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WCDT 4181-4185 (20th - 24th, January 2020)
pwhodges:
Not so archaic, I think, at least in the UK. Mind you, I'd say "at one remove", which forms a contrast to the perhaps more common usage "at several removes" meaning connected, but only marginally.
Dngrsone:
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--- Quote from: Dngrsone on 19 Jan 2020, 10:38 ---My favorite restaurant has the best wet burritos... and their table salsa is actually good, not spicy tomato sauce or hot marinara...
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I had no idea what a wet burrito is but did a Google search...now I want a meat, cheese, bean, and rice wet burrito.
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The one I like is beans and a very spicy chile colorado topped with cheese and a dollop of sour cream to cool it down a little
Of course May went straight to the breasts in the manual...
Cornelius:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 20 Jan 2020, 02:23 ---Not so archaic, I think, at least in the UK. Mind you, I'd say "at one remove", which forms a contrast to the perhaps more common usage "at several removes" meaning connected, but only marginally.
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I'd add that I didn't think twice about the phrase, until I saw andrybak's post. But then, I've been told before that I was am using terms out of common usage for the past two centuries.
--- Quote from: Zebediah on 19 Jan 2020, 19:58 ---So if Roko left her phone in her shirt pocket it would charge up.
She can breastfeed her phone.
I can’t decide if that’s brilliant or completely messed up.
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Considering we've seen Winslow, in his iPad-sized chassis, it's not impossible that there are phone sized/shaped AI in universe. That might make it worse.
JimC:
--- Quote from: Zebediah on 19 Jan 2020, 19:58 ---So if Roko left her phone in her shirt pocket it would charge up.
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But what would an AI need a phone for? I interpreted it as a point where the body could be recharged wirelessly rather than need a cable. But the breast feeding phone/anthropc concept is kinda cute!
Gyrre:
--- Quote from: andrybak on 19 Jan 2020, 23:13 ---May, I also did not follow. Apparently, "at a remove" is a very archaic phrase, rarely used in regular speech.
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You also get stuff like "one dot two bar over" for "two hundred one years" from time to time.
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