English Language & Usage: Multi-Layered Discourse Room

Cerberus

00:00

I don't think three-way is appropriate: that means three directions are possible.

Hey unicorn!

Perhaps it knows.

aedia λ

Y-shaped, I guess

Gigili

Uhum, thank you.

aedia λ

Hi again from the mobile worlds.

Gigili

Yes, but it has an additional explanation, like three ways

As 'Y' is

user19161

Why nobody ask me?

aedia λ

00:02

I no see u?

user19161

But I dunno!

Cerberus

@Gigili But what exactly do you mean by "three-way" here?

user19161

@Cerberus Sounds naughty.

Cerberus

It makes me think of a road with three lanes, but not a tube with three ends.

Gigili

Yes, what would you call that road?

user19161

00:03

@gigili I back to Ubuntu!

Gigili

a road with two ways

Cerberus

What are "ways"?

Gigili

@WillHunting Don't look back. Go go go.

You have a tube, water can go into three ways in this tube.

aedia λ

"Y-shaped tube" is probably good enough if it is a tube. If it is a road, we say "a fork in the road," but I don't think the idiom is used for much else

Cerberus

I'm with Aedia, until we know more.

aedia λ

00:05

Maybe sticks can be forked - code - and snake tongues - but not tubes, so I wouldn't use it for that

Robusto

What about a branching tube?

user19161

Googling 3-way tube gives images of these objects.

user19161

So maybe 3-way tube is a good description.

aedia λ

I would say a tube has branches, but maybe not that it branches

user19161

I would say both that something has branches and something branches.

user19161

00:11

Branch is either noun or verb.

Robusto

Word.

aedia λ

Yes but I wouldn't use it as verbily for the less treelike of things :)

Gigili

3-way, that's great.

without being in touch with outdoor environment will be placed in in its special cover and is still conncted to (?????).

could you help with that sentence?

user19161

Yeah 3-way, not threesome.

Gigili

out environment?

user19161

00:15

@Gigili I am not sure what you want to mean with that sentence.

aedia λ

Is it sealed in a sterile wrapper?

user19161

Voting to close as not a real question.

Gigili

XD

aedia λ

Or this cover is some sort of one time use thing?

Haha @will

Gigili

Disposal?

No no, when a test is done in an environment, laboratory environment, what's the other environment called?

user19161

00:18

I still have no idea what you want.

aedia λ

Field environment? Field testing?

Non-sterile conditions?

Robusto

@aediaλ Branch isn't confined to trees. A branch is a stream, it's part of an organization, and more.

aedia λ

I am not totally sure either, but maybe I can generate the right words through the awesome power of random association

Robusto

@aediaλ Random association will branch you to other topics and ideas.

Gigili

I'm really sorry now that you mentioned it.

user19161

00:21

@aediaλ This is like a boy who does not know what girl he likes until he meets the perfect girl!

aedia λ

@Rob Nooo you're going to make a tree grow in ~~Brooklyn~~ my head!

Robusto

@aediaλ Can you get bronchitis in your head?

user19161

3

Q: Why are these questions about percentages closed?

I came across two very similar questions that were closed as "not a real question": Another word for "fraction" that fits in conversation like "percent"? Term for measuring in fractions of 1 They seem perfectly valid to me, and nico's answer is correct. The word they are ...

user19161

I still think these two questions are rather unclear. I was the one who initiated both closes.

Robusto

Questions about percentages have roughly a 50% chance of being closed.

user19161

00:26

There was no exact situation or exact sentence to place the word being asked for as I commented on meta.

Gigili

@aedia: Does this make sense to you? "reduction in entrance of micro organisms to air ways"

aedia λ

Man, all this boarding of buses is harsh on my ability to keep up with y'all.

user19161

2

Q: Is it proper to state percentages greater than 100%?

Technically, "percent" should mean "for every hundred". So, I would think that it's perfectly fine to say "150%". However, in common usage, people rarely say percentages greater than a hundred. Is there an official grammarical rule for this?

word-usage mathematics

user19161

This question though trivial to some is at least clear about what it is asking.

user19161

1

Q: Another word for "fraction" that fits in conversation like "percent"?

In programming I use values between 0 and 1 to represent percentages but the word percent means "one part in every hundred" (0-100). I've also heard people use permil for 'one part in every thousand" (0-1000). In the past I've used the variable name perun in my code which is a made up word and m...

single-word-requests mathematics

user19161

00:28

3

Q: Term for measuring in fractions of 1

When you measure in fractions of 100, you call it a percentage. When you measure in fractions of 1000, you call it promille or per mil. There are even words for fractions of 10000 or 100000. But what do you call it when you measure in fractions of 1? @nico: You are completely correct, I meant...

measuring-units

user19161

But these two are not clear.

Robusto

7 hours ago, by Robusto

The answer is no for smaller values of yes.

user19161

What is happening on those two questions is a little like what is happening with Gigili's question now, a lot of guesswork.

aedia λ

@gigili perhaps try "reduction in the entrance of airways by microorganisms" or say something more specific if you know it like "reduction in the number of microorganisms found..."

(I can't think of a more normal way to talk about this, but something still seems off to me)

Cerberus

00:49

@Gigi: How is fewer micro-organisms entering the airways a "disadvantage"?

It sounds like something positive?

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

Moo

aedia λ

Baa

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

Yeah. You know where it's at

Cerberus

Egzcyooze mee?

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

Gezundheit

Cerberus

01:02

You're too kind.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

Ugh... lunch has not sat well with me. I feel like sausage-cat.

aedia λ

Oh noes!

Cerberus

Sausage is good.

Warning @Mrs: Don't look.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

Blargh... even a pic of food makes me nauseous

Cerberus

What pic?

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

01:09

Um, hypothetically speaking I guess :)

(Thanks)

Cerberus

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

It's mind -boggling that creatures so large roamed the earth

Cerberus

Distracted yet?

I find it remarkable that such large reptiles could fly without feathers.

And that they had such long beaks.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

Actually I popped out of here to check my RSS feeds and my friend posted a recipe for buffalo potato skins and I was like "yum! " then "blarg"

Bats fly without feathers

But yeah dinosaurs ... wtf?

aedia λ

Ohno Roomba got herself stuck in the bathroom all day again!

Cerberus

01:18

But bats are small.

@aediaλ Aww poor thing.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

Still no name for her?

Cerberus

But it the bathroom will be clean.

Hey I know a cool name!

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

Brb

Cerberus

Aedis = room in Latin, so how about...Aedia!!

I'm not kidding.

aedia λ

We actually have been calling her Roomba enough that it's going to be hard for another name to stick, but I think we agreed on Evie

Haha I didn't know aedis

That's funny :)

Cerberus

01:21

Aedis/aedis.

Hence aedifice.

And aedify.

aedia λ

Ohh

Mahnax

Hello everyone!

Kitḫ

Hi!

Cerberus

Hi!

Mahnax

Hi!

Kitḫ

01:23

This screen is so tiny.

Mahnax

How big is it?

Cerberus

No it's not.

aedia λ

That makes sense I guess I just thought those always had some more wall-meaning root rather than room

Kitḫ

I feel like I went from hosting you all in my living room to squeezing everyone in the clubhouse out back.

Cerberus

Aedificium = building in Latin.

aedia λ

01:24

Hi y'all

Cerberus

Facere = to make.

@Kitḫ We don't mind, but...are we in your phone?

Mahnax

@Kitḫ Are you using a notebook computer in the clubhouse?

Kitḫ

No, just my netbook.

I pulled it out to write an invoice.

Mahnax

....and ended up here.

Kitḫ

I thought I'd check in and say Hi!

aedia λ

01:25

Y'all goin back in the ~~purse~~ er awesome bag thing in a moment though so I don't spill dinner on ya

Kitḫ

Because I haven't been in today.

Cerberus

Yay!

@aediaλ But it's so big and everywhere around us!

Mahnax

Ahh! This purse's decor does not match my shirt!

Cerberus

Oh, dear.

What colour is it?

T-shirt? Button down?

Mahnax

T-shirt, dark blue.

It might be navy blue, but I'm not even sure if I know what that is.

Cerberus

01:28

Ditto.

Mahnax

That colour.

Cerberus

I'd call it navy.

But that colour doesn't exist in Dutch.

Mahnax

But it's less purple.

Cerberus

So what am I talking?

Mahnax

Dinglish?

Cerberus

01:28

Haha why did you delete it?

Mahnax

Wrong hue.

Cerberus

Afraid that someone might recognize you in the street?

Mahnax

Nah. It's just the wrong hue.

Cerberus

Better be careful, with all the pervs around here.

Mahnax

Uh-huh.

Kitḫ

01:30

Hey! I resemble that remark!

Cerberus

You look like words?

Well.

Perhaps you should add a few items on your invoice.

A hundred dollars to be booked to my account?

For moral support during late coding settings?

Mahnax

Use wired instead of booked, it sounds more awesome.

Cerberus

Oh, Western Union!

Gigili

@aediaλ Thank you very much for the time you wasted on my meaningless sentences, @Cerberus. I'm done with project.

Cerberus

Oh! Well done!

It must have been a lot of work.

Gigili

01:33

Even more!

Cerberus

What did you translate it for?

Gigili

Thanks a lot Cerb.

for a translation website

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

wow full house tonight

Cerberus

A website that offers its services to translate things?

Gigili

I didn't know what it is about when I accepted to translate it.

Cerberus

01:35

Or a website with translated text about a certain topic?

Ah, so the former.

Gigili

@Cerberus The former.

Cerberus

Cool.

Technical texts are very hard.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@Cerberus I misread your message as "Western Unicorn"

Gigili

Indeed.

I cannot keep my eyes open, thank you again @Cerberus. Good night.

Cerberus

@MrShinyandNew安宇 Oh! Well, if the unicorn from the west will bring it here, I have no objections!

@Gigili Night, sleep well!

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

01:37

@Cerberus I concur. Just about anything is better if a unicorn brings it.

Cerberus

Absolutely. Except when it's corneitis, or worse, unicorneitis.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

is unicorneitis contagious from unicorns to other animals?

Cerberus

No.

But you never know.

Germs, germs.

Mustn't touch other people.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

Hm. Imagine what your doctor would say if you came in complaining of inflamed unicorn.

Cerberus

He would think it an obscene joke.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

01:45

Maybe.

Robusto

@Cerberus 言い出しっぺ。

@Reg, @Vit, @Kit, @Cer: War!

Cerberus

02:10

@Robusto Whatever they mean, those symbols look obscene.

aedia λ

03:14

Nobody suffocated in here right? peeks into bag

You all got so quiet...

Cerberus

comes out all drowsy

Bed is calling.

I can hear its faint cries.

Cannot resist.

aedia λ

Hey good job! Are you really going to bed before me?

We'll get you in the right time zone eventually!

Cerberus

Don't get your hopes up!

But I'm doing my best.

You're going soon too?

aedia λ

Trying to do a little bit more w*#k and then sleep.

Cerberus

Aww you're still w&%king?

They are really exploiting you!

aedia λ

03:22

Well, I want to stop, but I don't want to leave myself a big pile of junk for tomorrow morning.

Cerberus

You don't have time tomorrow the rest of the day?

aedia λ

I feel bad that I'm hoping my coworker who is sick gets better because I think it's probably impossible to meet a deadline without another pair of hands.

Well, deadline coming up next week that I'm thinking about.

Cerberus

Yikes.

aedia λ

Stuff that can't be put off any longer.

Cerberus

Complain! Go to your boss!

You can't do the work of two.

aedia λ

03:24

I'm sure if I do these few things in the morning it'll be fine, but it's going to be, like, this time next week that's awful.

Oh my boss knows.

Cerberus

Well, you can, but you shouldn't.

Hmm.

Well, you have my sympathy.

aedia λ

My boss is terribly stressed as well, and I perhaps don't complain as much as I should because I don't see any solutions to the immediate problem that she could make happen. Things will, ideally, be better after this one project, but you know how that goes ;)

@Cerberus Thank you!

It does help to vent a little.

Cerberus

@aediaλ When will this project end?

aedia λ

This one "little" project is supposed to be done end of next week and then I only have "normal" workload again.

Cerberus

Hmm...

If they put some new, heavy load on your shoulders after that, put your hoof down!

aedia λ

03:29

I shall!

I will be forced to, under the weight :P

Cerberus

Your wings will get tired?

I suppose that makes sense.

Well, fly high, but not too high, and good night!

aedia λ

@Cerberus Indeed! I am a flittery creator of rainbows, not a pack mule!

@Cerberus Sleep well!

Cerberus

Well neighed!

Bye!

Robusto

03:52

@Cerberus — It is the Japanese equivalent of "He who smelt it dealt it."

Cerberus

07:54

Hi.

I woke up, can't sleep.

That's what always happens when I go to bed early.

Matt Эллен

09:43

It's morning! I answered a duplicate

-3

Q: Does "God's gift" mean "God is gift"?

What is the difference between God's gift and God is gift? It seems the latter is awkward.

differences contractions apostrophe

Cerberus

Morning!

Matt Эллен

Hi :)

Not got back to sleep?

Cerberus

Who wouldn't answer duplicated in the morning?

@MattЭллен Nah, I feel very awake.

Tired, but not sleepy.

Matt Эллен

Well, it's good to see you

sort of see you

Cerberus

Thanks! It must feel weird.

It always seems to me a though everyone were asleep when I am, so that I expect the world to be empty when I get up earlier.

Matt Эллен

09:46

:D

Well, us west Europeans on average sleep cycles are here, just waiting for you to awake

@Cerberus The terminally grumpy, I suppose

Cerberus

@MattЭллен Hmm you're not many!

@MattЭллен Such as?

Matt Эллен

Victor Meldrew, perhaps?

Cerberus

Who?

Ah.

Alas, never seen him.

Matt Эллен

oh, you looked :D I was just about to post this

Victor Meldrew

Victor Meldrew was a fictional character in the popular BBC One sitcom One Foot in the Grave. Created by David Renwick and played by Richard Wilson, the character was the archetypal grumpy old man. Meldrew is a foil for the bothersome aspects of children, cars, animals, power cuts or next-door neighbours (his particular example being Patrick Trench, played by Angus Deayton). __TOC__ Character In the first episode, Meldrew is forced into retirement as a security guard, even though he is only sixty years old. The series follows Meldrew as he attempts to fill his new-found leisure with odd...

@Cerberus then perhaps those two old men muppets

I bet they hate duplicates

Cerberus

@MattЭллен I think I know those!

Matt Эллен

09:51

Yay!

Cerberus

Perhaps it would be a good idea to post a picture of them whenever someone complains about duplicates.

Matt Эллен

hehehe. a sound idea :)

for use later

Cerberus

@MattЭллен Aww.

But what are they doing with that newfangled machine??

Matt Эллен

Complaining about it, no doubt. "What in tarnation is this thing for?"

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