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| location | Washington, DC | |
| age | 26 | |
| visits | member for | 2 years, 3 months |
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Aug 11 |
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Origin of “he's 6 feet tall if he's an inch” Love the anecdote. I'll be telling that one again. |
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Apr 26 |
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A word for showing a bit of anger that you are not satisfied with what is offered? I would say the opposite. I feel quite offended when this is said to me and isn't something I'd say unless I wanted to hurt the other person (as opposed to merely making my displeasure known). -1for not emphasizing this. |
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Sep 21 |
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Can “whore” mean “to hoard things”? Another popular usage that's popped up in gaming communities is "achievement whore". Somebody who will spend an absurd amount of time to achieve certain predefined, extra tasks in a game in order to get an "achievement" attached to their account. |
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Sep 20 |
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What does “up she rises” mean in the sea shanty “Drunken Sailor”? When I worked as part of a reniasance faire cast we were taught different pronouciations for everything. This included the song drunken sailor among others. The pronounciation of middle english (and certainly old english) differs from our standard speech, so I always assumed that was the reason for the differences. |
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Aug 23 |
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More formal way of saying: “Sorry to bug you again about this, but …” +1 for the positive stance towards the other person :) |
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May 19 |
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Opposites, when dealing with adjectives and objects together +1 for addressing the difference between the "blind" and "clear" distinction. |
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May 19 |
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What's the difference in usage between “annoyed at”, “annoyed with”, and “annoyed by”? As an aside, how did you generate that chart? |
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May 18 |
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“[…] up with which I will not put.” Yep... I think that's entirely the point and what makes it so funny. |
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May 18 |
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“[…] up with which I will not put.” I'd agree, actually. But Churchill seemed to be taking this to the extreme. |
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May 17 |
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Right format for time of day when corresponding with Germans @Henry Well don't I feel the fool. Took out my inaccurate example. |
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Apr 21 |
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Are you comfortable with who(m) he is? I see... subclauses, eh? |
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Mar 25 |
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[Singular] Is/Are [Plural]? @JCooper For some reason those aren't so weird sounding to me. I guess it has to do with a couple years of grammar intense German. It's also easier because those sentences can be reversed and are clearly correct, and we can also get into Yoda-speak: The oldest of my siblings, I am. |
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Mar 24 |
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[Singular] Is/Are [Plural]? @Jimi, Yep. petfish.net/kb/entry/339. Got one the other day and naturally follows lots of research. |
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Mar 24 |
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[Singular] Is/Are [Plural]? Heh, thanks. No better place than on an English Q&A site... |
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Mar 23 |
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Relating to tournaments.. what's that word? Hmmm.... entrant [ˈɛntrənt] n 1. a person who enters 2. a new member of a group, society, or association 3. a person who enters a competition or contest; competitor. All relate to the person unfortunately. |
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Mar 23 |
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Relating to tournaments.. what's that word? I'd have to disagree, actually. If I'm collecting registrations for a tournament, each registrant can register on that registration form for multiple events making it unsuitable. I suppose it would be fine if they had to register separately for each event. |
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Mar 23 |
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Relating to tournaments.. what's that word? Yeah, probably the best I'm going to get. All night for such a simple word.. it stumped my husband, too. |
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Feb 26 |
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Trolling: billy goats gruff or fishing reference? If I could vote question this up, I totally would. I never even considered the potential fishing root of the word "trolling." |
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Feb 25 |
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What terms and expressions can be used in English to show one's love to his/her girlfriend/boyfriend? All the better, then! |
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Feb 22 |
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Why not concatenate two frequently used words into a new one? Agree, but presumably this shortening of words would not be limited to just one word. Why make things even more complicated? My main point in the above, though, was that anything non-standard interrupts normal reading flow. U can red lik this, but iz it as fst? |
