English Language & Usage: Multi-Layered Discourse Room

Weapon X

16:05

@DanielFischer I have checked it and you are right kann is conjugated for 3º person so it's correct. Thanks

Wrzlprmft

16:21

@WeaponX BTW: The German Language chatroom is not dead (we are just waiting for input) and neither is our site.

tchrist

What a strange room are we become.

Kit Z. Fox

Have we?

tchrist

A light language room when all other language rooms have gone dark.

V0ight

anyone mind translating this book for me: books.google.com/…

Kit Z. Fox

@V0ight The whole book?

V0ight

16:32

well the first paragraph would be a good start

Kit Z. Fox

By translation, you mean, "make it less froufy"?

Dear Sir, When I left you, your final words and elegant manner obliged me to describe the {Western?} sights I had seen.

I now dip my pen into ink to fulfil this obligation.

Since my childhood, I have been able to lead those who can stand my pedantry to the very beginning of events.

Matt E. Эллен

tacopantography, amirite?

Kit Z. Fox

And it would be a clear divergence from my usual storytelling if I didn't ask you to remember the place where we parted.

@MattE.Эллен Good lord.

I didn't get the third sentence very well.

I have begun at the beginning? That might be better.

Anyway, there's a list of terms at the end.

V0ight

LOL well done.

Kit Z. Fox

Hmm. It has a different sense of lucubration than I do.

V0ight

16:48

are there any other books like this one? I find it hilarious. It would make a great troll-gift to someone

Kit Z. Fox

I don't know. Maybe Wiki would have similar titles or a descriptor you could google.

MετάEd

No, no, not lucubration. You're thinking of a can with a Dino on it.

Kit Z. Fox

uhhh. No, no, not lubrication. You're thinking of when I'm feeling sad.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

dino can

Kit Z. Fox

What.

Mitch

16:56

@KitZ.Fox translated, it's still froufy. Translated again "Let me tell you about stuff"

Translated again: ""

Kit Z. Fox

"You wanted me to tell you how things were here, so here I am telling you."

Mitch

@KitZ.Fox no no not lugubrious. You're thinking of what the walrus said.

Kit Z. Fox

Why can't @MετάEd be thinking of what the wlarus said?

I'm so bad at this game!

V0ight

en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lucubro#Latin I think he conflated the Latin 'lucubro' for 'lucubrate' for whatever reason. Maybe it's a joke, as he doesn't know that what he's doing is 'lucubrating' haha

Mitch

Sep 14 '12 at 5:57, by Mahnax

Goo goo, g'joob.

Kit Z. Fox

16:59

@V0ight oh, that could be. haha

Ha! In your face, @MattE.Эллен!

Today we're tied, which means I'm on top!

MετάEd

No, no, not goo goo ga joob. You're thinking of that automotive hand cleaner.

Kit Z. Fox

goop. Goop?

Weapon X

17:16

@Wrzlprmft Alright. Danke!

Matt E. Эллен

@KitZ.Fox nice!

Kit Z. Fox

I kinda meant to post that in the mod room. Hope you're not upset.

Matt E. Эллен

no :D

Kit Z. Fox

Good. 'Cause boo-yah!

giggles

Mitch

@MετάEd no no not what @KitZ.Fox said. You're thinking of that hand soap made from volcanoes

Kit Z. Fox

17:21

@Mitch No, no, not Lava. You're thinking of the basis for a logical argument.

hmm. that's kind of a huge leap.

Mitch

I play by whatever rules feel right. phonological or semantic.

but that's still a hard one

Kit Z. Fox

Well, it depends on whether you know what Lava soap is made from.

Mitch

@KitZ.Fox no no not rule of inference. You're thinking of Hume's difficulties with extracting knowledge from experience

@KitZ.Fox pumice?

Kit Z. Fox

@Mitch Yes.

Mitch

pneumobacillusvolcanoconiosis?

@KitZ.Fox no no not hummous. You're thinking of that middleesatern chickpea spread.

Kit Z. Fox

17:25

premise

@Mitch I thought that was hummus. Maybe I should just watch you all play it some more.

Mitch

@KitZ.Fox oh. nice.

@KitZ.Fox I did too but I keep seeing 'hummous' so I thought I was wrong.

also too much like soil=humus.

which is also nutritious in its own way

if you're an earthworm

or like earthworm poop.

Kit Z. Fox

Oh, I was thinking that might be the connection you were making, but I couldn't remember how that was spelt.

Mitch

17:48

no no not lebanese chickpea goop. You're thinking of earthworm poop.

Kit Z. Fox

18:19

@Mitch That edit looks like Community approved it though, which is the weird part.

Looks like Dog Lover edited the anonymous edit and that 'approved' it? I'm confused about this timeline.

Mitch

yeah weird.

Matt E. Эллен

yeah. that is weird. is there an "accept and improve" button? maybe that's what did it

Kit Z. Fox

Yeah, I posted an answer.

Matt E. Эллен

ah. it's called "improve edit"

Kit Z. Fox

That looks like exactly what happened.

Mitch

18:25

"use some more higher tier words"?

Kit Z. Fox

yeah.

Mitch

for emphasis

MετάEd

@KitZ.Fox No, no, not premise. You're thinking of ... well, because you had one of these, you knew what I was going to say you were thinking of before I said it.

Kit Z. Fox

Oh! Not a premonition! You're thinking of this thing that I just did, or you better be thinking of it, at least.

Mitch

What? you can do precognition? Then you've already forgotten what I'm about to say. But to remind you it's about bubbling up.

Kit Z. Fox

18:36

Um. Precarbonation?

Mitch

your memory is faulty...because you didn't use this method with your coffee.

MετάEd

I'm stumped.

Kit Z. Fox

Oh percolate! I thought you meant roving around leisurely.

@MετάEd I was thinking admonition.

MετάEd

No, no, not admonition. You're thinking of shells, and balls, and rocks, and pumpkins, and marshmallows.

Kit Z. Fox

Ammunition? Why how very learned of you!

Mitch

18:59

@MετάEd no no not what @KitZ.Fox just said, you're thinking of shells, but not the rest. prehistoric shells of animals that became extinct during the permian-triassic event. and not trilobytes.

Matt E. Эллен

human shells!

humans are extinct, right?

Kit Z. Fox

diatomaceous --- no that's not a thing.

brb

tada!

Mitch

19:30

@MattE.Эллен close!

it's gotta sound alike at least a little

@KitZ.Fox sure that's a thing. usually it is earth that is diatomaceous.

Kit Z. Fox

@Mitch I mean it's not an extinct shells thing.

I just did an ASMR vid and now I'm feeling like I need to do something creative.

MετάEd

19:46

Diatomaceous earth is a pile of skeletons of little diatoms.

Kit Z. Fox

But they aren't extinct, are they?

Diatoms are still something living somewhere?

MετάEd

Right, there are living diatoms today.

Extensive research suggests ammonites.

Kit Z. Fox

Oh! I remember those from Animal Crossing.

MετάEd

No, no, not ammonites. You're thinking of some Jews who floated to America and turned black.

Kit Z. Fox

What? You can't mean Mennonites?

MετάEd

19:53

I mean Ammonites.

Kit Z. Fox

...

Well, I just learned something.

Also, I'm shopping for computer parts so I can upgrade to Windows 10 and make it stop hassling me.

Because new processor = new mobo = new ram

And then I might just as well get a new case, cuz this one is falling all to shite.

Mitch

@MετάEd no no not Edomites...wait, that's red. also I thought you said turned back.

@KitZ.Fox computers can now be treated as ballpoint pens. thoughtlessly disposable.

@MετάEd No no not ... whatever that is. You're thinking of what you say to signal that the other person should agree with you.

Matt E. Эллен

no, not "hey, agree with me"...

Kit Z. Fox

affirmation?

Mitch

no no not amirite. You're thinking of another way of saying the same thing.

Matt E. Эллен

20:07

lol

Kit Z. Fox

inorite?

Mitch

20:29

haha lol yes.

caub

20:46

2 + 2 = fish
x + x = triangle
y + y = eight
// find x and y

Matt E. Эллен

x = triangle / 2

y = eight / 2

Mitch

no no no no no no No!

yes.

@mitch No, OP is correct and your comments are wrong. It would be helpful if you could delete them. — Araucaria 6 mins ago

I think it'd be helpful he would shut the front door. You know, we're not air conditioning the whole outdoors!

Kit Z. Fox

Just go write a whole blog post about it.

deletes bunches of comments

I have so much semantic satiety that I can't even look at the question. I should never have suggested that it be reopened.

MετάEd

21:51

@KitZ.Fox No, no, not inorite. You're thinking of that term for fool's gold.

caub

meh, no one ~~gets~~ get my riddle

well no one is plural

try to understand why two 2 makes a fish

then it's easy

MετάEd

22:09

I love riddles. But I can't see the answer.

I know that if you take annoyed, and adenoid, you get a paranoid.

Kit Z. Fox

22:21

@MετάEd pyrite? Wasn't that the name of that van Halen album?

Mitch

22:52

@caub I thought real hard about it for 15 seconds. I didn't get it so I stopped. I thought it was a reference to dr Seuss.

@caub two 2's are what ballerina's wear.

Was that it? Was that the answer?

@KitZ.Fox wait... It's your fault? No, I blame the British.

user208178

@caub Mirror image of 2 looks like a fish. Mirror image of 3 will look like 8 and the mirror image of 7 will look like a triangle.

user208178

Nailed it! right? :)

user208178

23:14

Howdy @KitZ.Fox I hope you are well.

user208178

it is past 4 am here. Good night!

Kit Z. Fox

@Arrowfar hi! I'm not really here. See you!

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