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| bio | website | thingsthatgobleep.com |
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| location | New Zealand | |
| age | 31 | |
| visits | member for | 1 year, 7 months |
| seen | May 14 at 4:32 | |
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I am a gamer, programmer, and a wannabe linguist who is fluent in English and Mandarin, and proficient in French.
I am an achievement hunter. Come and visit me on trueachievements.com
I am also an administrator on Wiktionary and have been for over 3 years. I edit mostly in French, Dutch, English and Mandarin, but I also dabble in Italian, Japanese, Maori and Swedish. We are constantly looking for competent volunteers/lexicographers to contribute to this wonderful multilingual dictionary website.
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Apr 9 |
reviewed | No Action Needed Is this formal enough? “Should I expect to get a call from you sometime this week?” |
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Feb 2 |
awarded | Custodian |
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Feb 2 |
reviewed | No Action Needed Ruining something for someone else (spoils of war?) |
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Jan 29 |
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“Fall term”, “autumn semester”, “autumn term” or “fall semester”? Are you talking about university or high school? |
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Jan 29 |
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Using any punctuation, how many meanings does this sign have? Just a small correction. Dead here is actually used as an adverb. |
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Jan 26 |
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“Scheduled to” vs. “scheduled for” I don't agree that scheduled for is better grammar. The two are just used for different grammatical structures. |
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Jan 26 |
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Please help explain this long sentence Gules probably has to do with the French term gueule (animal's mouth). |
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Jan 26 |
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Difference between get “off of” and “off” Have you considered get off from something? |
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Jan 26 |
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Is this a positive or negative sentence? I think you might want to expand on how you would define positive and negative. |
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Jan 23 |
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Can you buy things “for cheap”? @Kyudos Yes it is. On the contrary, Barrie's on the cheap sounds quite alien to me, though I would understand it. (I take it you meant Asian). Your suggestion is possible. I am not an expert on Polynesian languages, but neither Japanese nor Chinese have this literal for cheap construction. It really depends on how one translates things. I still consider British import to be the most likely source. But yes defintitely food for thought. |
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Jan 23 |
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Can you buy things “for cheap”? It's a common enough expression here in NZ. |
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Jan 19 |
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Is there a specific word for “sheet music portfolio”? Are you talking about a physical folder or a collection of your work? |
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Jan 8 |
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The usage of relationship @Stallman because you asked people to do the work for you without asking a real question. |
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Oct 29 |
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Do average people know how to pronounce the word “auteur”? I have no idea how it'd be pronounced in English, as I'd most likely pronounce it as it is found in French. |
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Oct 6 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Aug 28 |
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Definite article in a question: “What is the time?” What's the time is a very common way of asking for time in New Zealand. |
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Jul 25 |
awarded | Caucus |
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Jul 11 |
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“In” vs. “after” for future talk um.. I don't see the difference... |
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Jul 3 |
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Is it really incorrect to start a sentence with “and”? @Jay Good one :) |
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Jun 26 |
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Word that means “outdated name” Did you just make that word up or are you refering to anacronym? |
