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FragKrag
United States11554 Posts
On October 01 2009 13:54 TheFoReveRwaR wrote: 2 or 4. Language is not math. That is the problem you are having. You're thinking mathematically about something that is not inherently mathematical at all. yeah i actually thought about that after I said 4 t_t | ||
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BalliSLife
1339 Posts
On October 01 2009 13:54 SmokeMaxX wrote: Then it's either grammatically or logically incorrect. Is a starfish a fish? well it's not a star | ||
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TheFoReveRwaR
United States10657 Posts
 It could have gills, fins, and a skeletal structure that's so hot it fuses huge amounts of hydrogen together into various elements at its core, I've never opened one upmyself. But I pretty sure a starfish is not a star fish. See how fun( pointless) arguing semantics is? | ||
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Cambium
United States16368 Posts
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Lemonwalrus
United States5465 Posts
A pair of teachers is two people. A twin is one person. A pair of twins is two people. | ||
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Kaialynn
United States242 Posts
On October 01 2009 14:04 TheFoReveRwaR wrote: Its a mollusc I think It could have gills, fins, and a skeletal structure that's so hot it fuses huge amounts of hydrogen together into various elements at its core, I've never opened one upmyself. But I pretty sure a starfish is not a star fish. See how fun( pointless) arguing semantics is? It's an Echinoderm Phylum Echinodermata != Phylum Mollusca. They're similar though, it's mostly the deuterstome development and secondary radial symmetry that seperates the two groups. EDIT: To contribute to the thread. My gut reaction is 4, my logical reaction is 2. So i'm sitting here in a mental war with myself trying to work it out. | ||
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TheFoReveRwaR
United States10657 Posts
On October 01 2009 14:12 Kaialynn wrote: It's an Echinoderm Phylum Echinodermata != Phylum Mollusca. They're similar though, it's mostly the deuterstome development and secondary radial symmetry that seperates the two groups. EDIT: To contribute to the thread. My gut reaction is 4, my logical reaction is 2. So i'm sitting here in a mental war with myself trying to work it out. I appreciate your biology education, it is contributing to the thread  TL needs something for the people with ADD too. You should read my first post on this topic though. Might help negotiate a cease fire for your mental war. | ||
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Kaialynn
United States242 Posts
On October 01 2009 14:15 TheFoReveRwaR wrote: I appreciate your biology education You should read my first post on this topic. Might help negotiate a cease fire for your mental war.:x dunno if that was sarcastic or not, you can never tell over the interwebs anymore. Either way, your post clears up quite a bit. Thanks. | ||
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KurtistheTurtle
United States1966 Posts
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TheFoReveRwaR
United States10657 Posts
Are you a biology major? You probably shouldn't answer that in this thread though. PM me if you feel like answering. We probably shouldn't use the message board to IM. | ||
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Avidkeystamper
United States8556 Posts
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Lemonwalrus
United States5465 Posts
On October 01 2009 14:26 Avidkeystamper wrote: Why can't it have 2 meanings, like bimonthly? FLIP FLOPPER!! PICK A FUCKING SIDE OR YOU ARE A TERRORIST. | ||
Hot_Bid
Braavos36388 Posts
On October 01 2009 14:19 KurtistheTurtle wrote: I just read up to page 4 and I am confused as hell..how are there so many votes for a pair of twins being 4 people? I understand this site might not have a lot of native english speakers but jeese.. its a lot of people voting for four because they don't live in the united states and know that its an idiom. in the united states, a pair of twins means two people. there's no other meaning. | ||
OneOther
United States10774 Posts
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TheFoReveRwaR
United States10657 Posts
On October 01 2009 14:35 Hot_Bid wrote: its a lot of people voting for four because they don't live in the united states and know that its an idiom. in the united states, a pair of twins means two people. there's no other meaning. A pair of twin's could be four individuals depending on how it was worded contextually. IE:"Both sisters gave birth to a pair of twins." It's four individuals in that somewhat specialized context, not two. However, the phrase is identical. A pair of twins. | ||
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cz
United States3249 Posts
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cz
United States3249 Posts
On October 01 2009 14:39 TheFoReveRwaR wrote: A pair of twin's could be four individuals depending on how it was worded contextually. IE:"Both sisters gave birth to a pair of twins." It's four individuals in that somewhat specialized context, not two. However, the phrase is identical. A pair of twins. Actually the sentence you provided uses "a pair of twins" as equaling two people. Both sisters gave birth to two people, in other words, if you put the words "two people" instead of "a pair of twins". | ||
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cz
United States3249 Posts
On October 01 2009 12:36 L wrote: Hey guys, I have a Pair of Scissors. How many Scissors do I have? bout tree fiddy | ||
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SmokeMaxX
United States17 Posts
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cz
United States3249 Posts
On October 01 2009 14:19 KurtistheTurtle wrote: I just read up to page 4 and I am confused as hell..how are there so many votes for a pair of twins being 4 people? I understand this site might not have a lot of native english speakers but jeese.. Yeah it's non-native speakers mostly who don't understand that what a term means is not always what it literally appears to mean. These non-native speakers try to deduce what it means based on logic rather than a common understanding of the usage. | ||
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