English Language & Usage: Multi-Layered Discourse Room

Orbling

02:02

Yeah, I've seen that here too, bunch of idiots.

Robusto

►

Cerberus

Oh I didn't know that was international. Funny.

Robusto

Pulp culture, you say?

Cerberus

You have an answer for everything!

Robusto

Are you asking me or telling me?

Cerberus

02:06

How did that work again?

This.

Orbling

3am and it's still horrifically muggy, stupid weather.

Robusto

Where's that?

Orbling

LINDIN, according to Cerberus.

Cerberus

Stupid indeed. Here it has been the most beautiful, clear-sky weather for weeks!

Lindin indeed!

Orbling

We've had 6mm of rain in the last 6 weeks I believe, 3mm of that was earlier today.

Robusto

02:13

Oh, you mean Lundinium.

Orbling

Aye, south of Verulamium.

Robusto

Sorry, Londinium.

Roman London

The city of London () was established by the Romans around AD 43. It was never the capital of Roman Britain as the capital was Camuludunum and served as a major imperial commercial centre until its abandonment during the 5th century. Origins and language Londinium was established as a town by the Romans after the invasion of AD 43 led by the Roman Emperor Claudius. Archaeologists now believe that Londinium was founded as a civilian settlement or civitas by AD 50. A wooden drain by the side of the main Roman road excavated at No 1 Poultry has been dated by dendrochronology to 47 which ...

Cerberus

Wasn't it Londinium?

Ah.

Robusto

I was thinking of Lunden, which is what it was called in the 11th century.

Orbling

Which is still the rough pronunciation.

Cerberus

02:14

Sounds almost Scandinavian...

Orbling

Well, half the country was Scandinavian up to midway through the 11th century.

Including the monarchy.

Robusto

It might have been part of the Danelaw. I can't remember. Would have to get out my British Ordnance Survey map of Britain Before The Norman Conquest.

Orbling

London was too far south for the Danelaw, but was under the sway a few times early on.

I'm impressed you have OS maps.

My mother is a geography lecturer, we have all of them I think.

Robusto

No, Lunden was just southwest of the "boundary" — as was Bermondsley.

I have all the maps as well, starting with Roman Britain.

Orbling

Well, I more meant the modern Landranger sets (there are 204 of them), but yes, the historical ones are great.

Cerberus

02:22

Cool, so they also make historical maps.

Orbling

One of my favourite books in the house is a historical atlas of Europe, through the last couple of millennia, detailing major movements, settlements, wars, etc.

Robusto

I have some of those. The Times Atlas of World History, among others.

Orbling

Yeah, that's quite a pleasant one for whiling away a night.

Cerberus

Yay!

Orbling

On that note, this night is almost totally whiled.

Robusto

02:25

I've wished that Google Earth would do a historical version, which you could run in time lapse.

Orbling

That would be awesome

Robusto

Totally.

Cerberus

Yeah! The emergence and decline of empires...

Orbling

Someone needs to lobby Google.

Cerberus

So how many maps do those historical atlases have?

Robusto

02:25

I mean, if they can do Google Earth at all they should be able to do that.

Well, the thing to do is get hired by Google and make that your 20% project.

Orbling

Americans could learn about the world before Jamestown.

Cerberus

Sure they could. But it would not be cheap, and not be of practical use. Then again, they also did Ngrams.

Orbling

The days when I could've got hired by Google are long behind me, too long in the tooth now.

I have friends working for them though.

Cerberus

Well, tell them to do it!

Robusto

@Cerberus — Not be of practical use? Bite thy tongue, Dutch boy!

It would be of IMMENSE practical use to ME.

Cerberus

02:27

*tongues

Robusto

wevs.

Cerberus

But let's be honest, are you practical?

Robusto

Damn straight.

Orbling

History is intensely practical, it stops you making huge SOAB mistakes over and over.

Cerberus

Straight != practical...

Orbling

02:28

Like invading countries, imperialistic dominance, etc.

Cerberus

I was thinking from Google's perspective here.

Robusto

@Cerberus — I can't help it. I didn't choose to be straight. I was born this way.

Orbling

Google's perspective is its users.

Straightness is a curse.

Cerberus

@Rob: That is sad. Just go to some Christian camp or something and get over it.

Robusto

Well, NGrams isn't going to knock Facebook off the planet anytime soon.

Cerberus

02:29

@Orb: Yeah, but... they'd need enough users interested in that. Could be.

Robusto

@Cerberus — I think by Christian you mean anti-Christian. Common typo.

Orbling

There are anti-Christian camps?

Cerberus

Right. It is all those antipastos...

Robusto

I've only heard rumors.

Cerberus

hungry again

Orbling

02:30

I think the UK might be one.

Cerberus

Haha.

Robusto

No, the UK is anti-Catholic, not anti-Christian.

Cerberus

Is religion still alive and breathing among educated youngsters in England?

Orbling

The word Christian here is practically a synonym for stupid.

Robusto

C of E and all that.

Orbling

02:31

I do know some Christians, granted.

Robusto

So the first mate of the H.M.S. Bounty was Fletcher Stupid? Interesting ...

Cerberus

I know a few rare specimens, but they'd never, ever talk about it, because it is definitely not in vogue here.

Orbling

Out of the 200 odd people I have on Facebook, I count about 5 proper Christians. One of those is American.

Robusto

Gawd, what I wouldn't give to live in a country where the vast majority of people don't believe in mythology.

Finally got it right.

Orbling

Good, I thought you had gone special.

Robusto

02:35

Too much wine. Hard to see the screen.

Orbling

The people who claim to be Christian here, which is a large number, are Christian in the modern CofE sense, which means you have Christenings, Marriages and Funerals in church, and don't step foot in them at any other time, unless you are sightseeing.

Cerberus

"Special"? Hah.

Orbling

The correct method of dealing with actual believers, is derision, mockery and well, more of that really.

Cerberus

Here, about 50% of the entire population don't even call themselves Christians any more.

Orbling

Aye, that's good.

Not seen the latest census results yet, as they were only taken 6 weeks ago.

Robusto

02:37

Something like 75% of Americans attend church regularly and believe in heaven and hell and the whole nine yards.. It really creeps me out.

Cerberus

I once read somewhere that England had relatively high church attendance, but someone else said that was outdated.

You can always emigrate to Europe if Palin conquers the WH!

Orbling

From what I read, the statistic was about 43% of Americans are actual creationists...

Cerberus

Wow.

Robusto

@Cerberus I think you mean that the English have to be high to step into a church.

Orbling

If Palin conquerors the White House, I think Europe needs to emigrate to the moon.

Robusto

02:38

@Orbling — That is a scary thought.

Orbling

On church attendance in the UK, I have three friends that attend regularly, out of hundreds.

Cerberus

Church attendance

Church attendance refers to the reception of religious services offered by a particular church, or more generally, by any religious organisation. Participation statistics Gallup International indicates that 41% of American citizens report they regularly attend religious services, compared to 15% of French citizens, 10% of UK citizens, and 7.5% of Australian citizens. However, these numbers are open to dispute. ReligiousTolerance.org states: :"Church attendance data in the U.S. has been checked against actual values using two different techniques. The true figures show that only about 21...

Haha.

Orbling

I have a lot of Muslim friends who attend mosque regularly.

Cerberus

I knew one classmate from high school, but he emigrated to Curaçao.

Well, not technically emigrated, but moved.

Orbling

Probably for the best.

Cerberus

02:40

Muslim friends? That is kind of cool.

Robusto

I fail to see why anyone would lie about not going to church.

Orbling

Aye, God might be watching and smite them.

Robusto

But how would he know they were lying?

Cerberus

It is probably their mothers and vicars...

They won't know.

Orbling

Muslim friends is highly normal, well in London at least. You can't swing a cat without hitting someone from every country, creed, religion, etc.

Robusto

02:42

And Londoners take their cat-swinging pretty damn seriously, I understand.

Orbling

Incidentally, you can't swing a cat without getting in serious trouble.

Cerberus

About 1/3 of the people in Amsterdam are Muslims too... but they hardly mix.

Robusto

Slinx!

@Cerberus So, a Muslim counts as 1/3 of a person in Holland?

Orbling

LOL, now he's in trouble.

Cerberus

Fine I'll rephrase...

Orbling

02:43

London is so interbred, I would be surprised if 1/3 of each person wasn't.

Cerberus

There.

Heh.

Funny. The groups stay mostly separate here.

Robusto

If I were wealthy I'd definitely keep a flat in London.

Cerberus

They each cling to their own kind.

Orbling

Well, yes, they do here a bit. But only once they hit late teens.

Schools are totally mixed, whether you maintain those friends through adulthood is down to personal bias.

Robusto

I'd go every few months just to do a theater blitz.

Cerberus

02:46

I tutor the "worst off" kids of the Amsterdam gymnasiums (special project), who happen to be all of non-Dutch backgrounds; and I see that, even within their very small group, they sort of hang out with kids of their own ethnic background. I expect that effect to be even stronger in school types where more than 1% is non-Dutch.

Orbling

My primary school class had, CofE, Catholics, Methodists, Baptists, Seventh-Day, Pentecostal, Muslims, Jews, Atheists, Agnostics, Plymouth Brethren, Jehovah's Witness, Buddhist, Shintoist, Hindu, Jain, Sikh, Rastafarian.

Cerberus

Haha wow. Plymouth Brethren, even?

Orbling

1%? My secondary school was over 60% non-English background.

Robusto

My primary school class had Catholics and ... well ... more Catholics.

Cerberus

Those guys are real wackos, aren't they?

Orbling

02:47

I've got a lot of Plymouth Brethrens I know.

Cerberus

I know one.

He is totally fucked up (says so himself).

Orbling

One of my companies major clients is a company of theirs, so I work with them daily, my area has a lot, so I've grown up with them.

Robusto

I thought Chrysler stopped making the Plymouth Brethren.

Orbling

They're not allowed to have friends outside of their group, or socialise at all. Or have TVs, read newspapers, etc.

Cerberus

I believe his parents' sect within the P.B. is among the strictest; there is only one stricter sect, who had been besieged by the FBI in some desert compound once.

Orbling

02:49

lol

Cerberus

I think he meant that seriously hehe.

Orbling

There's an excellent film called Son of Rambow, that shows up the religion a lot.

Cerberus

Hah that plot sounds fun.

Orbling

It's excellent, a quality film, worth watching regardless.

Robusto

@Orbling: Have you seen the film This is England?

Orbling

02:52

I always find it really weird that everywhere else is so, err, unmixed.

Cerberus

Outside Lindin?

Orbling

Everywhere feels parochial.

Cerberus

Haha.

I know the feeling.

Even though I don't mix as much as you do.

Orbling

@Robusto Yes, love that film. Shane Meadows.

Have you seen the follow up series?

Robusto

No.

Orbling

02:55

Do so, if you liked the film.

Four episodes, This is England '86

Robusto

I will.

13 hours ago, by Robusto

In fact, every language but English sounds, well, foreign. I'm surprised foreigners don't realize that.

Orbling

LOL

Have you seen Dead Man's Shoes?

Robusto

Nope.

Orbling

That's also by Shane Meadows and is excellent.

Robusto

I will see if it's available on Netflix.

Orbling

02:57

Cool, bit violent in places mind.

Robusto

Ah, Netflix only has This is England original. Plus Somers Town.

Also Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee

Orbling

Somers Town ain't too bad. Haven't seen Le Donk yet.

Considine is in it though, again, so it is probably great.

Robusto

Comcast only gives us one BBC channel, and it isn't even HD. Sucks.

Orbling

BBC America? Or do you get a feed from a UK channel?

Robusto

I don't recall. I seldom watch it because I only watch HD unless I absolutely can't help it.

Orbling

03:03

I think the BBC have nine channels here. Only one HD.

Robusto

The last thing I watched on BBC non-HD was the series Luther with Idris Elba.

Orbling

HD is still quite rare here.

New series of that starting this week I think.

Robusto

Which was really good, btw.

Orbling

Well, I like period dramas and sci-fi best.

Robusto

The new Dr. Who?

Orbling

03:05

Amongst others, yes, just saw the latest episode before I came online.

It went all Pirates of the Caribbean today.

Just occurred to me that Doctor Who is probably the only thing that is both.

Though I suppose anything with time travel is by default.

You want to watch nice, pleasant things, like Larkrise to Candleford; Cranford; or a Dickens adaptation.

The BBC's Little Dorrit was excellent.

Anyhow, best retire for the night, or possibly day, light is nearly up.

Night lads.

Robusto

Night.

I'm out too. Night all.

Cerberus

03:23

NighT!

I'm out as well.

F'x

10:14

noöne's here, everyone's out; I declare myself Leader Of The Room

please refer to me as LOTR from now on…

RegDwight

11:46

Math is stealing our questions.

11

Q: Where did the word logarithm come from ?

Where did the word logarithm come from ? any relation to the word 'algorithm'?

F'x

revenge! let's steal their math questions… oh, wait, maybe that's what they're after in the first place…

Robusto

2

Q: What's an easy way to remember when to use "affect" or "effect"?

Is there an easy way to remember when to use the word affect or effect in a sentence? It is very confusing, and I still get them mixed up.

pronunciation word-usage mnemonic

Next up: What's an easy way to remember the difference between effectively and affectively?

F'x

@Robusto what about it?

Robusto

I mean, come on.

RegDwight

It's dupish.

Robusto

11:52

Just because you answered it, F'x, doesn't mean it's not a dupe.

F'x

@Robusto never said it's not

RegDwight

I don't think F'x answered that one.

Robusto

Hey, I think I just busted Jeff Atwood [snicker]:

RegDwight

But I might be blind.

Robusto

0

A: What does the kitten get?

It means the kitten will be killed, and it is a humorous (i.e. not intended to be taken literally) threat similar to (and perhaps derived from) this cover of the National Lampoon from January, 1973: Although the threats in both cases are mock threats, Jeff Atwood still wants you to upvote ques...

Check out the image.

RegDwight

11:54

Well I'll upvote anything with an image in it.

F'x

@RegDwight same for me; also, I upvote anything with a giant red quote

Robusto

There's a good lad.

@Fx I know, right?

F'x

@Robusto now I even voted to close it

RegDwight

@Robusto Hear that, Robusto? Add a quote, and F'x will click the upvote button a second time.

Robusto

@Fx You, sir, are a man of principle. Even if you come to it late. :)

Mr. Disappointment

11:55

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Q: What's an easy way to remember when to use "affect" or "effect"?

Is there an easy way to remember when to use the word affect or effect in a sentence? It is very confusing, and I still get them mixed up.

pronunciation word-usage mnemonic

RegDwight

The pageman approach.

@MrDisappointment Very slow jinx.

Mr. Disappointment

Isn't this more than clearly related? As in, proper dupe? Why are we answering dupes at all?

F'x

@RegDwight if you were next to me, I would consider slapping you with a glove

RegDwight

@MrDisappointment Because not everyone remembers every question ever.

Mr. Disappointment

Owww, jinx? Maybe there's a pattern emerging..

F'x

11:57

@MrDisappointment affect (as in "have an effect on") is not directly linked to "affective", so I thought it was not answered by the original question

RegDwight

0

Q: How to Remember the Difference Between Effective and Affective?

I always confuse the two and I have no way of telling them apart! Help!

word-choice

Mr. Disappointment

But the answer even references the other question. :/

RegDwight

Okay, WTF, whose sockpuppet is asking this?

F'x

we can close it, but it's nice that it has a specific answer of its own, isn't it?

Robusto

We expect our jinxes to be produced in a sprightly fashion, Mr. Disappointment. You have been a severe Disappointment in this and pretty much all things.

RegDwight

11:57

Now I get it. Robusto posted the wrong link here in chat.

He meant this question.

Hence the "F'x answered it."

Robusto

Oh, darn. You're right. I'm so not good at link copying this early in the morning.

RegDwight

And in fact, Mr. Disappointment posted the wrong link, too.

Mr. Disappointment

@F'x Given the wiki / super information centre the SE is, I thought we encouraged all info in one place? Obviously not unrelated info, but when something could still be elaborated on

RegDwight

Hence the "the answer links to that question".

This is an extra-super jinx, when two people mean A but post B.

Robusto

That's an occulted jinx.

And "hijinks" actually refers to the jinx that occurs when two people greet each other with the same greeting at the same time. Don't bother to look it up, it's a fact.

Mr. Disappointment

12:00

@Robusto Maybe I'll work out the whole jinxing mechanisms, one day, until then, you've lost me. ;)

Robusto

@MrDisappointment — You're such a Disappointment™.

RegDwight

Apr 17 at 2:00, by Robusto

@RegDwight — The rules of Jinx are clear and inflexible.

What's there not to understand?

Mr. Disappointment

@RegDwight How did I post the wrong question?

Robusto

Original citation:

chat.stackexchange.com:80/users/1460/robusto

Mr. Disappointment

That was the question I intentionally posted here. :/

RegDwight

12:01

4 mins ago, by Mr. Disappointment

But the answer even references the other question. :/

Robusto

Feb 17 at 21:19, by Robusto

"The rules of Jinx are clear and inflexible." — Pam Beesley, The Office

RegDwight

It only does so on this recent one.

Robusto

Why won't it work?

Oh, now it did.

RegDwight

If you want to retreat from your jinx, Mr. D, so be it, but only after handing over Robusto's coke.

Robusto

WTF?

Mr. Disappointment

12:03

Yeah, WTF?

RegDwight

http://chat.stackexchange.com:80/users/1460/robusto

That's what that link says.

That's not an original citation.

I mean, it is a citation, just not original.

Robusto

It's the original citation here, I beleve. That's all that matters in EL&U chat.

F'x

that link reminds me of the biggest FAIL of the chat interface:
instead of "start a new room with this user", it should clearly say "get a room with this user"

RegDwight

Apr 7 at 13:50, by RegDwight

You have to get a chambre séparée.

F'x

that, and the fact that the stupid thing doesn't handly copy-paste :(

Robusto

12:06

@Fx — Uh-huh .... uhh ... yeah. Then nobody except doggies would use it.

RegDwight

Anyhow, what shall we do with this one?

2

Q: What's an easy way to remember when to use "affect" or "effect"?

Is there an easy way to remember when to use the word affect or effect in a sentence? It is very confusing, and I still get them mixed up.

pronunciation word-usage mnemonic

F'x

@RegDwight you know, quoting from a database to pass a Turing test is not a new strategy; doing it very frequently makes others suspicious; but adding blockquote formatting kind of defeats the purpose

RegDwight

Some people seem to think that it's distinct enough.

I'm not so sure.

Robusto

@RegDwight failed his Turing test so many times he's not allowed to take it for 6 months.

RegDwight

I mean, keeping this one open would essentially allow two versions of every question: "What is the answer to X?" and "What is the answer to X and how do I remember it?"

Robusto

12:09

Yeah.

F'x

@RegDwight that's a compelling argument

Robusto

Hey, regarding the "kitten gets it" question, the original statement by Jeff @wood — and by the way, how do you make a capital @?— why doesn't SE just automatically record an upvote to a question every time someone supplies an answer?

F'x

I'd say more: I don't think you could be more convincing without adding a kitten pic

Mr. Disappointment

@RegDwight An answer of the original could be merged with others to provide a single source of information regarding these words - IMO, I don't see the point in having them separate.

RegDwight

@MrDisappointment That's what I'm thinking. They should be merged.

I mean, Cerberus' answer only mentions nouns in comments, for example.

So every question is incomplete in its own ways.

0

A: What does the kitten get?

Far as I know, the phrase dates from captions to this photo, some 10 years' back. The "it" in question is self explanatory.

Today is the International Point Guns at Your Animals Day.

Robusto

12:15

Also known as Mother's Day in the U.S.

RegDwight

Hahahaha.

Robusto

But I think the whole meme did derive from that National Lampoon cover.

Mr. Disappointment

@Fx Slso, I think it certainly is, the difference is that no answers went to the bother of explaining the similarities, differences and usages - it didn't encompass all, but simply provided, say, only what the asker asked for - this might be fine, but now that someone wants to know something further, we have a chance to combine a single informative source given these words.

RegDwight

@Robusto Quite likely.

F'x

@Robusto maybe, but your picture has a dog in it, so you'll get fewer votes than those with cats :)

Robusto

12:17

@Fx — Not the same thing at all.

RegDwight

@Fx If you're implying that more people like cats than dogs, then surely people would be more eager to upvote pictures of dogs in danger and dislike those of cats being threatened.

Robusto

And

ngrams.googlelabs.com/…

RegDwight

@Robusto Oh well, there goes my theory.

Now you are screwed.

Robusto

RegDwight

So pictures with cats being threatened must be more popular, after all.

Robusto

12:20

Undeniable proof.

RegDwight

Apr 1 at 12:29, by RegDwight

Robusto

@RegDwight You don't know that. Plenty of dog references probably refer to blood sport, after all.

Michael Vick

Michael Dwayne Vick (born June 26, 1980) is an American football quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League. He played for the Atlanta Falcons for six seasons before serving time in prison for his involvement in an illegal dog fighting ring. Vick played college football at Virginia Tech, where as a freshman he placed third in the Heisman Trophy balloting. He left after his sophomore year to enter the NFL and was drafted first overall by the Atlanta Falcons in the 2001 NFL Draft. He became the first African-American quarterback to be selected first overall in ...

RegDwight

Stupid Michael, involves himself in an illegal dog fighting ring. Should have picked a legal dog fighting ring instead. D'oh!

F'x

Robusto

Well, that's athletes for you.

RegDwight

12:23

@Fx This only proves that dogs are serious people, while cats are laughable.

Robusto

Word.

F'x

@Robusto Syllable

@Robusto but I swear, that game is bo-ring

Robusto

Loldogz don't ask if they can haz cheezburger. They just jump up and grab it off the table.

RegDwight

Off the meat truck.

Robusto

@Fx — What game?

RegDwight

12:24

Word is not a game.

It's Microsoft's serious business.

F'x

RegDwight

Sweet.

Mr. Disappointment

Haha

OK, I'ma leave you comedians to it, got to run for now...

TTYL.

F'x

@Cerberus: and here's one for you

@MrDisappointment see you

Robusto

F'x

12:29

@Robusto earth.google.com/rome

Robusto

Suh-weet!

F'x

ok, work calling, see you!

Robusto

cya

I can't get how to do the flyover stuff ... hmm.

RegDwight

Sorry, busy commenting on the main site. Sup?

@Robusto Which flyover stuff?

Robusto

Click F'x's link 4 lines up

RegDwight

12:41

Ah.

Hm. It's all in German. And the language selected in the dropdown is "English (US)".

Robusto

Would be nice if they mentioned how to actually freakin' do it.

RegDwight

Stupid Google, how does it work?

Robusto

I've got it installed and everything, but it doesn't show how to run it.

RegDwight

I used to have Google Earth in a Win2000 VMWare on my machine at work.

I can't be arsed to install it here.

Robusto

15:27

@RegDwight: One more reason I don't frequent SO much anymore.

2

Q: flash: as3 fullscreen mode problem - screen stays black

Hi folks, i'm trying to create a fullscreen slideshow with as3. My problem now is that if I click the fullscreen button too quick (--> before the image has been loaded and hasn't therefore been added to the stage) the screen just stays black and nothing is working anymore (the following images a...

flash actionscript-3 fullscreen

Them pesky Germans. I thought they were all supposed to be precise and logical.

RegDwight

thx alot for your reply!yah i already did that

Robusto

15:40

The thing is, if he did it he didn't do it right.

I don't think he understands how events work in Flash/Flex.

RegDwight

I would agree with that just going by the comments, without even knowing jack about Flash.

Robusto

Why do I even bother? If you have to bear-lead someone through an entire education in the event model for maybe just a single upvote, what's the point?

RegDwight

Well, that's why nobody forces you to answer questions on SO. You have a safe refugium over at Skeptics.

Or Parenting, in fact. This is where you can tell people how to tell their children how to learn Flash.

Robusto

Hahaha.

Going for a walk. TTYL.

RegDwight

Have fun!

F'x

19:40

how come noöne is here having fun on the EL&U chat on a nice Sunday evening/afternoon

don't pretend like you have a life!

RegDwight

20:39

22

A: Should downvotes on questions be "free"?

Even at -1 rep per downvote, I can see how it can feel like the penalty adds up after a few downvotes: "I would downvote this, but I've already downvoted 5 other answers. I don't want to lose more rep today." Loss aversion is a very strong (de)motivator, so people avoid downvoting due to the rep ...

@Fx I don't have a life, but I do have LEGO.

zizi

22:46

why doesnt have anything about multi-media or something like that?

RegDwight

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Q: What's the word for "twelvely"?

If something is nested twice, it's "double nested" If something is nested three times, it's "triple nested" If something is nested twelve times, it's ... What? "Dodecly nested?" Thanks! Edit: not really sure what the tags for this would be. Feel free to retag at will. :-) Edit2: Apparently, ...

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Q: How to form single, double, triple... and uni-, bi-, tri-... words?

I'm not sure what these are called, but how can I form a word like "quadruple" for any number I want? Like 5× as much is quintuple, what is 31× as much or 147× as much? I want to know how they are formed so I can make my own. Similarly, how do I construct the prefixes, such as unicycle, bicycle,...

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