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The discussion revolves around frustrations with current documentary programming, particularly criticizing the History Channel's focus on sensational topics like time travel conspiracies instead of real historical content. Participants express disappointment over National Geographic's sale to Fox, fearing a decline in quality programming. The conversation shifts to lighter topics, including humorous anecdotes about everyday life, such as a malfunctioning kitchen fan discovered to be blocked by installation instructions. There are also discussions about the challenges of understanding various dialects in Belgium, the complexities of language, and personal experiences with weather and housing in California. Members share their thoughts on food, including a peculiar dish of zucchini pancakes served with strawberry yogurt, and delve into mathematical concepts related to sandwich cutting and the properties of numbers. The thread captures a blend of serious commentary and lighthearted banter, reflecting a diverse range of interests and perspectives among participants.
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fresh_42 said:
English included or not?
Not sure, still, too avance for me.
 
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WWGD said:
Not sure, still, too avance for me.
Good that they wrote calculas and not analisit.
 
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Speaking of which, the first time I read (probably a list of courses in the uni) some "Advanced calculus" (in Estonian roughly translated to "Higher calculus" or "Higher algebra") I thought it sounded very fearsome and complicated. A bit further down on the list was "Mathematical analysis I" which sounded..you know, more friendly, more neutral.

..oh how wrong I was.

These days the course has a more fearsome title: "Single variable real analysis" (analysis I)
 
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Another weird discussion ( i am seeing a pattern here) someone talking about communication : We should all spend more time listening than talking. Is that possibleif everyone were to spend, say, 60% of their time listening, don't we need to have at least one person talking more than 60% of the time? I guess it is complicated since we communicate with many people, but it is definitely impossible with two people: if they get together for an hour, they cannot both listen for 40 minutes.
 
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fresh_42 said:
Good that they wrote calculas and not analisit.
Usually analisit are psychiatrist. When I had a problem in integration, I told someone I need an analyst. They told me :" No kidding".
 
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Greco-Roman ## \neq ## Greek or Roman!
 
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WWGD said:
Greco-Roman ## \neq ## Greek or Roman!
Have you joined a wrestler group?
 
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fresh_42 said:
Have you joined a wrestler group?
No, maybe I should try wrestling with women like Andy Kauffman did. It was his way of meeting women , since he was too shy.

BTW, something similar happened today. I ended up in a video for a song " East End Boys and West End Girls" a while back and wanted to hear it again.

I kept looking for "Eastern Boys and Western Girls" , found nothing. Somehow managed to end up on right video.
 
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fresh_42 said:
Have you joined a wrestler group?
I did do a few lessons of MMA a while ago. The instructor kept calling it Gecko-Roman style, which made me smile. When he wasn't looking my way, anyway.
 
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WWGD said:
BTW, something similar happened today. I ended up in a video for a song " East End Boys and West End Girls" a while back and wanted to hear it again.

I kept looking for "Eastern Boys and Western Girls" , found nothing. Somehow managed to end up on right video.
Google is pretty good at fixing that kind of thing. The error is called Mondegreen, apparently. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondegreen
 
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Ibix said:
I did do a few lessons of MMA a while ago. The instructor kept calling it Gecko-Roman style, which made me smile. When he wasn't looking my way, anyway.
Beside merging two different cultures, which I don't find especially strange, considering that the Romans copied the Greek culture anyway, what's really funny is, that Greco-Roman means not to grab anything below the waist. Now in contrast to our modern taboos, neither the Greek nor the Romans would have had any problems touching any parts of the body above or below the waist. However, I don't know whether there are written rules how they really wrestled at the competitions.
 
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WWGD said:
Thank you, will keep it in mind when Gecko -wrestling East end girls.
Don't forget horse and lance when you will fight the Hook Mill.
 
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fresh_42 said:
Don't forget horse and lance when you will fight the Hook Mill.
Ok, will look it up, but now iguana drink some water.
 
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I don't really like guano drinks.
 
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fresh_42 said:
I don't really like guano drinks.
Not even Iguana guano? Iguana know why.
 
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Ibix said:
The instructor kept calling it Gecko-Roman

My wife buys paint from "Sherman Williams" and likes the PF Chang "Asian Beefstro." She was honestly shocked when I corrected her on these. We still laugh about them.
 
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gmax137 said:
My wife buys paint from "Sherman Williams" and likes the PF Chang "Asian Beefstro." She was honestly shocked when I corrected her on these..

She panhandle the truth!
 
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My wife used to tell people that she got married on an American man.

She had a few issues with prepositions.
Or maybe it was pre-positions. :oldtongue:
 
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Borg said:
My wife used to tell people that she got married on an American man.Or maybe it was pre-positions. :oldtongue:

I thought you did not end sentences with pre-positions.
 
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Borg said:
My wife used to tell people that she got married on an American man.

She had a few issues with prepositions.
Or maybe it was pre-positions. :oldtongue:
Is she from Finnland?

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fresh_42 said:
Is she from Finnland?

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Some people take Yoga to new levels!
 
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Written on the pancake bottles:

American version: enough for 12-14
German version: 4-6

My output:
American version: enough for 4-6
German version: 12-14

And no, I did not confuse them, as they have different names: the American version is literally called pancakes whereas the German version is named pancakes.
 
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Written on the pancake bottles:

pancake Bottles?!
 
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nuuskur said:
Written on the pancake bottles:

pancake Bottles?!
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Theoretical Physicists exists only in theory ...
 
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WWGD said:
I think most would call it pancake mix bottles.
But my German is 10000 worse than your English .
 
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WWGD said:
But my German is 10000 worse than your English .
I didn't want to destroy the absurdity that comes along with pancakes + bottles. I mean it is pretty absurd to buy them ready made if it only takes a bit flour, sugar, eggs and ##NaHCO_3##, but somehow my experiments to mix the dough on my own haven't resulted in the desired taste, yet. My suspicion is, that fresh eggs instead of egg powder makes the difference. Or we are already so used to convenience food that the taste of real eggs feels strange.
 
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fresh_42 said:
I didn't want to destroy the absurdity that comes along with pancakes + bottles. I mean it is pretty absurd to buy them ready made if it only takes a bit flour, sugar, eggs and ##NaHCO_3##, but somehow my experiments to mix the dough on my own haven't resulted in the desired taste, yet. My suspicion is, that fresh eggs instead of egg powder makes the difference. Or we are already so used to convenience food that the taste of real eggs feels strange.
I don't know about eggs but I know that after using Splenda for a while, I now need like 3x the amount of regular sugar I needed before that.
 
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WWGD said:
I don't know about eggs but I know that after using Splenda for a while, I now need like 3x the amount of regular sugar I needed before that.
I remember that I once tried to find a yogurt. Simple as that: no sugar, no tastes, no left or right turning bacteria, nothing but a simple yogurt. I gave up after ten minutes or so.
 
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English is strange once again.

Is it correct to say "I'm going to go to the shop" or "I'm going to the shop"/"I will go to the shop"/"I will be going to the shop"?
The 'going to go' expression seems so strange / redundant yet I hear it used Everywhere.
 
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nuuskur said:
English is strange once again.

Is it correct to say "I'm going to go to the shop" or "I'm going to the shop"/"I will go to the shop"/"I will be going to the shop"?
The 'going to go' expression seems so strange / redundant yet I hear it used Everywhere.
I will let you know when I get back from the shop.
 
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I can’t wait till I get home from college today. I say that everyday and feel excited to get home but once I get home I feel neutral about being home.
 
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Borg said:
Maybe it was a typo. :oldwink:
No, I am AB positive. Positive.
 
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WWGD said:
I will let you know when I get back from the shop.
are you going to go to work or will you be going to work?
 
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nuuskur said:
are you going to go to work or will you be going to work?
Usually I have heard I am going to work. I am going to go to workis rare in my experience and it sounds very indirect.
 
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WWGD said:
Usually I have heard I am going to work. I am going to go to workis rare in my experience and it sounds very indirect.
right, I say these phrases the following way.
I am going swimming/shopping. I am going to work/school. I am going home.
These all sound much more natural than their "going to go" counterparts. But I do hear "going to go" being used. Is it legit English or is there something fishy with it?
 
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<- that does sound somewhat fishy:smile:
 

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nuuskur said:
right, I say these phrases the following way.
I am going swimming/shopping. I am going to work/school. I am going home.
These all sound much more natural than their "going to go" counterparts. But I do hear "going to go" being used. Is it legit English or is there something fishy with it?

it is the difference between something you intended to do now and something you intend to do later. I am playing foot ball then i am going to the pub
 
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see, you didn't say "going to go to the pub". That settles is: "going to go" is slang, strange incorrect English. Nothing to see here :)
 
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nuuskur said:
see, you didn't say "going to go to the pub". That settles is: "going to go" is slang, strange incorrect English. Nothing to see here :)

of this is to do with going not tense.

If the event involves a going rather than a doing then a go can be utilised

I'm on a bus so it's hard to type!
 
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I agree here with Pinball, going to go is more when you are in planning mode.
 
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I got either 78% or 87% on my online dyslexia quiz.
 
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At least you didn't get 8%7. That would really be bad.
 
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Borg said:
At least you didn't get 8%7. That would really be bad.
Is that the modulus operator, giving me 1?
 
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:oldbiggrin:
 
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I still have a hard time believing that ten years ago is the 2000's and not the 1990's. Where did all the time go.
 
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We have new starters in the office who are half my age. People half my age should still have to hold their mummy's hand to cross the road, not be competent team members...
 
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Temperature in my room was actually colder than that in the refrigerator. I would put things in the fridge to warm them up...
 
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