(13:40:56) spectre: there is a special place in hell
(13:41:04) spectre: for linguists who design orthographies with the ' character
(13:41:53) spectre: (a) letters, (b) punctuation
(13:41:58) spectre: and ne'er the twain shall meet
Quotes
Interesting things said in my presence
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heard: 12 November 2012
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[edit] added: 12 November 2012
thanks to spectie for pointing this out
insanity, craziness, programming, computers, sadness, inappropriateness, non-nativisms
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heard: 9 November 2012
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[edit] added: 9 November 2012
(11:51:13) Francis Tyers: do you have christmas lists in america ?
(11:51:42) jonathan: uhm
(11:51:44) jonathan: maybe?
(11:52:00) jonathan: I feel like there's some extra piece of pragmatics attached to what you have in mind
(11:52:49) jonathan: like, a wishlist that you might show your relatives before Christmas?
(11:52:54) Francis Tyers: yeah
(11:52:56) jonathan: yeah, sure
(11:52:59) Francis Tyers: that you hang on a tree
(11:52:59) jonathan: we have that :-P
(11:53:02) jonathan: whoa
(11:53:02) Francis Tyers: for the christmas robin
(11:53:03) jonathan: wait
(11:53:05) Francis Tyers: to collect
(11:53:08) Francis Tyers: the christmas robin
(11:53:12) jonathan: wtf man
(11:53:14) Francis Tyers: takes the list to father christmas
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heard: 25 September 2012
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[edit] added: 25 September 2012
CB: "Niko, are you straight on your paper?"
Niko: "Yeah. But that's the only thing I'm straight on."
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heard: 3 September 2012
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[edit] added: 3 September 2012
(01:41:16) Aaron B: they are like, the crappiest, lowest quality, processed horribleness
(01:41:19) Aaron B: but they are so good
(01:41:33) Aaron B: you know what i mean
(01:41:36) jonorthwash: yes
(01:41:41) jonorthwash: I'm a grad student too you know
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heard: 12 August 2012
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[edit] added: 12 August 2012
(16:55:49) [me]: btw, I've noticed that voicing typos aren't as uncommon as one might thing
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heard: 7 August 2012
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[edit] added: 7 August 2012
"But you're not getting [your abstract] done, you're having Washington-family faculty meeting."
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heard: 1 August 2012
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my father: "Tell him he doesn't know how to pronounce the Queen's English."
Tolgonay: "Say ‘the Queen's English’!"
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heard: 24 July 2012
[edit] added: 24 July 2012
[edit] added: 24 July 2012
Ain't my job to save languages. Talk to the speakers who don't want to use them any more. It's their fault. *points*
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heard: 2 July 2012
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[edit] added: 2 July 2012
you remember what i am talking about? i thought that the song was about michael jackson, but they were just using the future tense ;)
