― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 17 November 2003 11:38 (twenty years ago) link
― enrique (Enrique), Monday, 17 November 2003 11:45 (twenty years ago) link
― Citizen Kate (kate), Monday, 17 November 2003 11:47 (twenty years ago) link
― Sam (chirombo), Monday, 17 November 2003 11:50 (twenty years ago) link
― Sam (chirombo), Monday, 17 November 2003 11:51 (twenty years ago) link
― Citizen Kate (kate), Monday, 17 November 2003 11:51 (twenty years ago) link
― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 17 November 2003 12:03 (twenty years ago) link
― enrique (Enrique), Monday, 17 November 2003 12:05 (twenty years ago) link
― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 17 November 2003 12:09 (twenty years ago) link
― Sam (chirombo), Monday, 17 November 2003 12:10 (twenty years ago) link
(Nick, curly Jackie asked after you yesterday. She sends her love)
― Markelby (Mark C), Monday, 17 November 2003 12:11 (twenty years ago) link
You're right - this thread is nasty.
― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 17 November 2003 12:13 (twenty years ago) link
i've seen nastier
― enrique (Enrique), Monday, 17 November 2003 12:14 (twenty years ago) link
N: have you been seeing a sudden upsurge in this recently? I've been seeing YMMV for about 10 years, on and off.
― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Monday, 17 November 2003 12:15 (twenty years ago) link
― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Monday, 17 November 2003 12:16 (twenty years ago) link
― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 17 November 2003 12:16 (twenty years ago) link
― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 17 November 2003 12:20 (twenty years ago) link
― enrique (Enrique), Monday, 17 November 2003 12:23 (twenty years ago) link
― RJG (RJG), Monday, 17 November 2003 12:33 (twenty years ago) link
― athos magnani (Cozen), Monday, 17 November 2003 12:36 (twenty years ago) link
― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 17 November 2003 12:47 (twenty years ago) link
― Skottie, Monday, 17 November 2003 21:14 (twenty years ago) link
― Creepy Weirdo, Thursday, 13 October 2005 16:30 (eighteen years ago) link
why does every goddamn description of a southern (US) accent call it a "drawl"?? USE OTHER WORDS, PLEASE
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Monday, 11 July 2011 16:54 (twelve years ago) link
Drawing your vowels out = drawl
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drawl
They use it because it's a readily recognizable feature of a dialect and it's quick and easy to say compared to "dialect" or "way of speaking" or "he drags out his vowels"; and "southern accent" sounds weird to some people because they associate accents with other languages.
― bamcquern, Monday, 11 July 2011 20:44 (twelve years ago) link
my point is that some - many? most? - southern accents are not drawls
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Friday, 15 July 2011 16:51 (twelve years ago) link
people who call their computer a "'puter"
or a pooter
― kkvgz, Friday, 15 July 2011 19:28 (twelve years ago) link
metaad hominem
― kkvgz, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 12:00 (twelve years ago) link
(not singling out the latest post by kdt, btw. I've been tired of these two for a long while)
― grit of ad hominem (kkvgz), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 12:01 (twelve years ago) link
Today I learned on Twitter that some people call sunglasses "sunnies"
ffs why
― the farakhan of gg (DJP), Monday, 24 November 2014 18:34 (nine years ago) link
sunglasses successor will be along shortly to explain it all.
― estela, Monday, 24 November 2014 19:09 (nine years ago) link
ha
― the farakhan of gg (DJP), Monday, 24 November 2014 19:13 (nine years ago) link
"You do you"???? I've never heard anyone say this and would at least briefly contemplate hitting someone who did.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/05/magazine/how-you-do-you-perfectly-captures-our-narcissistic-culture.html
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 16:20 (nine years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DyF8FiUWkAYZDdI.jpg
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 29 January 2019 16:44 (five years ago) link
ugh
― Right column Leftist (sunny successor), Tuesday, 29 January 2019 20:33 (five years ago) link
instantiation
like, is "instance" not good enough for you
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 29 January 2019 20:39 (five years ago) link
The term was originally coined by Coca-Cola as "throat share",[2] in order to measure how much of the world's beverages were theirs, but is now more commonly referred to as share of throat.[3]
― mick signals, Tuesday, 29 January 2019 20:49 (five years ago) link
Those same people call sandwiches "sammies". I can't help but hear that in a widdle kid voice.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Tuesday, 29 January 2019 21:06 (five years ago) link
I'll allow both if you're Australian, otherwise no.
"Share of throat" is a nightmare.
― emil.y, Tuesday, 29 January 2019 21:08 (five years ago) link
I was about to say. FFS why? Because Australia.
― Right column Leftist (sunny successor), Tuesday, 29 January 2019 21:46 (five years ago) link
― Οὖτις
i kind of enjoy this from a descriptivist perspective. first it gets established with the meaning "process of instantiating", then once that's happened somebody forgets what the product of instantiating is and the word "instantiation" pops into their head. i find it endearingly silly.
― The Elvis of Nationalism and Amoral Patriotism (rushomancy), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 18:00 (five years ago) link
"Share of throat" is clearly a vampire term
― jmm, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 18:03 (five years ago) link
sammies for sandwiches is American, not Australian; FP'd emily.
― sans lep (sic), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 20:05 (five years ago) link