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Postby VelvetElvis » Sun Jul 10, 2011 10:53 am

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Postby Eaquae Legit » Sat Jul 23, 2011 5:31 pm

"Only for today, I will devote 10 minutes of my time to some good reading, remembering that just as food is necessary to the life of the body, so good reading is necessary to the life of the soul." -- Pope John XXIII

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Postby VelvetElvis » Sat Jul 23, 2011 5:33 pm

My favorite poem in lolcat form? I can die happy!

ETA: I was also nomming a plum of my own when I clicked on that link.
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Postby Luet » Sat Jul 23, 2011 6:13 pm

I just got a novelty tee for $5 that says "Nom Nom Nom" with a monster with a big open mouth. I got it because it looks like it's saying my name. Nom (pronounced gnome). :)
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'"My old website got hacked," [Zach] Braff told his fans on Facebook. "Someone issued a 'coming out' statement on my behalf. I'm still straight and in love with my girlfriend. But not too straight; I still love musicals, brunch and Doogie Howser."
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Postby Eaquae Legit » Sun Jul 24, 2011 1:59 pm

Today a friend joined us at church. Despite knowing all the responses and prayers perfectly well, she had a blank moment and prayed "Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in evil." We all had a hard time finishing the prayer after that.
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Postby Eaquae Legit » Fri Jul 29, 2011 5:22 pm

"Only for today, I will devote 10 minutes of my time to some good reading, remembering that just as food is necessary to the life of the body, so good reading is necessary to the life of the soul." -- Pope John XXIII

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Postby neo-dragon » Fri Jul 29, 2011 5:35 pm

Seriously?? :shock:
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Postby mr_thebrain » Fri Jul 29, 2011 5:44 pm

i love bill nye.

he handled the guy's stupidity pretty nicely. and i lol'd when he responded to the guy's question about why the volcanoes no longer erupt on the moon like the guy was 8 years old.
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Postby zeroguy » Fri Jul 29, 2011 10:20 pm

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/bill-orei ... plain-that

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Postby Gravity Defier » Sun Aug 07, 2011 1:20 pm

http://xkcd.com/112/

I've seen it before but it's been a long time. Hilarious.
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Postby Luet » Fri Aug 19, 2011 4:53 pm

I was taking pictures of a bunch of mallard ducks at a pond today. I happened to catch this one yawning and with her eyes closed. I think she looks hilarious!

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Postby HectorVictorious » Fri Aug 19, 2011 5:03 pm

ha!

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Postby neo-dragon » Tue Aug 23, 2011 3:55 pm

I think that people here will appreciate this: The Sexy Spelling Song
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Postby Platypi007 » Wed Aug 24, 2011 1:56 am

"Because these two things go well together: glitz and glamour, clits and grammar." ROFLOL.

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Postby Gravity Defier » Wed Aug 24, 2011 7:02 pm

I get the intentions but it comes off as snobbery, as far as I'm concerned. I will never be the best at English, even though it's the language I was raised on and the only one I'm approaching fluent in, so it gets majorly annoying to have people who are constantly pointing out my mistakes.

Did you get what I meant? Then shut the f*** up, already. Thanks!
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Postby neo-dragon » Wed Aug 24, 2011 7:22 pm

I'm horrible at spelling, but I admit that I can be a homonym snob. I notice when people consistently mess up there/their/they're, your/you're, or to/too/two. Emphasis on "consistently" because even though I know the differences I know I carelessly slip up on occasion.

Also, I totally use "alright" rather than "all right", and until recently I didn't actually know that only one is technically correct. I also find myself pausing to think about effect vs affect sometimes. And I also get confused about "If I was..." vs. "If I were..."

But yeah, I'm still a snob sometimes.

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And I start sentences with "and" and "but".

Oh, and I will probably give you a strange look if you say "irregardless", unless I know you well enough to know that you're being intentionally humourous.
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Postby Luet » Wed Aug 24, 2011 7:41 pm

I think I could ditto almost everything neo said. *non-snobby grammar high five!*
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Postby Syphon the Sun » Wed Aug 24, 2011 7:55 pm

Also, I totally use "alright" rather than "all right", and until recently I didn't actually know that only one is technically correct.
When a word has been in use for over a hundred years, I think we can stop saying it's "not correct" or "not a word." Especially when using "alright" instead of "all right" can make the meaning of the sentence clearer (e.g., "his economic models were alright" vs. "his economic models were all right").
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Postby mr_thebrain » Wed Aug 24, 2011 8:23 pm

great, in a hundred years we can add "aight" as an acceptable version of all right.
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Postby VelvetElvis » Wed Aug 24, 2011 9:24 pm

"Because these two things go well together: glitz and glamour, clits and grammar." ROFLOL.
I keep singing that part over and over.
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Postby zeroguy » Wed Aug 24, 2011 10:11 pm

I also find myself pausing to think about effect vs affect sometimes.
Sometimes I wonder what I'd tell someone learning english if they asked me about effect/affect. At this point, I think it'd be something like: "you're never going to remember which one to use, and most of the time nobody will care or notice which one you used, so go nuts".
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Postby neo-dragon » Wed Aug 24, 2011 10:37 pm

I just remind myself that "affect" is a verb and "effect" is a noun, right?

ie. "The loud noise affected him." vs. "The loud noise had an effect on him."
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Postby Dr. Mobius » Thu Aug 25, 2011 3:10 pm

great, in a hundred years we can add "aight" as an acceptable version of all right.
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Postby Satya » Thu Aug 25, 2011 3:24 pm

I just remind myself that "affect" is a verb and "effect" is a noun, right?

ie. "The loud noise affected him." vs. "The loud noise had an effect on him."
"Affect" is also a noun. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affect_%28psychology%29
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Postby neo-dragon » Thu Aug 25, 2011 3:26 pm

I just remind myself that "affect" is a verb and "effect" is a noun, right?

ie. "The loud noise affected him." vs. "The loud noise had an effect on him."
"Affect" is also a noun. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affect_%28psychology%29
Meh. Esoteric uses aside, I stand by what I said.
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Postby Satya » Thu Aug 25, 2011 3:48 pm

I just remind myself that "affect" is a verb and "effect" is a noun, right?

ie. "The loud noise affected him." vs. "The loud noise had an effect on him."
"Affect" is also a noun. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affect_%28psychology%29
Meh. Esoteric uses aside, I stand by what I said.
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Psychology . feeling or emotion.

Not esoteric.
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Postby Wind Swept » Thu Aug 25, 2011 3:51 pm

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Postby starlooker » Thu Aug 25, 2011 5:16 pm

I just remind myself that "affect" is a verb and "effect" is a noun, right?

ie. "The loud noise affected him." vs. "The loud noise had an effect on him."
"Affect" is also a noun. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affect_%28psychology%29
Meh. Esoteric uses aside, I stand by what I said.
–noun
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Psychology . feeling or emotion.

Not esoteric.
Seriously, not esoteric at all. It's pronounced slightly differently as a noun, (accent on the first syllable) and is used by a wide, wide variety of different professionals when describing a person's presentation. You may consider it to be somewhat more common to particular settings or professions, but it is certainly not esoteric. It's used extremely frequently and without second thought among people I know. And not just doctoral-level professionals. Nurses. Case managers. Social workers. Not just mental health, either, as physical health professionals will use it pretty commonly as well in their descriptions.

(My Psych 101 professor spent a good bit of time after receiving our class's first essays drilling into our heads the various appropriate uses for affect/effect. That little bit of knowledge has proved invaluable.)

(And, yes, you are right in that, as a general rule, "affect" is a verb and "effect" is a noun.)
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Postby Eaquae Legit » Thu Aug 25, 2011 5:20 pm

Effect can also be a verb: I wish to effect change.

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Postby Caspian » Thu Aug 25, 2011 5:22 pm

And of course in Canada the whole thing's flip-flop.
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Postby starlooker » Thu Aug 25, 2011 5:23 pm

Effect can also be a verb: I wish to effect change.

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Yeah, but THAT one is esoteric. :D
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Postby neo-dragon » Thu Aug 25, 2011 6:03 pm

Screw it all! I is going to talk however ways I wants to be is talking.

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And I stand by the claim that it's esoteric if you only learned about it through academia as opposed to every day use. :P
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Postby starlooker » Thu Aug 25, 2011 6:29 pm

Screw it all! I is going to talk however ways I wants to be is talking.

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And I stand by the claim that it's esoteric if you only learned about it through academia as opposed to every day use. :P
Affectionately, I need to tell you that's crap. Especially if what counts as academia is a Psych 101 class.

Anyhow, tons of people who work in the field did not necessarily learn it through academia, but through every-day use on their jobs. (E.g., many case managers, transcriptionists, etc.)
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