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 Jul 27 2006, 10:25 PM
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 wanderlust personified.  Group: Official Designer Posts: 7,515 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 797  |
Can anyone tell me why you can say "at night" but "at day" isn't grammatically correct? "Night" and and a definition of "day" are absolute opposites describing units of time or periods of light or darkness so why can't they be used interchangeably? And then there's "tonight" and "today" which aren't opposites; "today" refering to the entire day and "tonight" refering to a specific time period (of darkness) within the "day." Language is stupid. Or maybe I am.
And that is my pointless post for the day. :) |
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Jul 27 2006, 10:31 PM
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 your signal fades away, and all I'm left with is noise. Group: Member Posts: 2,099 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 14,110 |
Hmm..I have absolutely no clue.
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Jul 27 2006, 10:31 PM
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idk. easier definition w/ simple latin/greek stems? |
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Jul 27 2006, 10:36 PM
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Jul 27 2006, 10:38 PM
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I really dont know.
 Good question, Im going to start saying "at day" now. buwahaha
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Jul 27 2006, 10:39 PM
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This thread could quite possibly on par with other Justin's thread a while back on questioning why the period & comma go inside of the quotation marks while other punctuation goes outside of it. Randomness ftw.
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Jul 27 2006, 10:40 PM
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what's ftw stand for?
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Jul 27 2006, 10:42 PM
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At night. During the day. At day. Hmm, it sounds so strange to say "at day." I have no clue.
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Jul 27 2006, 10:43 PM
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QUOTE(airam @ Jul 27 2006, 8:40 PM)  what's ftw stand for? For the win.
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Jul 27 2006, 10:48 PM
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wanderlust personified. Group: Official Designer Posts: 7,515 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 797 |
QUOTE(decadence @ Jul 27 2006, 11:43 PM) For the win. Ahhh, and then there's internet lingo to add to the conundrums of language! Conundrum is a funny word, how did it originate... it's not like it stems from archaic language. Who thinks these words up? The English language is the most baffling of all! I am not worthy. |
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Jul 27 2006, 10:59 PM
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Sometimes you would think any other language is easier then English, but then you take a course in a different dialect and realize how much simplistic english can be (Native born Americans point of view). English is a tricky language if anything harder then some languages out there. But sadly foreigners take more time to understand english then Americans themselves. Pity us as our power is overthrown by an asian country because they know better grammer then us.
I don't even know if I made sense in anything I said in that. |
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Jul 27 2006, 11:28 PM
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 Krista. Group: Official Member Posts: 4,380 Joined: Apr 2006 Member No: 391,319 |
^ eh, kind of.
well....i don't know. i guess it's just one of those things that's weird about the english language. |
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Jul 27 2006, 11:34 PM
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wanderlust personified. Group: Official Designer Posts: 7,515 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 797 |
QUOTE(dangjer @ Jul 27 2006, 11:59 PM) Sometimes you would think any other language is easier then English, but then you take a course in a different dialect and realize how much simplistic english can be (Native born Americans point of view). English is a tricky language if anything harder then some languages out there. But sadly foreigners take more time to understand english then Americans themselves. Pity us as our power is overthrown by an asian country because they know better grammer then us. I don't even know if I made sense in anything I said in that. Way to turn this from a random, slightly idiotic post to possibly a thoughtful discussion on the English language. Totally not my intentions. Go bury your head in a book or something. Just kidding. Hello. |
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Jul 27 2006, 11:35 PM
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QUOTE(xquizit @ Jul 27 2006, 9:34 PM) Way to turn this from a random, slightly idiotic post to possibly a thoughtful discussion on the English language. Totally not my intentions. Go bury your head in a book or something. Just kidding. Hello. It's what I do and I don't read books....I just sparknote them. |
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Jul 27 2006, 11:38 PM
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wanderlust personified. Group: Official Designer Posts: 7,515 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 797 |
QUOTE(dangjer @ Jul 28 2006, 12:35 AM) It's what I do and I don't read books....I just sparknote them. And here I thought you were one of the brainy ones but I was wrong! Welcome to the club! |
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Jul 27 2006, 11:42 PM
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QUOTE(xquizit @ Jul 27 2006, 9:38 PM) And here I thought you were one of the brainy ones but I was wrong! Welcome to the club! You'd think so but na. Glad to be part of something in this shithole 
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Jul 27 2006, 11:46 PM
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wanderlust personified. Group: Official Designer Posts: 7,515 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 797 |
QUOTE(dangjer @ Jul 28 2006, 12:42 AM) You'd think so but na. Glad to be part of something in this shithole Hey now. 
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Jul 27 2006, 11:48 PM
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wow. that`s interesting.
this thread gave me a headache.
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Jul 27 2006, 11:49 PM
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QUOTE(xquizit @ Jul 27 2006, 9:46 PM) Hey now. Don't worry this shithole is the good type of shithole. 
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Jul 27 2006, 11:56 PM
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 that's what she said Group: Member Posts: 848 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 436,512 |
Hm, I think it's because, yes, night is a time of day, but when you say day, it mostly means like, well, a day. I think the correct way of saying it would be daytime since that refers to a time in the day. Although that doesn't seem to be making much sense to me.
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Jul 27 2006, 11:57 PM
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wanderlust personified. Group: Official Designer Posts: 7,515 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 797 |
QUOTE(dangjer @ Jul 28 2006, 12:49 AM) Don't worry this shithole is the good type of shithole. I don't know which kind of shitholes you lurk around, but I imagine that none are a good type. Humans, dogs, teletubbies... all shitholes are gross. You hurt my feelings, dude. Back to the topic at hand, what do you guys like to do at day? |
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Jul 28 2006, 12:01 AM
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 what do you think it says....if so obvious. Group: Member Posts: 1,838 Joined: Sep 2004 Member No: 52,420 |
like in the english there are many interpretations for many words different kinds of meanings . like warlock is depicted as male witches but in other terms warlocks are cosiderede as summoners ....haha ...im such a loser
 in my lineage 2 gaming mode
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Jul 28 2006, 12:01 AM
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that's what she said Group: Member Posts: 848 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 436,512 |
QUOTE(xquizit @ Jul 28 2006, 12:57 AM) I don't know which kind of shitholes you lurk around, but I imagine that none are a good type. Humans, dogs, teletubbies... all shitholes are gross. You hurt my feelings, dude. Back to the topic at hand, what do you guys like to do at day? Even my shitholes?  Anyways, at day, I like to... um, idk, mostly go online since I have no friends to hang out w/ & I have no life. 
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Jul 28 2006, 12:03 AM
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wanderlust personified. Group: Official Designer Posts: 7,515 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 797 |
QUOTE(lol lollipops @ Jul 28 2006, 1:01 AM) Even my shitholes? Anyways, at day, I like to... um, idk, mostly go online since I have no friends to hang out w/ & I have no life. Whoa, you have more than one? |
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Jul 28 2006, 12:07 AM
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that's what she said Group: Member Posts: 848 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 436,512 |
^ Yes, but they're all made out of cupcakes.
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