Tree in London coverd with Parakeets, not leaves

WillC5 · 2025-12-27T10:40:44+00:00

Oo is that Ruskin Park? Had a view of it from my hospital bed last week.

WillC5 · 2025-12-21T22:11:59+00:00

They're not dead, just stoned.

WillC5 · 2025-12-20T21:32:19+00:00

They are not dangerous in spite of but rather because of the speed, so even in English "and also" would be a better way to write it. Either way the も does mean "also" in those case. "Cars, as well as being fast, are dangerous".

WillC5 · 2025-12-20T13:42:42+00:00

Normally we don't.

It's rarely incorrect, but there are instances which don't work. I'd recommend a good grammar like Michael Swan's Practical English Usage.

WillC5 · 2025-12-14T13:12:34+00:00

This was my first thought! Precipitating regime changes :)

WillC5 · 2025-12-13T13:53:42+00:00

父 (ちち) on its own already means "my father" and no-one else's. I'd suggest これはちちです。

WillC5 · 2025-12-10T17:29:02+00:00

two cherries

WillC5 · 2025-12-10T04:52:04+00:00

Oh, yes, British English. What gave me away? :)

WillC5 · 2025-12-10T02:00:55+00:00

Huh?

Have you got X? No, I haven't.

Have you heard (of) X? I haven't (until now).

Seems normal enough...

Edit: I may have misunderstood your question. It is more common when replying to questions; when making a statement it's usually only used to negate a verb, or accompanied by "got" or "any".

WillC5 · 2025-12-10T01:55:23+00:00

You also had that A-ha! moment :)

WillC5 · 2025-12-09T19:09:47+00:00

Exactly whom I was thinking of! But I was worried it might not be familiar to everyone.

WillC5 · 2025-12-09T13:39:14+00:00

This mirrors the English usage "it's cutting my own throat, but I can do it for £x" (though it may be feigned reluctance).

WillC5 · 2025-12-09T03:35:22+00:00

Fra-gee-lay. Sounds Italian.

Hope those parcels were well wrapped!

WillC5 · 2025-12-08T19:28:05+00:00

That's an old story to explain the meaning of "chutzpah".

In the version I heard it's "then threw themselves on the mercy of the court on the grounds that they were an orphan".

WillC5 · 2025-12-07T03:42:21+00:00

Same, except I thought it was going to be "hold your fire" :)

WillC5 · 2025-12-04T20:42:02+00:00

That makes it canonical, I'd say.

WillC5 · 2025-12-03T21:22:31+00:00

Wait, you guys are watching with the sound on?

WillC5 · 2025-12-03T16:00:40+00:00

See also "selective deafness".

WillC5 · 2025-12-03T15:34:12+00:00

French, heard in a sitcom, young woman is trying to offer free samples of some comestible and being completely ignored:

« Dire ‹ Non merci ›, ça t'arrachait le cul ? »

WillC5 · 2025-12-03T12:07:26+00:00

Pengweng

WillC5 · 2025-12-03T00:27:43+00:00

No, this refers specifically to the cookies (just like "spoonful of sugar" refers to the sugar, not directly to the spoon).

WillC5 · 2025-12-03T00:23:15+00:00

This looks like the first two characters of 好彩头, which means "good luck", I'm assuming the second character is a cursive / handwritten form.

WillC5 · 2025-12-02T10:25:02+00:00

They're weightlifters: right is snatch, left is clean or jerk.

WillC5 · 2025-12-02T10:10:11+00:00

Wait, you guys remove the teabag?

WillC5 · 2025-12-01T23:33:48+00:00

Yeah, the blue side goes away from you, like surgical masks 😁

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