The Succeeder Stronghold

Fiona · Post by **Fiona** » Thu May 04, 2006 12:12 pm

Night off, then?

Ravager · Post by **Ravager** » Thu May 04, 2006 12:18 pm

Maybe. The next one I have (on Monday) may be the hardest, so I might revise a bit. I'll see...

Darzog · Post by **Darzog** » Thu May 04, 2006 12:31 pm

What is your definition of revise? I always thought you were working on a program or paper and were reviewing it to make another revision. But from the way you are using the word, now it makes me think you are using it as a synonym for studying.

Fiona · Post by **Fiona** » Thu May 04, 2006 12:33 pm

[QUOTE=Darzog]What is your definition of revise? I always thought you were working on a program or paper and were reviewing it to make another revision. But from the way you are using the word, now it makes me think you are using it as a synonym for studying.

[/QUOTE]

That is really what it means in the UK. When the course is finished you go over the stuff you learned and we call it revision. When you are learning new stuff we call it study. Pesky language difference

Darzog · Post by **Darzog** » Thu May 04, 2006 12:44 pm

OK, now Rav's comments about revising make a lot more sense. I kept wondering why he was working on a software revision while he had all these exams coming up.

Do you have a free online dictionary for "Queen's English"? Dictionary.com doesn't capture the definitions that y'all use over in that pond area.

Juniper · Post by **Juniper** » Thu May 04, 2006 12:46 pm

I really have not had my appropritate daily allotment of spam today....

Ravager · Post by **Ravager** » Thu May 04, 2006 12:48 pm

Queen's English is more of an accent than a Englis UK language, you know.

Just look at UK newsreels from the 1940's for Queen's English...so cliche...

@Juni, you'll catch up....

Darzog · Post by **Darzog** » Thu May 04, 2006 12:48 pm

Well, we wouldn't want you to become deficient.

But really, who's fault is that (other than Rav's)?

Juniper · Post by **Juniper** » Thu May 04, 2006 12:49 pm

[QUOTE=Ravager]Queen's English is more of an accent than a Englis UK language, you know.

Just look at UK newsreels from the 1940's for Queen's English...so cliche...

@Juni, you'll catch up....[/QUOTE]

i dunno...Pancho & i have had some serious time today..

:laugh:

Ravager · Post by **Ravager** » Thu May 04, 2006 12:50 pm

[QUOTE=Darzog]But really, who's fault is that (other than Rav's)?[/QUOTE]
Hey, no need for you to take a leaf out of Ikky's book!

Darzog · Post by **Darzog** » Thu May 04, 2006 12:54 pm

[QUOTE=Ravager]Queen's English is more of an accent than a Englis UK language, you know.

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OK Mr. Smarty-Pants, since you know what I meant, is there an online dictionary that is based on your UK language (definitions) so I can look up what you might be talking about when I don't understand?

Fiona · Post by **Fiona** » Thu May 04, 2006 12:55 pm

[QUOTE=Darzog]OK Mr. Smarty-Pants, since you know what I meant, is there an online dictionary that is based on your UK language (definitions) so I can look up what you might be talking about when I don't understand?[/QUOTE]

Um...an english dictionary?

Juniper · Post by **Juniper** » Thu May 04, 2006 12:55 pm

[QUOTE=Fiona]Um...an english dictionary?[/QUOTE]
*snicker*

:laugh:

Ravager · Post by **Ravager** » Thu May 04, 2006 12:57 pm

[QUOTE=Fiona]Um...an english dictionary?[/QUOTE]
We could be more specific than that, right?

Hmm...Brittanica, Collins, Oxford...that kind of thing. I know Brittanica is an encyclopedia. Not sure if the rest are online though.

Darzog · Post by **Darzog** » Thu May 04, 2006 12:58 pm

[QUOTE=Fiona]Um...an english dictionary?[/QUOTE]
All I have are American dictionaries. What is this "english" you speak of? Does it pertain to muffins by chance?

And I'm talking about something that would highlight the different definitions used in the UK vs. America.

Ravager · Post by **Ravager** » Thu May 04, 2006 1:00 pm

Actually, it pertains to scones... :laugh:

Ty this: http://www.askoxford.com/

ik911 · Post by **ik911** » Thu May 04, 2006 1:11 pm

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It's a professional, clean, neat catalog.

Darzog · Post by **Darzog** » Thu May 04, 2006 1:16 pm

Ravager wrote:Ty this: http://www.askoxford.com/

Hmm, I got this from the front page...

An English proverb of the 17th century saw it [gardening] as central to sustained happiness: 'If you would be happy for a week take a wife; if you would be happy for a month kill a pig; but if you would be happy all your life plant a garden.

So a wife will only keep you happy for a week? Should you then trade in for another?

Damuna_Nova · Post by **Damuna_Nova** » Thu May 04, 2006 1:21 pm

[QUOTE=Darzog]Hmm, I got this from the front page...

So a wife will only keep you happy for a week? Should you then trade in for another?[/QUOTE]

Oh no, trade her for a ravishing Ravager.

On second thoughts, maybe not...

He's mine!

:laugh:

Ravager · Post by **Ravager** » Thu May 04, 2006 1:25 pm

[QUOTE=Damuna_Nova]Oh no, trade her for a ravishing Ravager.

On second thoughts, maybe not...

He's mine!

:laugh:[/QUOTE]
You know I'm high-maintenance, right?