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by Sleet » Tue Dec 17, 2013 7:42 pm
They're several layers of lies built on top of a foundation of truth.
Except New Zealand's stereotype. I don't even
get where that one came from.
Bolly wrote: Sorry, but your dad isn't doing anything to improve my impression of the average 'Murican.
Speaking as an American, that's not exactly average, even for us.
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by RandomGeekNamedBrent » Wed Dec 18, 2013 12:47 am
Sleet wrote: Except New Zealand's stereotype. I don't even get where that one came from.
what, they aren't all fruity birds?
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by Bolly » Wed Dec 18, 2013 8:35 am
Every time you needlessly press the "reply all" button, a kitten dies. Pressing it again to apologise for pressing it the first time only makes the kitten die painfully.
That is all.
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by Mickey the Luxray » Wed Dec 18, 2013 9:40 am
Bolly wrote: Sorry, but your dad isn't doing anything to improve my impression of the average 'Murican.
Ouch, right in the patriotism.
If you want my number, it's #804080.
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by Bolly » Wed Dec 18, 2013 9:58 am
People took that comment seriously? I'd have thought that writing it as "'Murican" would give it away
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by Seth » Wed Dec 18, 2013 11:31 am
Well it's a rather loaded term and some people take that kind of stuff seriously.
We really do need a sarcasm/ dry humor font around here.
I think in Non-sequiturs
"I told you not to put metal in the science oven! What'd you do that for? "
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by Dissension » Wed Dec 18, 2013 11:43 am
I believe that's when you use the color code #408000.
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by Seth » Wed Dec 18, 2013 11:51 am
Dissension wrote: I believe that's when you use the color code #408000.
The implications of this are delightfully existentialist diss. I never figured you for the type. :p
I think in Non-sequiturs
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by Liam » Wed Dec 18, 2013 4:04 pm
How many Murrikans do you need to change a- *bricked*
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by Sleet » Wed Dec 18, 2013 6:05 pm
RandomGeekNamedBrent wrote: Sleet wrote: Except New Zealand's stereotype. I don't even get where that one came from.
what, they aren't all fruity birds?
The one I'm talking about is pretty baaaaaaad.
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by Mickey the Luxray » Wed Dec 18, 2013 7:49 pm
We interrupt this program with breaking news!
Sarcasm! It exists! Everyone run for their lives!
We now return to your regularly scheduled insanity.
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by ArcFlight » Thu Dec 19, 2013 2:04 am
Liam wrote: How many Murrikans do you need to change a- *bricked*
Two. One to change the light bulb, one to brick you.
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by Liam » Sat Dec 21, 2013 3:05 pm
Have you ever wondered what words were coined in your year of birth?
Here's your chance to find out.
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by Sleet » Sun Dec 22, 2013 8:17 pm
Apparently I share a birth year with "emoticon."
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by Sleet » Sun Dec 22, 2013 8:51 pm
I have never heard that word.
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by sonic id furreh!!! » Sun Dec 22, 2013 8:54 pm
me neither, it's apparently a restaurant that serves high-end beer and food
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by The Grey Wolverine » Mon Dec 23, 2013 12:44 am
Mine was:
scratchiti, n.
Meaning: Words or images engraved or etched (illegally) into surfaces in a public place. Cf. graffito n. Additions.
Great, illegal activity X3
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by Dissension » Mon Dec 23, 2013 4:36 am
The best hyphenated word ever, channel-surfing, was coined in the year of my birth!
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by Punchy » Mon Dec 23, 2013 5:17 am
cool beans
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by Mickey the Luxray » Mon Dec 23, 2013 3:28 pm
I was born in the year of bling. I do not own bling. Bling is tacky. Therefore the year of my birth is tacky.
Wait, what?
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by Prof » Mon Dec 23, 2013 4:51 pm
I was born in the year of
internet
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by Kateleo007 » Mon Dec 23, 2013 7:17 pm
Mine's hacktivism. Why must it be something political?!
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by Kitela » Mon Dec 23, 2013 7:49 pm
Geeksville. 1993 is apparently the year that geeks decided to colonize.
Mickey the Luxray wrote: I was born in the year of bling. I do not own bling. Bling is tacky. Therefore the year of my birth is tacky.
Wait, what?
This is how the 90's ended.
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by Goforit » Mon Dec 23, 2013 8:44 pm
Interesting doohickey! My car was made the year air guitar became a word. My father's car (or what's left of the original car) was made the year mathlete became a word. How fitting... he's an engineer, and I play bass in a handful of bands (he also happens to be able to afford gas)...
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by Punchy » Tue Dec 24, 2013 6:27 am
RandomGeekNamedBrent wrote: I got "poptastic"
A fantastic poptart
(I got the same word)
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by Liam » Tue Dec 24, 2013 2:42 pm
Mine's fire , whippersnappers. :]
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by ArcFlight » Tue Dec 24, 2013 10:42 pm
Geeksville. Where is this place? Maybe I can get them to solve the eternal mystery: Why is Windows slow now!?
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by Sleet » Tue Dec 24, 2013 11:34 pm
Russellville, Arkansas.
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by Hlaoroo » Wed Dec 25, 2013 10:34 pm
"nu skool"
I can't believe that's actually in the OED!
My life is now in ruins!
*runs off and cries*
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by Sleet » Thu Dec 26, 2013 5:59 pm
Wait why that and not "new school?" *explodes*
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by Hlaoroo » Thu Dec 26, 2013 6:28 pm
*headdesk* I have no idea and I refuse to accept it! When I find the editor that let that phrase in I'll [bleeps out extremely un-PG phrase] !
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by Seth » Fri Dec 27, 2013 10:49 pm
But slang is how languages grow! I think watching language grow and develop is awesome.
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by RandomGeekNamedBrent » Fri Dec 27, 2013 10:52 pm
slang id how languages grow, yes, but the language should at least have the original phrase before it has the slang for it.
next dictionary: id means is
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by Hlaoroo » Sat Dec 28, 2013 12:16 am
It's one way it grows. Shakespeare used literally THOUSANDS of new words. Sure, he definitely used slang, some of it quite vulgar (
) if you know the lingo, but he did come up with many new words too.
The grammarphiles among us cringe when we see deliberate bad spelling and grammar though, including when it's slang.
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by Seth » Sat Dec 28, 2013 12:51 am
I've always seen grammar as more of a guideline than anything else. *shrugs* But that's just one nerds opinion on the matter......
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by Hlaoroo » Sat Dec 28, 2013 1:08 am
I'm actually following a facebook page for bibliophiles and grammarphiles. It's just differences of opinion I suppose.
In other news, anyone ever seen a swarm of bees go past? I did today and they were loud. It's a surprisingly creepy noise, thousands of insects humming in unison. *shudders*
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by Foxstar » Sat Dec 28, 2013 1:13 pm
I'm rather relaxed on grammer as long as it is understandable. I hate texting speak on fourms and other platforms where it's not suitable tho.
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by JeffCvt » Sat Dec 28, 2013 3:01 pm
As a writer and proofreader for a lot of stuff, grammar sucks. Most of my proofreading is requested by people who either aren't very experienced in writing, or who don't speak English as a first language. (It's even worse when it's both...)
When it comes to grammar, that's the major killer in stuff. I can still enjoy a rushed story full of plot holes if the grammar is alright, but I can't enjoy a well executed storyline if the grammar is sub-par.
And like Foxstar, I'm pretty relaxed when it comes to grammar. A lot of times in English, something eventually becomes an accepted way of writing because so many people were writing it like that before it was officially accepted that it just becomes normal.
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