English Language & Usage: Multi-Layered Discourse Room

Kitḫ

07:09

@Cerb Are you awake, my friend?

Mahnax

Oh, I'm not alone in here.

Cerberus

@Kitḫ hai!

Awake, yes.

Sober, no.

Mahnax

Have you been doing naughty things again?

Kitḫ

Yay! Drunk Cerb!

Cerberus

@Mahnax Maybe.

Mahnax

07:11

Oh, Drunk Cerb is a good thing?

Kitḫ

But, wait. It's what? 8am there?

Cerberus

Don't ask/tell me.

Yes, 8 am.

Kitḫ

giggle

Mahnax

Well, that's what happens on Friday night/Saturday morning.

Cerberus

Can't have the night and eat it too.

Kitḫ

07:12

Did you take a friend home?

Cerberus

Nope.

"A friend", I like that.

Kitḫ

Ach, well.

Cerberus

I could have, of course.

Kitḫ

Naturally.

Cerberus

But you know I am usually quite prudish.

Kitḫ

07:13

And ~~picky~~ choosy.

Cerberus

I absolutely hate sleeping next to someone.

Kitḫ

I can't sleep.

Cerberus

So I noticed.

Kitḫ

I am so tired.

Cerberus

Did you get some sleep already?

Kitḫ

07:14

Bits and snatches. Just enough to piss me off.

Cerberus

Aww.

Kitḫ

Oh hey! I got promoted!

Cerberus

Are you sure it isn't stress?

Promoted?

Kitḫ

Can't be stress. No stress.

@Cerberus Officer Kit.

Mahnax

Ran out of energy :(

Cerberus

07:15

Oh!

Congratulations!

Kitḫ

@Mahnax Go to bed!

Mahnax

@Kitḫ I don't wanna!

Cerberus

@Kitḫ Well, I don't know what's wrong in your case, but I had something similar a few weeks ago, no stress either.

Mahnax

It's Friday night and it's only quarter past twelve.

Kitḫ

@Mahnax wags finger

@Cerberus Aha! So I caught it from you!

Cerberus

07:16

Slept only 4–5 hours max, no matter how tired. But it passed, after two or three weeks of suffering.

Mahnax

@Kitḫ Oh, anything but that! gasps

Kitḫ

Cripes, next thing I know I'll catch the "hang out to the wee hours making out with girls" bug.

Cerberus

I think what helped was going to bed the exact same time every day.

@Kitḫ God forbid.

TofeeqAhmad

hi

@ all

Kitḫ

Hola.

@Cerberus i no rite

Cerberus

07:17

I met an old fling, with whom I always have this great vibe, though I don't think we could ever have something serious.

Hi Ahmad!

Mahnax

@TofeeqAhmad Hello.

Kitḫ

Think what that might do to my marriage...

TofeeqAhmad

how can someone improve his/her english communication

Kitḫ

Practice!

TofeeqAhmad

@Mahnax

Cerberus

07:18

@Kitḫ Oh, that thing. Yes.

@TofeeqAhmad Come here and chat!

Mahnax

Yeah, practice.

Kitḫ

@Cerberus Ah! Was that good or distressing?

TofeeqAhmad

@Kith:any suggestion for way of practice

@Cerberus:ok

Kitḫ

Come here and chat with us!

Mahnax

52 secs ago, by Cerberus

@TofeeqAhmad Come here and chat!

Kitḫ

07:19

And tell us if you want us to correct you.

Cerberus

@Kitḫ We kissed, so it was fine. There never was anything serious; just the occasional exchange.

TofeeqAhmad

@Cerberus:

oj

Cerberus

Oj to you too, my friend!

Mahnax

Mmm, OJ. Is the the Simpson, or the juice?

TofeeqAhmad

@Kit:yes i want help from you

@Mahnax:its was mistake

oj

oj means nothing

Mahnax

07:21

@TofeeqAhmad I know.

TofeeqAhmad

@Mahnax:what you do guys

Kitḫ

What do we do?

Mahnax

@TofeeqAhmad In what sense?

TofeeqAhmad

@All : i mean by profession

Kitḫ

Or what are we doing?

Ah, professionally.

TofeeqAhmad

07:23

yes

@Kit

Mahnax

Oh, well I work in a fast food restaurant.

TofeeqAhmad

nice

yaar

Kitḫ

I write the codez that makes the whole world sing.

Mahnax

Heh, I am only 15, so it's not bad.

@Kitḫ Well, sometimes they make you not sing.

TofeeqAhmad

sure its not bad :)

Kitḫ

07:23

BTW, you can edit your lines if you use the up arrow.

TofeeqAhmad

@Kit

nice

thanks

Mahnax

@TofeeqAhmad Are you a programmer?

Kitḫ

What do you do for work, @Tofeeq?

Jinx-ish!

TofeeqAhmad

yes im programmer

Mahnax

You forgot "a".

Yes, I'm a programmer.

TofeeqAhmad

07:25

i work on mobile application in android

Kitḫ

Interesting.

Mahnax

And I make iOS apps.

Cerberus

What i sthe application about?

TofeeqAhmad

ok

Cerberus

Is it hard to code for Android?

TofeeqAhmad

07:26

no at all

from where you are?

Mahnax

I'm from Canada.

Cerberus

Even for someone who doesn't know any programming languages?

TofeeqAhmad

@Kit:gone?

Cerberus

I am from Amsterdam.

Mahnax

Sleep it off, Cerb.

TofeeqAhmad

07:26

@Cerberus:then its impossible

Cerberus

You?

Kitḫ

Usually we'd say "Where are you from?" I'm from the US.

TofeeqAhmad

he has to learn programming language first

@Kit

Cerberus

@Mahnax Yeah I should. I think I'm approaching sobriety at last. And getting nauseous.

Kitḫ

Agreed.

TofeeqAhmad

07:27

thanks Kith

Cerberus

I only know Autohotkey.

Mahnax

@Cerberus Hmm.

Cerberus

A very simple language that people here look down on.

Kitḫ

@Cerberus Oh dear.

Mahnax

How about HTML? Do you know HTML?

Kitḫ

07:28

Drink water!

TofeeqAhmad

@Cerberus: i did not get

Cerberus

@Kitḫ I have already drunk buckets.

TofeeqAhmad

@Mahnax:i know

Cerberus

@Mahnax Not really, alas.

Kitḫ

@Cerberus Eat charcoal!

Mahnax

07:28

@TofeeqAhmad Hmm, that was directed to Cerberus, but I was fairly certain you would know it.

@Cerberus Pfft. Start with that!

TofeeqAhmad

@Mahnax:tell me

Cerberus

@TofeeqAhmad Autohotkey is a very simple language; people here look down on Autohotkey = they think it is not good.

Kitḫ

@TofeeqAhmad "I know" is general. You want "I know it." or "I know that."

Mahnax

@TofeeqAhmad Tell you what?

Cerberus

@Kitḫ Hmm if only I had any.

Kitḫ

07:29

@Cerberus Antacids?

Cerberus

@Mahnax I might; but when do I ever need that?

@Kitḫ Never heard of that...

Kitḫ

Don't bother with HTML.

Mahnax

@Cerberus Good point.

It's actually fairly useless for most people.

Cerberus

Yeah unless you need to make websites.

Kitḫ

@Cerberus uh, like bicarbonate of soda...baking soda!

@Cerberus And even then, not so much.

Cerberus

07:31

Hmm I don't think I have that either. Didn't know it helped against nausea!

TofeeqAhmad

@Cerberus:html is not so much difficult

Mahnax

@Cerberus You don't have baking soda‽

Cerberus

@Kitḫ Really? By using a program like Frontpage?

Kitḫ

@Cerberus Well, it should help suck up the metabolites that are making you feel ill.

@Cerberus barfs

Cerberus

@TofeeqAhmad Maybe not: but it is still a lot of work to learn it, if you don't know it...

Mahnax

07:32

@Cerberus Ew ew ew.

Kitḫ

Any sort of antioxidant should help too.

TofeeqAhmad

@ All : is today not a working day in canada?

Mahnax

Do avocados have antioxidants in them?

Cerberus

@Mahnax Nope! I know it only from children's books.

Kitḫ

@Cerberus Not true. I think you could learn the basics of HTML in a day.

TofeeqAhmad

07:32

you seems enjoying it

Mahnax

@Cerberus Oh my.

@TofeeqAhmad Right now it is midnight, in Canada.

TofeeqAhmad

@Kit:right

Kitḫ

@Cerberus But you bake! How can you not have baking soda?

Cerberus

@Kitḫ Hmm I think I already began learning them some time long ago, then forgot.

TofeeqAhmad

@Kit: i taught html to my student as coaching class.and she is just 12 year old

Cerberus

07:33

@Kitḫ What is it used for again?

TofeeqAhmad

she learn it with in 10 days

Mahnax

That's what I'm wondering, how do you bake without it?

Kitḫ

@TofeeqAhmad "you seem to be enjoying it." You'll want to link with an infinitive there.

Mahnax

I learned HTML when I was 11.

Cerberus

@TofeeqAhmad Nice.

Kitḫ

07:34

HTML hadn't been invented yet when I was 11.

Mahnax

Aww.

Kitḫ

I already knew Basic, Fortran, and assembly by then though.

Cerberus

@Kitḫ In 1996? Lies.

TofeeqAhmad

@Cerberus:if you need any help regarding programming language ,,then i am here with you

Kitḫ

@Cerberus Haw haw haw.

Cerberus

07:35

@TofeeqAhmad Haha, OK, thanks!

TofeeqAhmad

@Kit:oh

Cerberus

So what is baking powder used for?

Kitḫ

@Cerberus Baking. It's a leavening agent.

Cerberus

Ohhh, I see. I just use yeast when I need that.

TofeeqAhmad

@Cerberus:sorry i do not know

Mahnax

07:36

@Cerberus !!!!! Even in cookies?

Kitḫ

@TofeeqAhmad I think you mean "I am here for you" which express helpfulness.

TofeeqAhmad

@Kit: in which language you do coding?

@Kit:yes

Kitḫ

@TofeeqAhmad Now? VB.Net and SQL scripting mostly.

Cerberus

@TofeeqAhmad Hmm which line of mine were you replying to? If you hover your mouse over my line, you see a little grey arrow on the right. If you click that, you reply directly to my line.

Kitḫ

"I am here with you" is more sympathetic.

Cerberus

07:37

@Mahnax Hmm no, I have never used any leavening agent in cookies!

TofeeqAhmad

@Cerberus:ok

@Cerberus: you know cooking too man?

Mahnax

@Cerberus You make odd cookies, my friend.

Cerberus

@TofeeqAhmad I like cooking!

TofeeqAhmad

@Cerberus:its very interesting

Mahnax

Everyone likes a good piparkakku once in a while.

TofeeqAhmad

07:38

@Cerberus: i hear that canada is very cool country

Cerberus

@Mahnax But why do cookies need air? Does that improve their consistency?

TofeeqAhmad

right?

Cerberus

@TofeeqAhmad Yes, but Mahnax lives there.

TofeeqAhmad

@Kit: thanx

Mahnax

@Cerberus What's that supposed to mean?

Cerberus

07:39

@TofeeqAhmad Have you tried the grey arrow yet?

@Mahnax Ehh that you live in Canada?

Mahnax

@Cerberus That also makes little sense.

@Cerberus Hmm, the "but" makes it sound funny to my ears.

Kitḫ

Cerb is intoxicated after all.

Mahnax

@Cerberus So they are not dense and/or rock hard.

Cerberus

@Mahnax I know. "Yes it is cold, but I don't live in Canada, while Mahnax does."

Kitḫ

Yes, it does. Cookies without baking soda is madness! Madness, you hear?

TofeeqAhmad

07:40

@Kit: where are you from?

Kitḫ

@Cerberus Ooohhhhh. That's what you meant.

Cerberus

@Mahnax Hmm I don't know, I think I like hard cookies. But perhaps softer is even better.

Mahnax

@Cerberus Okay, that makes more sense.

Kitḫ

@TofeeqAhmad US. Eastern seaboard.

TofeeqAhmad

@Cerberus:oh i mix it up

Mahnax

07:41

@Cerberus There are good hard cookies, but the best are soft IMO.

Kitḫ

@Cerberus giggles

@Mahnax giggles harder

Mahnax

@Kitḫ Get out of here. Not literally.

Cerberus

@Mahnax Hmm perhaps that is typically North American?

Kitḫ

I am so tired...

Mahnax

@Cerberus I think so.

TofeeqAhmad

07:42

@Mahnax:ha ha

@Kit: sleep

Cerberus

@Kitḫ You think you're ready for another stretch of sleep?

TofeeqAhmad

?

Kitḫ

@Cerberus Probably because we are less inclined to eat our biscuits with coffee or tea.

@Cerberus Drugs haven't kicked in yet.

Or maybe they have but I've ignored them.

Mahnax

@Cerberus Do you ever make chocolate chip cookies?

Kitḫ

How long have I been here?

Cerberus

07:43

@Kitḫ Hmm, could be, though I know baking powder is also a classical ingredient in baking here.

@Kitḫ Sleeping pill?

TofeeqAhmad

@all : good bye..

Mahnax

@Kitḫ Half an hour, maybe.

Kitḫ

@Cerberus That's completely different!

Mahnax

@TofeeqAhmad Bye. Come again!

Cerberus

@Mahnax No, but I might like to!

Kitḫ

07:43

@TofeeqAhmad Bye! Visit again any time!

Mahnax

@Cerberus They are very good.

Cerberus

@Kitḫ Huh, what?

TofeeqAhmad

@Kit:yea sure

Cerberus

@TofeeqAhmad Bye!

Kitḫ

@Cerberus No, some expectorant that makes me sleepy.

Cerberus

07:44

@Mahnax I do eat them!

Kitḫ

@Cerberus Baking powder and baking soda are completely different.

Mahnax

@Cerberus Oh good. Life without them would be horrible.

Cerberus

@Kitḫ Ah OK.

@Kitḫ Oh shit.

Now I shall have to Wiki the two.

In Dutch I only know bakpoeder.

Mahnax

Then again, torttu are better than choc. chip.

Kitḫ

Baking powder contains baking soda, but also other stuff.

Mahnax

07:45

Hey @Jasper.

Kitḫ

@Mahnax Mmm, pinwheels.

Mahnax

@Kitḫ They are torttu.

Om nom.

user19161

@Mahnax You not sleeping?

Mahnax

@JasperLoy Nein.

Kitḫ

@Mahnax Right. Like I said, pinwheels.

user19161

07:46

@Mahnax Looks like your pythons!

Mahnax

@Kitḫ >:( You and your Americanizations.

@JasperLoy Somewhat, actually!

At least we can all agree that they are delicious.

Kitḫ

@Mahnax You and your Canadianizations!

user19161

@Mahnax Certainly, everything I say is true!

Mahnax

@Kitḫ It's not Canadian, se on suomalainen.

Cerberus

Hmm baking powder actually sounds attractive.

Mahnax

07:47

@JasperLoy Right, forgot about that.

Cerberus

Can I bake bread with it?

Instead of yeast?

I hate the smell of yeast.

Mahnax

@Cerberus I would stick with yeast there.

Kitḫ

@Mahnax Finnish or not, it's not really torttu. Torttu is more like a tort!

Cerberus

What happens if I use baking powder instead?

Mahnax

@Kitḫ Yes it is, that is what they are called in Finnish.

Kitḫ

07:48

@Cerberus It will taste funny.

Mahnax

@Cerberus I don't know. You can make biscuits with baking powder.

Cerberus

@Kitḫ Hmm really? Like what?

Yeast makes it taste funny too.

Mahnax

Not cookie biscuits, but savoury biscuits, to be buttered.

Kitḫ

cookingchoice.com/htdoc/breads/baking_powder_breads.shtml

Cerberus

@Mahnax OK.

Kitḫ

07:49

Personally, I prefer yeast. Reminds me of beer.

Mmm, milk bread. Forgot about that.

Really no yeast in it? Lemme see...

Mahnax

I've only made bread once.

Cerberus

@Kitḫ Hmm so maybe it won't work in a bread maker?

user19161

I have done zero cooking.

Cerberus

@Kitḫ Standard recipes for milk bread here include yeast.

Mahnax

@JasperLoy Learn! It is fun.

Kitḫ

07:50

Here try this one. One of my all-time faves.

I had no idea it didn't use yeast, or I would have made them more often.

Mahnax

The curry I made today was not very flavourful.

user19161

@Mahnax Did the curry kill you?

Kitḫ

Bummer. Did you use curry paste, brown sugar, and fish sauce?

Mahnax

@JasperLoy Nope.

simchona

Evening all

Cerberus

07:52

@Kitḫ Looks good.

Kitḫ

Hi @sim.

@Cerberus So good. Man, you don't even know how good.

Mahnax

@Kitḫ No, I think I made a very non-traditional curry. I don't even know if it truly is curry.

Hey @simchona.

Kitḫ

@Mahnax What did you put in it?

simchona

I'm travelling so my wMT time will either e very high or very low. Also, on iPhone.

Cerberus

@Kitḫ I can only conjecture! And freshly baked bread is so good already!

Kitḫ

07:53

@simchona Hey, what happened the other day? With the deleted messages?

Cerberus

@simchona That sounds logical.

Kitḫ

You get in a fight with Sonic?

Mahnax

@Kitḫ Hmm, curry powder, tomatoes, onion, garlic, oil, chicken.

Salt & pepper too, obviously.

Kitḫ

Huh. And coconut milk?

Mahnax

Yes, that too.

Cerberus

07:54

Perhaps you should have added more salt.

Kitḫ

Did you add other vegetables?

Mahnax

No, I didn't.

Cerberus

Lots of salt + curry powder should be enough.

Kitḫ

Did you fry the garlic first?

Mahnax

Yeah.

simchona

07:55

I don't remember how to reply to specific messages @kit but yes. He implied that because he can read the transcript he knows everything that goes on in my life.

I didn't take kindly to that.

Kitḫ

Sonic did?

simchona

Mhm.

Cerberus

@simchona Hover over someone's line, click the grey arrow on the right.

Kitḫ

I can see why that would bother you, but he's just a kid. I'm sure he was just playing around?

Mahnax

@Kitḫ Curry powder + oil roasted for a couple mins, then add garlic and onions for 2 more, then chicken for 10, then everything else.

Kitḫ

07:56

@Cerberus aedia says that doesn't work on smartphone, I think.

simchona

@cerb-- I'm in mobile

Cerberus

Ahhh.

Then you are without hope.

simchona

@kit -- maybe. But it bothers me nonetheless

Are my pings even working?

Cerberus

Yes.

Kitḫ

@Mahnax ...That should have worked. Huh. Maybe fresh peppers next time?

@simchona I can certainly understand that.

Mahnax

07:57

@Kitḫ Or more curry powder. Is 2 tbsp enough?

Cerberus

I really think it is too little salt.

Kitḫ

@Mahnax I would think so.

Mahnax

@Cerberus Could be that.

Cerberus

@Mahnax Depends very much on the powder.

Kitḫ

I usually use 2 T of paste.

I like the paste better than the powder.

Mahnax

07:58

@Cerberus I think it's just generic grocery store powder.

simchona

Also, @cerb and @kit -- I gave @mahnax a brief rundown of the last few months. Very brief and blurby

Cerberus

@Mahnax Hmm that can be weak, at least here.

Kitḫ

@simchona Oh! Everything good?

Mahnax

@Cerberus I think it is weak.

Cerberus

@simchona Hmm, oh?

Mahnax

07:58

It got drowned in coconut milk.

Kitḫ

@Mahnax Yeah, might as well make your own.

Cerberus

@Mahnax If so, then there's your answer!

Mahnax

@Kitḫ Oh, how would one go about doing that?

@Cerberus I suppose so!

simchona

@kit yup. All good--just giving him a little perspective on why I do certain things

Cerberus

I buy my curry powder from Asian guys at the market.

The kind with outside stalls.

No way I could ever top that.

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