@Martha Actually, I do. It's just that in those circles nobody would ever utter that sentence, because everybody takes it for granted that the radio is playing 18th century Hungarian dance music.
Ah, here it is: Dance from Pest Conductor: István Kertész Artist Name/Performers: Budapest Baroque Strings Name of CD: Saltus Hungaricus - Dance Music from Hungary Label: Hungaroton Catalog Number: 12445-2
Please present your next idea.
Did you buy her a present?
No vacancies at present.
Do all the bold words have the same spelling, yet all of them have different means based on the context?
I don't know if I ought to share this... but you can circumvent the requirement by adding some HTML that doesn't appear, like <!-- asdfasdfasdfasdf -->
Psst @FX_ you shouldn't be asking that question on the main site. But to answer your question, I works because I haven't actually written that answer, it was Kosmonaut. The 30-character rule only applies to original answers, there are no restrictions on plagiarism.
can anyone please furnish me with a word or short phrase that would eloquently describe a person who has never had to countenance failure
one who is so self satisfied and self assured with himself he has no humility
Im afraid, any ideas such as super smug prig (my own personal favourite)
would ...
Perhaps you could carry around with you this list of 125,000 Shakespearean insults, and just rattle one of those off, like: I'm such a bootless, beetle-headed boor-pig and call your friend a droning, doghearted bladder.
http://www.ariel.com.au/jokes/Shakespearean_Insults.html
BTW @Kosmonaut if you're wondering why I have flagged one of vgv8's comments, that's because he's asking the presumably Russian OP in Russian if he may reply to the question in Russian.
Interestingly, the phrase is kind of ambiguous. If you enter "Илья, на русском можно высказаться?", Google Translate goes with "Ilya, you can speak in Russian?" That's another possible reading, but I don't think that's the intended meaning here.
Though God knows, in this particular case I guess both could be true at the same time.
Kind of, can you explain the question to me in Russian and may I reply in Russian.
Yeah, context helps. I mean there have been a few comments (mostly) in Japanese as well, but the context made it clear that it wasn't Yakuza messing with one another.
Nohat has a very high reputation on EL&U. If this stays here, it could get voted up and end up chosen as best answer. And eventually, it could get cited in Wikipedia and change our wikiality.
And then.... those poor Kiwis will be hunted down by the hundreds!!!!
I think the powers that be will come crushing down on us really hard really soon. First the Martha nomination, then Kosmonaut's, er, my "Yes" answer, and now this.
@Kosmonaut Oh and by the way, Yi Jiang must have changed the format indeed. Note how waiwai says in his nomination "Of the 7 badges that Yi Jiang has identified as important...", but there are actually 8 badges in that list now. So it appears that he has kicked out a badge I don't have and added two I do have.
Proposed Q&A site for people who have interest on spiritual concepts, change ideas and theories, and most important learn and be better. some Issues treated here are Karma, Soul, love, hate, basic ideas proposed by L. Ron Hubbard (1911–1986).
Currently in defintion.
Man, now the M works but the period doesn't. Damn you, cheap Russian keyboard.
Ei! wie schmeckt der Coffee süße, Lieblicher als tausend Küsse, Milder als Muskatenwein. Coffee, Coffee muss ich haben, Und wenn jemand mich will laben, Ach, so schenkt mir Coffee ein!
They use the English spelling of coffee is what I'm saying.
I notice that many online articles geared toward programmers refer to boolean variables, which are variables that have only two states: true or false. Is this correct usage? I'd contend that the "b" in Boolean should be capitalized because the term Boolean is named after mathematician George Bool...
I will probably get a lot of flak about this, but why not combine the often used together words "with the" into "withe" which is pronounced the same, and it much shorter and easier to write?
I am sure there are other candidates for such concatenations, which are bound to show up especially in th...
I'm finding it hard to take that one seriously after "PS. English is my 2nd language." ... So, that makes one and a half languages for him? Oh, sorry, one andahalf.
Adjectives that derive from a proper noun are written in capital case; it is also true for nouns, even if in some cases nouns that derives from proper nouns are not written in capital case.
American, from the noun America
Americana, from the noun America
Italian, from the noun Italy
Martian, fr...
@Robusto - I'm not sure there is. Or rather, I don't think nuances work that way - put too many of them side-by-side and they cease to exist. Or something.
@MichaelMyers, dunno if I've heard of such a game.
@Martha It's like Mad Libs with jokes. There are cards like "What's the difference between ____ and ____?", and you draw two noun cards to put in the blanks. Then whoever makes the funniest joke out of that (as determined by voting) is the winner.
From a linguistic perspective, would it be possible to build a build a system for Contextual Grammar checking (ie. making sure the sentence is not only grammatically correct in order of noun/verb/etc, but also in the correct usage of words)?
[in case that was too far out there: the usual phrasing in our household is "somebody needs to take the trash out". Thus, whoever does so is availing him/herself of a chance to become somebody.]
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“Is become” vs “has become”
This is a famous quote from J. Robert Oppenheimer after the successful detonation of the first nuclear weapon. The quote comes from the Bhagavad Gita, a sacred Hindu scripture.
This quote has bothered me since I f...
My question is, this question was closed. But there is no reference to the question it was duplicating. Is that function-by-design, or did the original disappear somehow?
D'oh! Never mind!
It's right there at the top where I couldn't see it.
I was looking in the "Closed by" box for the information.
Please present your next idea.
Did you buy her a present?
No vacancies at present.
Do all the bold words have the same spelling, yet all of them have different means based on the context?
can anyone please furnish me with a word or short phrase that would eloquently describe a person who has never had to countenance failure
one who is so self satisfied and self assured with himself he has no humility
Im afraid, any ideas such as super smug prig (my own personal favourite)
would ...
Perhaps you could carry around with you this list of 125,000 Shakespearean insults, and just rattle one of those off, like: I'm such a bootless, beetle-headed boor-pig and call your friend a droning, doghearted bladder.
http://www.ariel.com.au/jokes/Shakespearean_Insults.html
Because, you see, the fruit actually comes from the Kiwi bird from New Zealand:
Adjectives that derive from a proper noun are written in capital case; it is also true for nouns, even if in some cases nouns that derives from proper nouns are not written in capital case.
American, from the noun America
Americana, from the noun America
Italian, from the noun Italy
Martian, fr...
Is there any particular reason why days of the week are proper nouns?
What is the difference between assess and evaluate?
From a linguistic perspective, would it be possible to build a build a system for Contextual Grammar checking (ie. making sure the sentence is not only grammatically correct in order of noun/verb/etc, but also in the correct usage of words)?
Possible Duplicate:
“Is become” vs “has become”
This is a famous quote from J. Robert Oppenheimer after the successful detonation of the first nuclear weapon. The quote comes from the Bhagavad Gita, a sacred Hindu scripture.
This quote has bothered me since I f...
English Language & Usage: Multi-Layer…
English Language & Usage: Multi-Layer…