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[Redball]

More aunts than a picnic! 

What do awnts have to do with a picnic?

[cesium133]

They like food, just like everyone else!

[Nikolai]

I think that one belongs in the pun thread...

[bainidhe_dub]

I like to go by the rule that if there's more than two degrees of connection, you're a cousin. Cousin's kids? Cousins! Cousin's step kids? Cousins! Mom's first cousin's daughters? Cousins! Their kids? Cousins! Husband's work-husband's fiancee? Cousin!

[Method of Madness]

While the au probably should make "ont" the "proper" pronunciation, it's always sounded odd to me. I'll usually say "ant", but sometimes I actually will use "ont" (like "root"/"rout" for route, I usually use the former for that, but not always.) I wonder if we should make a pronunciation thread. For that matter, I wonder if we already did and I just don't know about it.

[Zebediah]

I'm the uncle who tells you that you need to find a better hiding place for your porn stash, because your mom will totally find it where it is now. I won't reveal that she already damn well knows where it is, because I'm trying to leave you some dignity here.

And I will not, under any circumstances, tell you where your mom's porn stash is hidden. That'd be just plain wrong.

[Redball]

While the au probably should make "ont" the "proper" pronunciation, it's always sounded odd to me. I'll usually say "ant", but sometimes I actually will use "ont" (like "root"/"rout" for route, I usually use the former for that, but not always.) I wonder if we should make a pronunciation thread. For that matter, I wonder if we already did and I just don't know about it.

All that came to mind is English is weird.

[Method of Madness]

English is weird enough before it goes and weirds itself even more.

[SageJiraiya]

I think English is successful because of that weirdness. Even though it's ridiculously hard to learn, English is such a melting pot of words and grammatical idiosyncrasies that it is applicable to nearly any context.

The crazy words we have and use make great stories, dialogues, science, as well as music.

[SageJiraiya]

Regarding root v rowt:

I use root for everything. I guess it is just a generalized term.

I rarely say rowt. I didn't use it in Pokemon; that's for sure.

Considering the networking machine is usually pronounced rowter and not rooter, I think the differentiation may have been popularized to avoid confusion with the word root, like android devices, and plants.

[Method of Madness]

"Rooter" makes me think of this:

[SageJiraiya]

I have rarely heard those called rooters. I call those snakes or drain snakes.

[bainidhe_dub]

It was originally a brand name (Roto-Rooter) but apparently the patent ran out and now multiple plumbers and drain snake companies use the term. *back into the book*

[Method of Madness]

It's the less that it makes me think of an actual product and more that it makes me think of Futurama.

[SageJiraiya]

In Spanish roto means broken...

[J]

I think English is successful because of that weirdness. Even though it's ridiculously hard to learn, English is such a melting pot of words and grammatical idiosyncrasies that it is applicable to nearly any context.

The crazy words we have and use make great stories, dialogues, science, as well as music.

i seem to recall a biopsychology teacher i had some years back explaining to the class that english speaking countries had some of the lowest rates of senile dementia & age related brain degeneration on earth. he claimed that this was because the complexity of the language kept the brain more active, which in turn staved off neurological apoptosis.

[Akima]

Considering the networking machine is usually pronounced rowter and not rooter, I think the differentiation may have been popularized to avoid confusion with the word root, like android devices, and plants.

In Australia route is normally pronounced "root", but in networking parlance the American "rowt" pronunciation is universal, despite the potential confusion with rout. Only context separates these two devices, both of which are called "rowters":


A complicating factor in Australia, is that "root" is a synonym for "fuck", especially when used as a verb, so referring to a "rooting table" might provoke sniggers. And you never root for a football-team etc. here; you "barrack" for it. Just like "fuck", "root" can imply that something is broken or otherwise in trouble: "If my wife finds out that I rooted my secretary, I'll be rooted!" So talking about rooting your phone can also be ambiguous: "I tried to root my phone last night, but it didn't work and now it's rooted!"

English...

[Kugai]

It's probably why Wang Computers always made me snigger.

[Carl-E]

Naw, that's just you.   

[Kugai]

 





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[pwhodges]

In Australia route is normally pronounced "root", but in networking parlance the American "rowt" pronunciation is universal, despite the potential confusion with rout. Only context separates these two devices, both of which are called "rowters":

In the UK it is rare to hear "rowter" for the networking device, but in my experience it is normal for the woodworking tool.

...Does that make pwhodges "Great Grandpa Paul"? 

You beat real life by just three days   (see the pictures thread)

[J]

why do we even pretend that english has rules at all?

[Method of Madness]

It does, but rules are made to be broken.

[LeeC]

if we followed the rules for the english language then puns would have never existed.

[Method of Madness]

How do puns break any language rules?

[Blue Kitty]

I tried finding a Christmas Vacation gif, but this was the best I could find

[Carl-E]

How do puns break any language rules?

How does a pun not break the rules?  They're nothing but incorrect usage and alternative meanings! 

[Method of Madness]

Wait, what? Puns only work when the usage is actually correct (but still sounds like something else), otherwise you're just saying gibberish.

[Carl-E]

More aunts than a picnic! 

I rest my case. 

[mtmerrick]

While the au probably should make "ont" the "proper" pronunciation, it's always sounded odd to me. I'll usually say "ant", but sometimes I actually will use "ont" (like "root"/"rout" for route, I usually use the former for that, but not always.) I wonder if we should make a pronunciation thread. For that matter, I wonder if we already did and I just don't know about it.

see, for me, it depends completely on the name its being used with. examples:
-Ont Lori
-Ant Diana

Regarding root v rowt:

I use root for everything. I guess it is just a generalized term.

I rarely say rowt. I didn't use it in Pokemon; that's for sure.

Considering the networking machine is usually pronounced rowter and not rooter, I think the differentiation may have been popularized to avoid confusion with the word root, like android devices, and plants.

Route-er:

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Root-er:

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[Method of Madness]

More aunts than a picnic! 

I rest my case.

Ahhh. Right.

[dr. nervioso]

I'm probably the younger brother who's rash, inconsistent, and sort of a commitaphobe. I disappear for months at a time and return (if only to make a cheesy joke).

[Kugai]

Hopefully, you're not the one we have to keep changing the locks on.

[Metope]

I guess these days I'm the distant cousin who visits once every few years and no one quite remembers.

Yeah this sounds like me too.

[SageJiraiya]

WHO!?

[pwhodges]

Hi Kris!

When people post after weeks or months of silence, I wonder if they are just dropping by with no real idea of what's going on, or whether they have read every post in the mean time but have only now found any reason to join in again...

[Metope]

I usually read a few and then give up, there are just too many. I'm not very good at being consistent with forums these days.

[pwhodges]

Too many - absolutely!  I only read two active forums, and after a two-week holiday from the Internet (yes, no Internet for two weeks - my longest gap in over ten years), I see no prospect of catching up.  Just some cherry-picking, then "mark all read" and start again.  In particular, it's the first time since I became a mod here that I haven't at least glanced at every single post.

[Method of Madness]

Every single post? Yowza. I usually just look at the threads I post in (and post in the threads I look in!), and I try to add a few threads to that list now and again, but...every single post? Wow.

[pwhodges]

How do you think the board got turned around with so few mods?  Also, when I started, there was still spam to catch every day, preferably before too many people reported it!  But it's got to being hard work, and I'd like to spread it more widely.

[Carl-E]

I cut myself down to just four forums, and there are a handful of threads in them that I don't bother with but in the ones I read, I still read every damn post.  Yeah. 

[cesium133]

I tend to read all the posts in all the forums except "Hi, I'm New", "Band", and "Discuss." I may have a problem. 

[jwhouk]

I only keep up with a dozen or so threads, but if I can't get some sort of "unread posts" option on a board, I'm probably not going to be on it much.

[Redball]

If I wanted to zip through the posts on this forum, I'd use Taptalk on the iPad. But since I expect to make a few responses, I usually use the computer. I never got very fast on the iPad touchscreen.

I once watched Barmymoo typing on the iPad screen, and in a moving car. I think she was somewhere around 50-60 wpm. I remarked on it. She said she'd been typing since she was very young.

Yeah, but still ....

[mtmerrick]

For people who know how to use them properly, touchscreens can be the ultimate human interface device

[Method of Madness]

Yeah, for some things I can use them fine. Typing is not one of them. I mean, I can type on one, sort of, using my thumbs. But it's nothing compared to me on a keyboard.

[nekowafer]

I'm super fast on my cell phone or ipod, and only slightly slower on my tablet. It took some getting used to for sure.

[Carl-E]

I still have to look at the friggin keyboard when I type.  And having a mechanical one makes it easier - without the "feel", it's hard to tell what I've hit or missed, since I'm not looking at the screen. 


My phone is an old Treo with a button keyboard for the same reason.  I hate touch screens.  I think my skin resistance is funny, I have to poke the ones for ATMs and fast food places several times before they register my touch.  They seem to work better when I use a knuckle than a fingertip. 




And I'll be damned if I'm going to type with my knuckles...

[cesium133]

When I got my cell phone, I made sure to get one with a physical keyboard, because typing on a touchscreen sucks. I'm sorry, but it does.

[Method of Madness]

I actually have never had a physical full keyboard on a phone. I went a regular flip phone to an iPhone back in 2008. Also the keys on phones with physical keyboards look really small, and my hands are kind of big. It's easier to just have to touch a small key than to have to press it down without pressing the ones next to it as well.