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English & Linguistics / Re: Funny English and Linguistics stuff...
« Last post by pooka on July 16, 2024, 10:41:54 AM »I sure hope this pharmacy is Care[L]on and not Careion.
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English & Linguistics / Re: New column-type thingy
« Last post by rivka on June 18, 2024, 03:57:34 PM »This actually happened at my last jobAh, that makes sense.
Many of the lines are direct or near-direct quotes.I had a feeling.
And I'm probably safe pointing out here that the coworker in question was literally named Karen.
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English & Linguistics / Re: New column-type thingy
« Last post by Ela on June 18, 2024, 03:47:19 PM »Ha, I had the same questions as rivka.
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English & Linguistics / Re: New column-type thingy
« Last post by Jonathon on June 18, 2024, 12:18:11 PM »This actually happened at my last job (so at least four years ago now, since it was in the pre-pandemic days). I started drafting this a few years ago, but I abandoned it because I didn't want to get in trouble if my boss saw it. But I haven't worked at that job in almost two and a half years now, so I finally pulled it out of my drafts, finished it up, and posted it.
But yeah, we had one especially fractious discussion that inspired this post (though many other discussions were at least a little frustrating or contentious). Many of the lines are direct or near-direct quotes. And I'm probably safe pointing out here that the coworker in question was literally named Karen.
But yeah, we had one especially fractious discussion that inspired this post (though many other discussions were at least a little frustrating or contentious). Many of the lines are direct or near-direct quotes. And I'm probably safe pointing out here that the coworker in question was literally named Karen.
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English & Linguistics / Re: New column-type thingy
« Last post by rivka on June 18, 2024, 11:47:32 AM »Been having some fractious discussions at work?
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English & Linguistics / Re: New column-type thingy
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English & Linguistics / Re: Funny English and Linguistics stuff...
« Last post by rivka on June 07, 2024, 01:20:51 PM »I have been using captions on Netflix and Prime a lot lately. And have noted when they do (or do not) indicate in the caption when speakers elide letters. (As in the example, do the captions say "gonna" or "going to" when what was said was definitely the former, etc. Do the captions reflect accents, real (either of the actor or the character) or temporary (like funny voices when a parent is reading a book to a child), and so on.) It's quite interesting.
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English & Linguistics / Re: Funny English and Linguistics stuff...
« Last post by Jonathon on June 07, 2024, 12:23:50 PM »
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English & Linguistics / Re: The random etymology of the day
« Last post by pooka on June 05, 2024, 10:19:33 AM »It was the first time I'd seen it, and it was not a fully peer reviewed article. More of a thesis.
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English & Linguistics / Re: Strange Proununciations
« Last post by Tante Shvester on June 04, 2024, 11:56:41 AM »Lately it's been bothering me that slaughter and laughter are not anywhere close in pronunciation.