Connotative vs. denotative meanings can be subtle, to be fair. Hugely important for effective communication, of course, as well.
I live about 5 miles north of there (north of hi-way 26). We should do lunch!
Definitely. Iâll send you a message or something once I get back in town, Iâm in Chicago for two weeks.
Then I think what youâre doing is great. Forced vocabulary tests in school is nothing compared to hearing people say and use words youâre not familiar with.
Is that actually lavender or is it just the lighting?
My grandparents used to have a Christmas Eve tradition - theyâd drive out to a small town called Ringgold (this was in Louisiana) and visit my grandmotherâs brother. Theyâd drink vodka and eat ham sandwiches. I didnât partake, I was young. But much later, after my grandmotherâs brother died, and then a little later after my grandmother died, my grandfather continued the tradition with (my great-uncle? do I have that right?)'s wife. And I was older, and could join the celebration. I liked this tradition. It felt like home.
My grandfather always told me that his father had a saying around this time of year - âHell, itâs Christmas.â And my grandfather continued this saying, and passed it on to me. So to everybody, hell itâs Christmas. I hope itâs a good one for all of you.
I have never met your family. But I know that I would like them. Very much.
thatâs really good. Exemplifies how a limited vocabulary would work. When I showed it to him, he laughed and said âdo they have that on a t-shirt?â
Not a shirt, but a poster.
I wonder if
- a word processor could force (or suggest) you to use simple language
- simple language is easier to translate using Google Translate
Though MS Word grammar suggestions arenât always helpful to begin with.
An experiment well worth taking. Translate a paragraph into simpleton English. Then Google translate to Russian, that to Chinese, then back to English.
My hovercraft is full of eels.
Bouncy bouncy.
So one of my board gaming regulars, one who hated board games and games in general until she started coming here oh about⌠I think weâre working on 6 years, just asked me about gaming systems, for her.
Sheâs a little older than I am but⌠I think I just created a new video gamer. Weâre leaning towards PS4 at the moment, but sheâs going to come over, and I will show her a few games I think she might like.
Overcooked 2 (she loves Overcooked), which we can play together online. Flower, which I think she might just enjoy. I donât have a solution for Drawful though. I donât think there is an online version of that. I might show her Stardew Valley. She could get a kick out of that too, and itâs supposed to be online⌠eventually.
I might have to give her one of my headsets too. I have several that I like at varying degrees which may or may not work with PS4.
I canât believe I fell for that. First Golf Wars 2, then the British version of the TV series Barry, and now Palin honors.
-Tom
Iâm sitting with a large group of people and there is no way I can explain why Iâm laughing so hard.
OK. So, if youâre an Elf, everyone knows the four basic food groups are candy, candy canes, candy corn, and syrup. But what are the equivalents for us humans and our basic food groups? I think I would start with candy corn, and make those fruits/veggies - theyâre not something everyone likes, and people on both sides can have some stronger feelings about them (as applies to various/assorted fruits and veggies). Plus, corn is right there in the name. So then I move on to syrup - it goes with everything. What in the human food groups goes with everything? Bacon. So clearly, syrup is your protein equivalent. Candy is then a general category for a lot of stuff - sort of like starches or carbs - so there are your rices, pastas, potatos, etc. That leaves candy canes and dairy. I donât have a good reason for this, but itâs all thatâs left.
It was a long shower this morning.
So my wife is randomly flipping around the TV channels and has settled on a TV show called Moonshiners which, as it sounds, focuses on the travails of a few folks who make and sell moonshine. And I have to wonder why someone would do this, given that itâs still totally illegal to engage in this activity? But theyâre showing their faces and the stills and totally looks like this show could be used as evidence if these guys are ever actually brought in. Totally weird.
Many of these types of ârealityâ tv shows are faked to varying degrees.