2,862 reputation
11832
bio website
location Oakland, CA
age 41
visits member for 2 years, 10 months
seen Jun 14 at 21:23
stats profile views 135

I am the programmer your mother warned you about.


Jul
24
awarded  Caucus
Jul
6
comment American English without an accent
Related (but not a duplicate): english.stackexchange.com/questions/1884/…
Jul
3
awarded  Nice Answer
Jun
8
awarded  Constituent
Jun
8
awarded  Caucus
Jun
5
comment Is 'this this' correct?
Buffalo sentence: english.stackexchange.com/a/2462/58
Jun
4
comment “Ground floor” vs. “first floor”
Did you end up in the garage? That's where I usually assume G will take me.
Jun
4
revised what is the meaning of “might sound”?
corrected spelling
Apr
18
comment Opposite of 'Midas touch'?
I work with a guy we call "Fecal King Midas."
Mar
13
comment Name for words created from mispronunciations?
Mondegreens arise from mis-hearings, not mispronunciations. The error is on the listener's side, not the speaker's so ... related, but not it. Eggcorn is pretty good, though.
Feb
13
awarded  Notable Question
Feb
1
awarded  Nice Question
Jan
27
comment Manifest vs. Manifested in relation to the glory or presence of God
Can you clarify your question a little? Are you interested in the meanings of the two words and how they differ, or just whether the author can use the two words interchangeably?
Jan
27
revised Putting “interested” before the noun
a little punctuation, a little capitalization
Jan
27
comment Why use “his” in association with the word “mankind”?
This response does not answer the question "Why use 'his' in association with the word 'mankind'?"
Jan
27
answered How exactly to pronounce 'alphabetical' and 'pharmaceutical' in American English
Jan
27
comment How exactly to pronounce 'alphabetical' and 'pharmaceutical' in American English
Related question: english.stackexchange.com/questions/13980/…
Jan
26
answered Verb: “to make an incorrect statement”
Jan
25
answered Plurals of acronyms, letters, numbers — use an apostrophe or not?
Jan
25
comment Why does “pre-” change the meaning of “dominantly” to mean “for the most part; mainly”?
It makes your question moot -- if "pre" is not a prefix in this case, then asking how "pre" changes "dominantly" is an unanswerable question. Kind of like how you can't figure out what the "pre" is doing in "preemption" because "emption" isn't a word in English -- "preemtion" came as a whole word from Latin and trying to break it into parts just doesn't work.