Everything posted by Malcador
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Why are bass(fish) and bass(instrument) pronounced differently?
I think google is a bit off - Bass (instrument) comes to English from Italian Basso which is from the Latin word Bassus. Bass (fish) comes to English from Middle English Bas, which derives from the Old English word bærs (similar to Dutch Baars) which itself derives from the Germanic Barsaz. Yep. Misread the link I found. Serves me right for trying to browse web on phone at work
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Why are bass(fish) and bass(instrument) pronounced differently?
Google says the instrument pronunciation comes from Latin, the fish from Italian. http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=bass&searchmode=none Damn GET variables. Or are they POST.
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RANDOM VIDEO GAME NEWS
https://www.origin.com/usa/en-us/store/syberia/syberia-2/standard-edition Just so Chilloutman doesn't have a conniption : Syberia 2 is free on Origin
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Politics 2017 part 4
Heh, amusing from you considering you decided to snipe in first place.
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Politics 2017 part 4
Didn't notice. It is still on a forum so still applies. It's the same as mentioning an article you read to someone else.
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Politics 2017 part 4
no, but if I just want to read news article I go to.. news sites, not forumsWell he's trying to share a link, likely you wouldn't have come across it in other news sites for a while.Are you seriously not getting what I mean? Point of forums is discussion (usually). If he doesn't add any perspective or his view on it what is point of sharing links? Would it be ok if I just randomly drop links here and there? Sure. That is the whole point of the news thread in C&C. Bringing some info without the usual crank editorializing is perfectly fine in my book.
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Politics 2017 part 4
no, but if I just want to read news article I go to.. news sites, not forums Well he's trying to share a link, likely you wouldn't have come across it in other news sites for a while if at all. I guess he needed to comment on it to magically be different ?
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Politics 2017 part 4
Clicking is hard for you or something?
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alternative facts
Interesting idea of normal people then. But I suppose it helps to frame things like that.
- All the Literature and Reading Stuff...
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alternative facts
Heh, and not the same thing said by either. And that is the point of the Breitbart defense. Note how Obama frames it a bit better. Not that Carson deserves more than usual ridicule for him saying stupid things, in any case. Also, in regards to whining about double standards, I can hear glass shattering in the distance.
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What's so Funny?
Applies to Reddit but is fairly versatile.
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alternative facts
The latter half of Carson's statement is the winning part. Have to say, what boils down to "he did it first" is a wank defense. But have to consider who you are dealing with.
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Politics 2017 part 4
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/ben-carson-refers-slaves-immigrants-first-speech-hud/ Carson's a special dude.
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What are you playing right now?
Still working through Bs4. Took a break to replay Max Payne 3. Also another game I don't really enjoy with the cutscenes punctuated by tedious combat
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RANDOM VIDEO GAME NEWS
http://www.pcgamer.com/dawn-of-war-3-release-date-set-pre-orders-detailed-with-trailer/ DoW 3 April 27th
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The Weird, Random, and Interesting things that Fit Nowhere Else Thread
http://m.bbc.com/sport/football/39172314 Well...that might work. At least will keep these idiots from injuring innocent people.
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Politics 2017 part 4
Nope Trinidad. Machete killings have been a thing even before I emigrated. Situation is worse now, saw a report that ISIS recruits a fair amount there these days. https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2016/12/isis-trinidad/509930/
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Politics 2017 part 4
I say we put all left extremists, all violent Nazis and all violent religious fundamentalists just together on one field in the middle of no where and let them do their thing Or we could do the smart thing and line them up and cut their throats in sequence. Sounds like someone converted to Islam... Sounds like soemone needs to look up gang activity in some places. Funny enough back home, decapitation was the big thing. Not even sure why in most cases (you'll get hilariously racist answers there) but people have to act like animals I guess.
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Politics 2017 part 4
I say we put all left extremists, all violent Nazis and all violent religious fundamentalists just together on one field in the middle of no where and let them do their thing Or we could do the smart thing and line them up and cut their throats in sequence.
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What's so Funny?
https://au.news.yahoo.com/a/34563595/man-crushed-to-death-by-six-tonne-porn-collection-in-japan/#page1 Man crushed by porn collection
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Politics 2017 part 4
Maybe Twitter will ban him. But then again posting FOAF BS or other flavours is what Twitter is mainly used for.
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RANDOM VIDEO GAME NEWS
Well, that sounds pretty cool
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Movies You've Seen Recently
http://deadline.com/2017/03/donnie-yen-sleeping-dogs-neal-moritz-original-film-1201948700/ Hmm..Donnie Yen as Wei Shen
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Politics 2017 part 4
This forum needs a grimdark intro video.