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| bio | website | lankycyril.com |
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| location | Russia | |
| age | 25 | |
| visits | member for | 2 years, 3 months |
| seen | Feb 9 at 22:29 | |
| stats | profile views | 21 |
Musician, programmer, linguistics enthusiast, biochemist in the making.
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Nov 4 |
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Why is it “Do a Barrel Roll” and not “Does a Barrel Roll”? Why did the barrel cross the road? No, wait, mine didn't turn out funny :| |
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Oct 21 |
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How to say “I must nothing” on a t-shirt This answer is off topic of course, but what an epic tee! |
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Sep 28 |
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Can “No thanks” be used in place of “No need to say thanks”? No, I was referring to "No thanks." I always thought of it as of "No, thanks" with the comma omitted. |
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Sep 28 |
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Can “No thanks” be used in place of “No need to say thanks”? Is it grammatically correct to not have a comma after "no" in this case? |
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Sep 26 |
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Changes in English names of people My mind has been blown. Jack is the pet name for John?! Like, I could call John Lennon "Jack" and he'd know I was talking to him? Jack Lennon, it just sounds wrong :) And Jack Shepard vs John Locke, just thinking about calling John Locke "Jack" makes my brain hurt :) |
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Sep 2 |
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How did “sinister”, the Latin word for “left-handed”, get its current meaning? I'm a southpaw. Reading this made by back cold. |
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Jun 18 |
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“If the bowl had been stronger, my song had been longer.” Souldn't it be "if the bowl had been stronger, my song would have been longer" then? |
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Jun 6 |
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Antonym for “Virgin” @kiamlaluno There are plenty of people out there that are neither virgin nor pregnant. Some of them can't get pregnant at all (mostly men). |
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Jun 4 |
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Is “The City Beautiful” (Orlando's motto) grammatically correct? Named must your fear be before banish it you can. (Master Yoda) |
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Jun 4 |
awarded | Commentator |
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Jun 4 |
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Why are country names localized and city names not? Just an observation: New York is "New York" in Russian, but New Orleans is "Noviy Orlean," translated and singular. I.e., parts of city names may be translated if they are common words, but there's no rule. |
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Jun 3 |
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Are apostrophes actually needed? @Alenanno, why, "to bark warn" is a nice verb :) |
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Jun 1 |
answered | Why was the “th” combination chosen for the “th” sound? |
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Jun 1 |
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Can “drive someone home” be used when the vehicle is a motorbike? ... which still can be taken as an innuendo. |
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May 28 |
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Is saying “shit happens” ok? http://memegenerator.net/instance/8001118 |
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Mar 5 |
answered | What's the difference between “another” and “other”? |
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Mar 2 |
accepted | Pinpointing British accents |
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Mar 1 |
awarded | Scholar |
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Mar 1 |
accepted | Can one say, “John Doe for World Cup,” meaning “I vote for John Doe to have a place in the national team”? |
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Mar 1 |
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Can one say, “John Doe for World Cup,” meaning “I vote for John Doe to have a place in the national team”? Thanks! I needed something short and catchy and with "the" it really sounds right. Ouch, how could I forget that "the"? :) |
