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| bio | website | |
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| location | Toronto, Canada | |
| age | 40 | |
| visits | member for | 2 years, 9 months |
| seen | Jul 31 '12 at 2:44 | |
| stats | profile views | 26 |
Defining quotes:
"The present letter is a very long one, simply because I had no leisure to make it shorter."
— Blaise Pascal
"The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese."
—Steven Wright
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Jul 31 |
awarded | Caucus |
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May 6 |
awarded | Notable Question |
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Apr 12 |
comment |
Is something half price or half priced? Additionally you've used hyphens which I didn't think to do in my posting. |
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Apr 12 |
asked | Is something half price or half priced? |
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Feb 5 |
asked | “Effect a friend” in advertising? |
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Jan 28 |
comment |
Am I misusing the semicolon? @Cerberus , I sought out some instances of ?: (aka Elvis text emoticon by the hair lick) using the Symbol Hound search engine advanced mode for phrase "you?:" symbolhound.com/?q=&l=&e=you%3F%3A&n=&u= It doesn't appear to be only older print. |
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Jan 28 |
asked | Term to describe users' initial dislike of user interface change |
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Jan 26 |
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Why “step into a car” but “step onto a plane” Indeed @choster, definitely use caution when choosing between into or onto to describe the horse. |
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Nov 23 |
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Can “thanks in advance” be considered rude? The acronymn TIA is less awesome because you devote the least amount of time possible while setting up expectation other people should spend time on you. Even the full words in their brevity can come off badly in the same manner. Not unusual in the tech world (i.e. online forums) where users are often less apt to consider standard business formality. |
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Aug 19 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Jul 31 |
awarded | Popular Question |
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Jul 17 |
accepted | What are the origins of: to “bleed something”? |
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Jul 12 |
comment |
“I'll see you” is the same as “I'll miss you”? And then there are ultimate parting phrases that convey dislike like "I'll see you in hell". Usually one or the other person is dying when something like this is uttered. The speaker is often either stating that his dislike of the other person transcends all time and space, or he's acknowledging wrongdoings of his own in an unrepentant manner. |
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Jul 11 |
awarded | Commentator |
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Jul 11 |
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What are the origins of: to “bleed something”? Okay, so right now it appears to be a battle to the references between Feral Oink and Ham and Bacon. |
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Jul 11 |
asked | What are the origins of: to “bleed something”? |
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May 24 |
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Who, what, where, when, why, how. Why so many “Wh”s? @nohat: What site is this question more appropriate for? Can it be moved to where it will be most helpful in context? |
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Apr 10 |
awarded | Nice Question |
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Mar 14 |
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Why is “I” capitalized in the English language, but not “me” or “you”? It's a single letter and the others are not which makes me wonder more so: why "I" is capitalized in the middle of a sentence and "a" is not. |
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Mar 13 |
asked | Pluralization: backward and backwards in context |
