| [spapad] Thursday, February 25, 2010 8:42:02 PM | |
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Jam packed full of it Guid. lol I don't know how the head fits through the doors of local establishments? Seems a shame to be so "full of it". lol
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by guidogodoy from Thursday, February 25, 2010 7:30:55 PM)| |  | guidogodoy wrote: | | Only one word I would "test" my fellow JP mates that "should" know English here: "hubris."
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| [guidogodoy] Thursday, February 25, 2010 7:30:55 PM | |
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Only one word I would "test" my fellow JP mates that "should" know English here: "hubris."
Edited at: Thursday, February 25, 2010 7:32:07 PM |
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| [Head banger] Thursday, February 25, 2010 6:50:54 PM | |
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cockscomb is the thing on top of a roosters head (or other male birds)
cox is short for coxswain, which is a dude on a boat.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Vaillant 3.0 from Thursday, February 25, 2010 5:21:42 PM)| | | Vaillant 3.0 wrote: | | Hmmm...while I may not know what cockscomb means, I'm pretty sure that both cockscomb and coxcomb have the exact same definition. It's kind of like the color vs colour scenario, or sucks vs sux. Same goes for c*cksucker and coxsucker, I bet.
| | | Nicky007 wrote: | | As several of us are interested in languages, I'v started this thread as a place where we can share and test each other.
What's nice about it is that it's a win-win situation: We all extend our knowledge.
I'l start with some of the tests that I give people who should know English well, or claim to do so.
What's the difference between unexceptional and unexceptionable ?
- between the adjectives barbarian, barbaric, and barbarous ?
- between reprove, rebuke, refute, rebut, and rebuff ?
- between cockscomb and coxcomb ?
- between c*cksucker and coxsucker ? (Remember, we're just discussing linguistics)
OK, guys, have fun ! Try to first answer these questions without any aids. Then you can use whatever aids you want. I'l fill in with the rest.
And remember: Ya can't fool me !
Mike, I committed the most abominable sin: I started a new thread 
But as we love each other (Christian love), I expect that you can forgive me; love forgives ! (Slowly ushering ya in) 
Nicky. |
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| [Vaillant 3.0] Thursday, February 25, 2010 5:21:42 PM | |
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Hmmm...while I may not know what cockscomb means, I'm pretty sure that both cockscomb and coxcomb have the exact same definition. It's kind of like the color vs colour scenario, or sucks vs sux. Same goes for c*cksucker and coxsucker, I bet.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Nicky007 from Thursday, February 25, 2010 3:03:12 AM)| | | Nicky007 wrote: | | As several of us are interested in languages, I'v started this thread as a place where we can share and test each other.
What's nice about it is that it's a win-win situation: We all extend our knowledge.
I'l start with some of the tests that I give people who should know English well, or claim to do so.
What's the difference between unexceptional and unexceptionable ?
- between the adjectives barbarian, barbaric, and barbarous ?
- between reprove, rebuke, refute, rebut, and rebuff ?
- between cockscomb and coxcomb ?
- between c*cksucker and coxsucker ? (Remember, we're just discussing linguistics)
OK, guys, have fun ! Try to first answer these questions without any aids. Then you can use whatever aids you want. I'l fill in with the rest.
And remember: Ya can't fool me !
Mike, I committed the most abominable sin: I started a new thread
But as we love each other (Christian love), I expect that you can forgive me; love forgives ! (Slowly ushering ya in)
Nicky. |
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| [_strat_] Thursday, February 25, 2010 2:20:21 PM | |
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(NOTE: I dont know what you and Freeze have going on, but I think its a great thread, so ill give it a shot)
1. Unexceptional - I would say that it means roughly the same as "nothing special" (not exceptional) - the other would mean something like not controversial
2. No idea - I always thought barbarian is only a noun. For barbaric and barbarous, I would say that they are synonimous
3. If Im not much mistaken reprove and rebuke mean the same thing, but reprove is a gentler way of saying it. Both mean to disagree, while refute means to prove something wrong. I dont know what rebut means, rebuff is (I think) synonimus with refuse.
As for the rest - I know c*cksucker, but thats it.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Nicky007 from Thursday, February 25, 2010 3:03:12 AM)| | | Nicky007 wrote: | | As several of us are interested in languages, I'v started this thread as a place where we can share and test each other.
What's nice about it is that it's a win-win situation: We all extend our knowledge.
I'l start with some of the tests that I give people who should know English well, or claim to do so.
What's the difference between unexceptional and unexceptionable ?
- between the adjectives barbarian, barbaric, and barbarous ?
- between reprove, rebuke, refute, rebut, and rebuff ?
- between cockscomb and coxcomb ?
- between c*cksucker and coxsucker ? (Remember, we're just discussing linguistics)
OK, guys, have fun ! Try to first answer these questions without any aids. Then you can use whatever aids you want. I'l fill in with the rest.
And remember: Ya can't fool me !
Mike, I committed the most abominable sin: I started a new thread
But as we love each other (Christian love), I expect that you can forgive me; love forgives ! (Slowly ushering ya in)
Nicky. |
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| [Deep Freeze] Thursday, February 25, 2010 7:26:36 AM | |
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HA!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh Nicky, my dear, confused new friend. I fear you have misinterpreted some of my past comments! "Ushering" me in, are you?? I can assure you that you are wasting your time...time better spent helping orphans or healing the sick. Perhaps a "mission" to deepest Africa or something? Do good where it is most needed, my friend. Mine is a lost cause. I "love" only myself.
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Nicky007 from Thursday, February 25, 2010 3:03:12 AM)| | | Nicky007 wrote: | | As several of us are interested in languages, I'v started this thread as a place where we can share and test each other.
What's nice about it is that it's a win-win situation: We all extend our knowledge.
I'l start with some of the tests that I give people who should know English well, or claim to do so.
What's the difference between unexceptional and unexceptionable ?
- between the adjectives barbarian, barbaric, and barbarous ?
- between reprove, rebuke, refute, rebut, and rebuff ?
- between cockscomb and coxcomb ?
- between c*cksucker and coxsucker ? (Remember, we're just discussing linguistics)
OK, guys, have fun ! Try to first answer these questions without any aids. Then you can use whatever aids you want. I'l fill in with the rest.
And remember: Ya can't fool me !
Mike, I committed the most abominable sin: I started a new thread
But as we love each other (Christian love), I expect that you can forgive me; love forgives ! (Slowly ushering ya in)
Nicky. |
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| [Nicky007] Thursday, February 25, 2010 3:03:12 AM | |
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As several of us are interested in languages, I'v started this thread as a place where we can share and test each other.
What's nice about it is that it's a win-win situation: We all extend our knowledge.
I'l start with some of the tests that I give people who should know English well, or claim to do so.
What's the difference between unexceptional and unexceptionable ?
- between the adjectives barbarian, barbaric, and barbarous ?
- between reprove, rebuke, refute, rebut, and rebuff ?
- between cockscomb and coxcomb ?
- between c*cksucker and coxsucker ? (Remember, we're just discussing linguistics)
OK, guys, have fun ! Try to first answer these questions without any aids. Then you can use whatever aids you want. I'l fill in with the rest.
And remember: Ya can't fool me !
Mike, I committed the most abominable sin: I started a new thread
But as we love each other (Christian love), I expect that you can forgive me; love forgives ! (Slowly ushering ya in)
Nicky. |
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