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Post by celebaelin on Oct 9, 2024 21:45:20 GMT
comestibles
Terpsichore is the patron muse of lyric poetry and dancing... (not music).
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Post by crissdee on Oct 11, 2024 11:02:14 GMT
From a YT comment;
"Christmas has full stop ,ruined by greed and commercialism."
How does an English speaking person look at that sentence and think it's ok? There's a whole word (been) missing, the words "full stop" are in the wrong place, and followed by a comma, which is spaced wrongly. I get what they are trying to say, but it SHOULD be;
"Christmas has been ruined by greed and commercialism, full stop."
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Post by celebaelin on Oct 11, 2024 11:59:35 GMT
Or perhaps, bearing in mind that it is written not spoken,
"Christmas has been ruined by greed and commercialism."
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Post by amanda on Oct 11, 2024 21:44:11 GMT
I think saying 'full stop' verbally, adds to the emphasis of the message. That it's done, it's final.
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Post by crissdee on Oct 12, 2024 22:01:26 GMT
YT comment about "Prince of Thieves"
"Finally someone give the respect were respect is do robin said the Moor taught him that please stopping hating the ones who came n taught civil people all around the world i admit the Moors were perfect they did alot of cruel things but they outweighed there bad period they always put a lil truth n the movie
There good outweighed there bad The moors civils alot of nations period i know my history period"
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Post by amanda on Oct 12, 2024 22:04:35 GMT
Word salad.
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Post by amanda on Oct 13, 2024 10:26:58 GMT
Another FB comment re the predicted cyclones etc for us this summer:
start battering down the hatches.
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Post by crissdee on Oct 13, 2024 10:35:48 GMT
Kind of counterproductive to batter them down...
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Post by tetsabb on Oct 13, 2024 11:42:56 GMT
Batter them, deep fry, and sell in Scotland?
😉
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Post by amanda on Oct 15, 2024 5:44:00 GMT
Australian tv journalist - re an item on King Charles coming down under - 'it could provoke a royal row' but said 'row' as rhyming with go, not how.
And a FB comment - their mores and values. I think they mean to say morals.
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Post by efros on Oct 15, 2024 7:35:49 GMT
Not necessarily.
mores
noun
the essential or characteristic customs and conventions of a society or community.
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Post by crissdee on Oct 15, 2024 10:15:29 GMT
YT comment;
"some fathers and they’re legacy’s"
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Bondee
KWC
Bearer of Ye olde Arcane Dobbynge Sticke.
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Post by Bondee on Oct 15, 2024 18:50:14 GMT
Comment beneath a YouTube video about GameBoy screen upgrades...
I wondered if English might not be his first language so I took a look at his channel. It is.
One of his videos shows him playing "Supermaiero" on the "2dsgams".
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Post by crissdee on Oct 15, 2024 20:01:19 GMT
Looking at that, I would have wondered if Earth was his home planet.....
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Post by charliesdragon on Oct 17, 2024 12:01:24 GMT
Bad Norwegian, but the point still stands when translated to English. A Norwegian zoo has a cheetah that just gave birth, and one of the facts in rotation on the live-stream of mother and cubs is that it's "unique" that she's given birth because cheetahs are very selective about who to mate with. Erm... It might be a less common occurence than other animal births in zoos, but it is not unique, it's not the first time a cheetah has given birth, either in captivity or the wild. Here's a link to the live-stream if you want a look at the cheetahs: www.youtube.com/live/PxyuT6eTHoE?si=OWOXN0C3ASqiH8_l |
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Post by jenny on Oct 17, 2024 18:45:55 GMT
Awww - sweet!
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Post by crissdee on Oct 19, 2024 22:49:37 GMT
While out with the cowboys last night, our chief cowboy mentioned to me that he had heard about a new DNA test that has supposedly "identified" Jack the Ripper. I had my doubts, so I searched it out, and my doubts were duly confirmed. However, what made me groan was the heading that came up in the search when I put in the "trade name".
"Who was Jack the Ripper's identity?".....
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Post by amanda on Oct 21, 2024 0:47:04 GMT
FB post for a local 'hard rubbish' group here:
Stainless steal mirror
And rolling tv coverage for the King and Camilla's visit to Australia:
Children are holding native bunches of flowers.
I get that the reporter may be speaking 'on the hop' but still, it should be bunches of native flowers.
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Post by crissdee on Oct 21, 2024 10:34:09 GMT
FB advert;
"One skull have got a chipped teeth which is shown in the picture
From a free pet smoke home"
Do they even look at what they're typing?
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Post by tetsabb on Oct 21, 2024 14:33:15 GMT
I hate being charged to smoke people's pets.
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Post by crissdee on Oct 22, 2024 21:22:54 GMT
YT short, showing a picture of German troops after the war, being made to watch film of the camps, which, according to the voice over;
"Their country were accountable of"
How did that sentence ever come to exist? How did it last until it got shown on YT?
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Post by alexanderhoward on Oct 23, 2024 5:52:31 GMT
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Post by crissdee on Oct 25, 2024 10:43:50 GMT
Comment on King Charles' visit to Australia:
"I have set the intentions and I want King Charles 3 . Your mother loves you , in her own mummy way, you just delivered to me my mum , the queen. I haven’t been able watch as without her I don’t feel safe. She loved you, you can feel her and you. Live that."
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Post by efros on Oct 25, 2024 11:32:05 GMT
According to CNN this morning "the balance of power is hanging in the balance".
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Post by crissdee on Oct 26, 2024 16:45:08 GMT
You will all, I hope, be aware of the concept of "torque". Less of you might be aware of how certain nuts and bolts should be tightened to a specific torque, and that there are wrenches made to ensure the specific amounts of torque are applied to said nuts and bolts.
Someone on FB is selling a "talk" wrench......
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Post by amanda on Oct 26, 2024 22:19:25 GMT
I've only seen Torque as in the make of a car. Though my former bus driver friend may educate me more on the nuts and bolts of the other stuff, also being that way inclined.
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Post by efros on Oct 26, 2024 22:22:29 GMT
It's also a variant for torc, a stiff neck ornament usually made of metal.
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Post by amanda on Oct 27, 2024 4:04:08 GMT
FB post about a Greek motel's sign in the bathroom requesting guests to not flush the toilet paper down it due to bad sewerage system.
Someone replies 'some places have inferior systems, old systems and sceptic tanks'.
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Post by crissdee on Oct 27, 2024 10:37:31 GMT
I doubt it......
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Post by amanda on Oct 28, 2024 9:44:17 GMT
Marketplace ad:
Ant bird nets.
Another ad: photo of an orchid, labelled as an orchard.
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