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| Irony differentiates. Cynicism never does. | 05 Sep 2009 18:33 GMT | 11 |
Sirs,
What do you think "Irony differentiates. Cynicism never does." mean?
Does it mean that irony can set you apart while cynicism can't? Or it
means there are many different kinds of ironies while there is only
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| Happy Birthday, Internet | 05 Sep 2009 17:30 GMT | 9 |
for the 2nd of September.
It all started 40 years ago today, when a couple of computers were
connected by a long gray cable in order to pass some data. The
experiment was funded by the Advanced Projects Research Agency
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| Could someone help me understand this sentence? | 05 Sep 2009 10:21 GMT | 9 |
Hi, I encounter some problems understanding the meaning of the
following sentence:
"A tidy mind is an empty mind"
It' s from questionaire. Could someone explain the meaning? I really
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| [OT} Do you use bookplates? | 05 Sep 2009 08:39 GMT | 2 |
My daily delight from CreativePro.com reminded me that my mother had
some printed and put a few in books. I found half a dozen extras in
one of her photo albums. I think I remember marking some of my own
books with hand-drawn efforts, but can't check right now because they
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| Burgess: clout-trunks | 05 Sep 2009 00:03 GMT | 11 |
I couldn't find "clout-trunks" and "flop-caps," esp at images, not
something that would make sense:
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[In Italy]
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| Burgess: that | 04 Sep 2009 15:24 GMT | 3 |
What is the meaning of "that" in the quotation?
Does it mean, as I think,
"that is not the way ONE should give surprises"?
(I mean "one/someone" in general.)
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| Burgess: pan | 04 Sep 2009 13:58 GMT | 9 |
Does:
"to have my pan scraped"
mean
"to have my face shaved"
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| What are frankincense and myrrh? | 04 Sep 2009 11:59 GMT | 8 |
What are frankincense and myrrh?
[This all makes it better, because others use these things and I like
pine sap. I have some right now where I cut a big branch off my pine
tree.
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| The past participle of "sync" | 04 Sep 2009 02:56 GMT | 11 |
On a National Geographic doc last night (something about geniuses
and/or chess I think) an obviously native speaker of English said
something along the lines of "hasn't been sunk yet".
It took a moment's thought followed by a giggle to figure that out.
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| I wish I ... | 03 Sep 2009 20:15 GMT | 27 |
1. I wish I wouldn't have to work tomorrow.
2. I wish I didn't have to work tomorrow.
3. I wish I wouldn't have had to work tomorrow.
ANY possibility that all work? Thanks.
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| Burgess: full graveyards promised | 03 Sep 2009 19:27 GMT | 2 |
Is this
"full graveyards were promised"
a historical fact or cynicism on the part of the narrator (Toomey)?
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| Burgess: play of oar | 03 Sep 2009 18:42 GMT | 3 |
What does
"play of oar"
mean?
Is it related to rowing?
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| Burgess: venerean strabismus | 03 Sep 2009 17:06 GMT | 7 |
I don't think
"venerean strabismus"
is a recognized medical condition, or is it? Couldn't find it as
such.
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| Burgess: artistic enhancing of it | 03 Sep 2009 14:40 GMT | 5 |
Do you feel any difference between "enhancing" and "enhancement" in
such a context?
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But the real question for me was: how far could I claim a true
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| Burgess: from Limbo to Ember days | 03 Sep 2009 12:51 GMT | 5 |
"from Limbo to Ember days"
is this
from Eden to Hell
or
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