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Principia Discordia => Apple Talk => Topic started by: Q. G. Pennyworth on September 09, 2015, 06:36:39 PM

Title: English is the dumbest language
Post by: Q. G. Pennyworth on September 09, 2015, 06:36:39 PM
We have an adjective that we use almost exclusively for lava. YOU ALREADY SAID IT'S LAVA, BRO, WE DON'T NEED A SECOND WORD THAT YOU ONLY USE FOR LAVA TO DESCRIBE THE LAVA-NESS OF THE LAVA.
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: LMNO on September 09, 2015, 06:39:12 PM
No, you see, when the phrase "molten lava" is used, it means that the lava has shed most of its feathers.
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: Cain on September 09, 2015, 06:42:53 PM
I thought it meant it was lava made from barley.
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: Don Coyote on September 09, 2015, 08:34:14 PM
How do you feel about liquid hot magma?
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: LMNO on September 09, 2015, 08:41:39 PM
How about magma with frickin lasers attached to it?
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: Don Coyote on September 09, 2015, 08:43:11 PM
How about lasers with fricken basses attached to them?
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: The Wizard Joseph on September 09, 2015, 09:22:43 PM
How about basses powered by malten lava?
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: Bruno on September 10, 2015, 12:28:45 AM
Also, there is no need to add the word "machine" after "ATM". The 'M' already has that covered.
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: Don Coyote on September 10, 2015, 12:51:44 AM
Quote from: Emo Howard on September 10, 2015, 12:28:45 AM
Also, there is no need to add the word "machine" after "ATM". The 'M' already has that covered.

Look if I want to stick my CAC card into the ATM machine, punch in my PIN number to withdraw some cash, then that is my right as an American.
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: Eater of Clowns on September 10, 2015, 12:53:13 AM
Molten is also much the proper word to describe the heated fillings of microwavable burritos and hot pockets.
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: Doktor Howl on September 10, 2015, 12:57:37 AM
Quote from: Don Coyote on September 10, 2015, 12:51:44 AM
Quote from: Emo Howard on September 10, 2015, 12:28:45 AM
Also, there is no need to add the word "machine" after "ATM". The 'M' already has that covered.

Look if I want to stick my CAC card into the ATM machine, punch in my PIN number to withdraw some cash, then that is my right as an American.

DAMN SKIPPY.
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: Doktor Howl on September 10, 2015, 12:58:05 AM
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on September 10, 2015, 12:53:13 AM
Molten is also much the proper word to describe the heated fillings of microwavable burritos and hot pockets.

The shame I would feel at having bought a hot pocket would preclude speech ever again.
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: Doktor Howl on September 10, 2015, 12:58:35 AM
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on September 09, 2015, 06:36:39 PM
We have an adjective that we use almost exclusively for lava. YOU ALREADY SAID IT'S LAVA, BRO, WE DON'T NEED A SECOND WORD THAT YOU ONLY USE FOR LAVA TO DESCRIBE THE LAVA-NESS OF THE LAVA.

Molten iron.
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: Q. G. Pennyworth on September 10, 2015, 01:24:09 AM
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on September 10, 2015, 12:53:13 AM
Molten is also much the proper word to describe the heated fillings of microwavable burritos and hot pockets.

Well, yes, as you are comparing them to lava.

Appropriately.

Quote from: Doktor Howl on September 10, 2015, 12:58:35 AM
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on September 09, 2015, 06:36:39 PM
We have an adjective that we use almost exclusively for lava. YOU ALREADY SAID IT'S LAVA, BRO, WE DON'T NEED A SECOND WORD THAT YOU ONLY USE FOR LAVA TO DESCRIBE THE LAVA-NESS OF THE LAVA.

Molten iron.

Damn. Stop being smarter than me.

Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: Don Coyote on September 10, 2015, 01:33:52 AM
AHEM

Molten water
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: The Wizard Joseph on September 10, 2015, 02:45:28 AM
Quote from: Don Coyote on September 10, 2015, 01:33:52 AM
AHEM

Molten water

OUT! Let us not muddy the waters further!
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: Doktor Howl on September 10, 2015, 02:48:52 AM
Quote from: Don Coyote on September 10, 2015, 01:33:52 AM
AHEM

Molten water

Molten means liquid metal.  Like iron.  Or Waffle pee.

Not water.
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: P3nT4gR4m on September 10, 2015, 11:01:50 AM
If you think english is bad try saying "90" in french  :eek:
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: Q. G. Pennyworth on September 10, 2015, 12:04:46 PM
Quote from: P3nT4gR4m on September 10, 2015, 11:01:50 AM
If you think english is bad try saying "90" in french  :eek:

Any attempt at numbers that isn't writing down arabic numerals is destined for failure. We only got that shit right once.
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: LMNO on September 10, 2015, 02:09:03 PM
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on September 10, 2015, 12:04:46 PM
Quote from: P3nT4gR4m on September 10, 2015, 11:01:50 AM
If you think english is bad try saying "90" in french  :eek:

Any attempt at numbers that isn't writing down arabic numerals is destined for failure. We only got that shit right once.
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/math/8/9/7/89752ad8a5356154acf633669f3681fb.png)
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: Bruno on September 10, 2015, 04:13:30 PM
Quote from: Don Coyote on September 10, 2015, 12:51:44 AM
Quote from: Emo Howard on September 10, 2015, 12:28:45 AM
Also, there is no need to add the word "machine" after "ATM". The 'M' already has that covered.

Look if I want to stick my CAC card into the ATM machine, punch in my PIN number to withdraw some cash, then that is my right as an American.

The USA of America?
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: Cain on September 10, 2015, 04:42:51 PM
Quote from: Emo Howard on September 10, 2015, 12:28:45 AM
Also, there is no need to add the word "machine" after "ATM". The 'M' already has that covered.

RIP in peace
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on September 10, 2015, 10:50:14 PM
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on September 09, 2015, 06:36:39 PM
We have an adjective that we use almost exclusively for lava. YOU ALREADY SAID IT'S LAVA, BRO, WE DON'T NEED A SECOND WORD THAT YOU ONLY USE FOR LAVA TO DESCRIBE THE LAVA-NESS OF THE LAVA.

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Cinder_Cone_from_the_Fantastic_Lava_Beds_in_Lassen_VNP-750px.jpg)

(http://s.hswstatic.com/gif/lava-flow-road-1.jpg)

Both of those are lava.
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: Q. G. Pennyworth on September 10, 2015, 11:10:03 PM
Isn't the top one aa?
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on September 10, 2015, 11:28:46 PM
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on September 10, 2015, 11:10:03 PM
Isn't the top one aa?

It may have been, 400 years ago when it was molten.
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: rong on September 11, 2015, 01:12:39 PM
none of the following rhyme:

zero
one
two
three
four
five
six
seven
eight
nine
ten
eleven
twelve


i think this is a win for english
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: Q. G. Pennyworth on September 11, 2015, 02:37:41 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on September 10, 2015, 11:28:46 PM
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on September 10, 2015, 11:10:03 PM
Isn't the top one aa?

It may have been, 400 years ago when it was molten.

I was under the impression that once lava solidified it was no longer lava but basalt. I may be mistaken. The internet isn't doing a fantastic job of clearing this up for me :/
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: Doktor Howl on September 11, 2015, 03:32:41 PM
Quote from: rong on September 11, 2015, 01:12:39 PM
none of the following rhyme:

zero
one
two
three
four
five
six
seven
eight
nine
ten
eleven
twelve


i think this is a win for english

Seven and eleven.
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: Doktor Howl on September 11, 2015, 03:33:12 PM
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on September 11, 2015, 02:37:41 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on September 10, 2015, 11:28:46 PM
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on September 10, 2015, 11:10:03 PM
Isn't the top one aa?

It may have been, 400 years ago when it was molten.

I was under the impression that once lava solidified it was no longer lava but basalt. I may be mistaken. The internet isn't doing a fantastic job of clearing this up for me :/

We need Cainad here.
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: Doktor Howl on September 11, 2015, 03:33:57 PM
"Quick!  FETCH A GEOLOGIST!"

He'll be thrilled.
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: Cainad (dec.) on September 11, 2015, 04:00:21 PM
(Pretend I found a Kool-Aid Man gif to put here)

YOU RANG?!

Words like a'a, pahoehoe, and other words for cooled lava that weren't invented by Hawaiians, can be referred to as "lava." For clarity, especially when talking to people who aren't huge nerds, "lava rock" is a common term. A place that has been covered in lava rock is often called a lava field.

Basalt is indeed cooled lava, but not all lava forms basalt when it cools. If the lava is basaltic, or mafic, in composition (low in quartz and feldspar, high in iron minerals), it will form a basalt. This is the kind of lava that you get in Hawaii, it's the runny kind that flows and ruins your lawn.

If the lava is felsic (high in feldspar and quartz), it'll form non-basaltic rocks like rhyolite (which is chemically the same as granite) or obsidian. This kind of lava is much less runny and is the kind that forms fragments and pyroclastic flows. Pompeii got owned by this kind of lava, although by the time it got to them it had cooled into ash.


tl;dr using the word "molten" is ok if the context doesn't make it clear that you're talking about the hot stuff.
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: Doktor Howl on September 11, 2015, 04:04:41 PM
See?  English language saved from hoodlums by SCIENCE.
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: LMNO on September 11, 2015, 04:24:22 PM
Quote from: Cainad (dec.) on September 11, 2015, 04:00:21 PM
(Pretend I found a Kool-Aid Man gif to put here)

YOU RANG?!

Words like a'a, pahoehoe, and other words for cooled lava that weren't invented by Hawaiians, can be referred to as "lava." For clarity, especially when talking to people who aren't huge nerds, "lava rock" is a common term. A place that has been covered in lava rock is often called a lava field.

Basalt is indeed cooled lava, but not all lava forms basalt when it cools. If the lava is basaltic, or mafic, in composition (low in quartz and feldspar, high in iron minerals), it will form a basalt. This is the kind of lava that you get in Hawaii, it's the runny kind that flows and ruins your lawn.

If the lava is felsic (high in feldspar and quartz), it'll form non-basaltic rocks like rhyolite (which is chemically the same as granite) or obsidian. This kind of lava is much less runny and is the kind that forms fragments and pyroclastic flows. Pompeii got owned by this kind of lava, although by the time it got to them it had cooled into ash.


tl;dr using the word "molten" is ok if the context doesn't make it clear that you're talking about the hot stuff.

(http://thisistwitchy.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/kool-aid-man.jpg)
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: Q. G. Pennyworth on September 11, 2015, 04:44:26 PM
This thread turned out better than my wildest dreams!
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: The Wizard Joseph on September 11, 2015, 05:27:54 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on September 11, 2015, 03:32:41 PM
Quote from: rong on September 11, 2015, 01:12:39 PM
none of the following rhyme:

zero
one
two
three
four
five
six
seven
eight
nine
ten
eleven
twelve


i think this is a win for english

Seven and eleven.


:lulz: :lulz:
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: The Wizard Joseph on September 11, 2015, 05:30:49 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on September 11, 2015, 04:24:22 PM
Quote from: Cainad (dec.) on September 11, 2015, 04:00:21 PM
(Pretend I found a Kool-Aid Man gif to put here)

YOU RANG?!

Words like a'a, pahoehoe, and other words for cooled lava that weren't invented by Hawaiians, can be referred to as "lava." For clarity, especially when talking to people who aren't huge nerds, "lava rock" is a common term. A place that has been covered in lava rock is often called a lava field.

Basalt is indeed cooled lava, but not all lava forms basalt when it cools. If the lava is basaltic, or mafic, in composition (low in quartz and feldspar, high in iron minerals), it will form a basalt. This is the kind of lava that you get in Hawaii, it's the runny kind that flows and ruins your lawn.

If the lava is felsic (high in feldspar and quartz), it'll form non-basaltic rocks like rhyolite (which is chemically the same as granite) or obsidian. This kind of lava is much less runny and is the kind that forms fragments and pyroclastic flows. Pompeii got owned by this kind of lava, although by the time it got to them it had cooled into ash.


tl;dr using the word "molten" is ok if the context doesn't make it clear that you're talking about the hot stuff.

(http://thisistwitchy.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/kool-aid-man.jpg)

:eek:  :lulz: :lulz: :lulz:

:yoink:
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: rong on September 11, 2015, 07:39:24 PM
Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on September 11, 2015, 05:27:54 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on September 11, 2015, 03:32:41 PM
Quote from: rong on September 11, 2015, 01:12:39 PM
none of the following rhyme:

zero
one
two
three
four
five
six
seven
eight
nine
ten
eleven
twelve


i think this is still a win for english


Seven and eleven.


:lulz: :lulz:

fixed
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: Cainad (dec.) on September 11, 2015, 07:46:00 PM
 :lulz: :lulz:
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: Doktor Howl on September 11, 2015, 10:35:12 PM
The numbers thing isn't important.  What IS important is that our language was saved from Nigel and QG's hooliganry.  If left unchecked, there's NO LIMIT to what those two Mind Gangsters will get up to.  Nigel is Orkadian, from Orkney, which is like Ireland but smaller, and QG is from Boston, which is Ireland only bigger.  They average out to Irish, so they hate the English.  Which is why they're always fucking with the language and telling us what isn't a sandwich.

When Donald Trump is elected, both will be sent BACK WHERE THEY CAME FROM, and the world (ie, the USA) will once again be safe for philosophy majors.
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: P3nT4gR4m on September 15, 2015, 03:55:37 PM
So when I'm placing an order for a couple of million gallons of lava (for perfectly innocent purposes, I might add) I should specify "molten"?

Glad we got that cleared up before I made a complete arse of myself with Operation English Surprise
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: The Wizard Joseph on September 15, 2015, 10:39:44 PM
Quote from: P3nT4gR4m on September 15, 2015, 03:55:37 PM
So when I'm placing an order for a couple of million gallons of lava (for perfectly innocent purposes, I might add) I should specify "molten"?

Glad we got that cleared up before I made a complete arse of myself with Operation English Surprise

Crate said "DANGER: THIS END UP" for a reason. The liability is all on the carrier clearly, your honor.
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: Prelate Diogenes Shandor on September 23, 2015, 09:54:33 PM
What about "apposable (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apposable)" [sic], that's way more of a one-trick pony than "molten"
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: Prelate Diogenes Shandor on September 23, 2015, 09:57:11 PM
That said, there's also places where English makes more sense than other languages. We don't refer to inanimate objects as "he" or "she" or the equivalent thereof (except in regard to boats), for example.
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: Prelate Diogenes Shandor on September 23, 2015, 10:06:21 PM
Quote from: Emo Howard on September 10, 2015, 12:28:45 AM
Also, there is no need to add the word "machine" after "ATM". The 'M' already has that covered.

It distinguishes it from the abbreviation for "at the moment".

(ALSO, why does nobody else ever bring up points similar to this in regard to the phrase "D.C. Comics" which is also similarly redundant as D.C. in this context stands for "Detective Comics". Like "ATM Machine" however this redundancy also serves a purpose as it distinguishes it from the abbreviation for "District of Columbia")
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: Q. G. Pennyworth on September 23, 2015, 10:07:44 PM
I hate you.
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: The Good Reverend Roger on September 23, 2015, 11:21:15 PM
Same.
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: trippinprincezz13 on September 24, 2015, 04:37:02 PM
Be right back. Gonna go take some money out of the at the moment.

Pretty easy to see where the confusion can come in.
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: Don Coyote on September 24, 2015, 04:38:32 PM
Quote from: Prelate Diogenes Shandor on September 23, 2015, 10:06:21 PM
Quote from: Emo Howard on September 10, 2015, 12:28:45 AM
Also, there is no need to add the word "machine" after "ATM". The 'M' already has that covered.

It distinguishes it from the abbreviation for "at the moment".

(ALSO, why does nobody else ever bring up points similar to this in regard to the phrase "D.C. Comics" which is also similarly redundant as D.C. in this context stands for "Detective Comics". Like "ATM Machine" however this redundancy also serves a purpose as it distinguishes it from the abbreviation for "District of Columbia")

Could you just like, not?
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: Don Coyote on September 24, 2015, 04:39:22 PM
Quote from: trippinprincezz13 on September 24, 2015, 04:37:02 PM
Be right back. Gonna go take some money out of the at the moment.

Pretty easy to see where the confusion can come in.

:argh!:
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: trippinprincezz13 on September 24, 2015, 04:49:31 PM
Quote from: Don Coyote on September 24, 2015, 04:39:22 PM
Quote from: trippinprincezz13 on September 24, 2015, 04:37:02 PM
Be right back. Gonna go take some money out of the at the moment.

Pretty easy to see where the confusion can come in.

:argh!:

I'm just trying to help PDS clarify his point for you guys.  Context? What's that? Like Con Air except they hijack a library? How will they get it off the ground!?
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on September 24, 2015, 05:43:26 PM
hold on, I'm kind of busy automatic teller machine.
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: LMNO on September 24, 2015, 06:01:16 PM
That RedTube clip really grossed me out when she went Automatic Teller Machine.
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on September 24, 2015, 06:07:47 PM
Quote from: LMNO on September 24, 2015, 06:01:16 PM
That RedTube clip really grossed me out when she went Automatic Teller Machine.

I keep looking for people having sex at the moment, but the search results are totally different from what I was expecting.
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: LMNO on September 24, 2015, 06:09:42 PM
I didn't know the bar was cash only, but luckily they had an ass to mouth on premises.
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: trippinprincezz13 on September 24, 2015, 06:21:20 PM
 :lol: :lol:

I love this place
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: EK WAFFLR on September 24, 2015, 06:59:56 PM
My girfriend went Asyncrous Transfer Mode last night, it was fab.
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on September 24, 2015, 07:13:00 PM
QuoteBRB AFK ATM

I don't know how to interpret this, are they saying that they are away from the keyboard automatic teller machine, or doing ass to mouth, or what?
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: Don Coyote on September 24, 2015, 07:31:16 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on September 24, 2015, 07:13:00 PM
QuoteBRB AFK ATM

I don't know how to interpret this, are they saying that they are away from the keyboard automatic teller machine, or doing ass to mouth, or what?

But really by all friendly kittens attacking the mice?
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on September 24, 2015, 07:41:25 PM
Quote from: Don Coyote on September 24, 2015, 07:31:16 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on September 24, 2015, 07:13:00 PM
QuoteBRB AFK ATM

I don't know how to interpret this, are they saying that they are away from the keyboard automatic teller machine, or doing ass to mouth, or what?

But really by all friendly kittens attacking the mice?

Ohhhh, that makes perfect sense!
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: Don Coyote on September 24, 2015, 07:43:47 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on September 24, 2015, 07:41:25 PM
Quote from: Don Coyote on September 24, 2015, 07:31:16 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on September 24, 2015, 07:13:00 PM
QuoteBRB AFK ATM

I don't know how to interpret this, are they saying that they are away from the keyboard automatic teller machine, or doing ass to mouth, or what?

But really by all friendly kittens attacking the mice?

Ohhhh, that makes perfect sense!

I do what I can.
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: Q. G. Pennyworth on September 24, 2015, 07:48:16 PM
Normal people see an ocean of piss and leave

Channers see an ocean of piss and pee in it

Discordians see an ocean of piss and design nanobots to extract the gross stuff so they can go back to swimming.
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: LMNO on September 24, 2015, 08:09:43 PM
Has anyone seen my Rage ATM disc?
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: Q. G. Pennyworth on September 24, 2015, 08:23:23 PM
All I'm saying is you probably don't want to go automated teller machine after vindaloo.
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: The Good Reverend Roger on September 24, 2015, 08:27:49 PM
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on September 24, 2015, 07:48:16 PM
Normal people see an ocean of piss and leave

Channers see an ocean of piss and pee in it

Discordians see an ocean of piss and design nanobots to extract the gross stuff so they can go back to swimming.

TGRR extracts the gross stuff so he can swim in IT.
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: Cainad (dec.) on September 24, 2015, 08:47:21 PM
Now now, we can't be be hard on PDS just because his brain was obviously put in sideways.
Title: Re: English is the dumbest language
Post by: Payne on September 24, 2015, 10:39:07 PM
Yeah! All kinds of my bits were put in sideways! AND YES THAT IS A NORMAL SPRAY PATTERN THANK YOU VERY MUCH