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On December 08 2014 05:09 greenelve wrote: Besides the 'finding a thread' thread on TL, is there a 'finding a picture on TL' thread on TL? Im looking for one but cant find it. I don't believe I've ever seen it if there has been one.
Has anyone ever tried putting jelly on their ramen? It's delicious! + Show Spoiler +
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are you fucking serious on the ramen thing
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air con is 2.6kW, will it always consume 2.6kWh or does it depend on fan/temp settings?
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Why is "www" an acronym for "world wide web", if it takes longer to say "www"?
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On December 08 2014 09:35 FiWiFaKi wrote: Why is "www" an acronym for "world wide web", if it takes longer to say "www"?
because www takes less time to type than world wide web
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On December 08 2014 09:35 FiWiFaKi wrote: Why is "www" an acronym for "world wide web", if it takes longer to say "www"?
because english speakers are silly and pronounce a single konsonant as "double u"
german pronounciation of www for example would be closer to "veveve" in english
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Not quite as bad if you say "dubya dubya dubya," although it is still twice the syllables of world wide web :D
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I'm a longstanding proponent of pronouncing that letter "dubs." Every other letter is one syllable, only that one gets more, and it gets 3?!?!? "Dubs" is easy to say, preserves the sound, and, more importantly, is immediately recognizable in context.
Of course, it's all a little academic, because whenever you actually want to spell something correctly, "whisky" is the correct name of that letter.
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On December 08 2014 08:28 Epishade wrote:Show nested quote +On December 08 2014 05:09 greenelve wrote: Besides the 'finding a thread' thread on TL, is there a 'finding a picture on TL' thread on TL? Im looking for one but cant find it. I don't believe I've ever seen it if there has been one. Has anyone ever tried putting jelly on their ramen? It's delicious! + Show Spoiler + I would have expected this to be in the high thread.
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On December 08 2014 13:33 Yoav wrote: I'm a longstanding proponent of pronouncing that letter "dubs." Every other letter is one syllable, only that one gets more, and it gets 3?!?!? "Dubs" is easy to say, preserves the sound, and, more importantly, is immediately recognizable in context.
Of course, it's all a little academic, because whenever you actually want to spell something correctly, "whisky" is the correct name of that letter.
i think we should just go simple and use ewwww
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On December 08 2014 08:28 Epishade wrote:Show nested quote +On December 08 2014 05:09 greenelve wrote: Besides the 'finding a thread' thread on TL, is there a 'finding a picture on TL' thread on TL? Im looking for one but cant find it. I don't believe I've ever seen it if there has been one. Has anyone ever tried putting jelly on their ramen? It's delicious! + Show Spoiler + wouldnt that be a question for the "finding a thread" thread?
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On December 08 2014 23:10 Jockmcplop wrote:Show nested quote +On December 08 2014 13:33 Yoav wrote: I'm a longstanding proponent of pronouncing that letter "dubs." Every other letter is one syllable, only that one gets more, and it gets 3?!?!? "Dubs" is easy to say, preserves the sound, and, more importantly, is immediately recognizable in context.
Of course, it's all a little academic, because whenever you actually want to spell something correctly, "whisky" is the correct name of that letter. i think we should just go simple and use ewwww
Double-you is especially silly since every other letter at least has the letter incorporated in it one-sillable name. A, Be, Ce, De, E,Eff, Gee, ...,...Double-you ??????, Ax, Why, Zet.
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On December 09 2014 01:54 Simberto wrote:Show nested quote +On December 08 2014 23:10 Jockmcplop wrote:On December 08 2014 13:33 Yoav wrote: I'm a longstanding proponent of pronouncing that letter "dubs." Every other letter is one syllable, only that one gets more, and it gets 3?!?!? "Dubs" is easy to say, preserves the sound, and, more importantly, is immediately recognizable in context.
Of course, it's all a little academic, because whenever you actually want to spell something correctly, "whisky" is the correct name of that letter. i think we should just go simple and use ewwww Double-you is especially silly since every other letter at least has the letter incorporated in it one-sillable name. A, Be, Ce, De, E,Eff, Gee, ...,...Double-you ??????, Ax, Why, Zet.
Ax and Zet? In English it's Ex and Zed (unless you are a Yank).
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The term yank would seem very strange to me coming from a Canadian, not incorrect, just odd. In my head there would be an accent mis-match with the term coming from someone who sounds pretty much like me as a Minnesota.
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I only really say that when typing, it does sound a bit odd spoken aloud. I like it though, feels more colloquial, like we are good buddies with names for each other.
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On December 05 2014 03:15 Alzadar wrote: Ultralisks are babies when in the egg, then they grow up really fast.
(How to frame this in a stupid -question-stupid-answer format...)
Wouldn't it be awesome if Zerg had little baby units that where 50m 50g 2supply, that where harmless at first (as in: single zergling) but gut huge bonusses to their stats the longer they survived? You'd have to protect them, hide them, feed them... And after 8 minutes they'd be 2supply Ultra's-with-stampede!
(Hm, I just realized this is roughly how 3-3 bio works )
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On December 09 2014 02:01 ThomasjServo wrote: The term yank would seem very strange to me coming from a Canadian, not incorrect, just odd. In my head there would be an accent mis-match with the term coming from someone who sounds pretty much like me as a Minnesota. I'm no good at geography but how many Minnesota are there, and how does someone become one?
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On December 09 2014 03:02 Fecalfeast wrote:Show nested quote +On December 09 2014 02:01 ThomasjServo wrote: The term yank would seem very strange to me coming from a Canadian, not incorrect, just odd. In my head there would be an accent mis-match with the term coming from someone who sounds pretty much like me as a Minnesota. I'm no good at geography but how many Minnesota are there, and how does someone become one? I am the one, it is like the highlander. There can only be one. :p
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On December 09 2014 01:54 Simberto wrote:Show nested quote +On December 08 2014 23:10 Jockmcplop wrote:On December 08 2014 13:33 Yoav wrote: I'm a longstanding proponent of pronouncing that letter "dubs." Every other letter is one syllable, only that one gets more, and it gets 3?!?!? "Dubs" is easy to say, preserves the sound, and, more importantly, is immediately recognizable in context.
Of course, it's all a little academic, because whenever you actually want to spell something correctly, "whisky" is the correct name of that letter. i think we should just go simple and use ewwww Double-you is especially silly since every other letter at least has the letter incorporated in it one-sillable name. A, Be, Ce, De, E,Eff, Gee, ...,...Double-you ??????, Ax, Why, Zet.
Yeah, conventions a little disobeyed, moreso in US. Almost all letters' names start with the letter, except "ex." In US we also have "eych" which really doesn't have an "h" in it (except in the compound), unlike the Brits (et al) who say "heych" which sounds ugly as balls, but at least starts with the letter. Why we don't use "hey" as the name is beyond me. And then there's "zed" versus "zee."
+ Show Spoiler +To fuel the USvUK fire, notice how the periods/quotes are above?
Edit: Okay, I also have a question, speaking of national differences. Was reading through some of Slate's highly entertaining "If it happened there" series and it said (perhaps hyperbolically) that things like Prime Minister's Questions were common among Western Democracies. While I am a huge fan of the concept, I was under the impression that such a form of debate was fairly rare. Does anybody know what other countries have some version of this, where the head of government regularly faces direct questioning from members of the various parties and has to answer them on the spot? Just curious about the extent and forms of the practice.
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something like that does not exist in germany. probably the closest to that is each year when the chancelors offices budget has to be approved all parties have a chance to adress the past years policies.
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