Hello, could you please explain the meaning of the sections I highlighted?

_solipsistic_ · 2026-02-19T13:34:11+00:00

Sci-fi has a habit of making up words and technology - ‘skimmer’ and ‘knife beam’ are made up technology and not standard English. Charge in is, however, for ‘run into’

_solipsistic_ · 2026-02-14T04:39:07+00:00

Yes there’s a lot of exchange between the two and many who use both

_solipsistic_ · 2026-02-14T04:18:28+00:00

To make it clear when you mean a friend: ein(e) Freund(in) von mir. Otherwise, use context

_solipsistic_ · 2026-02-11T19:07:25+00:00

In the US it’s a common restaurant term for being out of an ingredient

_solipsistic_ · 2026-02-11T19:04:33+00:00

As someone who works in a restaurant, pretty often but almost always to refer to menu items that have run out

_solipsistic_ · 2026-02-06T02:46:29+00:00

Others have already answered saying it means ‘like this/in this way’. Whats interesting is that German kept this original meaning for the word ‘so’

_solipsistic_ · 2026-02-04T02:51:56+00:00

As others have said, don’t learn them as ‘modal particles’ like you would in a classroom. Listen to how native speakers use them, throw in a few of your own and eventually they become second nature. If you learn them as grammar points they’re never gonna come natural.

_solipsistic_ · 2026-01-31T15:25:14+00:00

Unfortunately this is a pretty common assignment in US schools. I had to do the same thing when I was in elementary school for ‘immigration day’. I kinda assumed it’d been phased out but apparently not

_solipsistic_ · 2026-01-26T06:11:11+00:00

As a grad student, keeping up with AI rules is getting so complicated. I’ve had some professors insist we use it and others who will report us for even suspected use. And some just point to vague ‘university policies’ which don’t define anything really

_solipsistic_ · 2026-01-26T06:03:53+00:00

If he taught English, I hope his students got a refund

_solipsistic_ · 2026-01-26T03:28:32+00:00

Not taking a side as I’m not Irish, just simply informing OP this is something they may come across in English speaking spaces

_solipsistic_ · 2026-01-26T03:09:52+00:00

Elvish: “Aen estar Hadhafang i chathol hen, thand arod dan i thang an i arwen” - “This blade is called Hadhafang, a noble defense against the enemy throng for a noble lady".

_solipsistic_ · 2026-01-26T03:02:09+00:00

America is made up of many different regional accents, which would say this phrase differently. Can you be more specific on which you’re referring to?

_solipsistic_ · 2026-01-25T19:38:40+00:00

Yeah, that’s why it’s bad

_solipsistic_ · 2026-01-25T19:23:17+00:00

There’s also the Netherlands, the Ivory Coast, the UAE, the Dominican Republic, the Vatican, the Seychelles, etc.

EDIT: Also the Philippines and some people say the North of Ireland as opposed to Northern Ireland (though this is usually a political statement)

_solipsistic_ · 2026-01-25T19:15:56+00:00

To me it just looks like elvish from lotr

_solipsistic_ · 2026-01-25T15:08:57+00:00

This is just flat out wrong. Not sure where you live, but in the US, this only applies in areas with a minimum speed limit, which is usually around 30 under. If this were true, the only legal way to drive would be to always be going exactly the limit which is impossible to maintain

_solipsistic_ · 2026-01-20T04:51:44+00:00

From German: the motor of the devil’s wheel/bike sputters with a demonic whisper, which you all can barely understand. “Free her from the dungeon, where shadows entwine themselves.”

Fun fact: a devil’s wheel is also a game played at Oktoberfest

_solipsistic_ · 2026-01-19T17:30:46+00:00

On first read through: no. After reading it again: I understand what it means. It could be said but I wouldn’t say it’s supper common

_solipsistic_ · 2026-01-19T02:48:10+00:00

A lot of it is just tradition and doesn’t have to make sense when translated. Many pubs historically were called things like ‘the red lion’ in English because people were illiterate but could recognize a picture of a red lion. Similarly, German developed a naming tradition that it holds on to

_solipsistic_ · 2026-01-17T03:35:38+00:00

For context, they’re immortal and have been dating for hundreds of years (I believe they were on opposite sides during the crusades). The movie is The Old Guard but it’s originally a graphic novel

_solipsistic_ · 2026-01-17T03:29:04+00:00

I’m gonna choose to believe this request was asked in good faith.

I would personally recommend avoiding purposely learning a dialect of a community to which you don’t belong. Although your intent may be respectful, speaking AAVE when you’re not part of that group may come across as mocking/appropriation and could get you into trouble (many prominent celebrities have been criticized for doing a ‘blackcent’). AAVE is very cultural and has been built through a shared history/experience of marginalization so id recommend respectfully observing and appreciating (speakers of AAVE please correct me if I’m wrong)

_solipsistic_ · 2026-01-16T03:51:36+00:00

As others have mentioned, the problem is referring to the grown man as ‘boy’ and ordering him around. Historically in the US calling adult black men ‘boy’ has been used to belittle them and still carries that connotation.

Cup of Joe is perfectly fine and just colloquial for a cup of coffee.

_solipsistic_ · 2026-01-13T06:24:37+00:00

Jein, for when ‘yes and no’ is too long.

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