A: It just seemed like the thing to do.
Q: Don't you ever wonder?
Stupid qusetion, stupis answer
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Re: Stupid qusetion, stupis answer
A: I wonder as I wander.
Q: So...you can tell me....what's the big secret?
Q: So...you can tell me....what's the big secret?
Stevenson's Vocabulary Word of the Week:
Foment: (verb) To excite or arouse, i.e. 2014's Week of Randomness hopes to foment some activity on the forums.
Stevenson's Latin Phrase of the Week:
Brutum Fulmen: (senseless thunderbolt) This phrase, coined by Pliny the elder, is used to refer to an empty threat.
Foment: (verb) To excite or arouse, i.e. 2014's Week of Randomness hopes to foment some activity on the forums.
Stevenson's Latin Phrase of the Week:
Brutum Fulmen: (senseless thunderbolt) This phrase, coined by Pliny the elder, is used to refer to an empty threat.
Re: Stupid qusetion, stupis answer
A: Yes, yes I can tell you.
Q: Don't you wish you'd phrased that differently?
Q: Don't you wish you'd phrased that differently?
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Re: Stupid qusetion, stupis answer
A: I guess so, if he spent a whole month trying to think of a better way to ask.
Q: How would you suggest he phrase it?
Q: How would you suggest he phrase it?
"Irregardless" and "Over exaggerated" are NEVER CORRECT EVER because they are redundant
Regardless means "without regard", and adding "ir" on the front actually makes it a double negative; exaggerate means "to overstate" so you're literally saying "over overstate."
Example: I can not exaggerate the importance of this fact enough, regardless of how often people ignore it.
Regardless means "without regard", and adding "ir" on the front actually makes it a double negative; exaggerate means "to overstate" so you're literally saying "over overstate."
Example: I can not exaggerate the importance of this fact enough, regardless of how often people ignore it.
Re: Stupid qusetion, stupis answer
A: What's the big secret?
Q: Isn't that better?
Q: Isn't that better?
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Re: Stupid qusetion, stupis answer
A: I guess it is.
Q: Has it been long enough that we can talk about it now?
Q: Has it been long enough that we can talk about it now?
"Irregardless" and "Over exaggerated" are NEVER CORRECT EVER because they are redundant
Regardless means "without regard", and adding "ir" on the front actually makes it a double negative; exaggerate means "to overstate" so you're literally saying "over overstate."
Example: I can not exaggerate the importance of this fact enough, regardless of how often people ignore it.
Regardless means "without regard", and adding "ir" on the front actually makes it a double negative; exaggerate means "to overstate" so you're literally saying "over overstate."
Example: I can not exaggerate the importance of this fact enough, regardless of how often people ignore it.
Re: Stupid qusetion, stupis answer
A: Probably.
Q: Can you remember what it was?
Q: Can you remember what it was?
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Re: Stupid qusetion, stupis answer
A: Of course.
Q: But what if we're still not supposed to talk about it and you're just testing me?
Q: But what if we're still not supposed to talk about it and you're just testing me?
"Irregardless" and "Over exaggerated" are NEVER CORRECT EVER because they are redundant
Regardless means "without regard", and adding "ir" on the front actually makes it a double negative; exaggerate means "to overstate" so you're literally saying "over overstate."
Example: I can not exaggerate the importance of this fact enough, regardless of how often people ignore it.
Regardless means "without regard", and adding "ir" on the front actually makes it a double negative; exaggerate means "to overstate" so you're literally saying "over overstate."
Example: I can not exaggerate the importance of this fact enough, regardless of how often people ignore it.
Re: Stupid qusetion, stupis answer
A: What if indeed?
Q: Will you ever know?
Q: Will you ever know?
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Re: Stupid qusetion, stupis answer
A: Wait, what do you mean?
Q: Will I ever know if I was being tested, or will I ever know what the thing is?
Q: Will I ever know if I was being tested, or will I ever know what the thing is?
"Irregardless" and "Over exaggerated" are NEVER CORRECT EVER because they are redundant
Regardless means "without regard", and adding "ir" on the front actually makes it a double negative; exaggerate means "to overstate" so you're literally saying "over overstate."
Example: I can not exaggerate the importance of this fact enough, regardless of how often people ignore it.
Regardless means "without regard", and adding "ir" on the front actually makes it a double negative; exaggerate means "to overstate" so you're literally saying "over overstate."
Example: I can not exaggerate the importance of this fact enough, regardless of how often people ignore it.
Re: Stupid qusetion, stupis answer
A: Exactly.
Q: Will I ever know if you'll ever know?
Q: Will I ever know if you'll ever know?
Re: Stupid qusetion, stupis answer
A: You will only know when the person that knows know that you can't know the thing that said person knows about knowing... know.
Q: How does one revive a topic with a question?
Q: How does one revive a topic with a question?
Re: Stupid qusetion, stupis answer
A: By posting one, duh.
Q: Was that not obvious enough?
Q: Was that not obvious enough?
Re: Stupid qusetion, stupis answer
A: I'm known to be incredibly stupid... so yes.
Q: This is probably ganna be a small boost in forum activity from both of us... isn't it?
Q: This is probably ganna be a small boost in forum activity from both of us... isn't it?
Re: Stupid qusetion, stupis answer
A: Yes! Unless two positives somehow make a negative.
Q: Is that possible?
Q: Is that possible?