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  • #16
    Originally posted by Provost Harrison
    I must say though, this is a really banal thread
    I didn't invent the question.

    Thanks for all the answers btw.
    Contraria sunt Complementa. -- Niels Bohr
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    • #17
      Re: English language question

      Originally posted by Maniac
      How do you say your shoestring got untied?

      My shoestring is loose/loosened/untied or something?

      And how do you say it when your shoestring has *almost* gotten untied, but not yet?

      A Chinese asked me this question, but I'm not entirely sure myself. Such day-to-day matters are hardly ever discussed here on Apolyton.
      1. Let the rest of us learn sanskrit and mathematical logic.
      Then we, who learned, and our code-writing friends will write the specific programmes - interfaces to languages.
      After that we will influently struggle for some kind of esperanto, or at least Pegeon-English.
      And what? Pegeon-English allready exist (about 800-1000 words, no kidding). From the end of XIX century.
      Learn it - and you will be understanded .
      As bunderlogs in "Maugli"...
      By the Ka, constrictor .
      [ONO VAM NADO? (Russian) = ARE YOU REALLY GETTING GOTTA A PROBLEM?]

      So, what is the problem, chap, indeed?
      Simplicify complex phrases - and those who want to understand - they will find a way to correct translation...

      2. Let the rest of us learn the medieval Latin.

      3. Let the rest of us learn...
      Sinserely yours

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      • #18
        WTF?
        Speaking of Erith:

        "It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda Smith

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        • #19
          Just, wow.
          Apolyton's Grim Reaper 2008, 2010 & 2011
          RIP lest we forget... SG (2) and LaFayette -- Civ2 Succession Games Brothers-in-Arms

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          • #20
            WTF Onodera?
            THEY!!111 OMG WTF LOL LET DA NOMADS AND TEH S3D3NTARY PEOPLA BOTH MAEK BITER AXP3REINCES
            AND TEH GRAAT SINS OF THERE [DOCTRINAL] INOVATIONS BQU3ATH3D SMAL
            AND!!1!11!!! LOL JUST IN CAES A DISPUTANT CALS U 2 DISPUT3 ABOUT THEYRE CLAMES
            DO NOT THAN DISPUT3 ON THEM 3XCAPT BY WAY OF AN 3XTARNAL DISPUTA!!!!11!! WTF

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            • #21
              What a bunch of Einsteins.

              My shoelace is coming untied. My shoelace is untied.
              He's not talking about his shoes He's talking about the laces. Jiminey crickets.
              Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
              "Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
              He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead

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              • #22
                Originally posted by LordShiva
                WTF Onodera?
                WTF Aneeshm?
                Graffiti in a public toilet
                Do not require skill or wit
                Among the **** we all are poets
                Among the poets we are ****.

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                • #23
                  So do you call it "bathroom" or "restroom" or does it even ****ing matter
                  Which side are we on? We're on the side of the demons, Chief. We are evil men in the gardens of paradise, sent by the forces of death to spread devastation and destruction wherever we go. I'm surprised you didn't know that. --Saul Tigh

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                  • #24
                    Bathroom...restroom seems to be specifically US. The Australians probably use something crude like sh*tter or something
                    Speaking of Erith:

                    "It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda Smith

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                    • #25
                      I don't know why you call it a restroom. When I am on the porcelain throne, there's nothing restful about it
                      Speaking of Erith:

                      "It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda Smith

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                      • #26
                        Originally posted by Provost Harrison
                        I don't know why you call it a restroom. When I am on the porcelain throne, there's nothing restful about it
                        But you're taking a bath?
                        THEY!!111 OMG WTF LOL LET DA NOMADS AND TEH S3D3NTARY PEOPLA BOTH MAEK BITER AXP3REINCES
                        AND TEH GRAAT SINS OF THERE [DOCTRINAL] INOVATIONS BQU3ATH3D SMAL
                        AND!!1!11!!! LOL JUST IN CAES A DISPUTANT CALS U 2 DISPUT3 ABOUT THEYRE CLAMES
                        DO NOT THAN DISPUT3 ON THEM 3XCAPT BY WAY OF AN 3XTARNAL DISPUTA!!!!11!! WTF

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                        • #27
                          Originally posted by Provost Harrison
                          Bathroom...restroom seems to be specifically US. The Australians probably use something crude like sh*tter or something
                          Dunny.
                          One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.

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                          • #28
                            Originally posted by LordShiva


                            But you're taking a bath?
                            No, a sh*t. Keep up boy!

                            (And Dauphin, yes, I know )
                            Speaking of Erith:

                            "It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda Smith

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                            • #29
                              This thread is part of why I love Apolyton.
                              Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God.-Isaiah 41:10
                              I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made - Psalms 139.14a
                              Also active on WePlayCiv.

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                              • #30
                                Because there are so many around you that make you feel smart?
                                Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
                                "Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
                                He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead

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