Sid Nagy Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 (edited) 11 hours ago, Lindal Kidd said: Just weighing in again... (oops, ellipsises!) Anyone who's read more than a handful of my posts knows very well that I don't insist on grammatically correct English and often use slang or idiom myself. It's all about communication, and whatever gets that done is OK with me. But yes, I do correct grammatical errors from time to time...again, in the interests of improving communication. I'm a teacher, and for me, class is always in session. My posts here have been deliberately phrased in a snooty, schoolmarm tone as a gentle attempt at humor, poking a little fun at the overly strident posts by a few others, and at my own tendency to teach at the drop of a semicolon. Obviously, not everyone got that. Subtle humor, irony and sarcasm are among the most difficult parts on forums in general and especially when in a foreign language. Edited May 31, 2021 by Sid Nagy 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sid Nagy Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 (edited) 9 hours ago, TrophySpouse said: This. A second laugh emoji is long overdue. The regular laugh that adds reputation points can be left as is, and the other scorn laugh would not add points like the sad or confused emojis. Let's petition the Lindens for it. Is there some kind of a bonus when you collect enough reputation points, like an extra patch of land in SL or a discount on the premium fee? I see these buttons only as a way to communicate without having to write an extra post about it. Edited May 31, 2021 by Sid Nagy 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drayke Newall Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 2 minutes ago, Sid Nagy said: Is there some kind of a bonus when you collect enough reputation points, like an extra patch of land in SL or a discount on the premium fee? I hope not or people like @LittleMe Jewell would own all of mainland by now with 38,935 reputation points. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 1 hour ago, Amina Sopwith said: Cor blimey, what a load of old cobblers. You will if you use yer loaf. If nothing else, have a butcher's online, or even coat and badge a brown bread tree dictionary from a china plate and it'll all be there. Any old iron, any old iron, any any any old iron... Makes as much sense as.. you know! Thanks for the examples!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krystina Ferraris Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 18 hours ago, Love Zhaoying said: I think we should use "Cockney rhyming slang" 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madelaine McMasters Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 18 hours ago, Rolig Loon said: "Never teach a pig to sing. It only wastes your time and it annoys the pig." 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 3 hours ago, Madelaine McMasters said: Sure a pig can sing, but can it yodel-sing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sid Nagy Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 You need really strong stuff to play and sing like that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InnerCity Elf Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 On 5/30/2021 at 7:55 PM, LittleMe Jewell said: Thus, the previous two usages of "remmy" really are just laziness or someone thinking it is "cool" to talk that way. Or maybe it was a test run by Vulcans to find out if we'd get it, and the diligent/uncool one was to not make it too difficult ... although, somehow, I have the feeling that every single person here got it, and would also have without that last usage, never mind if native speaker or not; aren't humans' brains wonderful things (sometimes). Wow, really. But I watched a fun video, and learned stuff ... about ... ellipses and such. A shame though that I'm on my phone and can't apply the ellipses space saving tidbit - but I've memorized it for future use! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 On 5/31/2021 at 6:48 AM, Sid Nagy said: Subtle humor, irony and sarcasm are among the most difficult parts on forums in general and especially when in a foreign language. IKNOWRITE? Oops I meant IKR? It's far too easy to assume someone is always being sarcastic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 "A Different World" was a US TV show, thought this thread was about that! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Mistwalker Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 2 hours ago, Love Zhaoying said: "A Different World" was a US TV show, thought this thread was about that! You sure you don't mean Diff'rent Strokes? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 3 hours ago, Silent Mistwalker said: You sure you don't mean Diff'rent Strokes? Watchoo tawkin' 'bout, Willis? (think I got it right) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arduenn Schwartzman Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 (edited) On 5/31/2021 at 6:48 PM, Love Zhaoying said: Focus - Hocus Pocus I remmy that song. Beautiful yodels by Thijs van Leer en Jan Akkerman, majestically rolling off the Dutch highlands of the Utrechtse Heuvelrug (don't try to pronounce that at home, folks). [Update] Anyone remmy this one? Edited June 5, 2021 by Arduenn Schwartzman remmy remmy remmy remmy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sid Nagy Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 (edited) The Dutch highlands .... yeah right, especially the Utrechtse heuvelrug, There are moles who push up higher bulbs of dirt than that. Edited June 5, 2021 by Sid Nagy 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innula Zenovka Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 On 5/30/2021 at 7:40 PM, Rolig Loon said: The Favorite Quotes thread suddenly made me think of one that I saw posted on an office door years ago: "Never teach a pig to sing. It only wastes your time and it annoys the pig." I wouldn't dare to attach that quote to any particular post in this thread -- it's much too offensive -- but the message seems to fit here somewhere. 🙄 In a similar vein, recently I was reading Thinking: Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman, and was struck by his observation Quote “Nothing in life is as important as you think it is, while you are thinking about it” 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyrie Deka Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 52 minutes ago, Innula Zenovka said: Quote “Nothing in life is as important as you think it is, while you are thinking about it” Hear hear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Mistwalker Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 3 hours ago, Innula Zenovka said: In a similar vein, recently I was reading Thinking: Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman, and was struck by his observation I think about life. Does this mean life isn't important? 🤭 Sorry. The quote doesn't really make sense to me as it seems to be contradicting itself. What am I missing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innula Zenovka Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 (edited) 8 hours ago, Silent Mistwalker said: I think about life. Does this mean life isn't important? 🤭 Sorry. The quote doesn't really make sense to me as it seems to be contradicting itself. What am I missing? Whatever it is that you're thinking about, and it may well be very important indeed, most of the time it's not so important to you that it commands much, if any, of your attention. Edited June 6, 2021 by Innula Zenovka 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolig Loon Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 36 minutes ago, Silent Mistwalker said: I think about life. Does this mean life isn't important? 🤭 Sorry. The quote doesn't really make sense to me as it seems to be contradicting itself. What am I missing? I think you are focusing on the wrong end of the sentence. Kahnemann's observation means that the act of tightening our thoughts on one idea temporarily makes that idea more important to us than anything else. We close our minds to thoughts that might distract us, so that we can follow that one idea efficiently. Our mind makes that single thought the center of its universe -- much more important than it would normally be. Basically, he's saying what a lot of mind-brain science has concluded: we can't truly multitask. Our brain flips its focus from one thought to another, making each one most important for a while. The implication is that we have a natural tendency to overexaggerate how important things are -- while we are thinking about them. And Quartz ^^ just said that much more simply while I was typing. 🙃 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingrid Ingersoll Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 A Different World Opening and Closing Credits and Theme Song - YouTube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Mistwalker Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 44 minutes ago, Innula Zenovka said: What if it is that you're thinking about, and it may well be very important indeed, most of the time it's not so important to you that it commands much, if any, of your attention. If that guy had my brain, he'd know better. lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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