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Author Topic: [MILK] There were 12 eggs here what did you do with them? (Happy thread?!)  (Read 15803144 times)

lordnincompoop

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Re: [:o] Things that made you happy today thread.
« Reply #48645 on: April 18, 2011, 06:13:31 pm »
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Jeez, does nobody use Oxbridge's dictionaries anymore?
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Re: [:o] Things that made you happy today thread.
« Reply #48646 on: April 18, 2011, 06:13:56 pm »
Quote from: fqllve on April 18, 2011, 06:12:09 pm
Quote from: Megaman on April 18, 2011, 06:10:23 pm
Yes MW does. No one understands proper English any more.
Not especially. M-W just compiles definitions accepted by a sufficient number of the populace. They aren't the final arbiter of correctness in language.
Doesn't the queen get to do that?
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Re: [:o] Things that made you happy today thread.
« Reply #48647 on: April 18, 2011, 06:14:24 pm »
Quote from: lordnincompoop on April 18, 2011, 06:13:31 pm
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Jeez, does nobody use Oxbridge's dictionaries anymore?
Hey i got one of those in my room, unabridged too.
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Re: [:o] Things that made you happy today thread.
« Reply #48648 on: April 18, 2011, 06:14:33 pm »
Quote from: fqllve on April 18, 2011, 06:12:09 pm
Quote from: Megaman on April 18, 2011, 06:10:23 pm
Yes MW does. No one understands proper English any more.
Not especially. M-W just compiles definitions accepted by a sufficient number of the populace. They aren't the final arbiter of correctness in language.
Yes they are.
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Re: [:o] Things that made you happy today thread.
« Reply #48649 on: April 18, 2011, 06:14:49 pm »
Quote from: Max White on April 18, 2011, 06:12:04 pm
Quote from: Darvi on April 18, 2011, 06:10:33 pm
Quote from: Max White on April 18, 2011, 06:08:34 pm

I attack with my +5 irony sword and get a bonus for being a berserker due to it's unwieldy nature.
Sudden desire to make a roguelike that parodys forums. This idea made me happy.
do eet!
Need ideas for races. I'm thinking humans Addbots, elves Furries, dwarfs Lurkers and... Trolls.
We also need an "elitist" class...
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Re: [:o] Things that made you happy today thread.
« Reply #48650 on: April 18, 2011, 06:15:59 pm »
Quote from: Max White on April 18, 2011, 06:13:56 pm
Doesn't the queen get to do that?

The Queen is not an authority in the field of the English language, especially since Merriam-Webster is American.

Quote from: Tellemurius on April 18, 2011, 06:14:24 pm
Hey i got one of those in my room, unabridged too.

It's either Oxford or Cambridge. Pick one.
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Re: [:o] Things that made you happy today thread.
« Reply #48651 on: April 18, 2011, 06:17:17 pm »
Quote from: Virex on April 18, 2011, 06:14:49 pm
Quote from: Max White on April 18, 2011, 06:12:04 pm
Quote from: Darvi on April 18, 2011, 06:10:33 pm
Quote from: Max White on April 18, 2011, 06:08:34 pm

I attack with my +5 irony sword and get a bonus for being a berserker due to it's unwieldy nature.
Sudden desire to make a roguelike that parodys forums. This idea made me happy.
do eet!
Need ideas for races. I'm thinking humans Addbots, elves Furries, dwarfs Lurkers and... Trolls.
We also need an "elitist" class...
Also a 'spammer' class (Specialist in debuff) and a 'Guy who debates religion' class (*cough*palidine*cough*)
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Re: [:o] Things that made you happy today thread.
« Reply #48652 on: April 18, 2011, 06:17:35 pm »
Oxford as i said i owned
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Re: [:o] Things that made you happy today thread.
« Reply #48653 on: April 18, 2011, 06:17:51 pm »
Quote from: lordnincompoop on April 18, 2011, 06:15:59 pm
Quote from: Max White on April 18, 2011, 06:13:56 pm
Doesn't the queen get to do that?

The Queen is not an authority in the field of the English language, especially since Merriam-Webster is American.

Quote from: Tellemurius on April 18, 2011, 06:14:24 pm
Hey i got one of those in my room, unabridged too.

It's either Oxford or Cambridge. Pick one.

I tried using an oxbridge dictionary once. It suffices to say the resulting text was illegible to anyone but a rowing enthusiast....
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Re: [:o] Things that made you happy today thread.
« Reply #48654 on: April 18, 2011, 06:18:30 pm »
So I'm a dorf spammer/ninja then?
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Re: [:o] Things that made you happy today thread.
« Reply #48655 on: April 18, 2011, 06:18:43 pm »
Quote from: Max White on April 18, 2011, 06:17:17 pm
Quote from: Virex on April 18, 2011, 06:14:49 pm
Quote from: Max White on April 18, 2011, 06:12:04 pm
Quote from: Darvi on April 18, 2011, 06:10:33 pm
Quote from: Max White on April 18, 2011, 06:08:34 pm

I attack with my +5 irony sword and get a bonus for being a berserker due to it's unwieldy nature.
Sudden desire to make a roguelike that parodys forums. This idea made me happy.
do eet!
Need ideas for races. I'm thinking humans Addbots, elves Furries, dwarfs Lurkers and... Trolls.
We also need an "elitist" class...
Also a 'spammer' class (Specialist in debuff) and a 'Guy who debates religion' class (*cough*palidine*cough*)
Demon Guy who actually cares about the subject matter class. Only one of these exist per game world.
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Re: [:o] Things that made you happy today thread.
« Reply #48656 on: April 18, 2011, 06:19:02 pm »
Quote from: lordnincompoop on April 18, 2011, 06:13:31 pm
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Jeez, does nobody use Oxbridge's dictionaries anymore?
Hehe. Sorry, I don't have $700 or the space for 18 volumes of dictionary. Or whatever it actually is.
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Re: [:o] Things that made you happy today thread.
« Reply #48657 on: April 18, 2011, 06:20:13 pm »
The hell is an oxbridge dictionary?
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Re: [:o] Things that made you happy today thread.
« Reply #48658 on: April 18, 2011, 06:20:59 pm »
A bridge made out of ox bones. It's a dictionary for it.
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Re: [:o] Things that made you happy today thread.
« Reply #48659 on: April 18, 2011, 06:22:18 pm »
Quote from: Megaman on April 18, 2011, 06:18:43 pm
Demon Guy who actually cares about the subject matter class. Only one of these exist per game world.

Person who will not stop talking about their partner.
Guns enthusiast.
Under cover FBI agent.
Quote from: Taricus on April 18, 2011, 06:20:13 pm
The hell is an oxbridge dictionary?

How can you not know this?
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