English Language & Usage: Multi-Layered Discourse Room

Justyna Nogala

11:00

in the easiest possible way or in the easiest way possible ?

RegDwigнt

Both, or either, or neither.

tchrist

Possibly.

Robusto

Never or always? Which one is correct?

RegDwigнt

In the possiblest easy way. In the possiblest way easy.

I feel I'm possiblest, I'm possiblest like Sunday morning.

tchrist

Beach Boys "In My Room" Live 1964 (Reelin' In The Years Archives)

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Robusto

11:01

@skillpatrol Why are you doing this to us?

RegDwigнt

Costco is such a hideous, abhorrent name.

Who comes up with such hideous, abhorrent names?

Who thinks them a good idea?

tchrist

Sounds Russian.

RegDwigнt

Nope.

tchrist

Maybe Hungarian.

Italian?

RegDwigнt

Hm.

I'll go with Nope again.

In fact, that is probably the exact problem. It sounds like shit because it sounds like nothing.

Robusto

11:03

"I saw a raven" or "I saw a robin"? Which one is correct?

RegDwigнt

I saw a round robin.

Matt E. Эллен

@Robusto I saw a crow

RegDwigнt

I sew a crow.

Robusto

NOOOOO!

RegDwigнt

No no no, you're thinking of seeing Darth Vader.

tchrist

11:04

Hey Rocco, bring your flivver, we’re movin’ on Kraco tonight — unless you’re plannin’ on hittin’ Costco instead.

skill patrol

@Robusto sorry, wrong link :(

Justyna Nogala

what does Robin tell Batman when they are standing by the Batman's car?

Matt E. Эллен

Magnadon Satrap Costco

RegDwigнt

"And who the hell are you?"

Robusto

@JustynaNogala "I'm not really gay, you know."

Justyna Nogala

11:05

hah

RegDwigнt

"And why the hell do you sometimes take the definite article, and other times don't?"

Justyna Nogala

Get in*

tchrist

“Do both seats recline fully recline, dear?”

Robusto

Also, not "the Batman." The preferred nomenclature—

RegDwigнt

Is "an Batman".

Or Asian American?

I forget.

Robusto

11:05

Asian-Ameribat.

RegDwigнt

Ancienne-Ameribait.

Matt E. Эллен

Batman? more like Billionaireman, amirite?

tchrist

é

Justyna Nogala

because The batman's car is the only one?

like the sun ?

RegDwigнt

@MattE.Эллен No. Have you seen the cost of being Batman?

Justyna Nogala

11:06

or the moon?

Robusto

Superman or Batman? Which is correct?

tchrist

Majusulate her, please.

RegDwigнt

If you are a billionaire, you become a hobo overnight. Just by filling up the vehicle once.

Matt E. Эллен

@RegDwigнt trillionaire, then!

Robusto

I am a billionaire, depending on the currency.

RegDwigнt

11:07

@Robusto both are equally correct for as long as they are not Ben Affleck.

But one of them is, so that answers your question.

Matt E. Эллен

@JustynaNogala but you attached the article to "Batman" not "car"

Robusto

@RegDwigнt How do I know you are telling me the truth?

RegDwigнt

Soon, both of them will be.

tchrist

Béla Fleck would have been better.

RegDwigнt

@Robusto truth? You can't handle the truth.

Robusto

11:08

And the Flecktones!

tchrist

Pravda

Robusto

Jazz banjo . . . who knew?

RegDwigнt

The truth is, I am batman and round robin. And you are no superman.

Robusto

I am supperman.

tchrist

Married to Daisy Chain, no doubt.

RegDwigнt

11:09

No, to Alice in chains.

Robusto

Estoy El Hombre del Almuerzo.

Matt E. Эллен

Alice in chains in wonderland

RegDwigнt

Winter wonderland.

Please.

tchrist

Hey hey he’s the Lunchman.

RegDwigнt

Some PC is required here.

Matt E. Эллен

11:10

maybe in the southern hemisphere

RegDwigнt

Maybe you're the southern hemisphere.

Matt E. Эллен

maybe

Robusto

You don't have to be PC if you use a Mac.

RegDwigнt

Quizás, quizás, quizás.

tchrist

Where it is doubtless as warm this ~~summer~~ winter as we are cold.

VMware.

RegDwigнt

11:11

VMunaware.

Matt E. Эллен

@Robusto so men's rights activists should all use Macs!

Robusto

Yes!

RegDwigнt

I only use Burger Kings.

Robusto

I mean . . . "That's right, Mac!"

RegDwigнt

On the sidewalk...

one Sunday morning...

Robusto

11:11

"I eat lunch" or "I eat breakfast"? Which one is correct?

Matt E. Эллен

I eat crow

Robusto

@MattE.Эллен We're finished with the raven question. Let's move on.

RegDwigнt

@Robusto "I hate Bob Geldof".

tchrist

Why no Burger Kings in England?

RegDwigнt

I'm your ravenous, I'm your fire.

@tchrist There are Burger Queen Moms in England.

tchrist

11:13

Too Wimpy.

Robusto

"Escuse me i am first time here not english speak, how to tell brother is stepping on foot..Thanking you pleaz hury"

Justyna Nogala

Thank you all for pointing out my mistakes even the slightest one I've learnd more since a couple of days than for 4 years of learning English.

RegDwigнt

@Robusto That is a very poor imitation of pineapplese. For better results, try saying it in Russian, then translate word-for-word.

Justyna Nogala

@Robusto who are you making fool of?

tchrist

Fools are born, not made.

RegDwigнt

11:14

Of the Cardigans.

tchrist

> Wimpy is the only major fast food chain that offers Quorn burgers on the menu.

Robusto

@JustynaNogala "Thank you all for pointing out my mistakes, even the slightest ones. I've learned more in a couple of days than in 4 years of learning English."

@JustynaNogala Any old pineapple will do.

Justyna Nogala

what a pineapple has to do with it ?

RegDwigнt

For starters, it pays the rent.

tchrist

Ni empieces.

RegDwigнt

11:16

And the rent is too damn high, lemme telya that.

Robusto

Jun 18 '11 at 21:35, by Robusto

Non-native speakers => NNS => ennenness [sounds like] => ananas [funny French association] => pineapple

tchrist

This is going to be tortuous.

RegDwigнt

Aug 1 '11 at 20:19, by Cerberus

Non-native speaker = NNS = ananas = pineapple

Mine is better.

Robusto

Mine is first.

Also jinx.

tchrist

Or making love at midnight.

And getting caught in the rain.

Justyna Nogala

11:18

@Robusto hahaha We call a pineapple "ananas" in Polish

tchrist

It’s still raining and raining and raining.

Justyna Nogala

just like The French

Robusto

@RegDwigнt Also mine is better.

@JustynaNogala So you get the joke.

Justyna Nogala

and It does mean exactly the same

RegDwigнt

@Robusto yours is not Cerberus'. Conclusion: you suck.

Robusto

11:19

@tchrist 'Twill be a perfect day here.

Justyna Nogala

no no exactly

Robusto

@RegDwigнt He would egree with you.

RegDwigнt

Google Image Search for "also jinx".

And here's your also coke:

Robusto

@RegDwigнt Immediate disqualification for being a Bar-Bar Jinx.

RegDwigнt

Stjörnumanni.

FFS.

Stjörnumanni.

Justyna Nogala

11:20

"ananas" is a person who is completely green and who knows nothing about a specifc subject

tchrist

Escape (Pina Colada Song)- Rupert Holmes (Music Video)

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@JustynaNogala That.

RegDwigнt

One of the top ten results for "immediate disqualification coke":

tchrist

Plus ça change . . .

Robusto

Why do people pronounce Mainwaring like "mannering" and McEachern like "Macaren"? Discuss.

RegDwigнt

tchrist

11:21

Now in the Super version.

Robusto

@JustynaNogala OK, this will explain the pineapple thing in depth.

Justyna Nogala

@tchrist do you feel better? than the others?

RegDwigнt

> Der betreffende Nutzer hat das Video in deinem Land nicht zur Verfügung gestellt.
Das tut uns leid.

Robusto

Objection, your Honor. How can he testify to how others feel?

tchrist

Only if you subscribe to the Superpowerade slow-drip plan.

RegDwigнt

11:22

Nein, tut es nicht, ihr Lügner.

More to the point: mir tut das nicht leid.

Robusto

You are merely sorry. A sad case.

RegDwigнt

You are severely marry.

tchrist

King Tut never got laid?

Robusto

@RegDwigнt Das war aber ein Ricroll.

tchrist

Not manly enough.

RegDwigнt

11:23

King Toot-toot choo-choo-choo-ses you.

tchrist

In a grass kirk.

RegDwigнt

@Robusto hence the "mir tut es aber nicht leid".

What a horrible lie.

This is not a gallon at all. It is a sign.

It is also not a pipe.

Some countries are just built on lies.

Robusto

Others aren't built at all.

tchrist

Only the lonely.

RegDwigнt

Let's see how many more categories of countries we can name.

Robusto

11:26

Roy Orbison knows.

RegDwigнt

Now. There's Belarus.

Matt E. Эллен

ones contained within other countries

Robusto

@RegDwigнt I am the Belarus.

tchrist

Must we really dip into country matters?

RegDwigнt

Shut the fuck up Donny.

tchrist

11:27

Nay, good my lord.

Robusto

I am the Belarus.

RegDwigнt

@MattE.Эллен Siberia.

Matt E. Эллен

countries that are at war

RegDwigнt

You're out of your ailment, Donny.

Matt E. Эллен

countries that have trade agreements

RegDwigнt

11:28

@MattE.Эллен Oceania.

tchrist

@MattE.Эллен Your head upon my lap?

Matt E. Эллен

countries that have visited the moon

RegDwigнt

@MattE.Эллен Las Vegas.

@MattE.Эллен Christopher Nolan's mom.

tchrist

@RegDwigнt The Meadowlands gots nuthin’ on Las Vegas.

Matt E. Эллен

countries that have made films with "batman" in the title

RegDwigнt

11:29

I am but naming examples.

Robusto

OK, so the subcontinent strikes again. I created a very slick module to do a certain task. Later, PM decided to add some functionality to it. This would have taken me precisely one line of code and an extra variable declaration. So what does the subcontinent do? They write an entire module's worth of code to do the job.

RegDwigнt

I claim no comprehensiveness.

Robusto

Without even asking me.

tchrist

@Robusto Copypasta’d too.

RegDwigнt

From Stack Overflow.

Robusto

11:29

@tchrist No. It would have been better if that were true.

Matt E. Эллен

countries that use a word other than ananas for pineapple

RegDwigнt

@Robusto not if it's pastad from SO.

Nobody said it was pastad from youse.

tchrist

@MattE.Эллен Piñascular ones.

Matt E. Эллен

countries that drive on the correct side of the road

tchrist

Peñascular ones?

Insular ones!

RegDwigнt

11:31

@MattE.Эллен Klingonia.

Matt E. Эллен

:D

RegDwigнt

@MattE.Эллен Atlantis.

Robusto

Why is there an Atlantis and not a Pacificus?

RegDwigнt

Because Pacificus 8 9.

Robusto

The Pacific feels slighted. It's the larger ocean, after all. It should have its own mythical sunken kingdom.

RegDwigнt

11:32

It's only as large as we tell it to be.

It is also as Pacific as we name it.

tchrist

It does.

Robusto

You feel safe from the Pacific because you're so far inland. But there will come a time, my friend. There will come a time . . .

tchrist

In lost R’lyeh dead Cthulhu lies dreaming.

RegDwigнt

We can call it Crapola, and starting today. What's it's gonna do.

Matt E. Эллен

countries that have a lost kingdom

Robusto

11:33

Just wait. Wait till you take a sea voyage with Argonauts. Then you'll be sorry.

RegDwigнt

@Robusto on average, I'm probably closer to the coast than you are.

tchrist

El Dorado.

RegDwigнt

Of course, Matt pretty much lives underwater.

tchrist

@RegDwigнt Oceans.

Matt E. Эллен

pretty much

Robusto

11:33

@RegDwigнt Hahaha, I don't think so. I can get to the coast in about twenty minutes from where I am right now (once rush hour is over).

RegDwigнt

I said on average and not right now.

Matt E. Эллен

I think Cerberus is below sea level

Robusto

I can get there in an hour on my bike.

RegDwigнt

Someone needs a pair of spectacles.

tchrist

@Robusto He’s not counting oceans.

Robusto

11:34

@MattE.Эллен This is why the Dutch are tall. To see over the dikes.

tchrist

There’s a brook whose coast he can approach more quickly, perhaps a lagoon.

Robusto

@tchrist What other coastlines are there?

Matt E. Эллен

@Robusto makes sense. that's evolution in action

RegDwigнt

The Dutch are about as tall as the Japanese are gigantic.

tchrist

@Robusto He’s counting Bothen Sees.

Robusto

11:35

Them's not proper coasts.

RegDwigнt

Some Dutch are even the size of a dog.

tchrist

Aye.

RegDwigнt

And carry three heads to make up for it.

tchrist

To carry three heads three platters takes.

RegDwigнt

@tchrist stop telling him lies, then agreeing with him that they are lies.

tchrist

11:36

I’m just an agreeable sort.

RegDwigнt

Have another gallon of syrup.

Let's see if you can disagree with that.

tchrist

No tree uncles ponderosos.

Only turpentine.

And butterscotch.

RegDwigнt

Will you be my turpentine?

tchrist

Are we neglecting the Site? Surely there are broken windows that need closing.

RegDwigнt

There's a site? There's the site? There's the Site?

Robusto

11:38

@tchrist It's a site for sore ayes.

tchrist

neighs

casts pineapples on the waves

RegDwigнt

I'm not neglecting the site. I'm addressing issues like these at the exact same moment I'm addressing hobos like you:

'British' English is the correct standard. American English is a modification of the language to suit their needs. (Tries not to show his elitist British persuasions) — t0rn 52 mins ago

tchrist

That’s not élitist; this is.

RegDwigнt

I can do more than one thing at a time, and do them all poorly. Suck it up.

tchrist

Only for gods is it easier to be in one time two places than to be in two times one place.

RegDwigнt

11:41

As a God, I am three.

tchrist

You seem rather indefinite.

RegDwigнt

Also, as a God, I don't give a shit if I'm anywhere at all.

Robusto

Trinity was a nuke.

tchrist

And Tobago.

RegDwigнt

Trinity had zero chemistry. Least of all with Neo.

Robusto

11:43

@tchrist Heh, first time evah I realize that Trinidad must mean "trinity" en español.

Just nevah thought about it.

RegDwigнt

Dryhumping a drywall while running dhrystone.

Robusto

With John Rhys-Davies.

RegDwigнt

@Robusto congratulations! You can now understand 1% of all Spanish texts.

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Robusto

Only in translation.

tchrist

Trinidad is big on trannies.

RegDwigнt

11:45

@Robusto What's Bruce Jenner to do with this?

Hm, jinx apparently.

Here's your gender coke:

tchrist

> Trinidad was dubbed the "Sex Change Capital of the World" because a local doctor had an international reputation for performing sex reassignment surgery.

Robusto

Let's not go there.

RegDwigнt

He could have been much more efficient if he dropped the surgery part.

tchrist

There’s nothing wrong with spending a year a broad.

RegDwigнt

Performing sex reassignment.

Matt E. Эллен

11:47

I don't think the doctor roams the streets, changing people's sex at will. you'll probably be fine

tchrist

Provided you kick off your heels upon your return.

RegDwigнt

You, over there, you're a bloke now. Kthxbai.

Robusto

@tchrist There is if they cut off your johnson.

RegDwigнt

Seriously wtf who comes up with moronic collocations such as "sex reassignment".

tchrist

Mr. Garrison's Fancy New Vagina

"Mr. Garrison's Fancy New Vagina" is the first episode of the ninth season and the 126th overall episode of the American animated television series South Park. "Mr. Garrison's Fancy New Vagina" first aired on Comedy Central in the United States on March 9, 2005. In the episode, Mr. Garrison undergoes a sex change feeling that he is a "woman trapped in a man's body". The operation inspires Kyle and his father Gerald to undergo cosmetic surgery themselves. The episode was written by series co-creator Trey Parker and was rated TV-MA in the United States. == Plot == Mr. Garrison is under the impression...

RegDwigнt

11:48

Especially since it's no euphemism, but the exact opposite. It must be very insulting to the people in question, to get their sex assigned.

Robusto

Careful, or the Prince of Canada will rain disaster upon you.

Matt E. Эллен

@RegDwigнt "sex change" was confusing because of all the lexicographers who use prostitutes

tchrist

How do think incoming university students feel about being forced to go to freshman orientation?

RegDwigнt

Robusto

So you found the Burger King's gay nephew. So what?

tchrist

11:49

It’s Prince Hamburger!

RegDwigнt

@MattE.Эллен so... let's take something confusing and replace it with something insulting.

Robusto

tchrist

@MattE.Эллен Flourish of Strumpets.

Matt E. Эллен

@RegDwigнt I don't know why it changed, I was making a pun...

RegDwigнt

@Robusto I'm just sharing the serendipity. It's not like I was looking for a gay nephew.

Robusto

11:50

Nobody looks for a gay nephew. Yet there they are.

tchrist

@RegDwigнt Just because you’re not looking doesn’t mean they’re not there.

jinx

RegDwigнt

@Robusto Let's reassign their sex. Problem solved.

tchrist

I don’t know whether that works.

Robusto

There. Have a gay nephew coke.

RegDwigнt

Hm. I get a different picture for "gay nephew coke".

Robusto

11:51

Where's the Coke?

RegDwigнt

Where's the nephew.

I do see gay.

Robusto

Mehn.

tchrist

There’s a very lovely female couple at work with two lovely 8- and 10-year-old boys for children, with the two women both being both biological parents of both their boys. This is rather confusing.

RegDwigнt

Yeah if that's confusing to you, ask the boys.

Robusto

Smoke more pot. That will clear things up for you.

RegDwigнt

11:54

My point. The boys must be smoking 25/7.

tchrist

I’m just trying to figure out whether this turned the ciswoman into a lesbian.

RegDwigнt

It sure didn't turn either into a good father.

tchrist

No, but they used to have one of those. Arguably.

Mommy mommy.

RegDwigнt

In related news, Tony Bennett sings with Lady Gaga now.

I didn't know either of them was still alive.

Robusto

I saw that.

tchrist

11:56

I thought one of them was dead.

Robusto

Tony Bennett is a class act. Lady Gaga, not so much.

tchrist

No gag reflex.

RegDwigнt

But... but... but... that YouTube video! Where she presses random keys on a piano! OMG OMG OMG like like like! OMG

And it sounds nothing like Poker Face! That must be art! She is so talented!

tchrist

I thought she was finger-sync’ing that one.

Robusto

Lady Gaga is the woman Michael Jackson always wanted to be.

tchrist

11:58

I’ve been outed at work: my boss finally figured out I have more ELU reps than SO reps.

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RegDwigнt

@tchrist and she probably was. And she was still not hitting the right chords.

Robusto

@tchrist That happened for me a long time ago.

RegDwigнt

@tchrist so you've moved from programming to proofreading.

tchrist

Ah, but everybody else always cites my SO postings.

@RegDwigнt Yes, and fuck me very much.

RegDwigнt

Now with seven more contacts with Indians every day.

tchrist

11:59

Just so.

Robusto

I kwit.

tchrist

Bananaquit.

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