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what's the quiz about?

― kenan, Monday, 9 April 2007 20:52 (seventeen years ago) link

Vocab and s/v agreement

some of the words:
periphery
ricochet
decrepit
affable
vilify

i need to write sentences where they fill in the blank with the correct word

― La Lechera, Monday, 9 April 2007 20:53 (seventeen years ago) link

1. Drug Dealer Joe was no longer welcome in the center of the neighborhood, and was forced to sell drugs in the _____________.

2. He knew that if he shot at the wall at the wrong angle, the bullet might ____________ and kill an innocent person.

3. Ignored for years by the city, the housing project had become very ______________.

― kenan, Monday, 9 April 2007 20:57 (seventeen years ago) link

Those are pretty tough words!

― Jordan, Monday, 9 April 2007 20:58 (seventeen years ago) link

i'm definitely using #3! can you tell that we've been talking about housing projects?

as for their difficulty, well -- people need to know some new words. they're all words from their reading. (these are the remedial/developmental native speakers, btw.) also they are in college and should know what decrepit means.

― La Lechera, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:00 (seventeen years ago) link

"catharsis" was an important one for them since they didn't know there was a word for that. we had a good time talking about it.

― La Lechera, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:01 (seventeen years ago) link

I didn't mean to kill the thread with teaching. I know it's boring.

― La Lechera, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:12 (seventeen years ago) link

It's not boring at all! But I must admit, I have no reference for it.

― kenan, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:13 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm back. I like the word catharsis, its meanings and its sound.

I rented a car and got a PT Cruiser instead. It's a pretty dumb-looking vehicle, but it's great that its what they gave me since I've got to move some furniture from Michigan.

― Jesse, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:17 (seventeen years ago) link

I mean, it's not boring to me, but it's not interesting to anyone who's not doing it. Maybe a little, but not really.

I just peeked at DC thread and realized that we have been entirely eclipsed.

― La Lechera, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:21 (seventeen years ago) link

Which is fine.

― La Lechera, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:21 (seventeen years ago) link

I guess.

― La Lechera, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:21 (seventeen years ago) link

it really it a horrible vehicle. It has the grill and fenders from the 30's and the profile of a minivan. It's a platypus.

― kenan, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:22 (seventeen years ago) link

Hi dere Chicago. I'm coming to your city again, and this time I'll actually make it out of O'Hare. I'm going to a workshop at the InterContinental Chicago, but turns out they don't have a room for me, those fuckers--anyone have other suggestions for a nice joint not to far? Employer is paying, so while I don't think I can pull off 500 a night, I'm sure 300 is doable.

― quincie, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:22 (seventeen years ago) link

Oh and of course I would also like to FAP, if anyone is into FAPing on a Sunday or Monday night.

― quincie, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:23 (seventeen years ago) link

pt cruiser is built on the same frame with the same engine and drivetrain as the dodge neon. only thing that different is the sheetmetal.

― chicago kevin, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:25 (seventeen years ago) link

I am interested in teaching and learning and vocabulary. I was looking at a children's book yesterday and realized there are a ton of "hard words" in books written for the elementary-school market -- but the sentence structure is fairly simple, and the words are used in ways that they can often be figured out through context clues. Even with some of the trickier words, it's probably good for kids to at least encounter them, even if they don't know what they mean, because they'll be better equipped down the road.

― jaymc, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:26 (seventeen years ago) link

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"And okay, Jesse's eyebrows ARE a bit bushy but he's just too manly to wax or ...

Jesse's eyebrows are FIERCE!!!

Jesse's eyebrows crawl up his forehead

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Jesse's eyebrows raised

Jesse's eyebrows arched

Jesse's eyebrows scrunched together

Jesse's eyebrows nit together

Jesse's eyebrows rose

― Jesse, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:26 (seventeen years ago) link

I have to say that while the PT Cruiser is kind of clunky-looking, totally a postmodern visual joke, it handles OK and has nice pick-up and take-off. It's peppy. And I would actually consider owning one in a convertible version.

― Jesse, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:28 (seventeen years ago) link

yep - that's the point. even if they never use the word "decrepit" in a sentence, they will know 1) its part of speech and 2) basically what it means. some people say that there is no way to "teach" vocabulary, but they way i see it you have to at least expose people to new words a few times and make them use them before they start to use them naturally. as long as they don't go on elimidate and start screaming "i'm totally DECREPIT y'all! i'm WASTED!" i think they'll be better off than when they started, y'know?

― La Lechera, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:29 (seventeen years ago) link

I just peeked at DC thread and realized that we have been entirely eclipsed.

What does this mean?

― Jesse, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:29 (seventeen years ago) link

i dunno. i just peeked at it.

― La Lechera, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:30 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm confused then.

― Jesse, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:31 (seventeen years ago) link

Actually "let's get decrepit y'all" seems like a totally reasonable thing to say.

― Jordan, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:32 (seventeen years ago) link

Let's get decrepit in here

― Jesse, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:34 (seventeen years ago) link

You can be the one to popularize that, Jordan. I just want them to know that it means "run-down, falling apart" and is not necessarily a good thing.

Your new stage name: DJ Decrepit?

― La Lechera, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:35 (seventeen years ago) link

Bad example, I guess. But you know what I mean.

― La Lechera, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:36 (seventeen years ago) link

You have to know the rules in order to break them, etc.

― La Lechera, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:37 (seventeen years ago) link

Someone explain to me the following DC thread memes:

1. blood diamonds
2. 8080
3. beartrap

― jaymc, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:37 (seventeen years ago) link

I just heard on the radio that the Coalition of Imokalee Workers got their way and McDonalds is paying them $.01/LB more for the tomatoes they are picking. This significantly increases their wages. Last year they pressured Taco Bell into doing the same thing.

― Jesse, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:38 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.ilxor.com:8080/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=40&threadid=52982

― Jordan, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:38 (seventeen years ago) link

beartrap is xpost, i think it's pretty stupid

blood diamonds means awesome, or see thread above

― Mr. Que, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:39 (seventeen years ago) link

I have been gone since 11:30, and I am not going to read the skipped messages but I do fundamentally agree with Kenan about the use of the shower scene in Carrie to create a disarming contrast with the pad-pelting that follows, if that's what this means: And I suspect it's because Jenny and I agree fundamentally that the hotness is being used to disarm you so the next scene is even more horrifyingly cruel.

Also I passed the multi-state professional responsibility exam. I needed 80 and I got 127. So I'm 50% more ethical than I need to be to practice law in IL.

― Jenny, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:41 (seventeen years ago) link

Oh, I just revived that thread, never mind.

― jaymc, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:41 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm on an all-hot dog diet again. Last night I had a polish from RKSC for dinner and I'm planning on it again tonight, but also couldn't resist the hot dog + Brazilian salsa here at lunch. Apparently Brazilian salsa involves peas and corn. It is blood diamonds.

― Jordan, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:42 (seventeen years ago) link

This is cracking me up - "Invite mpre.score@act.0rg to Gmail"

― Jenny, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:42 (seventeen years ago) link

uhm, blood diamonds has slipped into my real life conversation at an alarming level. me and laurel were using it pretty freely in new york so now my best friends think i got it from her. oh! but when i rooted through my pockets looking for money and pulled out a $20 on friday i did get a "blood diamonds".

― chicago kevin, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:42 (seventeen years ago) link

So I'm 50% more ethical than I need to be to practice law in IL.

Low standards, huh?

― Jordan, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:43 (seventeen years ago) link

So it would seem.

― Jenny, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:43 (seventeen years ago) link

Hahah, Bonnie started saying it too, Kevin! We are creeping up on the real world.

― Laurel, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:43 (seventeen years ago) link

we are awesome.

blood diamonds.

― chicago kevin, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:44 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm just kidding Jenny, you're ethical as shit.

― Jordan, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:44 (seventeen years ago) link

wednesday night bill did ask me, "ok, what the fuck about the blood diamonds? you, my wife, what did i miss?"

― chicago kevin, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:45 (seventeen years ago) link

if that's what this means

that's what it means, jenny.

Also see: teenagers sneak out into woods to do it, girl pops her top and WHOA NELLY WHAT KNOCKERS, and then the slasher appears. Playing sex/guilt directly with the audience. One of the great things about Carrie is that it takes such formulas and makes them very psychological and relatable, and therefore all the more skin-crawly.

― kenan, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:45 (seventeen years ago) link

Jenny is pants-shittingly ethical.

― Jesse, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:46 (seventeen years ago) link

i still don't understand "blood diamonds" aside from the fact that it's what the cool kids are saying now.

― La Lechera, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:47 (seventeen years ago) link

it's all pretty stupid, but whatever, i'll act like i can play along.

― kenan, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:48 (seventeen years ago) link

Kevin, tell him he missed the special touch.

― Laurel, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:49 (seventeen years ago) link

wtf is going on in Chicago at the end of the month such that there are apparently no hotel rooms available? HELLO DERE CAN I SLEEP ON YOUR COUCH Y/N

― quincie, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:51 (seventeen years ago) link

is it snowing where you guys are? I went out a minute ago, and it was more than flurries.

― kenan, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:51 (seventeen years ago) link

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