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- Sun Mar 01, 2020 3:52 pm
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: Jeffrey's Langmaker book
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2660
Re: Jeffrey's Langmaker book
Right now, I'm trying to spend 6 months without buying anything from Amazon. The 6 months will be over in April, and as soon as that's the case, my plan is to buy the book and make it what might end up as my only Amazon purchase this year. Looking forward to it!
- Sat Feb 29, 2020 9:21 am
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: Random Thread
- Replies: 4029
- Views: 567313
Re: Random Thread
Was unsure for a moment whether to post this here or in the Linguistic Miscellany thread, but decided that it's not language-centered enough... Does anyone else find it a bit weird how North American English uses the phrase "The Mob" to describe organized crime? When I think of a "mob...
- Sat Feb 29, 2020 5:11 am
- Forum: Languages
- Topic: Linguistic Miscellany Thread
- Replies: 4930
- Views: 2347156
Re: Linguistic Miscellany Thread
Thank you, everyone!
- Fri Feb 28, 2020 3:27 pm
- Forum: Languages
- Topic: Linguistic Miscellany Thread
- Replies: 4930
- Views: 2347156
Re: Linguistic Miscellany Thread
Unrelated:
In the English language, is there any logic behind when you use "West [name of place]", and when you use "Western [name of place]"?
In the English language, is there any logic behind when you use "West [name of place]", and when you use "Western [name of place]"?
- Fri Feb 28, 2020 3:26 am
- Forum: Languages
- Topic: Not in my dialect (words with different meanings)
- Replies: 59
- Views: 36061
Re: Not in my dialect (words with different meanings)
In German, a filled doughnut without a hole (like a Polish pączek) is usually called a Berliner . Except in Berlin, where it is called a Pfannkuchen . Outside of Berlin that is a pancake , while actual pancakes are called Eierkuchen egg cakes in Berlin. Is that still the case today? I know it was t...
- Thu Feb 27, 2020 2:43 pm
- Forum: Languages
- Topic: Not in my dialect (words with different meanings)
- Replies: 59
- Views: 36061
Re: Not in my dialect (words with different meanings)
In German, a filled doughnut without a hole (like a Polish pączek) is usually called a Berliner . Except in Berlin, where it is called a Pfannkuchen . Outside of Berlin that is a pancake , while actual pancakes are called Eierkuchen egg cakes in Berlin. Is that still the case today? I know it was t...
- Fri Feb 21, 2020 3:56 pm
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: Confusing headlines
- Replies: 715
- Views: 575270
Re: Confusing headlines
Oddly enough, the BBC had their own interesting headline about apparently the same story:Risla wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2020 10:46 pm Powerful antibiotic discovered using machine learning for the first time
Scientists discover powerful antibiotic using AI
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-51586010
- Fri Feb 21, 2020 12:57 pm
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: IMO if there are any discussions of Zompist's Aging post, they should have their own thread
- Replies: 22
- Views: 10219
Re: IMO if there are any discussions of Zompist's Aging post, they should have their own thread
Ok, this is only tangentially related to the post, but still - it feels pretty silly to me now that I'm about to turn 38, but I first started to feel old at 24. That was probably one of the main causes of my first serious period of depression. I really believed at the time that only young people can...
- Fri Feb 21, 2020 12:32 pm
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: IMO if there are any discussions of Zompist's Aging post, they should have their own thread
- Replies: 22
- Views: 10219
IMO if there are any discussions of Zompist's Aging post, they should have their own thread
The post is here:
https://zompist.wordpress.com/2020/02/21/on-aging/
I plan to post some thoughts of my own a bit later.
https://zompist.wordpress.com/2020/02/21/on-aging/
I plan to post some thoughts of my own a bit later.
- Wed Feb 19, 2020 9:59 am
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: Confusing headlines
- Replies: 715
- Views: 575270
Re: Confusing headlines
From the Guardian:
Mike and Annie Cannon-Brookes pledge $12m to supply solar systems for disaster relief
Sure, by my and most people's standards, $12m is a lot of money, but I doubt that it would be enough to buy an entire solar system, let alone several ones...
Mike and Annie Cannon-Brookes pledge $12m to supply solar systems for disaster relief
Sure, by my and most people's standards, $12m is a lot of money, but I doubt that it would be enough to buy an entire solar system, let alone several ones...
- Tue Feb 18, 2020 7:25 am
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: The New ZBB Quote Thread
- Replies: 353
- Views: 364073
Re: The New ZBB Quote Thread
According to a rough estimate by some people at the New York Times, perhaps about 750 million people in China are currently under some sort of domestic lockdown. I.e., 10% of all living humans are now under a lockdown with the intention of stopping a virus epidemic. It sounds like the type of notif...
- Tue Feb 18, 2020 7:23 am
- Forum: Languages
- Topic: Language Practice (Help your fluency)
- Replies: 711
- Views: 1086217
- Mon Feb 17, 2020 12:20 pm
- Forum: Languages
- Topic: Language Practice (Help your fluency)
- Replies: 711
- Views: 1086217
Re: Language Practice (Help your fluency)
Wo sind unsere Deutschsprachler? Ich bin sicher, dass "in vier von fünf dieser Sprachen" nicht richtig ist. Where are our German-speakers? I am sure, that "in vier von fünf dieser Sprachen" is not right. "in vier von fünf dieser Sprachen" ist vollkommen in Ordnung - ok...
- Sat Feb 15, 2020 8:30 am
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: Random Thread
- Replies: 4029
- Views: 567313
Re: Random Thread
Thank you!
- Sat Feb 15, 2020 8:11 am
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: Random Thread
- Replies: 4029
- Views: 567313
Re: Random Thread
I just got a new external hard drive - a WD Elements 4 TB. I'm generally happy with it, but I have a question, and I wonder if some of the tech-savvier people among you might be able to answer it. You see, in addition to the sockets for the USB plug and the power plug, it has a mysterious third open...
- Sat Feb 15, 2020 6:42 am
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: Happy things thread!
- Replies: 1278
- Views: 765641
Re: Happy things thread!
I just did the first manual PC RAM upgrade of my life, and everything is working fine!
- Sat Feb 15, 2020 6:41 am
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: Elections in various countries
- Replies: 1418
- Views: 659198
Re: Elections in various countries
Oh, and I should probably report that the woman whom Angela Merkel had wanted to succeed her, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (AKA AKK), has resigned as formal chairperson of her party, probably because of widespread discontent with her among the party's base. Does that mean (as I've heard) that Merkel ...
- Fri Feb 14, 2020 5:47 am
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: Elections in various countries
- Replies: 1418
- Views: 659198
Re: Elections in various countries
Oh, and I should probably report that the woman whom Angela Merkel had wanted to succeed her, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (AKA AKK), has resigned as formal chairperson of her party, probably because of widespread discontent with her among the party's base.
- Fri Feb 14, 2020 5:42 am
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: Elections in various countries
- Replies: 1418
- Views: 659198
Re: Elections in various countries
People in France have interesting definitions of "well-intentioned".
- Thu Feb 13, 2020 3:18 pm
- Forum: Languages
- Topic: Not in my dialect (words with different meanings)
- Replies: 59
- Views: 36061
Re: Not in my dialect (words with different meanings)
Generally, in German, "Markt" means a market. But today I learned that in Bavaria, Austria, and South Tyrol, it also means a municipality that historically used to be a market town. That seems pretty weird to me.