Author Topic: English-to-English translation (Read 32818 times)

Icarus · « **Reply #25 on:** March 29, 2011, 12:15:48 PM »

Does any culture spell "rhombus" as "rhombous"? It looks like a Britishism, but I can't find any evidence on Google that this is a standard British spelling. Anybody have a better way to check?

Porter · « **Reply #26 on:** March 29, 2011, 12:25:47 PM »

Quote from: Annie Subjunctive on March 14, 2010, 10:06:04 PM

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"You American Gumbies are so unimaginative."
*nod* That's why we can't get anybody in the rest of the world to pay money for our storytelling.
No being pissy and defensive at jokes.

:nod: Because nobody is ever pissy or offensive with jokes.

Jonathon · « **Reply #27 on:** March 29, 2011, 01:23:36 PM »

Quote from: Icarus on March 29, 2011, 12:15:48 PM

Does any culture spell "rhombus" as "rhombous"? It looks like a Britishism, but I can't find any evidence on Google that this is a standard British spelling. Anybody have a better way to check?

The OED has no entry for "rhombous". I don't think I've ever seen it before. And usually the -us/-ous distinction is between nouns and adjectives of Latin origin (mucus/mucous, callus/callous, etc.), not between different parts of the English-speaking world.

Icarus · « **Reply #28 on:** March 29, 2011, 02:52:05 PM »

Thanks.

Marianne Dashwood · « **Reply #29 on:** March 29, 2011, 05:07:02 PM »

Quote from: Porter on March 29, 2011, 12:25:47 PM

Quote from: Annie Subjunctive on March 14, 2010, 10:06:04 PM
Quote

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"You American Gumbies are so unimaginative."
*nod* That's why we can't get anybody in the rest of the world to pay money for our storytelling.
No being pissy and defensive at jokes.
:nod: Because nobody is ever pissy or offensive with jokes.

That entry totally passed its statute of limitations for quoting. Sorry, I'm going to have to annul your commentary.

rivka · « **Reply #30 on:** March 29, 2011, 05:59:25 PM »

No one ever answered my question in the OP either. Not that I really recall the context anymore.

Jonathon · « **Reply #31 on:** March 29, 2011, 06:22:48 PM »

I'm sure I have no idea what it means even in context.

Porter · « **Reply #32 on:** March 29, 2011, 06:40:28 PM »

Quote from: Marianne Dashwood on March 29, 2011, 05:07:02 PM

That entry totally passed its statute of limitations for quoting. Sorry, I'm going to have to annul your commentary.

Two weeks? Sorry, but no.

Jonathon · « **Reply #33 on:** March 29, 2011, 06:59:09 PM »

How about a year and two weeks?

Porter · « **Reply #34 on:** March 29, 2011, 07:53:56 PM »

Oh.

Jonathon · « **Reply #35 on:** March 29, 2011, 07:54:58 PM »

Well, it's really all Joe's fault for his thread necromancy.

Icarus · « **Reply #36 on:** March 30, 2011, 12:14:37 AM »

It's how I get my kicks.

Kate Boots · « **Reply #37 on:** March 30, 2011, 08:58:03 AM »

All of those phrases were familiar except "your bottle's gone" which only makes sense if they were drinking (or pouring) something out of bottles in which case "gone" just means "empty".

Jonathon · « **Reply #38 on:** March 30, 2011, 11:52:15 AM »

Quote from: Icarus on March 30, 2011, 12:14:37 AM

It's how I get my kicks.

Sicko.

rivka · « **Reply #39 on:** March 30, 2011, 12:06:05 PM »

Quote from: Kate Boots on March 30, 2011, 08:58:03 AM

All of those phrases were familiar except "your bottle's gone" which only makes sense if they were drinking (or pouring) something out of bottles in which case "gone" just means "empty".

Yeah, it wasn't that. And the phrase clearly gets used a lot as some sort of expression -- there seems to be at least one popular song that has the phrase in it, but not in a way that helped me a whit.

Noemon · « **Reply #40 on:** April 06, 2011, 11:53:13 AM »

Quote from: Jonathon on March 30, 2011, 11:52:15 AM

Quote from: Icarus on March 30, 2011, 12:14:37 AM
It's how I get my kicks.

Sicko.

And he teaches our children!

Porter · « **Reply #41 on:** April 06, 2011, 12:25:18 PM »

Oh really?

Icarus · « **Reply #42 on:** April 09, 2011, 03:45:05 PM »

To be fair, it's hard to avoid thread necromancy on this board.

Porter · « **Reply #43 on:** April 11, 2011, 07:44:55 AM »

How so?

pooka · « **Reply #44 on:** April 11, 2011, 08:53:04 AM »

The majority of threads that are still useful have not been posted in for 120 days?

Jonathon · « **Reply #45 on:** April 11, 2011, 09:13:25 AM »

I hear there's this "New Thread" button that works sometimes, too.

Tante Shvester · « **Reply #46 on:** April 11, 2011, 09:16:01 AM »

There is? Where?

Jonathon · « **Reply #47 on:** April 11, 2011, 09:18:20 AM »

Don't ask me. I just work here.

Icarus · « **Reply #48 on:** April 12, 2011, 01:32:53 AM »

Bah. Start a new thread only for it to die an early death and possibly be brought back to life as a zombie? Why would I want that for a thread of mine?

BlackBlade · « **Reply #49 on:** April 13, 2011, 04:35:33 PM »

So this morning I was just thinking to myself and hit on this oddity. So a practical joke is some sort of prank played on another person that actually involves some sort of action. It's different from other jokes in that the humor is in the outcome of the practical joke, not in some punch line.

But what on earth is practical about a practical joke?