WTF english and false synonyms

[WolfEyes]

See? Now that i can understand.



How do you know? Ceremonies practically beg to be of religious origin of some kind, many things are. How do we even know what has a religious origin or not? Just because some old guy scribbled it on a few papers? If you were to scribble a few things on a paper and someone were to find it 2000 years later they'd probably believe what you've written even if what you've written is totally not the truth, given there are no ways of proving otherwise. Just like we can't prove that Jesus ever existed nor that he woke up from the dead again. Maybe someone simply carried him out as prank? Who knows if not some necrophilia dude grabbed his corpse and raped it in the backyard then burned his corpse to ash? All we can say is that a dude waking up from the dead can only mean 2 things, either he wasn't dead because health monitoring wasn't that good back then (and even today it can still happen that someone is declared dead and then wakes up in a coffin later) or because it's simply a lie, a prank or just a story that was told to kids or parents to squeeze money out of them with religion.

Yes, you can ceremoniously greet/meet your friend. A handshake is a ceremonious (or ritual) thing to do when meeting/greeting. Doesn't make it religious though. There are many, many things that are done ceremoniously and not a single one of them have anything to do with religion or the religious.

 

[WolfEyes]

I see now. So that's how it is. You're one of them! You thought i wouldn't figure out that you're secretly trying to convert me to your totally religious cause.

I'm totally impervious to religion unless this religion is no religion.

What the fuck?

I'm Lakota not fucking Christian.

 

[Essence Lumin]

Since we're going for the low end of things here: (and if you don't know what this is a reference to shame on you)

shit
piss
fuck
cunt
cocksucker
motherfucker and
tits

 

[WolfEyes]

The seven words you can never say on television. Not even with Johnny.

Except that now you can.

 

[NiranV Dean]

What the fuck?

I'm Lakota not fucking Christian.

...the fuck is Lakota? And what the hell does Christian have to do with this? I haven't met him for a while but he sure didn't do anything to earn being named here!

 

[Essence Lumin]

...the fuck is Lakota? And what the hell does Christian have to do with this? I haven't met him for a while but he sure didn't do anything to earn being named here!

This could be the first epic thread for the new board, I dunno. I think I'll close the tab. Maybe.

 

[NiranV Dean]

This could be the first epic thread for the new board, I dunno. I think I'll close the tab. Maybe.

Epic thread? New board? Sh...should i make a new topic somewhere with this as title, see where it goes?

 

[Free]

I love threads that discuss the topic of spontaneous combustion.

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

This could be the first epic thread for the new board, I dunno. I think I'll close the tab. Maybe.

I think I'll blame Kara for this one.

 

[Essence Lumin]

Epic thread? New board? Sh...should i make a new topic somewhere with this as title, see where it goes?

Probably dividing by zero is all that is necessary.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

don't remember it ever giving an example of a word in which Y functioned as a vowel.

Rhythm?

I think the distinction (which I don't remember from school, either, but I've read about since) depends on the sound the letter represents. When it's a hard y (as in youth or lawyer) it's a consonant. When it's a short i (bicycle), a long i (my) or a long ee (funny) it's a vowel.

 

[Essence Lumin]

Rhythm?

I think the distinction (which I don't remember from school, either, but I've read about since) depends on the sound the letter represents. When it's a hard y (as in youth or lawyer) it's a consonant. When it's a short i (bicycle), a long i (my) or a long ee (funny) it's a vowel.

How many syllables does rhythm have? It obviously has two, but according to the dictionary people it has one, since it only has one vowel.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

How many syllables does rhythm have?

It's generally pronounced as two syllables.

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

How many syllables does rhythm have? It obviously has two, but according to the dictionary people it has one, since it only has one vowel.

Whoa I like that. I mean, I would have said two...but the argument that it is only one syllable also makes perfect sense.

I can think of several words like that. Like Schism and fjord.

 

[Essence Lumin]

It's generally pronounced as two syllables.

Yes, it is. All the same, if you look it up in Merriam Websters or probably most any English language dictionary, it is shown as one syllable, ever since I was a child. It's silly. Before the 1700's when the dictionary business got started there were no standard spellings for anything, just what people were most familiar with.

 

[NiranV Dean]

Whoa I like that. I mean, I would have said two...but the argument that it is only one syllable also makes perfect sense.

I can think of several words like that. Like Schism and fjord.

Shizzlenizzle and for Jard??? Why would Jard want shizzlenizzle, what's with all these names and how the hell do you know all my friends?

 

[Essence Lumin]

Shizzlenizzle and for Jard??? Why would Jard want shizzlenizzle, what's with all these names and how the hell do you know all my friends?

I have a picture but they swore me to secrecy.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Yes, it is. All the same, if you look it up in Merriam Websters or probably most any English language dictionary, it is shown as one syllable, ever since I was a child. It's silly. Before the 1700's when the dictionary business got started there were no standard spellings for anything, just what people were most familiar with.

Merriam Webster online seem to mark it as disyllabic:

\ ˈri-t͟həm \

Definition of RHYTHM.

 

[NiranV Dean]

*squints eyes*

Something... is.... not... right... here.

*slowly walks in a circle*

I'll find out what it is. When i do dark times will be upon whoever is responsible for this.

 

[Essence Lumin]

Merriam Webster online seem to mark it as disyllabic: Definition of RHYTHM.

I'm probably missing what markings you are mentioning Innula. I looked up the meaning of disyllabic since I have never heard of that word before. Merriam Webster says, " a linguistic form consisting of two syllables ". I don't find that helpful without any examples which they don't give. The marking I am familiar with is a . in between words such as shown in the word British.

In any event, I know you are probably right because you are always so precise, however I don't know what markings or what exactly you mean.