Author Topic: Quotes from work (Read 180815 times)

Jonathon · « **Reply #1050 on:** September 30, 2011, 11:10:26 PM »

Yeah, it's fine up until then. I have no idea what it's supposed to mean past that point. Ousting Lincoln was a bloodletting concept? Huh?

BlackBlade · « **Reply #1051 on:** October 01, 2011, 04:12:57 AM »

Does it matter so far as that sentence is concerned that McClellan was still a general throughout his campaign (they were much shorter then) and did not technically resign his commission until election day?

pooka · « **Reply #1052 on:** October 01, 2011, 11:30:29 AM »

I'm not sure if it's supposed to be "would have ended" or "would have ended with."
p.s. I guess they are trying to compare ousting Lincoln with purging the administration, and possibly with getting new blood in. Though the more easily associated concept is that Lincoln's war policy was draining the Union of blood, which is why it's so confusing.

BlackBlade · « **Reply #1053 on:** October 01, 2011, 01:18:09 PM »

I was speaking more to the phrase, "former General..."

pooka · « **Reply #1054 on:** October 03, 2011, 05:29:18 PM »

Someone I consulted suggestedV

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"The nomination for president of former general George McClellan, who hoped to arrange a “negotiated peace” with the recalcitrant Southerners to end the bloodletting, was made with the concept of putting “ole Abe” out to pasture."

Now I have to check the original.

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The nomination for president of former general George McClellan, who hoped to arrange a “negotiated peace” with the recalcitrant Southerners, would ended the bloodletting concept of putting “ole Abe” out to pasture.

Hmm.

rivka · « **Reply #1055 on:** October 06, 2011, 02:16:17 PM »

From one of my listservs:

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A reporter just tweeted about how surprised she was that many colleges misspell the word "FAFSA" as "FASFA".

Out of curiosity, I ran a specialized Google search to count the number of such typos on .edu sites, and found that there were 22,400 mentions of FASFA compared with 1,140,000 mentions of FAFSA. That's about a 2% error rate. Even the most elite colleges have such errors. I even found one college web site which had /fasfa/ as part of the URL.

The fact that FAFSA does not appear in the spelling dictionaries may contribute to the error, since both FAFSA and FASFA are missing. Also, the digraph "fs" is rare within English, mainly appearing at the end of plural words, while the digraph "sf" is much more common.

Another common typo is "finacial aid", appearing 6,830 times compared with 35,800,000 times for "financial aid". Other common typos include eduation, educaton, eligiblity, scholarsihps, scholorships, and scolarships.

Having typos like this isn't necessarily bad, since many students make similar typos, so the presence of the typos may make it easier for students to find the right pages.

pooka · « **Reply #1056 on:** October 06, 2011, 04:12:51 PM »

:faceplam:

(In seriousness, I question whether sf occurs more often than fs)

Jonathon · « **Reply #1057 on:** October 06, 2011, 04:59:28 PM »

Google: Low PageRank & Bad Spelling May Go Hand-In-Hand

pooka · « **Reply #1058 on:** October 06, 2011, 05:51:25 PM »

I am fascinated to learn that the term "content farm" exists for those crap sites. That would make a good submission for that language place that sponsored your contest.

rivka · « **Reply #1059 on:** October 10, 2011, 01:53:56 PM »

Recently shared (with IDing info removed) by a fellow registrar:

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Hello there,

This may be an odd question but I have 2 degrees and a minor from [school] (B.S. Criminal Justice, [other degree]). Can I get one of those degrees off my record? I'd rather not have the Criminal Justice degree I earned so I'm wondering if there's anything I can do? I ran afoul of the law so I'd rather not have that degree anymore

I would seriously and sincerely appreciate it if you could look into this matter.

Many thanks in advance,
[name]

Jonathon · « **Reply #1060 on:** October 10, 2011, 01:58:26 PM »

*facepalm*

Tante Shvester · « **Reply #1061 on:** October 10, 2011, 02:39:43 PM »

Perhaps I ought to have given up my nursing degree when I got sick.

Marianne Dashwood · « **Reply #1062 on:** October 10, 2011, 02:55:28 PM »

That is pretty great.

Nighthawk · « **Reply #1063 on:** October 11, 2011, 10:48:37 AM »

So not having a degree means I can pretty much do whatever the hell I want with blatant disregard and no concern for my personal record? Woohoo!!!

BlackBlade · « **Reply #1064 on:** October 11, 2011, 02:48:59 PM »

Quote from: Nighthawk on October 11, 2011, 10:48:37 AM

So not having a degree means I can pretty much do whatever the hell I want with blatant disregard and no concern for my personal record? Woohoo!!!

I think it was more he wanted to expunge the criminal justice degree so that when he had his day in court, that degree would not make him look worse.

Dobie · « **Reply #1065 on:** October 11, 2011, 03:33:21 PM »

I think he wants to disassociate himself from the criminal justice system he probably blames for his troubles.

Jonathon · « **Reply #1066 on:** November 07, 2011, 09:01:09 AM »

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Matsuri are festivals that center on the shrine. Generally they are attended by the whole village, and even if persons never darken the door of the shrine at other times of year, they turn out for matsuri, of which there is a variety. These are fun times.

Sure sounds like a blast!

Marianne Dashwood · « **Reply #1067 on:** November 07, 2011, 09:20:27 AM »

Not just a blast - fun times.

Jonathon · « **Reply #1068 on:** November 07, 2011, 09:33:11 AM »

No times are better than fun times.

Tante Shvester · « **Reply #1069 on:** November 07, 2011, 09:53:05 AM »

Well, there's the New York Times. That's some really good times right there.

Jonathon · « **Reply #1070 on:** November 09, 2011, 08:52:26 AM »

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"It's nice to just quibble about very small things."
"Isn't that what we get paid for?"

I thought it was to fix errors.

Jonathon · « **Reply #1071 on:** November 17, 2011, 11:10:48 AM »

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The Chinese enjoyed life and families, and so the Theravada form [of Buddhism], which required the ascetic life, was not especially attractive to them.

As opposed to all those other cultures that hate life and families.

dkw · « **Reply #1072 on:** November 17, 2011, 12:25:33 PM »

How serendipitous. I'm reading this thread on a break in a lecture that just mentioned the first attempts to introduce Theravada Buddhism into China.

The Genuine · « **Reply #1073 on:** November 17, 2011, 12:27:49 PM »

Is that serendipity or coincidence?

dkw · « **Reply #1074 on:** November 17, 2011, 12:31:15 PM »

I found it amusing, therefore it was a happy coincidence, thus serendipitous.