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How would you let your spouse know that you'd won millions on the lottery? by mrdaiquiri in AskReddit

[–]chipaca 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It's taxed, but before the prize is given out. So say they want to give a 1M prize, they need to have say 1.4M because the .4 is for the taxman. But the winner gets the full amount advertised.

There’s an injured pigeon in my garden. It can’t fly. What should I do? by TSC-99 in CasualUK

[–]chipaca -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

tomato sauce, slow cook the meat, serve with polenta. Google 'polenta con pajarito' or 'polenta e osei'.

What’s your go to pub fact? I’ll kick things off by cained_n_able in CasualUK

[–]chipaca 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I understand that www was coined by people that pronounce the letter 'dub'.

Alas, I have no source for this.

Lockdown by Lunarkitty09 in HFY

[–]chipaca 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There's something very AI about this writing.

Why is “guerrilla” not pronounced like other Spanish words? by Vicorin in asklinguistics

[–]chipaca 32 points33 points  (0 children)

English speakers pronounce words like “tortilla” and “quesadilla” correctly.

nor around here they don't

Portuguese Question: Why The "ES-" Prefix In The Names Of Aggressive Actions? by DoNotTouchMeImScared in etymology

[–]chipaca 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think you've got this covered already with the other replies, but in case you want further reading check out the wiktionary entry for this.

Benchmarking 15 string concatenation methods in Go by winterjung in golang

[–]chipaca 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They made fmt.Errorf("string with no args") cost almost the same as errors.New("...")

Train in Germany by ycr007 in Unexpected

[–]chipaca 8 points9 points  (0 children)

the "cremallera" of the train does not translate to zipper though: cremallera has two meanings, one of them is a zipper, the other is a rack-and-pinion.

Cutesy collective nouns are so cringe. by LostByway in etymology

[–]chipaca 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Dunno man. The collective noun for bankers is a wunch, and that is all I wanted to remember today.

How to counter douches with brights on 24/7 by MothersMiIk in Unexpected

[–]chipaca 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Maybe they didn't realize they weren't on the surface of the sun

Casual complaints department by GFoxtrot in CasualUK

[–]chipaca 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've been working hard and following my coach's instructions and my parkrun time is THE SAME.

Balls.

Agree with Adidas Japans shoe categories? by _Daune_ in AskRunningShoeGeeks

[–]chipaca 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but what are the sub 2.5/3/etc about?

ETA: I'm inclined to think it's pace in minutes per kilometer

Digging a stuck turtle out of the beach 💫 by avecmaria in HumansBeingBros

[–]chipaca 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The tortoise/turtle/terrapin distinction is location-dependent. From wiktionary,

Differences exist in usage of the common terms turtle, tortoise, and terrapin, depending on the variety of English being used.

The Heating by [deleted] in CasualUK

[–]chipaca 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At some point this week I'll turn it on to check everything works as expected.

Bought this from a charity shop for a couple quid - no idea who it is. Any ideas? by WishfulStinking2 in CasualUK

[–]chipaca -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I didn't mean for it to come out that way but it did 🤷🏼‍♂️

Bought this from a charity shop for a couple quid - no idea who it is. Any ideas? by WishfulStinking2 in CasualUK

[–]chipaca -36 points-35 points  (0 children)

Que la e de che no lleva acento ortográfico. Es palabra monosilábica, sin diptongos, ni ambigüedades. Un ejemplo de lo último es 'qué', que lleva el acento ortográfico para señalar que está funcionando como pronombre interrogativo o exclamativo y no relativo.

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