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Shafizadeh

11:50

"not much" means "a lot" or "a bit" ?

Don't worry about how much (not much) it slows down writes.

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

-2

Q: Meaning and usage of "Bull in China shop"

While I kinda can guess the meaning of idion A bull in China shop I would like to know proper meaning. And in what situation can I use that properly?

Has 10k on Worldbuildings, asks first post on ELU, gets two downvotes

crl

12:19

you're good in chemistry right?

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

Uh, it's hard to define "good".

But go on.

crl

oh no :) I fell in this joke :) like a noob

didn't even notice the bottle

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

Hah!

It's true anyway.

crl

yea, I know people who died from dihydrogen monoxide intoxication

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Regarding fact 2, I think I'm easier with "to using".

crl

12:23

Did you guys know the Scoville scale?

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

Haven't heard of it.

crl

let's test it

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

Pfft

I just put it inside my dodecahedron and I assure you it's not spicy.

crl

the color says otherwise :)

@tchrist isn't there a new perl version released?

For mythologists i.imgur.com/BQjhUKF.png (bad quality :()

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john2546

13:59

Hello, I've got a question about contractions: if I wanted to contract "class is", is it correct to put - class'? Or is that completely wrong?

crl

14:13

file a bug or fill a bug? I'm confused, I thought it was fill like 'write' it

crl

14:26

feel a bug, phil! a bug, ok I'm out

Mateon1

Hello, I'm unsure about a stylistic issue, and whether it's actually an issue.
"word," or "word"?
(Punctuation in quotation marks, or outside?) (Same goes for parentheses, punctuation inside or outside)?

Anonymous

@Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ. I don't know how suitable their question really is for EL&U in its current state.

Anonymous

14:55

That pepper looks very tasty, by the way!

Mitch

15:09

@crl "leathal"

> does anyone know what’s going on with Missouri? Mostly excluded from the South and Midwest, it appears to be the geographic equivalent of the last kid picked during dodgeball.

@Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ. Did you just freudian slip your stomach? My cogitation receptacle leads me to believe you're an alien.

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@Mitch Haha nice try alien.

@crl file a report, hence file a bug report.

@Mateon1 Punctuation outside quotation marks if what you 'quote' is just a word.

And sometimes this style you talk about gets serious.

> He said "hello," while trying to make sense of what's going on.

. . . is worse than no punctuation IMO.

Shafizadeh

15:54

What is mean of "still the same Sajad" ? (Sajad is a Iranian-name)

crl

ok thanks for file

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Mitch

22:26

Q: Using "put hair on your chest" for women

The idiom put hair(s) on someone's chest means: Fig. to do or take something to invigorate or energize someone, always a male, except in jest: Here, have a drink of this stuff! It'll put hair on your chest. That stuff is powerful. It will really put hair on your chest. [McGraw-Hill Dicti...

etymology idiom-meaning

another well trafficked question that makes ELU little better than Urban Dictionary. The answers are people just giving their inarticulate half-assed opinion of their own juvenile experience. Why can't people answer authoritatively (and hopefully actually have some authority to do so). It makes me realize the quality of Encyclopedia Britannica/MW/OED vs wikipedia/wiktionary. People will put anything they feel like in there.

Tonepoet

23:19

Will the gender neutrality movement send assassins if I say "No because women generally do not grow hair on their chests, nor do most of them want to." ?

Also @Mitch making thoroughly well cited answers is quite difficult and often somebody who just posts their unreferenced opinion will beat you to the punch. I don't particularly like posting the same suggestion as somebody else so I've had to drop a few ardously researched answers...

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