The Death of English as we know it...
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Oh, how you malign the wildlife. :sigh: I think we last visited Oatman about a year ago*, on our way back from Vegas. Finally drove over that big new bridge too. * FaceBook tells me it was last July.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
Hehehe... well, I don't have a problem maligning those wildlifes - burros or Democrats, they're all jackasses to me. I haven't been through Oatman for about a year or so. The last time was probably Jan - Feb 2013, as I took my new Savage .243 Axis out for a test shoot after work one evening on the way home. Boundary Cone Road is the main road to Oatman from my office, being the original Route 66, but it continues on to Kingman and points East. Immediately after leaving the town, though, there's a dirt road to the left that goes to Bullhead City called Silver Creek Road. There are a number of spots along that road where it's safe and legal to shoot. I haven't fired it since, as I really don't care for bolt action rifles, and haven't had much reason to visit Oatman either. Since I got the .243 BLR and .30-06 BAR I've been really intent on becoming proficient with them, and that requires a formal range. Happily, there are two on Boundary Cone Road - one near my office, and the other in Golden Valley. The close one is good for general shooting, but the one in Golden Valley has a 1000 yard range, which both of my favorite calibers are designed to reach accurately. I hope one day to be competent to shoot that range with either. :-D
Will Rogers never met me.
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"I try and to lead by" "I try and to coach" The use of "and" in these circumstsances implies success.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
Innit.
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You misspelled sanitized in _goodWords. ;P
Will Rogers never met me.
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I try and lead by example. I try and coach not curse. I try - Lord Knows I Try - to teach the youngin's how to cherish this wonderful, inconsistent and illogical language we have, and to use the depth and breadth of its vocabulary to its fullest. And yet some insist, provocatively, on abusing its fulsome goodness with the use of Words Abhorrent Unto John Galsworthy. I'm watching you, Nagy.
cheers Chris Maunder
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There, their, they're... It's gotten to the point I do not care anymore X|
Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
Saw a t-shirt recently printed with: There and Their They're Not the Same
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You're doing it wrong.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013You're using wrong incorrectly
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The Death of English as we know it...
As who knows it - the originators or the bastardisers?
There's an 'originator' of English? I'd love to meet him and have a few words about how he got some parts of his initial design wrong.
cheers Chris Maunder
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I try and lead by example. I try and coach not curse. I try - Lord Knows I Try - to teach the youngin's how to cherish this wonderful, inconsistent and illogical language we have, and to use the depth and breadth of its vocabulary to its fullest. And yet some insist, provocatively, on abusing its fulsome goodness with the use of Words Abhorrent Unto John Galsworthy. I'm watching you, Nagy.
cheers Chris Maunder
Youngin's is not a word. It is improper to start a sentence with And. Please do not coach people.
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This is actual code in our codebase:
// Items in Bad must have counterparts in Good.
private static readonly string[] _badWords =
{
<list of really naughty words >, "gotten"
};private static readonly string[] _goodWords =
{
<list of really naughty words santised>, "acquire, obtain, come by, receive, gain, or any of the many, many, MANY other words that deserve to be used instead" };...
// some code to search and replace bad words with good words.<Serious Dad-frown and a pointing finger> Don't make me use it! </Serious Dad-frown and a pointing finger>
cheers Chris Maunder
That's what you're upset over? When use of "impact" where "affect" is meant is rampant?
Truth, James
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Youngin's is not a word. It is improper to start a sentence with And. Please do not coach people.
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That's what you're upset over? When use of "impact" where "affect" is meant is rampant?
Truth, James
No - that example is too cut and dried. I prefer my idiosyncrasies to be about matters that are firmly on shaky ground.
cheers Chris Maunder
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You speak real good. Actually I feel like that now. I can't use any of the rich, colourful terms we have in Oz becuase I just get blank stares, or worse: they just pick a random interpretation of what they think I said and go with it.
cheers Chris Maunder
Chris Maunder wrote:
hey just pick a random interpretation of what they think I said and go with it.
Isn't that always the case? :laugh:
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Everytime someone uses that word a kitten dies. You're a good man.
cheers Chris Maunder
As you may remember, Bob Barker always would ask you to spay or neuter your cats at the end of the Price Is Right. I guess in the end this has similar population control effects. I'll make sure to use this word more often.
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As you may remember, Bob Barker always would ask you to spay or neuter your cats at the end of the Price Is Right. I guess in the end this has similar population control effects. I'll make sure to use this word more often.
Dang, I haven't gotten my cat either spayed or neutered... Cannot even tell which to do.
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I try and lead by example. I try and coach not curse. I try - Lord Knows I Try - to teach the youngin's how to cherish this wonderful, inconsistent and illogical language we have, and to use the depth and breadth of its vocabulary to its fullest. And yet some insist, provocatively, on abusing its fulsome goodness with the use of Words Abhorrent Unto John Galsworthy. I'm watching you, Nagy.
cheers Chris Maunder
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Colborne_Greg wrote:
Youngin's is not a word.
And?
Colborne_Greg wrote:
It is improper to start a sentence with And.
Er ....
Colborne_Greg wrote:
Please do not coach people.
Are we then to coach dogs, elephants, vultures? No sense your words make.
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There, their, they're... It's gotten to the point I do not care anymore X|
Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
How do you console a grammarian: There, their, they're. :)
PB 369,783 wrote:
I just find him very unlikeable, and I think the way he looks like a prettier version of his Mum is very disturbing.[^]
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Colborne_Greg wrote:
Youngin's is not a word.
And?
Colborne_Greg wrote:
It is improper to start a sentence with And.
Er ....
Colborne_Greg wrote:
Please do not coach people.
Are we then to coach dogs, elephants, vultures? No sense your words make.
Then I suggest you relearn the English language.
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Well, there is a local language called Boso Jowo (Javanese Language), even Google have it: https://www.google.com/?hl=jw[^], Google Translate https://translate.google.com/?hl=jv&tab=wT#en/jw/Javanese[^]
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And you missed out "Belgium"? :omg: :wtf:
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