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| bio | website | tortoisewrath.com |
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| location | NE WA, US | |
| age | 14 | |
| visits | member for | 1 year, 3 months |
| seen | May 14 at 4:05 | |
| stats | profile views | 15 |
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Feb 2 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Dec 19 |
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Pronunciation of OS X versions @tchrist Would it be equally valid to say "person" instead of "Mac user" in that sentence? Most of the Mac users I know tend to be less programmer-y than the Windows/*nix users. Not that it really matters how obscure Darwin is. |
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Nov 6 |
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Which term is correct — “Afghan” or “Afghani”? Okay, my eyes are bleeding now, after reading the discussion here, what with its repeated use of the fgh consonant cluster. |
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Nov 6 |
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Is there a word for a non-geek? How much longer will it be until this site devolves into particularly-heated debates over the subtleties in the differences between nerds and geeks? I ask because that's happened on most other sites I visit... |
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Nov 6 |
awarded | Scholar |
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Nov 6 |
accepted | Pronunciation of OS X versions |
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Nov 6 |
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Pronunciation of OS X versions @Gnawme I would +1, but I reached my +1 limit for today. :( |
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Nov 6 |
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Are the acronyms FYI, BTW, LOL, WTF now considered “normal” words? Ahh... 2010. I remember that year. The English language was right then. |
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Nov 6 |
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What is the correct way to pluralize an acronym?A.T.M.'s looks weirder than A.T.M.s to me; of course, A.T.M. looks weird in the first place. Also, as @tchrist said, I have generally seen SOSes, etc. |
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Nov 6 |
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Pronunciation of OS X versions @tchrist Obscure in the sense that the average Mac user (of whom I know) won't understand it at first glance. |
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Nov 6 |
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Pronunciation of OS X versions Actually, it would have been most correct to say "exclusive non-Apple user." I'll gladly use *nix; I just don't happen to at the moment. |
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Nov 6 |
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Pronunciation of OS X versions @tchrist +1 for obscure OS history references. |
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Nov 6 |
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What are the differences among ‘Hurricane,’ ‘Super storm,’ and ‘Typhoon’? Pretty sure "superstorm" is used whenever people want to be able to brag about their having been in a hurricane even though they weren't in a hurricane. |
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Nov 6 |
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Pronunciation of OS X versions Um... no... I meant to say "As an exclusive Apple user, I'm inclined to say 'old-style-eye-phone,' though this might upset those people who put all that time into that crappy old non-Mac UNIX system in the '80s. I like to torture Windows users by calling their phones 'lumps of plasticy, pocket-sized bluscreens.' " |
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Nov 6 |
awarded | Student |
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Nov 6 |
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Pronunciation of OS X versions As an exclusive Windows user, I'm also inclined to say "oh-ess-eks-ten-point-nine," though I know this doesn't make any linguistic sense. I like to torture Mac users by doing things like that (though my favorite is still the last example in my OP). |
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Nov 6 |
asked | Pronunciation of OS X versions |
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Nov 5 |
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Is “of which” a proper way to begin a relative clause? Germany is divided into 16 federal states; of these, Bavaria is the largest. Not that one should do this, just that one can. |
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Nov 5 |
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Is this usage of 'for which' correct? ... Thanks for rationalizing that for us. We needed it. |
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Nov 5 |
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Why is it correct to say “He came and said something to me” but not “He came and said to me something”? closing quotation mark, some filler edits to make the edit six characters |
