Which is more correct:
We were burgled yesterday.
or
We were burglarized yesterday.
I'm from the U.K. and never use burglarized but my friend from the U.S.A. seems to think it's OK.
> Bob Dylan: Hey there, Bill Gates, a genius in tech, I've got some questions, I hope you're not wrecked. Tell me, how can we have a hard drive so small, Yet still manage to store a whole concert hall?
Bill Gates: Ah, Bob Dylan, the voice of our time, Well, it's all about bits and bytes in their prime. You see, technology keeps advancing at pace, Squeezing more data in every possible space.
> Memories like fire, they sting and they sear, Leaving scars on the soul, a pain so unclear, Oh, the mitered return of that love once so dear, Leaves a heartache that lingers, the hurt crystal clear.
I asked it to compose a sad poem with the words mitered return
> Like the proletariat rising against might, Their souls connected, shining so bright, Lenin penned words, filled with affection, For Žižek, their love, a Marxist reflection.
"Comrade Žižek, you ignite my mind, Through dialectics rare, our love intertwined, In theory and praxis, we march hand in hand, Together, we'll build a world that's grand."
Their love, a union of minds and ideals, Lenin and Žižek, a love that truly heals, In the struggle, side by side, they stand, Revolutionary love, forever in demand.
@Robusto This reminded me of my friend who finished a musical school in parallel with the usual school. He studied on weekends. He played the accordion. For the final exam, he learned "Flight of the Bumblebee", and played it perfectly. Then he returned home, put his accordeon in a faraway nook of the apartment, and never touched it again.
> Heil Honey I'm Home! is a British sitcom cancelled after one episode. It centers on Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun, who live next to a Jewish couple, who Hitler is unable to get along with. It caused controversy when broadcast and has been called "perhaps the world's most tasteless situation comedy".
> Hitler gets the Goldensteins drunk in an attempt to make them leave before Chamberlain arrives, but they stay. Arny and Eva end up leading the visiting Prime Minister in a conga line around the living room while Hitler hides the "peace for our time" agreement in the icebox.
Sēo Beadu be Hǣstingum belamp in þǣm 14. Ƿinterfylleþes þæs 1066. gēares and ƿæs sēo ǣroste sigorfæstnes þāra Frenciscan Norþmanna þǣre Gehīersuminge ofer Englalande. Se Normannisca here under Ƿillelme I Engla cyinge forhīende þā Engle under hira cyninge Harold II.
Rule of the day: Hund's rule ("In 2004, researchers reported the synthesis of 5-dehydro-m-xylylene (DMX), the first organic molecule known to violate Hund's rule")
> Yes, Spain has an excellent train service between cities. The country has the second-largest high-speed rail network in the world, with over 3,200km (2000 miles) of high-speed railway lines1.
The primary operator of trains in Spain is Renfe, which runs the impressive AVE service. This service connects Spain’s major cities at speeds of up to 310km/h (193 mph)1. Since June 2021, low-cost Avlo trains also cover the high-speed route connecting Madrid, Barcelona, and Figueres1.
The first high-speed line opened in 1992, connecting Madrid, Seville, and Cordoba. The network has expanded signifi…
We genetically have modified forehead shapes so turbans fit better
@CowperKettle Editors don't read articles, peer reviewers do
They just look at the graphs, see if there's a minimum of effort put into composing the thing.
An editor rejecting the article is usually (?) about the article not meeting the journal's formatting standards or containing too many typos rather than lack of scientific merit. Of course, carelessness correlates well with lack of novel or interesting findings
I had 80 or 85%, not 90%. Didn't take pictures. Did watch with the 5x eclipse binocs. It was always clearly daytime outside, unlike with a total eclipse.
@tchrist Yes. 10% of 35,730 trillion trillion trillion lumens is a mere 3,573 trillion trillion trillion lumens. ^_^
It was so light out that I almost forgot the time. I had to rush outdoors with camera and tripod, which is why I was just a teensy bit late, as you can tell because the moon is just past concentric.
Soccer of the day: to make a save (to prevent the opponent from scoring a goal)
> Compared with the risk among general population control individuals, risk of neurodegenerative disease was highest for defenders (HR, 4.98; 95% CI, 3.18-7.79; P < .001) and lowest for goalkeepers (HR, 1.83; 95% CI, 0.93-3.60; P = .08). Regarding career length, risk was highest among former soccer players with professional career lengths longer than 15 years (HR, 5.20; 95% CI, 3.17-8.51; P < .001).
> A 2019 study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that neurodegenerative disease was the primary cause of death in 1.7 percent of former male professional Scottish soccer players—approximately three times higher than in the general population. scientificamerican.com/article/…
@CowperKettle It's kind of ubiquitous if you have any knowledge of soccer (BrE: football or "footie"). And I think it's the most popular sport in the world, actually.
Which is more correct:
We were burgled yesterday.
or
We were burglarized yesterday.
I'm from the U.K. and never use burglarized but my friend from the U.S.A. seems to think it's OK.
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English Language & Usage: Multi-Layer…