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| bio | website | mobilemediatour.com |
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| location | Kennedale, TX | |
| age | 41 | |
| visits | member for | 2 years, 5 months |
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Christian Dad, software guru.
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Dec 20 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Dec 1 |
awarded | Enlightened |
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Dec 1 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Nov 1 |
awarded | Enlightened |
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Nov 1 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Oct 9 |
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Is “the girls are want to gossip” correct? I would say that it's an elegant way to say it, but not old-fashioned or outdated. Except insofar as we live in a crass, classless age. |
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Sep 24 |
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Is the phrase “fire and brimstone” used by Americans or it is only in Bible? Yeah, prolly so. I guess I'm closer to the "happy-clappy" side of Christianity :). |
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Aug 8 |
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Do words “iron” and “irony” have anything in common? deleted 1 characters in body |
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Jul 20 |
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Non-offensive substitute for a swear word Yeah, I saw that on the HBO show "Big Love". It brings to mind the evolution of Cockney slang... |
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Jul 20 |
awarded | Necromancer |
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May 7 |
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How to use “you know” I agree that those are valid inferences to be made when a speaker says that, but that's not the case in the specific example cited. In this case, the speaker is filling in dead space, giving their brain time to catch up with their mouth. |
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Feb 23 |
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“Except for” vs “Except In” I think the point the speaker is trying to make is that they COULDN'T have met since the campaign. I would use: "We've had no opportunity to meet since the campaign." |
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Feb 23 |
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“Up until that time” sounds awkward — is there a better way to say it? "Hitherto" is a great word - and we shouldn't treat great words like fine China that we place in the cabinet and never use. |
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Feb 23 |
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How to use “you know” @David Schwartz - Face to face, there's probably enough body language to avoid this, but I can definitely see this happening on the phone, where a pause is positively painful. |
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Feb 19 |
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When referring to a previously sent text, would you say 'I text you about that' or 'I texted you about that'? @Anwulf - good to know...then it's no longer even a neologism. |
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Jan 19 |
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How to say that food is hot (temperature) without the listener thinking that I mean “spicy”? This answer is immediately, obviously correct. Why? Why is it clear that "piping" indicates thermal and not gustatory temperature? |
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Dec 20 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Dec 19 |
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Why father is called “dada” and not “fafa” Another point along these lines is that, in my experience, babytalk regresses towards reduplication. My two year-old pronounces "Captain America" (a fixture in our household) as "Kukka Mukka". |
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Dec 19 |
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Differences between “sledge”, “sleigh” and “sled” Even "sleigh" is regional - in the Northeastern U.S., I encountered usage of "sleigh" to mean "sled", i.e., not horse-drawn. |
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Dec 16 |
answered | Do British speakers have problems understanding Jamaican speakers? |
