English Language & Usage: Multi-Layered Discourse Room

KitFox

16:00

no no not Dorian Gray, you're thinking of Phoenix's real identity.

Mitch

no no not Dorian grey, you meant that band from the 80's with that hair.

Matt Эллен

@KitFox No no not Jane Grey, you're thinking of the woman who tried to take power from Queen Elizabeth I.

KitFox

Uh...

Googles QEI

Matt Эллен

oh, um, maybe not QEI

KitFox

No no, not Lady Jane Grey. You're thinking of that Brontë novel.

And it was Jean Gray.

Matt Эллен

16:05

d'oh!

all the same letters :D

KitFox

Yep. Confusing.

I need an umlautted e.

Matt Эллен

ë

01100001

_He teased Jim. I heard it._ can be rewritten as: (which one of the following is correct?) I heard his teasing Jim. (teacher says this is right) or I heard him teasing Jim. (I think this is right)

KitFox

I heard him teasing Jim. is probably more common.

Matt Эллен

yes

KitFox

16:09

I heard his teasing (of) Jim. is acceptable.

So I heard his teasing Jim. could be read as an elision.

Matt Эллен

both are correct, if you accept "teasing Jim" as a noun phrase

01100001

@KitFox Yes. But what's grammatically correct? Teacher says, "possessive adjective comes before a gerund"

and there, I heard his teasing Jim. is right, he says

Matt Эллен

like "I head his loud music"

KitFox

[I heard him] [teasing Jim] or [I heard] [his teasing Jim]

Matt Эллен

or "I head his ball bouncing"

KitFox

16:11

Uh. Yeah.

Interesting example.

01100001

Ah, ok. Makes sense, but not so much in the given case. But I could be wrong. So, the sentences can be combined either way?

:D

Matt Эллен

yes

01100001

@MattЭллен and @KitFox wait...

KitFox

waits

eats chocolate

01100001

nevermind :P I think I understand now

KitFox

16:16

I heard his bouncing ball.

I heard his racing engine.

I heard your rousing speech.

I drank my refreshing beverage.

ahh

The owl returns.

bows

RegDwighт

Kosmo is in ur ELU unsering kvestchons.

Well, unsering kommens.

@anouar.bag: What does it not answer? — Kosmonaut 2 hours ago

KitFox

I seed.

I was happymade.

01100001

@KitFox This and the latter... excellent examples.

RegDwighт

Y u say was happymade and not has been happymade.

Mmmm, wie ich sehe, habt ihr Stollen!

KitFox

oh sawrees i was havin been made much moar happie.

Matt Эллен

16:19

I drank me refreshing grog. Yarrr.

KitFox

I was thinking this was actually a dupe:

-1

Q: Who marries whom?

Is it proper to say that a minister married a bride and groom? This seems inaccurate, though I read it frequently. Thank you.

grammaticality

Not that it really matters.

RegDwighт

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01100001

sarry... i don't understand. what say you? :P

RegDwighт

Dec 17 '12 at 12:52, by RegDwighт

I like turtles.

2 days ago, by RegDwighт

Commie mutant hero turtles!

Matt Эллен

Commie Mutant Hero Turtles! / Commie Mutant Hero Turtles! / Heroes in a communist state / Belong to the people!

KitFox

16:22

giggles

They're the world's most fearsome fighting team.

They have universal healthcare and they're...uh, pink.

That doesn't rhyme.

Matt Эллен

:D

KitFox

I suck at this.

RegDwighт

I reckon Matt has finally given up the life of crimericks and is more into writing 4/14th sonnets now.

Matt Эллен

Limericks are so mainstream, man.

limerickmachine.tumblr.com

KitFox

Your limericks really tie the room together, man.

RegDwighт

16:24

I told you so before they put the main in mainstream, and the Frankfurt upon it.

KitFox

Dude, that's heavy.

RegDwighт

Mainhattan

Mainhattan (auch: Mainhatten) ist ein Kofferwort aus „Main“ und „Manhattan“ und wird gelegentlich als Bezeichnung für die Stadt Frankfurt am Main verwendet. Begriffsentstehung Frankfurt am Main ist eine der wenigen Städte in Europa und die einzige Stadt in Deutschland, die den Bau von Hochhäusern im Stadtzentrum erlaubt. Dadurch wuchs seit den 1960er Jahren ein charakteristisches Stadtbild, die Frankfurter Skyline. Der damals entstandene Begriff Mainhattan galt ursprünglich wie die zur selben Zeit aufgekommenen Bankfurt und Krankfurt als Schimpfwort für die Stadt am Main. Zur Zeit de...

I like how the first photo is captured "frankfurter skyline". Imagine that!

KitFox

Captured?

RegDwighт

Yeah it has like capture.

KitFox

You need to spend more time in chat.

RegDwighт

16:26

It's a misspoling of caption.

But it's a secret.

KitFox

Oh I sees.

I mist you.

My eldest got an X-wing for his b-day.

RegDwighт

According to my profile I has spent over 68.7k times in chat.

KitFox

cache.lego.com/e/dynamic/is/image/LEGO/9493

RegDwighт

Actually 68679, but that's close enough to over 68.7

@KitFox I watched the guys from Amazing Test Bricked build that thing the other day, as a side challenge.

KitFox

I don't know what that means.

Matt Эллен

16:28

I am at less than half of Cerb's times in chat

RegDwighт

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Matt Эллен

they should build it while arm wrestling

RegDwighт

@MattЭллен they do that in one of the episodes.

Matt Эллен

:O

RegDwighт

Sort of.

There are many challenges.

Like turning the instructions upside down, or building in the dark, or with red-green glasses on.

Jan 24 at 20:12, by RegDwighт

No, a video of two guys assembling a LEGO set each, live on tape, not fastforwarding, no jump cuts.

Matt Эллен

16:31

how do they manage in the dark?

RegDwighт

Start reading there, Kit, it's a dozen messages.

@MattЭллен sorry, you will have to watch the 23 45-minute episodes to find out.

Matt Эллен

I (don't) see

KitFox

I could totally build that thing in under an hour. What's wrong with those pansies?

Matt Эллен

maybe they're not in bloom yet

RegDwighт

@KitFox actually they mix up the parts from two sets, plus they are like wearing handcuffs you know.

KitFox

16:33

I see. I'm watching it.

I'm still perfectly brilliant at assembling LEGO kits.

RegDwighт

The guy who had to build the X-wing actually bought himself one and practiced at home, four times.

He got it down to one hour 18 minutes.

Cheater.

KitFox

No shit, right?

They should have edges on those tables.

It bothers me to watch. I have to stop watching.

RegDwighт

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Matt Эллен

@RegDwighт oh. I thought you meant pitch black.

RegDwighт

@KitFox and that's the 19th episode, they have figured shit out by that point. They started off as complete LEGO noobs, that was truly painful.

KitFox

16:36

@MattЭллен It would be tough to distinguish the colors that way.

RegDwighт

Jan 24 at 20:27, by RegDwighт

And if you are an AFOL, it has an additional level to it because these guys are like total noobs. They haven't built a set in decades; they can't tell the two grey colors apart (they constantly complain how many different grey colors there are!); they constantly attach pieces in all the wrong places; and then they can't get them off again because they don't know the usual tricks; and they think LEGO comes from Sweden or Germany.

Matt Эллен

@KitFox hence why I was so surprised :D

RegDwighт

@MattЭллен that's what I thought they thought, too. Until they put on the flash lights. Rooooxaaaannne!

Matt Эллен

lol

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

Did you watch the whole thing?

Matt Эллен

16:37

substitute one ear worm for another. atleast it's not been stuck in here for a while.

RegDwighт

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 I am at Finale part I now, forty minutes in.

KitFox

My son has a knack for LEGO. Gets it from Mommy probably. Mommy really knows how to take the fun out of building.

RegDwighт

But to answer the question more directly, yes, I have watched every second of it up until that point.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

I found it too painful and also a bit boring

RegDwighт

It fluctuates, that's for sure.

But the handcuffs episode was hilarious. I was actually lolling.

KitFox

16:39

Oh, and what really sucks? Erector sets. Totally suck ass.

RegDwighт

If your erector set sucks ass you're doing it wrong.

Apply to the forehead. Preferrably directly.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

I will soon post a blog entry about my Lego organizing project

Matt Эллен

> An Erector Set (the trademark has always been "ERECTOR")

giggles

RegDwighт

I will register ERECTER, then.

Matt Эллен

Oh

KitFox

16:41

At least all the reviews I've read say the same thing I think.

"You finally get the whole thing together and all the screws tightened and it still falls apart."

Matt Эллен

ERITREA sets

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

Erecter? I hardly knew 'er!

KitFox

What's AFOL?

Matt Эллен

Angry Foul Obsequious Language

KitFox

Quacking?

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

16:47

Aug 15 '11 at 14:15, by Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@Cerberus Adult Fan of Lego

KitFox

Oh. You have to specify your age?

Matt Эллен

Annual Fungibility Of Lederhosen

RegDwighт

WTF iz wit chat.

KitFox

My brain is swiss cheese.

Matt Эллен

chat with wit

KitFox

16:48

I have been working with a lot of chemicals recently.

And I drank enough last night to be hung over.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

No. But since most fans are kids and AFOLs have specialized interests and more money it makes sense to distinguish

Matt Эллен

carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, argon, ethanol, calcium...

KitFox

Also, I had an awkwardly hot dream about my brother-in-law.

So I'm not remembering much prior to this morning.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

I had a dream that combined elements of the TV show LOST with me being some kind of revolutionary fighter. Combat had gone all the way to the Vatican, where attricities were being committed by both sides. I managed to negotiate a truce with the ranking Cardinal, and we made a joint pronouncement that the people could keep the 10th commandment after all.

RegDwighт

Okay so our IT is down wholesale. Commuting.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

16:53

For those of you playing at home, that's "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's ass"

It's actually the dumbest of all the commandments. Coveting stuff is what drives modern society and creates progress.

Once again I disclaim any responsibility for the contents of my dreams.

Matt Эллен

I cast dispell on your disclaimer

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

I roll for power and block with re-pell

Matt Эллен

lol

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

This better not go on too long or my 100% lack of knowledge of this stuff will become apparent.

KitFox

Right. Sure.

Matt Эллен

16:56

s'alright I couldn't think of a way to counter

KitFox

draws dagger of magic absorption Bring it.

Matt Эллен

I played my first game of MtG for years last week

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

My parents never let me play D&D because they saw the episode of 60 minutes where they discussed a player who thought he could fly and committed suicide or something.

KitFox

@MattЭллен Whoa. Time warp.

Matt Эллен

(excluding duel of the planeswalkers, because that's vs computer)

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

16:57

They also didn't let me play the original Wolfenstein game because you have to shoot dogs. Shooting Nazis was okay though.

Matt Эллен

I played against real people, face to face!

KitFox

You could have mentioned they were Nazi dogs.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

heheh

KitFox

@MattЭллен applauds Way to get out of the house!

Matt Эллен

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 that is my main problem with the game, too. also I could never find all the secrets

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

16:58

Funnily enough, Doom was okay.

Matt Эллен

@KitFox I know!

KitFox

I am killer at finding game secrets. That's how my husband and I pair up.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

In high school I didn't play Magic because all the people who played had no girlfriends. There seemed to be some kind of correlation.

I wanted a girlfriend so I figured I better not start playing.

Matt Эллен

I still have no girlfriend, so I've nothing to lose

KitFox

adds LEGO assembly and game secret finding to list of assets

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

16:59

@KitFox So you found him by randomly opening doors and tapping on walls?

KitFox

Matt Эллен

lol

KitFox

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 There is nothing random about the power I have over men.

And women.

struts all cocky-like

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@KitFox I'm sure. Just look at the little fan club you've cultivated here in the chat room :)

KitFox

Look in my eyes, what do you see?

giggles, feels powerful

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

17:01

looks, is hyp-mo-tized

KitFox

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Matt Эллен

@KitFox fire. fire and the doom of humanity! flees

KitFox

Hahaha.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

coughs from the smoke, breaks spell whoa.

KitFox

I am way too old to hold sway anymore.

And still about ten years out from milf status.

So I'm kind of in limbo.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

17:04

so so far I have spent almost $300 in boxes for my lego collection

@KitFox actually.... The average age of motherhood onset in the US is like 25

jonmillward.com/blog/studies/…

I was just reading this today and thinking of ... this chat room.

KitFox

Well, I meant for my son's friends to think so.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

ah, okay

Matt Эллен

"motherhood onset" sounds so statistical. You couldn't make giving birth sound any less interesting

KitFox

How have I never heard of the IAFD?

@MattЭллен Not necessarily giving birth.

Geez. Be a little sensitive.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

> MILFs (Mothers I’d like to Fuck) coming in second place surprised me. They seem to offset the youth of the teens quite a bit—or do they? Just how old is the average woman who appears in a MILF-themed porn flick? Well, I found out by sampling 100 movies from the database and viewing the profiles of the women who starred in them. The average age of a MILF in porn is thirty-three. 20% of the ‘MILFs’ were 20–25 years old, 7% were over 40, and 4% were over 50.

> I wasn’t sure what to think about that result, so I looked up the average age of a first time mother in America. In 2006 is was 25 years old (22.6 in Mississippi). So porn, for all its ludicrous film titles and laughable plots, isn’t completely unreasonable when it comes to the casting of fuckable mothers.

KitFox

17:09

scowls

Oh, there's a bit about escorts too. opens new tab

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

♫ When I give the signal my friend Rabbi Vole will play the solo... ♫

MετάEd

@Mitch How about Yesterday?

Gigili

@Mitch Thanks. Sorry if I didn't make it clear that what my intended meaning was.

KitFox

What's a punter? @Matt?

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

wow those escort reviews are hilarious

Gigili

17:24

Why no show us your real character @KitFox

KitFox

Pardon?

Gigili

Never mind

KitFox

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 No kidding.

> Many of the most interesting reviews are ones in which the punter wouldn’t recommend the girl and, as a result, the girl responds with a rebuttal to put her side of the story across. It’s really rather civilised...

Well, of course it's civilised. It's British.

Gigili

@KitFox What exactly does husband mean to you? What differences are there between your husband and other men? I don't need your answer, just think about it. I feel pity for you.

KitFox

fry face

So is "punting" specifically paying for sex?

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

17:33

urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=punter

> London slang for costumer, may also be used for "johns" (among prostitutes and police agents), people who watch porn movies or go to strip joints regularly.

if UD can be believed.

KitFox

@Gigili I'm not sure why you are asking me these questions? Are you upset that I'm married and you're not?

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 Oh. "Costumer" is customer, I guess.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@KitFox haha, didn't notice that

KitFox

I think I've heard that as an insult in UK shows before, but I didn't know it meant something specific.

TIL

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

me too. I have learned a lot about porn stars, and punters.

If only I could use these new powers for good

KitFox

Knowledge is good.

Now for some tea.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

17:38

yeah I could use some tea

KitFox

I'll put the kettle on.

And back to work.

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