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OriginalGriff9-Apr-14 1:34

OriginalGriff

9-Apr-14 1:34

I have a few suspicions... Unsure | :~

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Paulo Augusto Kunzel9-Apr-14 2:04

Paulo Augusto Kunzel

9-Apr-14 2:04

OriginalGriff wrote:
No, no - he's not counting sock puppets....

.. Good one

Be careful with the puppet master!!

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_Maxxx_9-Apr-14 1:09

9-Apr-14 1:09

Hope your code is more carful than your maths

ZurdoDev9-Apr-14 1:32

9-Apr-14 1:32

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Hope your code is more carful than your maths

Or your grammars.

There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.

Mitchell J.9-Apr-14 1:45

Mitchell J.

9-Apr-14 1:45

Quote:
Hope your code is more carful than your maths

And his spelling...

ZurdoDev9-Apr-14 1:58

9-Apr-14 1:58

Ha! I didn't even notice it. Too funny.

There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.

Richard Deeming9-Apr-14 1:58

9-Apr-14 1:58

"Maths" is correct.

As ex-British convicts, the Australians use the real English language, not the hideous mutation that you 'merkins use. Poke tongue | ;-P

"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer

Mitchell J.9-Apr-14 2:03

Mitchell J.

9-Apr-14 2:03

We're not all convicts! Wink | ;)

Quite a few free settlers came over as well (as British officers, servants, adventurers)

ZurdoDev9-Apr-14 2:05

9-Apr-14 2:05

From http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/maths?s=t[^]

"noun ( used with a singular or plural verb ) Chiefly British" - Therefore I concede. You are right, and actually so wrong at the same time. Smile | :)

I can't help it if we took English and made it better. We don't use any of those phony accents those silly Brits use. Except for our southerners and our northerns, and some of the midwest.

Tea? Java | [Coffee]

There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.

Richard Deeming9-Apr-14 2:15

9-Apr-14 2:15

RyanDev wrote:
I can't help it if we took English and ~~made it better~~ ruined it.

FTFY.

RyanDev wrote:
We don't use any of those phony accents those silly Brits use.

Well at least we don't use phony platitudes all the time - "have a nice day, y'all!" and so on.
And we don't describe everything as "AWESOME!!!!!" (whilst pronouncing it "arse-um").
And we don't call women "you guys".

RyanDev wrote:
Tea?

No thanks. Can't stand the stuff. I'll have a Beer | [beer]

instead.

"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer

ZurdoDev9-Apr-14 2:19

9-Apr-14 2:19

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whilst pronouncing it "arse-um"

Yes, American English is terrible I admit. However, arse-um? Who the heck says it that way? Perhaps the people that also say Washington as Warshington. But I have never heard arse-um.

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And we don't describe everything as "AWESOME!!!!!"

You must have seen the Lego movie recently. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StTqXEQ2l-Y[^]

There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.

Richard Deeming9-Apr-14 2:23

9-Apr-14 2:23

RyanDev wrote:
But I have never heard arse-um.

Here you go[^].

"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer

ZurdoDev9-Apr-14 2:25

9-Apr-14 2:25

That sounds like arse-um to you? Laugh | :laugh:

There's no r. You r silly.

There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.

Richard Deeming9-Apr-14 2:32

9-Apr-14 2:32

Yeah, we don't tend to put as much emphasis on the "r" as the 'merkins and Canadians do.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/arse[^]:

American: /ɑɹs/
Proper English: /ɑːs/

"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer

_Maxxx_10-Apr-14 0:43

10-Apr-14 0:43

maths is short for mathematics, and is ubiquitous everywhere English is spoken.

grammar isn't short for anything.

Apparently some less well educated people overseas mistakenly use the word 'math' instead of 'maths'

They are wrong.

ZurdoDev10-Apr-14 1:15

10-Apr-14 1:15

There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.

_Maxxx_10-Apr-14 1:18

10-Apr-14 1:18

Good call - stick to smileys as your grammar is obviously 2nd rate.

ZurdoDev10-Apr-14 1:22

10-Apr-14 1:22

It's not a smiley you silly.

There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.

_Maxxx_10-Apr-14 1:27

10-Apr-14 1:27

Either
It's not a smiley, you silly!
or
It's not a smiley. You are silly!

And it is a smiley. Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

"a digital icon, a sequence of keyboard symbols, or a handwritten or printed equivalent, that serves to represent a facial expression"

ZurdoDev10-Apr-14 1:32

10-Apr-14 1:32

Don't be so cranky. "Let it go!"

There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.

Blue Waffle9-Apr-14 1:19

Blue Waffle

9-Apr-14 1:19

There's only actually 14 members. The rest are bots that have been programmed to ask silly questions in Q&A or post mundane musings in the Lounge.

Don't tell me you really believed that there is an accountant who would choose to live in Luton did you? Or that Wales has the internet?

OriginalGriff9-Apr-14 1:22

OriginalGriff

9-Apr-14 1:22

Blue Waffle wrote:
Or that Wales has the internet?

We certainly do![^]

Blue Waffle9-Apr-14 1:25

Blue Waffle

9-Apr-14 1:25

I refuse to talk to a bot....oh bollocks.

User 592419-Apr-14 1:29

User 59241

9-Apr-14 1:29

CarelessPoster?

Peter Wasser

"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell