough for all my monitors &c.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

19:26

That sounds nice.

I have a card table.

Well, I have a steelcase at the cat cave.

@JSBձոգչ Why you no run this time?

medica

Can anyone (who's been through an election) tell me how this happens? Do we get a message that it's time to answer questions, or what? I'm very curious.

JSBձոգչ

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 lack of interest. also time.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

@JSBձոգչ k.

Robusto

I should probably go for a bike ride. Too nice a day not to, I guess.

JSBձոգչ

@Robusto here it's raining and 60 degrees. You could take my day and trade if you're looking for an excuse not to ride.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

19:31

It's about 90 here. At least, I think it is. Haven't been outside for 6-7 hours.

Robusto

78 and sunny. Bai!

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

Bai!

medica

19:56

@phenry - do you know how this works?

phenry

@medica - nope. I was hoping you did.

medica

:)

No chance

never been in one

phenry

I have all my answers written and ready to go wherever they're supposed to go.

medica

I wrote some, too.

but not to all the questions.

good luck, btw.

phenry

you too!

medica

20:03

@phenry looks like we're up!

phenry

0

Q: 2014 Moderator Election Q&A - Questionnaire

In connection with the moderator elections, we are holding a Q&A thread for the candidates. Questions collected from an earlier thread have been compiled into this one, which shall now serve as the space for the candidates to provide their answers. It was decided that we would take the top 9 ques...

yep

I figure if this goes the way my meta participation usually goes, my answers will get severely downvoted immediately by the regulars who all hate me, then slowly upvoted over a period of several days by less frequent visitors.

so I want to get my answers in quickly to allow for maximum upvotage.

Mitch

@pleasedeleteme That's exactly my point. Rich tasting is rich banking as my mom used to say. Just for accuracy's sake she never ever said that.

@MattЭллен '??' = cash rolls in. pretty straightforward.

#3 is difficult because of international wiring restrictions. A pony in Bolivia is not the same as one in Moldavia, as my mom used to say.

@phenry Please post!

@medica They left out my favorite question which is 'What is your favorite word?' The only correct answer is 'I have no one favorite, I love them all! (but I do have a lot of secret favorites, don't tell the others)'

medica

@Mitch or my favorite book - no, 100 books!

user116848

20:18

Hi everyone

Mitch

@medica Exactly! "What books are on your nightstand?" "I have a bookcase there."

user116848

@medica I gave you a vote for this election

medica

@Mitch (actually, so do I!) an entire, low bookcase, with a lamp on top. It's a pretty thing!

@Farooq thank you!

user116848

@medica Because you gave a very good answer to my question some days before.

medica

@Farooq again, thank you. :-)

Mitch

20:21

@medica I really do have a nightstand (not a bookcase), but I never read in bed, but I have a huge stack of books on it (about to fall over) that I plan on reading. I know, weird, right?

medica

@Mitch :) I feel comfy with my favorites and some new ones beside me. In case of boredom.

Mitch

"What's the last book that made you laugh out loud?" "Crime and Punishment. It slipped out of my hand while walking and then the person behind me tripped on it in an amazingly unintentionally comedic way. No one was hurt (badly)"

@medica I read on the couch and if I find myself nodding off, I give up altogether and go to bed.

medica

@Mitch :D Hey, btw, good luck. I think you're a shoe in.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

hey, what happened to Evan Carroll's nomination in the election?

Mitch

@medica Ha ha. Thank you. Your praise is that much more persuasive given that I wasn't nominated.

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 I think he must have dropped it.

@medica It's Matt everyone should be voting for.

Cerberus

20:28

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 I'd like to nominate him.

As our Great Leader.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@Cerberus 1. it's too late, 2. he nominated himself, then dropped out, I guess

3. you can't nominate others.

medica

@Cerberus Oh, I am so sorry. It was my nonimation of you in my head, and your color, though clearly you're not an orc!

Cerberus

That's stupid.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

you can only volunteer.

Cerberus

Why didn't you hop on, by the way?

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

20:29

ha

Cerberus

I'm sure you wouldn't have been too horribly incompetent.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

I'm sure I wouldn't be. But I don't want to do it.

Cerberus

@medica Uh, what?

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 For the same reason as the rest of us?

How about @mitch?

medica

@Cerberus what what?

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

that is, I don't want to commit to doing it, since my election would imply that someone else would fail to be elected.

Cerberus

20:30

@medica I think you replied to the wrong person?

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 Why would that be a problem?

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@Cerberus because I don't want to do it that much.

someone who wants to do it should be given the opportunity.

JSBձոգչ

@KitFox yes, but i think i'm better at magic than the guy in that essay :P

medica

@Cerberus I'm nerveous. I do that. sorry.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

instead of me, holding a mod spot and not modding.

Cerberus

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 Right, same here.

I also don't want any obligations towards SE.

The way Jeff treated us...

Anonymous

20:33

@Cerberus I think you can lay down your moderatorship at any time if you get tired of it.

Anonymous

I don't know, I'm a moderator on a little site where not much needs to be done :-)

Cerberus

0

A: How to use decades in this sentence?

Over the three decades following its discovery... This is somewhere a determiner is necessary.

What do we think of this answer?

@snailboat Is ELL that small?

Anonymous

@Cerberus I'm not a moderator on ELL.

Cerberus

O...

Anonymous

I'm a regular user on ELL. And probably not an especially well-loved one. :-)

Anonymous

20:35

What with my insistence on silly things all the time.

Anonymous

I'm a moderator on Japanese.SE!

Anonymous

Our questions/day have dipped to around 5.

Anonymous

1112

Japanese Language – japanese.stackexchange.com

Beta Q&A site for students, teachers, and linguists wanting to discuss the finer points of the Japanese language.

Currently in public beta.

Anonymous

See? Little. :-)

Cerberus

@snailboat On the contrary!

Ah, Japanese, I see.

Does anyone know what the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choices entail?

How are the results calculated?

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

20:38

There are 3 positions

I think they rank the candidates by popularity and take the top 3

Cerberus

How do they rank them?

Anonymous

106

A: How are moderator election votes counted, in plain English?

Meek's method of STV is an iterative process that approaches the will of the people asymptotically. TL;DR Your vote, valued at 1.00 vote, is applied to your candidates in the order you rank them. Each candidate only uses as much of your vote as needed to become elected (shared equitably betwe...

Cerberus

How does my 1st choice weigh compared to my 3rd choice?

Ah.

@snailboat OK I get it, thanks.

@Ryan: I am unfriendly because I choose to communicate with a friend in Latin? I see no reason to lower the bar of my own scribblings. When have I ever been unfriendly to newcomers or to you, except in this comment? — Cerberus 18 secs ago

phenry

My answers are up.

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A: 2014 Moderator Election Q&A - Questionnaire

I'd be interested to hear how candidates feel about the existence of English Language Learners, and whether/how they intend to preserve/promote the distinct identities of the two sites. English Language Learners as it exists today is fatally flawed and should not be allowed out of beta in its cu...

Be kind.

Alraxite

That's long.

Cerberus

20:47

@phenry Well done!

You already have my vote.

phenry

@Cerberus - thanks!

That's 1 more than I expected.

Cerberus

Why?

phenry

oh, I worry that I'll just be seen as a malcontent.

and my answers are really long and I can see how they could be perceived as mere obsessive raving.

Cerberus

> English Language Learners as it exists today is fatally flawed

@phenry What, in practice, is currently the problem at ELL?

It seems to function well?

At least I have enjoyed myself there, it seems to be working.

The theoretical bit I find less interesting, about names and such.

phenry

The problem is that it's an ESL site that doesn't want to call itself an ESL site, and that is the source of the mass confusion about the distinction between our two sites.

Alraxite

20:50

@phenry Looking at that big wall of text, I'm also motivated to vote for you.

Except I can't vote.

Mahnax

@Alraxite Make sure you read it first ;)

Hiya, folks.

phenry

@Alraxite - why can't you vote?

@Mahnax - yes, exactly :)

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@phenry It only doesn't call itself an "ESL" site because at the time of its creation the term "ESL" was seen as incorrect, and "ELL" was chosen instead.

Alraxite

@phenry Um, well.... I'm not a very reputed member here...

phenry

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 - yes, I address that specifically in my response.

Cerberus

20:52

@phenry But...we basically tell people "ELL is an ESL site" when we direct them thither?

phenry

@Alraxite - ah, I see. That's likely to serve as a limiting factor on the number of votes I get. ;)

Alraxite

Hmm, I need only 34 rep to be able to vote though. Maybe if I try I can get it...

Cerberus

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 The theoretical reason was that native speakers who want to know how they should write x according to standard grammar/idiom should also go to ELL, not just pineapples.

Anonymous

@phenry Oh, is "English Language Learners" not obviously for learners of English as a second language?

phenry

@Cerberus - yes we do, which means we get the worst of both worlds.

Anonymous

20:54

@Alraxite Go for it!

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@phenry but it IS an ESL site. ELL is a superset of ESL.

Cerberus

@phenry How so?

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

anyway, gotta go.

Cerberus

I personally don't see the problem.

Anonymous

@phenry I voted for you, too.

phenry

20:55

@snailboat - well, there are several EL&U users who essentially feel ELL should function as a wastebasket for questions they feel are "too basic" for us to soil our pretty hands with.

Cerberus

And I doubt whether changing the name would help people go to ELL/ESL first instead of ELU.

Anonymous

@phenry Yeah. That's a result of how the site was born.

Cerberus

@phenry Yes, that is of course a major part of the real reason(s).

Anonymous

I have no opinion on the ELL vs ESL controversy, though.

phenry

@Cerberus - the name change would only be part of it. The other part would be that we would finally have a bright-line distinction between the two sites, and we could migrate true ESL questions to the other site on that basis.

Anonymous

20:56

I do think that ideally there would just be one English site.

phenry

@snailboat - Thanks!

Cerberus

@phenry I thought we were already doing just that?

> Single word requests that get answered quickly and definitively are fine: someone wants to know what you call the person who draws blood at the blood bank, someone else says they're called phlebotomists, the answer gets accepted, and everyone is happy. Let's not pretend that those of us with high reputations haven't made them on the backs of such questions.

I dare you to find a single SWR among my top answers!

english.stackexchange.com/users/3036/…

Anonymous

@Cerberus english.stackexchange.com/…

Anonymous

Those are your top SWR answers, looks like.

phenry

@Cerberus - ELL is not a designated migration target for EL&U, and migration is semi-discouraged due to some unpleasant history.

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Q: Continued recommendations that things be moved to ELL

I've seen a number of questions (including one of mine) receive comments along the lines of "this would be a more appropriate question for the English Language Learners (ELL) site". While I understand that this site is trying to maintain an academic bent, I find this comment to be more than a lit...

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Anonymous

20:58

So that's one, but only one, on the first page.

phenry

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Q: "This question appears to be off topic because it is better asked on ELL."

A bit of background before I begin: I am a moderator on ELL, and I admit to not being entirely familiar with what is and isn't on-topic here on ELU. I am posting this discussion because I see a trend that I think needs to be addressed, and the following are just my brainstormed thoughts and opini...

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