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Cerberus
Cerberus
00:32
> The Irish woman, whose full name is Yewande Elizabeth Biala, said that after applying to a school in her hometown in her teens, a teacher “asked if we could just put my name] down as Elizabeth Biala, as it would be easier for everyone. In that moment, all I heard was that I didn’t matter, and I was an inconvenience. From that day I made it my mission to make sure people knew my name was important, after all, that is my identity.”

This experience is one to which many people of African, Asian and other ethnic minority backgrounds can relate.
This sounds rather silly.
"I didn't matter": that makes no sense. It's just that her name was hard to pronounce, it doesn't imply any judgement on her person.
"people of African, Asian and other ethnic minority backgrounds": as if people with French, German, Hungarian, or basically any non-English language have names that wouldn't be frequently mispronounced in English.
Or Irish names in Asia.
I mean, come on.
"the country in which these names originate does not give them the same respect as any other name": that is also an inappropriate comment. It pretends that the reason why people do not properly pronounce certain Gaelic names is not that they simply find them unfamiliar and hard to pronounce properly.
And I think "respect" is not the central issue.
It is about laziness.
In all, a somewhat whiny article.
Yes, people should try harder to properly pronounce other people's names; but, no, it is no problem to use an alternative name if that makes it easier for everybody.
Robusto
Robusto
01:33
When a string snaps mid performance.. Kristine Balanas Wieniawski Polonaise Brillante No.1
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@RegDwigнt ^ No problem, just grab the concertmaster's fiddle.
user 85795
user 85795
01:56
Derek Chauvin trial jury selection to resume Monday with half the jurors seated
 
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Mitch
Mitch
04:18
@Cerberus no one likes to hear their name mispronounced. but other accents/languages are hard. It feels like it is unfair but it's just unfortunate.
Cerberus
Cerberus
@Mitch Yeah, and it depends on the situation.
If someone seems more unwilling to try than the average person, that's impolite.
And any kind of impolite behaviour can be used to bully someone.
But otherwise I don't think there is much to say about the topic.
Mitch
Mitch
it's like making fun of an accent vs having trouble with an accent
Cerberus
Cerberus
Yes, or refusing to make any effort whatsoever to understand what this person means.
Mitch
Mitch
This is pretty good:
Substitute Teacher - Key & Peele
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Cerberus
Cerberus
05:15
@Mitch Now, that teacher is within his rights.
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
05:57
@Cerberus somewhat?
 
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CowperKettle
CowperKettle
07:05
On camera: Lightning hits tree in Gurugram, injures 4 who took shelter
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CowperKettle
CowperKettle
07:42
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Færd
Færd
08:32
The prospects for the revival of the Nuclear Deal (JCPOA) look as terrible with Biden at the helm as they did with Trump.
They want new rounds of talks and a new deal. Ain't that something.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
08:57
Word of the day: Lithium underground
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CowperKettle
CowperKettle
09:57
> Aluminium is an infinitely recyclable material, and it takes ~95% less energy to recycle it than to produce primary aluminum, which also limits greenhouse gases. Today, about 75% of all aluminum produced in history, nearly a billion tons, is still in use
Wow
Starlink Mission
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Minus one minute
The 9th launch of a booster
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
10:27
Word of the hour: gömböc
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
10:50
Word of the minute: short shot ( A short shot is a molded part that is incomplete because insufficient material was injected into the mold.)
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
11:50
@Cerberus More like 1800 Russia. By 1900, the Great Russian Literature happened. Starting from about 1820-1830, Russian literary language was created and in several decades the elites converted to the use of Russian.
 
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CowperKettle
CowperKettle
12:59
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I wonder what the meaning is of Specific restraint form record - is it "record in a specific form" or "specific record in a form"?
"Make a record in a specifict restraint form", probably
Robusto
Robusto
@CowperKettle What is the context?
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
13:42
@Robusto Oh, it's this blockchart (above) from this paper ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5591519
Robusto
Robusto
13:59
@CowperKettle I think it might be better rendered as "Record the specific method of restraint" (where record means "make a record of").
The patients may need to be restrained because they are schizophrenic.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
14:41
@Robusto Ah! Thank you! I thought that form meant "document". Whew!
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
14:54
Word of the evening: campus carry (do not confuse with campus curry)
Cerberus
Cerberus
@M.A.R. Heh.
Curio
Curio
15:37
Is adblocker a word?
Can I use it in a review?
Robusto
Robusto
@Curio Yes and yes.
Curio
Curio
Thanks
Mitch
Mitch
15:56
@CowperKettle I read it differently. It's a comment on the task 'Introduction of Measures'. There is a lot of 'telegraphic' language in graphs (abbreviations and rewording with piles of noun modifiers). So 'Specific restraint form record' sounds like it should be 'A record of a form for a specific restraint' (Because there may be more than one kind of restraint. So I think it is saying that someone needs to fill out a form, an actual document.
Robusto
Robusto
16:13
@Mitch "A record of a form"? A form (filled out) is a record. Not that bureaucracies can't redundantly commit redundancies, but the rest of the article is pretty lucid, so "form record" (both words meaning the same thing) seems to overshoot the mark there.
As always, however, I could be wrong.
 
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EnthusiastiC
EnthusiastiC
17:51
Is it a Prosaic expression to say "it fulfills the matter" to express that thing is fine and ready to use?
Robusto
Robusto
Edwin Ashworth strikes again:
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A: What is the English word for "young woman"?

RobustoIf you can't use girl, you could try lass n a girl or young woman TFD Online This is probably borderline archaic or dialect-dependent, however, but other terms are that as well: maid, maiden, lassie, colleen, etc.

What a delight it must be for you to have trumped up a reason to downvote me. You can go to bed happy tonight. — Robusto 3 mins ago
@EnthusiastiC It's certainly prosaic, but it's also not a very common expression to hear.
EnthusiastiC
EnthusiastiC
18:18
@Robusto what's are common expressions for that?
What are common expressions to say that?
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
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Robusto
Robusto
18:40
@EnthusiastiC I would probably say "That will get the job done."
Mitch
Mitch
@Robusto Those four words together don't sound great... the author was trying to say -something- starting from something bigger but compressing leaves it sounding ambiguous or floundering. So yeah my reading assumes some pleonasm. I'm not sure about anything here.
Robusto
Robusto
18:56
I settled on the first thing that made sense to me.
 
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Justin
Justin
20:01
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^ This is quite infuriating...
user 85795
user 85795
that seems to be the intent
> Not for the faint of heart or those easily triggered by English (or other languages) in the raw.

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