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SmokeDetector

01:36

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps answer: What do you call someone who finds everything by DMAN SMITTY on english.stackexchange.com …

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Færd

03:39

In what dialects of English do they change 'st' to 'sht'? I noticed it while listening to Sanders's recent talk, when he said:

> The major point that I will be making to the citizens of the Dishtrict of Columbia is that I am shtrongly in favor of D.C. statehood.

(Note the inconsistency: dishtrict, shtrong, and yet statehood)

I think I had heard shtrong from a speaker of the cockney dialect before, but I didn't take it seriously back then.

tchrist

Odd

Færd

> Bernard Sanders was born on September 8, 1941, in Brooklyn, one of New York City's five boroughs.[6][7][8][9] His father, Elias Sanders, was born on September 14, 1904 in Słopnice, Poland ... in 1921 he immigrated to the United States at the age of 17. His mother, Dorothy Sanders (née Glassberg), was born in New York City on October 2, 1912...

From his Wiki page.

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sumelic

05:35

@Færd: It only happens in "str."

It's caused by the "r," like how many people pronounce "truck" as "chruck," and "dream" as "jreem."

Q: Why is "str" sometimes pronounced as "shtr"?

Possible Duplicate: Pronunciation of voiceless alveolar fricative /s/ as ʃ (/sh/) in slang? My understanding was that the cluster "str", for example in "stress", is usually pronounced /stɹɛs/, just like Wiktionary mentions. Their audio sample confirms this. However, I sometimes hear a...

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SmokeDetector

09:11

[ SmokeDetector ] Pattern-matching website in body: Which is right to use appliance repair or appliances repair? by Arthur Telian on english.stackexchange.com …

user208178

@Cerberus I just listened to that song. You are right it is not bad. Btw listen to "Saad Lamjarred" if you want to listen some good typical arabic songs.

Færd

Thank you @sumelic .

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MετάEd

14:09

Off topic question never closed and now it's attracted another answer.

Q: "Discover" or "invent" in mathematics context

A very theoretical question I came across with friends some time ago. I am not a native English speaker, so I may be misunderstanding some details, but as I understand: 1) Discovery relates to a concept which existed prior to ... well "discovery" but was unknown before the act. 2) Invention rel...

meaning word-choice

Kit Z. Fox

I was on the fence about it.

MετάEd

@KitZ.Fox The question comes in the fourth paragraph: are mathematical concepts such as sinus "discovered" or "invented". This is a classic philosophy question, not a question about the meanings of the words.

Not that it isn't a fun question.

Kit Z. Fox

14:28

This is a folding video by an ASMR artist that I don't watch much:

ASMR ♥︎ A Tribute to the Towel Folding Video ♥︎ Fabric Sounds/Whispering

►

This is so soothing that my sinuses are buzzing.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

So @KitZ.Fox I had to scold your cousin the other day. She was trying to catch a cat in my backyard.

Kit Z. Fox

She'll do that. She likes cats.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

yeah, and squirrels, and rabbits.

Kit Z. Fox

Especially rabbits.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

There used to be a lot of rabbits around here.

Kit Z. Fox

14:34

licks chops

I made an new ASMR video yesterday.

MετάEd

14:51

@KitZ.Fox Awesome. I loved the medical research one.

Kit Z. Fox

Really?

I was going to do a follow up to that one.

I've been copping out and doing the easy stuff instead.

Origami and things.

MετάEd

Are you familiar with Girl Genius?

Kit Z. Fox

Yes, you already hooked me on her, years ago.

MετάEd

Oh. Good!

Kit Z. Fox

I read about six years worth in a week and then stopped reading because I was all caught up.

Hmm, but that would be a good roleplay.

MετάEd

14:53

Your character in that video would fit right in.

Not to mention the scenario.

terdon

@KitZ.Fox Do you actually watch those or leave it playing on a background tab? How important is the visual aspect?

Kit Z. Fox

@terdon I usually listen when I'm at work. Then voices and sounds are important -- that's probably self-explanatory. I do get tingles from watching hand movements, particularly folding and pointing gestures. It seems to be synergystic.

Strongest when I have both visual and auditory. Well, and taste -- if I suck on hard candy when I've got tingles, it just about makes my brain explode.

I get smell triggers too.

I don't know if it's unusual to have all modalities. Probably not.

terdon

Wow. Just wow. All it does for me is give me a mild headache. Nothing pleasurable though.

You lucky fox, you.

MετάEd

15:27

@terdon Folded towels are a nice side benefit though.

Kit Z. Fox

15:38

Oh, you're a subscriber, @MετάEd. So you must get notifications when I publish new stuff?

MετάEd

Yeah.

Kit Z. Fox

I'm totally going to spam your inbox now.

MετάEd

@KitZ.Fox You haven't seen my inbox.

user208178

Good day.

TIPS

@MετάEd 1337 unread emails?

MετάEd

15:46

@TIPS Sorry, I don't speak 1337.

TIPS

Maybe your inbox does

MετάEd

@TIPS I think we're still pre-singularity.

TIPS

We are?

Kit Z. Fox

Actually, I'm The Singularity. I haven't finished optimizing yet.

user208178

16:01

@KitZ.Fox wow she is good. very... soothing. also she is good at folding towels.

Kit Z. Fox

yeah, right? I love all the rustling noises.

user208178

and how is your ASMR video coming along?

Kit Z. Fox

Which?

user208178

@KitZ.Fox oh nothing. I thought you were making a new one.

user208178

I misread.

Kit Z. Fox

16:05

Oh, I made one yesterday. It's up already.

Mitch

@MετάEd We're early late middle pre-singularity. Maybe that's just singularity-wannabe. Like learning chatbots talking to each other.

user208178

Kit Z. Fox

I'm planning to do another soon.

user208178

nice

user208178

Hello @Mitch.

Mitch

16:07

Hello @VitaminC

Don't forget vitamin B12. not enough C and your teeth fall out, but not enough B12 and you have dementia.

also all the other ones.

user208178

Mitch

but for different reasons

user208178

@Mitch Actually there is someone on the reddit with this username. Their name clicked in my mind after I read some of their posts a few months back. So while signing up here I just used this name off the top of my head.

user208178

I also like the username "exit50" for some reason.

user208178

Thought about using that one but then didn't.

Kit Z. Fox

16:35

Bacon pancakes, making bacon pancakes.

user208178

yummy

Kit Z. Fox

I wish I were making bacon pancakes.

MετάEd

@KitZ.Fox Will you be worshipped? I have pulpit experience.

Kit Z. Fox

@MετάEd I hadn't thought about it.

I suppose I could allow it, for the time being.

MετάEd

I also have a lot of background as devil's advocate.

Kit Z. Fox

16:42

Very good.

Mitch

16:58

@MετάEd wait, you can't play both sides. You're either with him or agin him.

MετάEd

@Mitch The devil's advocate ensures that the devil is treated justly. Think of me as a court appointed defense lawyer.

Mitch

@KitZ.Fox OK you lost me. You can have bacon with your pancakes, or you could have bacon bits sprinkled throughout the pancake batter, but I'm guessing you're thinking of pancakes made out of bacon? Are you mad?

@MετάEd He's guilty. Why bother.

Kit Z. Fox