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CowperKettle

06:46

> Redisual DNA: <125 pg/10mg against a limit of <100 pg/10mg;

Is this "against a limit of" idiomatic English?

I'm translating a huge table with manufacturing process deviations, and I'm translating the Russian "при норме" thus.

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SmokeDetector

14:01

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in body (97): Hello there, I write articles for my IELTS practice everyday. Is there any advice or suggestions for me? by Daniel Kang on english.SE

Robusto

14:50

@RegDwigнt I don't have a problem with it. I think the points he makes are all good.

@RegDwigнt Bezahle, du Geizhals.

RegDwigнt

@Robusto Gib mir Geld, Du Kredithai.

@Robusto I can't read the points. I was saying that "give us 90 dollars" was not very good writing TBH.

I was being funny. And not very cryptic. Instead you took me to be cryptic and not funny at all.

I am going to go cry in that corner over there.

So shout a bit louder if you need me.

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RegDwigнt

18:44

Russia considers unplugging from internet (BBC News)

> The test is expected to happen before 1 April but no exact date has been set.

Well I'm guessing it will happen on April 1st alright.

Robusto

19:17

@RegDwigнt I was being funny back atcha. Not cryptic. Geez, if you start pulling at the "you took me seriously" thread we are not going to have much of a sweater left here.

Motun

19:36

Hi there! Which one sounds better and correct? "<something> assistant specialist" or "assistant <something> specialist"?

SmokeDetector

20:06

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword with email in body, potentially bad keyword in body (65): Toefl,Ielts,Toeic by rosapoll950 on english.SE

RegDwigнt

20:41

@Robusto I promise to pull on your sweater in due time, but until April 1st I might be too occupied pulling the plug from the Internet. Sorry.

I didn't even know it had a plug. I thought it was all tubes all the time. Very confusing.

Either way it's a bit late for me to not cry in the corner now, as I've already done that.

Maybe you can make up a code word to use on the next occasion.

Thank you.

Safe word, I mean. Not code word. Well I did mention I was confused.

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RegDwigнt

22:04

Calling all @tchrist:

Q: Can anyone name and interpret the upside down cursive e with flair in attached image?

On 20 Mar 1718/19 a scribe wrote in the Lancashire, Church of England, Bishops' Transcripts "20 Thomas Son to Þe late Rever M.ɚ Ogden". This is a burial record. As best I can interpret it, it reads "20 Thomas Son to the late Reverend M. Ogden" However, I do not know what the ɚ is. It appears...

meaning

Have fun.

RegDwigнt

22:17

"I deleted all my music off YouTube" — @Jasper, is that you?

Also, is @JSBձոգչ still around? I just bumped into one of his favorite pieces, I guess:

musescore.com/user/1984081/scores/5440218

Brevity is wit.

Jasper

23:15

@RegDwigнt No, that is not me. However, I would like to add that there seem to be some people of SE origin creating accounts on SE or youtube with my name etc for some weird reason, though no malice is involved.

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