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Post by Power Ranger on Apr 27, 2018 19:42:48 GMT
1) Green eyes are a flaw, blue eyes are perfection.
2) In 1991, quiet, secluded roads had security cameras in random areas.
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Post by Salzmank on Apr 27, 2018 19:52:06 GMT
Pardon me while I have a strange interlude.
“Learned” and “learnt.” Always was intrigued by this linguistic puzzle. I usually use learned as the preterite (“I learned that potatoes are tubers”) and learnt as the past-participle (“I’ve learnt that tomorrow’s supposed to be rainy”). But, as I understand it, both can be used for both the preterite and the past-participle; the former is just more common here in the U.S. and the latter more common in the rest of the English-speaking world. I think that to some extent I’ve made up these usages in my own mind.
In the same way, I usually use theatre to express the general theatrical art-form (“his performance was a stirring moment in the history of theatre”) and theater to refer to a specific location where a theatrical event is taking place (“I walked down to the local movie theater to see the latest blockbuster”—except, of course, when the theater itself uses theatre in its name). To the best of my knowledge, though, there’s no logical reason for that. Curiouser and curiouser, as Alice would say.
Fin d’intermède.
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Post by Power Ranger on Apr 27, 2018 19:53:42 GMT
3) Salzmank needs to get laid.
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Post by Salzmank on Apr 27, 2018 19:58:07 GMT
3) Salzmank needs to get laid. |
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Post by Power Ranger on Apr 27, 2018 20:03:27 GMT
4) Salzmank is not very learned.
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Post by Salzmank on Apr 27, 2018 20:05:56 GMT
4) Salzmank is not very learned. “Educated.” This word works for both the preterite and the past-participle, by the way.  |
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Post by Power Ranger on Apr 27, 2018 20:10:07 GMT
5) Salzmank has passed-particles for brains.
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Post by Salzmank on Apr 27, 2018 20:10:38 GMT
Oh! here’s Rodgers and Hammerstein. Or do you prefer opera? (Now is that theatre or theater?)
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Post by Salzmank on Apr 27, 2018 20:11:41 GMT
5) Salzmank has passed-particles for brains. Tut, tut. Mesdames et messieurs, let’s have mercy on the boy. It seems he’s lost it. He doesn’t even know what a participle is. |
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Post by Power Ranger on Apr 27, 2018 20:20:05 GMT
5) Salzmank has passed-particles for brains. Tut, tut. Mesdames et messieurs, let’s have mercy on the boy. It seems he’s lost it. He doesn’t even know what a participle is. ^ His English is so bad he’s speaking in creole. |
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Post by Salzmank on Apr 27, 2018 20:24:53 GMT
Tut, tut. Mesdames et messieurs, let’s have mercy on the boy. It seems he’s lost it. He doesn’t even know what a participle is. ^ His English is so bad he’s speaking in creole. |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Apr 27, 2018 20:26:37 GMT
and then there is the curious repeated confusion of irony and coincidence
June Lockhart took over the young Liz role in Son of Lassie.
It's the height of irony that June Lockhart would later star in the TV series.
"Irony usually signals a difference between the appearance of things and reality. For instance, Wikipedia says: “Ironic statements (verbal irony) often convey a meaning exactly opposite from their literal meaning. In ironic situations (situational irony), actions often have an effect exactly opposite from what is intended.”
Examples of irony:
When a tiny dog is named Giant
If a police officer gets a ticket for driving too fast
A pilot with a fear of heights"
so it's OT ././././ sue me ! .
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Post by Salzmank on Apr 27, 2018 20:27:37 GMT
There’s a song called “Irony” that, if I remember correctly, has not a single example of irony in it. Now that’s ironic.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Apr 27, 2018 20:32:32 GMT
Désolé d'interrompre ce combat discussion fascinant avec quelque chose d'aussi banal que l'ironie
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Post by Salzmank on Apr 27, 2018 20:33:39 GMT
As this thread was ridiculous from the OP, I feel I have leave to record the following here for posterity—ahem…
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Post by Power Ranger on Apr 27, 2018 20:33:57 GMT
It’s ironic that Rhodey said he was riding ‘dead stick’, then became paralysed and thus would have erectile disfunction.
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Post by Salzmank on Apr 27, 2018 20:36:50 GMT
Désolé d'interrompre ce combat discussion fascinant avec quelque chose d'aussi banal que l'ironie Pas de problème, mon ami. Quand je commence à écrire en français, c’est le moment de savoir que je dois aborder un autre sujet. |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Apr 27, 2018 20:39:31 GMT
where doth thou suppose cometh the expression "tut tut" ?  |
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Post by merh on Apr 27, 2018 20:41:52 GMT
Pardon me while I have a strange interlude. “Learned” and “learnt.” Always was intrigued by this linguistic puzzle. I usually use learned as the preterite (“I learned that potatoes are tubers”) and learnt as the past-participle (“I’ve learnt that tomorrow’s supposed to be rainy”). But, as I understand it, both can be used for both the preterite and the past-participle; the former is just more common here in the U.S. and the latter more common in the rest of the English-speaking world. I think that to some extent I’ve made up these usages in my own mind. In the same way, I usually use theatre to express the general theatrical art-form (“his performance was a stirring moment in the history of theatre”) and theater to refer to a specific location where a theatrical event is taking place (“I walked down to the local movie theater to see the latest blockbuster”—except, of course, when the theater itself uses theatre in its name). To the best of my knowledge, though, there’s no logical reason for that. Curiouser and curiouser, as Alice would say. Fin d’intermède. According to Oxford Living Dictionary So power ranger is British? |
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Post by Salzmank on Apr 27, 2018 20:42:44 GMT
where doth thou suppose cometh the expression "tut tut" ? Your Majesty! Have you ever seen the synopsis I came up with for a movie called Tut? A masterpiece of film it’ll be, so I tells ya, so I tells ya… |
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