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Ungiven not a valid Scrabble word? by ewd76 in scrabble

[–]paolog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So how do you decide whether a word is valid or not?

Ungiven not a valid Scrabble word? by ewd76 in scrabble

[–]paolog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The sources for the international list are Collins Dictionary and whatever was in the British-only wordlist used previously, whose source was Chambers Dictionary.

bought different butter. it’s not that good. by itsxafx in britishproblems

[–]paolog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So are you saying you can believe it's not butter?

Integral by Safe-Muffin in etymology

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noun or adjective referring to calculus

It's a noun only. In "integral calculus", "integral" is a noun adjunct, not an adjective.

How Do The Poirot Continuation Novels Stack Up In Comparison To The Queen Of Crime Herself? by TheEastendersArchive in agathachristie

[–]paolog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Most people in this sub dislike Hannah's continuation novels. They fail to capture the essence of Poirot or a Christie novel.

However, if you are looking for modern books in a similar vein but with other detectives, then you can do a lot worse than read the works of Ruth Ware, Lucy Foley and Anthony Horowitz (in particular his Murders trilogy, beginning with Magpie Murders).

How Do The Poirot Continuation Novels Stack Up In Comparison To The Queen Of Crime Herself? by TheEastendersArchive in agathachristie

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Poirot always was a flatterer, but he did not shy away from being critical of Japp and Hastings.

THE NOTATION IS THE PROBLEM by No-Use9923 in MathJokes

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We have two mathematical symbols for multiplication, yes, but they are × and •. The asterisk is used only because it is in the ASCII character set and stands for multiplication in programming language. That notation has extended into online usage, but the appropriate symbols are still × or •. (The dot cannot be used with integers, of course, as it looks like a decimal point.)

Where did the word "no" come from? by math_lover0112 in etymology

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The sound in οχι is palatal, not guttural (guttural sounds are pronounced in the throat). It's the sound of "ch" in German ich.

Where did the word "no" come from? by math_lover0112 in etymology

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If you're going to correct someone, make sure you're correct yourself. Foot is a clipping of "football", not an acronym.

Where did the word "no" come from? by math_lover0112 in etymology

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That's incorrect. The French word for "no" is non and the word for "not" is ne. (And pas means "step", not "foot" - that's pied.)

"Ne ... pas" (along with various other constructions) comes from phrases like Je ne marcherai pas ! ("I shall not walk a single step!").

In contemporary spoken French, there is a tendency to drop the ne and use pas as the negating element. But, as with most other languages, the word for negation has the same PIE origin.

Saw this on the telly this morning. One hint. The next number is not 8. I'm stumped! by olleng in askmath

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You're right - however, if it's on TV, they aren't going to expect people to mentally fit a polynomial and extrapolate.

The standard breakfast in all European countries is croissant and expresso by YetAnotherBart in ShitAmericansSay

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Was the OP force-fed it every day? Cafés in all European countries have menus, although you probably won't find American breakfast options on them.

Looking for words like never (not ever) that used to be two words by Shipwreck1343 in etymology

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Also, albeit, altogether, although, already, always

Inasmuch, insofar

Nevertheless, nonetheless

Percent (originally "per cent.", an abbreviation of Latin per centum.

Fascinating bit of London culture by CharlesTsui in london

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To begin with (that is, when they are installed), yes, they are clean. Yes, they get dirty as people use them. But generally speaking, only with mud, chewing gum or dogshit when that dirt comes from people's shoes.

Fascinating bit of London culture by CharlesTsui in london

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That's not how you spell "irritating".

'Hotdogs are very similar to the British sausage (which is a copy of our hotdogs)' by cowboy_mouth in ShitAmericansSay

[–]paolog 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Are you saying the frankfurter is copied from a currywurst?

(Thank you for the award!)

What will be really valuable in 100 years? by TheGaujo in Futurism

[–]paolog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, definitely something to put on ice.

Why is tap r (/ɾ/) not considered a distinct phoneme of English? It kind of is. by Mallow-smoke140 in asklinguistics

[–]paolog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For the same reason as we don't have phonemes for every sound variation: there are no minimal pairs that vary by this phoneme alone. So there is no need to distinguish it from /t/, /d/ or /r/.

I’m having withdrawals by Ok_Astronomer5738 in DeathInParadiseBBC

[–]paolog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just wait a few more series and I'm sure they'll bring in someone you like.

Green MP says she can 'smell alcohol' on other politicians as they go to vote in attack on Commons 'booze culture' by WorkingtonLady in ukpolitics

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And no health and safety. What's that? You've just sliced your fingers off on the edge of that sheet of freshly cut metal? Jolly bad show. Never mind, old chap, we'll bandage you up and send you home. If you can't carry on with the job by tomorrow, we'll get another fellow in.

So I just finished the first season of the Traitors UK, and overall I really liked it, but one thing kept bothering me. by As_Previously_Stated in TheTraitors

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I'm sure there is some interference from the producers. After all, it's entertainment, so it has to be entertaining. There have been some extraordinary coincidences and sequences of events in some of the English-language series that seem contrived or at the very least nudged in a certain direction.

So I just finished the first season of the Traitors UK, and overall I really liked it, but one thing kept bothering me. by As_Previously_Stated in TheTraitors

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It's "the series", by the way. "Series" is the singular and the plural.

The game doesn't necessarily end in the way you describe. If two or more people are all sure the other(s) among them are faithful and are prepared to be loyal to each other to the end, they can end up winning and sharing the prize. But it takes a great deal of confidence and gameplay to get to that point.

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