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WCDT 4496-4500 (5th April through 9th April, 2021)
BenRG:
--- Quote from: Mr_Rose on 09 Apr 2021, 01:04 ---Personally I think it’s a fascinating study on how English is slowly assimilating ideographic language concepts…
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Although the fact that these are not yet universally accepted as to have the same meanings by all users actually makes it less easy to understand.
Regional and generational dialects in the use of emojis? PhD Languages dissertation come to papa!
Mr_Rose:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 09 Apr 2021, 01:10 ---
--- Quote from: Mr_Rose on 09 Apr 2021, 01:04 ---Personally I think it’s a fascinating study on how English is slowly assimilating ideographic language concepts…
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Although the fact that these are not yet universally accepted as to have the same meanings by all users actually makes it less easy to understand.
Regional and generational dialects in the use of emojis? PhD Languages dissertation come to papa!
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Oh yes, but regional differences exist with regular English words and expressions already so that’s just business as usual. See “tabling a discussion” and what it actually means on the left and right sides of the pond for example.
ihaveavoice:
--- Quote from: Gyrre on 08 Apr 2021, 21:08 ---Let's see..... Northampton, MA to NYC is 2 hours, 46 minutes this time of night. Doing the 2 hour, 31 minutes drive from Prak City, KS to OKC was hard enough of a long distance relationship.
Here's hoping Dan lives closer.
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Entirely unrelated to your or Renee's relationships, it's always wild to be reminded how differently driving distance/time is viewed on the east vs. west coasts. That kind of drive time equates to being only a county away here rather than crossing entire states, so it's something lots of us would shrug off doing every weekend for awhile. Makes me think of this funny family story where my west coast grandparents took my east coast grandparents up to some other California location for a day trip and they were sitting there like omgwhenarewegettingoutofthiscar :psyduck:
And I think Psyduck's facial expression kinda says it all: like an "oh man/oh jeez!!" kinda deal. It doesn't have to have anything to do with confusion divorced from the original context of the show, and I wouldn't interpret it that way in the case of that response to the "all relationships end" sentiment. I'd just read that as a lighthearted "YIKES!!"
--- Quote from: Mr_Rose on 09 Apr 2021, 01:24 ---
--- Quote from: BenRG on 09 Apr 2021, 01:10 ---
--- Quote from: Mr_Rose on 09 Apr 2021, 01:04 ---Personally I think it’s a fascinating study on how English is slowly assimilating ideographic language concepts…
--- End quote ---
Although the fact that these are not yet universally accepted as to have the same meanings by all users actually makes it less easy to understand.
Regional and generational dialects in the use of emojis? PhD Languages dissertation come to papa!
--- End quote ---
Oh yes, but regional differences exist with regular English words and expressions already so that’s just business as usual. See “tabling a discussion” and what it actually means on the left and right sides of the pond for example.
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Hey, thanks for the learning, Mr_Rose! I googled to confirm my guess that it actually meant a discussion is on the table over there, as opposed to the US meaning of setting the topic aside temporarily, and now I know an interesting slang difference! :-D
Cypher:
"Is Dan cooler than Angus"- Sure, Angus bears some of the blame (although what, he was supposed to just throw away his life's ambition?) but I'd have to say Faye did play quite a big part in the collapse of the relationship, just saying... I mean, what was Angus REALLY supposed to say when she said "I know I should be happy for you, but I'm not" then stared blankly into thin air? "Oh, he didn't TRY hard enough"- if he'd kept pushing everyone would say "he's out of line, he should take no for an answer" etc etc.
Oenone:
I posted Psyduck emojis because I wanted to highlight that telling someone anxious about a fictional relationship that ALZl relationships end is likely to amp up the anxiety, not reduce it. It is indeed a lighthearted YIKES!!
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