Andrew Grimm

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I work at the University of New South Wales, where I use Ruby to analyze biological data.

In part of my spare time, I work on fun programming projects. One was trying to analyze what underlies Wikipedia's Get to Philosophy game. I also worked on one called the "Small Eigen Collider".

I'm currently learning Japanese, and I'm an active participant in lang-8.com, a website where you write journal entries in a language you're learning, and get corrected by native speakers of that language. In return, you correct people writing entries in your native language. Recently, I've been asking a few questions prompted by slightly incorrect English I've encountered on lang-8.

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May 13	comment	Does one eat soup or drink soup? Interesting - I thought it was only in Japanese that you drank a soup!
May 9	comment	Is “paiement” an english word? Have you tried using one of the dictionaries suggested by meta.english.stackexchange.com/a/2574/1420 ?
May 9	comment	Is the game, “go,” a proper noun? What about “checkers” or “chess”? "Go" is also mentioned in english.stackexchange.com/a/113499/1420
May 8	comment	When should the word “English” be capitalized? +1 I recently came across someone saying that "English" was incorrect for the language, and that it ought to be "english".
May 3	comment	Is there a term which covers ATM cards, credit cards, and debit cards? @hippietrail especially if they think you mean a "loyalty card"!
Apr 21	comment	Did Milton really invent cooking? No, cooking started about 250,000 years ago, according to Wikipedia.
Apr 10	comment	Does the noun “stable” have meanings other than “place for animals”? @tchrist snarky!
Apr 10	comment	What does “soapbox-ready” mean? Similar expression, except it's saying something's ready for a shovel, rather than ready for a soapbox: shovel ready.
Apr 8	comment	Is “Dutch wife” one of those “Dutch words”? English didn't need "Dutch wife" to refer to a prostitute, because the word "Dutch widow" was used to refer to prostitutes. A Trick to Catch the Old One, written back in 1608, uses Dutch Widow to mean a prostitute. (Hat tip: QI Talk Forum)
Apr 7	comment	Does the noun “stable” have meanings other than “place for animals”? Should this question have been asked on English Language Learners instead?
Apr 5	comment	Is “Dutch wife” one of those “Dutch words”? @BillFranke the bit you've got in bold was already in my question.
Apr 5	comment	Is “Dutch wife” one of those “Dutch words”? I came across the term "Dutch wife" this morning in the Wikipedia article List of wasei-eigo ("wasei eigo" is English made up in Japan). I strongly suspected that it wasn't wasei eigo, so I had to work out how it originated! ("Sex doll loved by Dutchmen." - yeah right!)
Apr 5	comment	Is a “To Do List” familiar to other countries? @tchrist in Japan, there's English, Jim, but not as we know it. (Note for pedants: yes, I'm snowcloning a "Beam me up Scotty").
Mar 27	comment	What is the oldest common English word? How old are Hittite words?
Mar 27	comment	How are Japanese words spelt in English? Research is hard, let's go closevoting!
Mar 27	comment	Is “grapple hooking” a correct phrase? Could it be related to grapple tackle? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grapple_tackle
Mar 27	comment	What are the rules in composing a Haiku? (aside from the syllable count) +1 for the kigo!
Mar 27	comment	How are Japanese words spelt in English? @Mitch I have a suspicion that most English words derived from Japanese words are consistent with Hepburn romanization, but I'm not certain. That's what I'm wanting to check.
Mar 26	comment	Is this translation of a joke grammatically correct? If you want to practice your English, and check if what you're saying is correct, and natural English, lang-8.com may be a good fit. (Disclaimer: I use the site) I'm not voting to close, but just letting you know if other people close this question.
Mar 13	comment	Is “great” used by native speakers to describe calamities any more? @tchrist the only one of those that's a disaster or a calamity is the Great Depression, and that was in the '30s.