Never have so many....

[mikelyons]

S'ok Folks. No need to panic. The big man has saved the day for us all.

He has fought them on the beaches, he has fought them .... (can't remember the rest :oops: )

Naomi's fate shall not be ours.:clap: :clap: :clap:

Three cheers for John!

[DublinBass]

huh?

[yonhee]

You what?

[mikelyons]

See, he went into action so smoothly you never even noticed.

[yonhee]

erm cant you tell us what your on about?

[DublinBass]

I know Naomi lost tMP for a bit...
I'm guessing John fixed it...
is that the entire story?

[yonhee]

I know Naomi lost tMP for a bit...
I'm guessing John fixed it...
is that the entire story?
Ooh well done John :clap: *goes back to sleep*

[mikelyons]

It did it again tonight. while we were playing.

[yonhee]

It did it again tonight. while we were playing.
*wakes up* is that when it went onto some funny page?

[mikelyons]

Good grief - the preciousssss notissssssed

[yonhee]

Good grief - the preciousssss notissssssed
course i noticed! Whats all the ssssss about?

[mikelyons]

sorry, LOTR moment. The gollum personality took over for a moment, precioussss hobbitssssez

[yonhee]

sorry, LOTR moment. The gollum personality took over for a moment, precioussss hobbitssssez
OK. Now I know why Im scared of you....

[mikelyons]

OK. Now I know why Im scared of you....

And why is that little ssssssseal creature, preciousssss?

[yonhee]

And why is that little ssssssseal creature, preciousssss?
not sure really, possibly because you dont like kids, possibly because you confuse me. Or most likely a mixture of stuff.

[mikelyons]

topic

John deserves a thank you, don't you think?

[yonhee]

topic

John deserves a thank you, don't you think?
You were off topic aswell.

Thanks John :biggrin:

[mikelyons]

I don't deny it, but then I'm easily led astray. ;)

[yonhee]

You started it!

[mikelyons]

did not!

[yonhee]

you did!

[mikelyons]

prove it!

[yonhee]

Good grief - the preciousssss notissssssed
there thats when you went off topic.

[Jan H]

I'd like to nominate this thread for most funny thread of the year

:hammer

[DublinBass]

there thats when you went off topic.

That was the evil gollum that went off topic...Mike would never go off topic.

[mikelyons]

I thank you.


See Preciousssss! :p

[mikelyons]

Good grief - the preciousssss notissssssed.there thats when you went off topic

It was merely a witty remark in context that you noticed when John had to do emergency repairs! Hardly off topic ;)

[mikelyons]

I'd like to nominate this thread for most funny thread of the year

:hammer


Early days yet, Jan, but thanks muchly for the thought.

Entirely accidental of course, pure natural genius doesn't even come into it.


All the precioussssssses did help a little. Esssspessssssially the little sssssssseal preciousssssss. [yum, yum]

[Naomi McFadyen]

It did it again tonight. while we were playing.

It didn't effect me at all last night ;-)

[laurz_oconnor]

Thanx to john (see i stay on topi :P) and is this all u ppl do at night just argue over who went off topic first lolz :)

[yonhee]

Mike quit with all the sssssssss :frown:
And you cant eat seals! :mad:
And you wondered why i was scared of you....

Thanks though John :tup I was well scared :rolleyes:

[brasscrest]

And you cant eat seals Jan! :mad:


Yes, you can. The Inuit in Alaska do it all the time.

So do polar bears and orcas.

(John rocks!! :tup )

[Jan H]

Mike an Jan quit with all the sssssssss :frown:
And you cant eat seals Jan! :mad:
And you wondered why i was scared of you....
What did I do? :eek::eek::eek:
I only said I found this thread very funny (I still do!)
Why were you scared of me?

No I 'm confused! :confused::confused::confused:


oh, and by the way, I didn't notice the tMP problems at all... Luckily it wasn't as bad as that time when the whole of tMP went offline for a couple of days and we all had to move to a temporary forum somewhere else... :eek:

[yonhee]

What did I do? :eek::eek::eek:
I only said I found this thread very funny (I still do!)
Why were you scared of me?

No I 'm confused! :confused::confused::confused:


oh, and by the way, I didn't notice the tMP problems at all... Luckily it wasn't as bad as that time when the whole of tMP went offline for a couple of days and we all had to move to a temporary forum somewhere else... :eek:
oops i thought you had started saying ssssss you didnt it was mike again soooooorry
so im not scared of you anymore...
*goes and edits post*
What you made a whole new forum just cos tmp was offline?

[Jan H]

No John made the new forum of course. It was funny for a while. I think we had to use it for a week or so. Everybody used different usernames, so it was also quite confusing :D

[yonhee]

Yes, you can. The Inuit in Alaska do it all the time.

So do polar bears and orcas.

(John rocks!! :tup )
Really?
I dont think i wanna be a seal anymore... :frown:
John are there any avatars of somthing that doesnt get eaten? But it still has to be a animal...

[mikelyons]

Smeagol is feeling a little peckish for the preciousssss!






Did I miss something? ;)

[yonhee]

Smeagol is feeling a little peckish for the preciousssss!






Did I miss something? ;)
:frown:
Scary Smeagol

[mikelyons]

be afraid.....



be very afraid.....



be very very afraid.....





Precioussssssss sealses! (yum)

[yonhee]

be afraid.....



be very afraid.....



be very very afraid.....





Precioussssssss sealses! (yum)
:cry: dont be nasty gollum :cry:

[mikelyons]

why not? it's in the nature of gollums to be nasty ;)

[yonhee]

why not? it's in the nature of gollums to be nasty ;)
cos its scary and it upsets me :cry:

[mikelyons]

and your point is...?

[yonhee]

and your point is...?
what i said before do you like upseting me?

[Naomi McFadyen]

mmm, maybe this thread should be re-titled to the "Mike Lyons is really Smeagol" thread..... :rolleyes: ;)

you guys certainly know how to go off topic in a flash :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: geeesh

[mikelyons]

Did someone flash? Aren't flashes/flashing illegal? Can they touch you for it?

It's not my fault you lot are all missing out on a chance to praise John for his timely intervention, which prevented an outbreak of world-wide panic as tMP went down due to a damaged database!

Think how you felt, woman! Your addiction is so deeply ingrained now you could not survive cold turkey again!

Nurse, Nurse! I'd like to go for a lie down, now, the precioussss iss not online [sobs] preciousss.......precioussss..

[yonhee]

Did someone flash? Aren't flashes/flashing illegal? Can they touch you for it?

It's not my fault you lot are all missing out on a chance to praise John for his timely intervention, which prevented an outbreak of world-wide panic as tMP went down due to a damaged database!

Think how you felt, woman! Your addiction is so deeply ingrained now you could not survive cold turkey again!

Nurse, Nurse! I'd like to go for a lie down, now, the precioussss iss not online [sobs] preciousss.......precioussss..
You what?
What flashed?
Me confused.

[Naomi McFadyen]

If you look at the comment before Mikes, I said that "you guys certainly know how to go off topic in a flash"....

Forgive Mike... he's getting old and losing it a bit ;-) so his humour is a bit thin :p



You what?
What flashed?
Me confused.

[yonhee]

If you look at the comment before Mikes, I said that "you guys certainly know how to go off topic in a flash"....

Forgive Mike... he's getting old and losing it a bit ;-) so his humour is a bit thin :p
He might kill you for that...
Hes a scary gollum/smeagol thing...

[mikelyons]

precioussssss...


Humour.. arf, arf, feeling hungry for ssssealses, and maybe naomises......


Oy, not that old.

's it windy, no I think it's thursday.. so'm I - let's have a cup of tea

[Naomi McFadyen]

He might kill you for that...
Hes a scary gollum/smeagol thing...

errrr, no... I doubt that.... :rolleyes:

[HorniKaz]

Back on topic!!

Well done John, you're a star & our Naomi is back where she belongs



(Mike - think you need therapy!!)

[yonhee]

precioussssss...


Humour.. arf, arf, feeling hungry for ssssealses, and maybe naomises......


Oy, not that old.

's it windy, no I think it's thursday.. so'm I - let's have a cup of tea
what?

[mikelyons]

It's the last line that's important and indicative of my mental state.:rolleyes:

Try to keep up dear.

[mikelyons]

Back on topic!!

(Mike - think you need therapy!!)

Oooh! 'Ark at 'er! Mr. 'Orne, wotever next!

[yonhee]

It's the last line that's important and indicative of my mental state.:rolleyes:

Try to keep up dear.
im not good at keeping up :(
Can you go a bit slower?

[Lil Miss]

^
is like me (i'm not the only one who gets confused)

[yonhee]

It's the last line that's important and indicative of my mental state.:rolleyes:

Try to keep up dear.
Oooh i get it now! I think... Well maybe i dont but i might... That didnt make any sense did it? Im confused Smeagol :( :-?

[Lil Miss]

there there....i wouldn't worry too much

[yonhee]

there there....i wouldn't worry too much
But i want to know now...

[TIMBONE]

Mike, I have two Lyons in my band, but they are not Lyons, just singular, Lyon(s), which I discovered when I asked them if they were related to you, because they are totally mad as well!!!:biggrin:

[mikelyons]

Mike, I have two Lyons in my band, but they are not Lyons, just singular, Lyon(s), which I discovered when I asked them if they were related to you, because they are totally mad as well!!!:biggrin:

They are obviously from the shallower end of the gene pool, Tim as they have lost their 's' (unless they are Mrs, of course, in which case it has just moved - this is caused by a chromasomal infarction in the lower end of one of the X chromosomes - inherited from the distaff side of the family.)

Lyons (without the 's' seem quite common in this part of the country, whereas the Lyons' are much more common in Bolton. There were three of us at Thornleigh at the same time, two of us sharing the exact same christian names as well.

I'm afflicted, (you've noticed ;)) by children constantly asking me if I'm married or otherwise related to one or other of two Mrs Lyons (one 's') in school and it's a waste of time to point out that the 's' is in the wrong place, so I variably say 'yes' or 'no' to either or both depending on how rash I'm feeling or possibly '****** off you illiterate child an stop pestering your betters.' if I'm tired.

There are only three things I truly hate... Children, children and mmmm... children.


Are these Lyons Eb players or Bb? That could make an interesting thesis. Does the lack of an 's' in some way inhibit musicality? ;) (All 3 Lyons' were Eb - 2 horns and a bass - me)

[yonhee]

They are obviously from the shallower end of the gene pool, Tim as they have lost their 's' (unless they are Mrs, of course, in which case it has just moved - this is caused by a chromasomal infarction in the lower end of one of the X chromosomes - inherited from the distaff side of the family.)

Lyons (without the 's' seem quite common in this part of the country, whereas the Lyons' are much more common in Bolton. There were three of us at Thornleigh at the same time, two of us sharing the exact same christian names as well.

I'm afflicted, (you've noticed ;)) by children constantly asking me if I'm married or otherwise related to one or other of two Mrs Lyons (one 's') in school and it's a waste of time to point out that the 's' is in the wrong place, so I variably say 'yes' or 'no' to either or both depending on how rash I'm feeling or possibly '****** off you illiterate child an stop pestering your betters.' if I'm tired.

There are only three things I truly hate... Children, children and mmmm... children.


Are these Lyons Eb players or Bb? That could make an interesting thesis. Does the lack of an 's' in some way inhibit musicality? ;) (All 3 Lyons' were Eb - 2 horns and a bass - me)
Are you allowed to say that to them?
Erm theyre all the same....
Why do hate children?
An why the hell are you a teacher if you hate children? that just makes no sense...

[mikelyons]

Whoooooooooooosssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! The precioussss doesn't undersssstand adult humour again! :rolleyes:
[sighs expressively]

[TIMBONE]

..:biggrin:

[mikelyons]

possibility of danger award here, maybe ;)

[yonhee]

Whoooooooooooosssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! The precioussss doesn't undersssstand adult humour again! :rolleyes:
[sighs expressively]
Why would i? im not a adult. But it still doesnt make ay sense.

[mikelyons]

Are you allowed to say that to them? If nobody else is watching/listening - YES!

Erm theyre all the same.... My word, you're observant!

Why do hate children?I don't

An why the hell are you a teacher if you hate children? that just makes no sense...What is a teacher's job? Think about it.

[yonhee]

If nobody else is watching/listening - YES!
Thats evil.... They could tell somone though...

My word, you're observant!
Im not i only noticed a building that id walked past every morning for 2 years a week ago...

I don't
SO why did you say that you do?

What is a teacher's job? Think about it.
To teach people?

[mikelyons]

Im not i only noticed a building that id walked past every morning for 2 years a week ago...
That is called irony. I was being ironic. Irony is wasted on children, that's why so many of them are walking about in creased clothing.


SO why did you say that you do?
So, I lie. Maybe.


To teach people?

No, you didn't think about it.

[yonhee]

That is called irony. I was being ironic. Irony is wasted on children, that's why so many of them are walking about in creased clothing.


So, I lie. Maybe.



No, you didn't think about it.
I did think about it, thats what teachers do, teach. So if it isnt teach then what is it?

[mikelyons]

I did think about it, thats what teachers do, teach. So if it isnt teach then what is it?

OK, don't take this personally, it's not necessarily directed at you (you are more likely to be an exception anyway as a musician).

We help to make children grow up. We see more of you than most of your parents do. We give you the skills necessary to prepare you for adulthood - or at least we try. Not that you ungrateful little beggars appreciate it one bit, or realise that what we are doing is ultimately for your benefit, not ours and that sometimes I would cheerfully strangle any number of you and your parents both for your ingratitude, laziness and the increasing level of abuse we have to suffer.

Not only do we have to put up with a low valuation by you and your thoughtless parents, we also have to take the blame when you ignore our advice, when you fail to produce the work you are asked for - which is given to you for practice to help improve your chances of success - and when you fail your exams through your own stupidity.

Some of you seem to think you are doing your teachers a favour when you hand in your inept attempts at plagiarism and think that we will be pleased and praise you when you manage to spell your own name correctly or hand a piece of work in within 6 weeks of the deadline date you were given.

Wrong!


There I feel MUCH better now.

Mods: I'm sorry. This is so far off topic that I won't be surprised if you cut it, however, in mitigation I feel so much better now that it was worth it. M.

[yonhee]

OK, don't take this personally, it's not necessarily directed at you (you are more likely to be an exception anyway as a musician).

We help to make children grow up. We see more of you than most of your parents do. We give you the skills necessary to prepare you for adulthood - or at least we try. Not that you ungrateful little beggars appreciate it one bit,or realise that what we are doing is ultimately for your benefit, not ours
Yeh we do!

and that sometimes I would cheerfully strangle any number of you and your parents both for your ingratitude, laziness and the increasing level of abuse we have to suffer.
Go ahead.... And i dont abuse teachers....

Not only do we have to put up with a low valuation by you and your thoughtless parents, we also have to take the blame when you ignore our advice, when you fail to produce the work you are asked for - which is given to you for practice to help improve your chances of success - and when you fail your exams through your own stupidity.

Some of you seem to think you are doing your teachers a favour when you hand in your inept attempts at plagiarism and think that we will be pleased and praise you when you manage to spell your own name correctly or hand a piece of work in within 6 weeks of the deadline date you were given.

Wrong!


There I feel MUCH better now.

Mods: I'm sorry. This is so far off topic that I won't be surprised if you cut it, however, in mitigation I feel so much better now that it was worth it. M.

[yonhee]

Oh yeh and hardly any of this thread is on topic so i dont think the mods will mind....

[mikelyons]

mostly because anything remotely theoretical whizzes past like a supersonic plane.

[yonhee]

evil...
Whats theoretical anyway?
Im still confused...

[mikelyons]

theoretical [thr réttik’l] or theoretic [thr réttik] adj
1. based on theory: about, involving, or based on theory 2. dealing with theory: dealing with theory or speculation rather than practical applications 3. speculative: inclined to or skilled in speculative contemplation or theorizing 4. hypothetical: existing only in theory

theory [thri] (plural theories) n
1. rules and techniques: the body of rules, ideas, principles, and techniques that applies to a particular subject, especially when seen as distinct from actual practice economic theories
2. speculation: abstract thought or contemplation 3. idea formed by speculation: an idea of or belief about something arrived at through speculation or conjecture She believed in the theory that you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
4. hypothetical circumstances: a set of circumstances or principles that is hypothetical That’s the theory, but it may not work out in practice.
5. scientific principle to explain phenomena: a set of facts, propositions, or principles analysed in their relation to one another and used, especially in science, to explain phenomena

Courtesy of encarta dictionary.

[brasscrest]

Thank you, Mr. Lyons. I think yonhee will still be confused, but at least you've tried.:)

[mikelyons]

We live but to serve. ;)


(I fully expect the next question to be "What's a hypothetical?" and then will follow a whole can of beans or worms, whichever. What was that about fools and questions?)

[yonhee]

Its not my fault that i dont know what anything means.
Is hypothetical anything to do with hypothesis?

[mikelyons]

Do you know, I think we're witnessing a miracle!:clap:

Hypothetical is when you pretend something for the sake of argument - i.e. you say something is, so that you can then move on. A hypothesis is a supposition - you suppose something is true, again, usually for the sake of argument.

[yonhee]

Do you know, I think we're witnessing a miracle!:clap:

Hypothetical is when you pretend something for the sake of argument - i.e. you say something is, so that you can then move on. A hypothesis is a supposition - you suppose something is true, again, usually for the sake of argument.
Why?

[mikelyons]

because you want to give your opponent something they can compare with. It is supposed to make things easier to deal with. Of course the person who thought of the idea didn't know you would have such a problem with the concept.

[yonhee]

I dont get what thats got to do with miracles... :-?

[mikelyons]

Here we go again.:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:


The miracle here (and it was only a small one it seems) was that you appeared to understand something without having to be given a microscopically detailed explanation. It appears I was wrong.

[yonhee]

I do understand some stuff.

[mikelyons]

I know, but just not enough! :dunno

[yonhee]

not my fault

[mikelyons]

never said it was

[yonhee]

I still dont get it though.

[HorniKaz]

think we have the makings of a new thread entitled

Get Yonhee Confused

Sorry, all ready done.... in all of the threads!!

1, 2, 3..... ah bless her!!

[yonhee]

think we have the makings of a new thread entitled

Get Yonhee Confused

Sorry, all ready done.... in all of the threads!!

1, 2, 3..... ah bless her!!
not fair...

[mikelyons]

not fair...

Did I just hear a penny drop?

[yonhee]

What?

[Jan H]

A penny...

I think that's some sort of coin

[yonhee]

No i meant what are you on about...

[Jan H]

Me? or Mike?

[yonhee]

Mike, he always confuses me...

[Jan H]

Ah, I thought you meant me...

[yonhee]

nah youre not normally confusing i dont think...

[mikelyons]

It's a turn of phrase that means that someone has got the idea. It possibly originates with old fashioned penny operated machines/savings boxes. When you heard the penny drop, you had done it right.

(*the penny dropped used to say that you suddenly understood or realized something
(c) Encarta)

[TIMBONE]

If I may interrupt the mikelyons & yonhee show, (or is ita showdown).........wait a minute, I may be starting to use an analogy here, which could be a bit confusing. Anyway, as I was saying, page 5 of this thoroughly entertaining thread, (which began with some kind of topic which soon became an ad. lib.).....where was I? oh yes, page 5, it has gone all kind of elongated hasn't it, or is that just me?

[mikelyons]

Is this what you mean?
Whoooooooooooosssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! The precioussss doesn't undersssstand adult humour again! :rolleyes:
[sighs expressively]

I don't know HOW I did it, but yes. It is elongated. Perhaps this can be another example of SuperJohn coming to the rescue with an explanation before Timbone's brain explodes due to circular thinking......?

[TIMBONE]

As long as I don't explode like that alien did on Dr Who the other night :( I worry every time I break wind - not that I do on tMP of course :eek:

[mikelyons]

Just don't put vinegar on your chips! And don't drink any acidic wines ;)

[yonhee]

What language is ad lib from?

[TIMBONE]

What language is ad lib from?

Latin - AD LIBITUM. I don't know the literal translation, but it means 'do your own thing within reason'. In jazz music, it means that you can make up your own music within the rythmic and harmonic structure. In a cadenza it means a similar thing. Now you are going to ask me what cadenza is, well, I think it is Italian, so there's a start.

Mike Lyons, you have stretched the page again :hammer

[mikelyons]

ad libitum Early 17th century. From Latin , literally ‘at your pleasure’. shortened to ad lib. and often with a hyphen or full stop in the wrong place.

Tim's actual definition is correct. ad lib's also happen when jazz players make a mistake. Someone has a signature that quotes and ad lib is a mistake to the untrained ear - or words to that effect.

Cadenza: Italian from latin cadere : to rest. Same derivation as cadence.

A Cadence is a point of rest in music. Usually at the end of a phrase of the melody and at the end of the piece, movement, whatever. (I'm trying to keep this simple so it doesn't spawn 1/2 a million new questions). In pieces of solo music (air varies, concertos, sonatas etc) the soloist is often given a special extra hard bit to play. This usually comes just before the end of a movement (not always, usually). Because it comes near the end, it is near the cadence. Cadenzas were originally just decorated cadences, but, as usual with such things, they became a means of showing off big style. No soloist of any worth refuses to perform a cadenza - even if they make it up rather than play what's written. In fact, it is only in the Classical and Romantic periods that you actually get cadenzas written down. Before that, performers were expected to make up their own in appropriate places.

Shall I shut up now?

[mikelyons]

Mike Lyons, you have stretched the page again :hammer

I'm sorry, I'm sure. I was merely demonstrating what I thought had done it. Have you tried the effect in different views? It looks quite different in each.:confused:

[yonhee]

whys everything latin...

[TIMBONE]

whys everything latin...

Historically, the United Kingdom is a pot pourie of different cultures, which is why we have many words derived from other European languages, (pot pourie being one of them!). Until the 16th century, (someone correct me if I am wrong), anyway, it was King Henry VIII, the UK was a Roman Catholic stronghold. Anything important or official used the ancient Roman language (Latin) and Roman numerals, I II III IV V etc. Until the National Curriculum came in in the late 1980's, Latin was still taught in many secondary schools.

[mikelyons]

The English language is odd in that it has the ability to absord useful bits of other languages without losing its own identity.

This flexibility is probably due to the strange mix of romance languages (starting with Latin) and teutonic (German and Nordic) and with bits of old Saxon, Erse and other Celtic and so on. Although people (including myself) go on about Pure English, the language is really a mongrel. That's why it is one of the most dominant languages on Earth, after Binary and Chinese.

American English is a second generation mongrel with a further mix of Italian, Nordic, German, Yiddish and American Indian words. The advantage of US English over UK English is that it is simpler and more sonsistent in its use of spelling and, to an extent, its use of grammar. Unfortunately, in my opinion, it encourages laziness. One of the advantages of UK English, if you want to use it properly, is that you have to think carefully to make sure you are using it correctly.

I think you need a different mind-set to use US or UK English. Just my thoughts, no flaming please.

[yonhee]

My big bro does latin, well he did, i think...
If american english has easier grammar than english english then why cant we speak american english?
Whys thinking good?
How do your change your mind set?
*pokes head to see if anything happens*

[mikelyons]

Changing your mind-set means making yourself think differently

Because American English causes thoughts to be expressed less clearly than English English. I don't want to offend our American Friends, many of whom are on this forum, but American English is the result of too fluid a mixture of other languages. It tends to flow around concepts that English English actually penetrates. I appreciate that this is sometimes a good thing, on the principle that sometimes it's better not to know ;), but at the same time it promotes laziness in framing ones thoughts - a certain laissez faire attitude. Please, I know it's a gross generalisation and over simplification, but I don't really want to write a scientific paper on a brass band forum. Actually, maybe that's a good idea for a new thread.


Not only Naomi can come up with ideas :)

[yonhee]

Changing your mind-set means making yourself think differently
Oh. So poking my head doesnt do anything?


Because American English causes thoughts to be expressed less clearly than English English. I don't want to offend our American Friends, many of whom are on this forum, but American English is the result of too fluid a mixture of other languages. It tends to flow around concepts that English English actually penetrates. I appreciate that this s sometimes a good thing, on the principal that sometimes it's better not to know ;), but at the same time it promotes laziness in framing ones thoughts - a certain laissez faire attitude. Pleae, I know it's a gross generalisation and over simplification, but I don't really want to write a scientific paper on a brass band forum. Actually, maybe that's a good idea for a new thread.


Not only Naomi can come up with ideas :)
Are you gonna write a scientific paper in a new thread?
If you are can you use easy words please?
Erm and what does laissez faire mean?

[mikelyons]

It kind of means "Do what you want", with the implication that it doesn't matter if it's a bit wrong as long as it's understood.


(*I really hate that. If it's worth doing it's worth doing properly!:mad: )

[yonhee]

Awww your not gollum anymore :(
But theres lots of different english englishes...

[brasscrest]

Changing your mind-set means making yourself think differently

Because American English causes thoughts to be expressed less clearly than English English. I don't want to offend our American Friends, many of whom are on this forum, but American English is the result of too fluid a mixture of other languages. It tends to flow around concepts that English English actually penetrates. I appreciate that this is sometimes a good thing, on the principle that sometimes it's better not to know ;), but at the same time it promotes laziness in framing ones thoughts - a certain laissez faire attitude. Please, I know it's a gross generalisation and over simplification, but I don't really want to write a scientific paper on a brass band forum. Actually, maybe that's a good idea for a new thread.


Not only Naomi can come up with ideas :)

Not offended at all. In fact, I agree with you. There is a general concept which seems to be rampant in American schools that "functional literacy" is all that is required. In other words, as long as one can function in society at large, you can ignore errors.

So when faced with something that requires precise interpretation and language, such as a legal contract, most Americans can't understand what they are reading, even if they can actually read all of the words.

[mikelyons]

There is a general concept which seems to be rampant in American schools that "functional literacy" is all that is required. In other words, as long as one can function in society at large, you can ignore errors.

So when faced with something that requires precise interpretation and language, such as a legal contract, most Americans can't understand what they are reading, even if they can actually read all of the words.

This is becoming prevalent in the English School System as well. What worries me is that when clever people who know how to manipulate the language (politicians, insurers, solicitors etc) use it to bamboozle the people who have not been trained in the proper uses. I can't help thinking that this is deliberate. If you don't know how the language works properly, you can't use it properly. Ergo, those who do know can take advantage of your ignorance (the aforementioned list of assorted villains ;)) Who said knowledge is power? They should have said language is power!

[yonhee]

Whats ergo mean?

[mikelyons]

ear wig O again!

Ergo means therefore. as in cogito ergo sum (I think, therefore Iam)

[yonhee]

ear wig O again!
whered that come from?


Ergo means therefore. as in cogito ergo sum (I think, therefore Iam)
ta

[mikelyons]

It's part of a joke that I'm not going to tell you today. If you ignore the spelling, run all the words together and pronounce the O as Oh! you might be able to work it out

[yonhee]

Why wont you tell me today?
Is it here we go again?

[mikelyons]

It is, well done!


The joke involves two insect football teams and it is the punch line.

[yonhee]

Oh ok.

[yonhee]

Ergo means therefore. as in cogito ergo sum (I think, therefore Iam)
Is cogito I think an sum I am? If it is then why isnt I the same word? :-?
An is andante slower or faster than moderato?
Are they even both speed thingys?

[mikelyons]

In romance languages - those based on Latin, the tendency is to include the person in the participle:

cogito I think (man)
cogita I think (woman)

or maybe a better way

Amo I love
Amas You love (singular)
Amat He/she/it loves
Amamus We love
Amatis You love (plural)
Amant They love

Italians (for example) only say I (Io) for emphasis or to make it clear if there could be confusion.

Andante is "At a walking pace" in every text book I have ever read. Moderato is moderately. On my little man from the Paris underground (otherwise known as a Metro Gnome) it says:

Andante is between 76 and 108
Moderato is between 76 and 120

You pay your money and you take your choice.

They are both Tempo marks, yes. Often used together as Andante moderato. Now isn't that helpful ;)

[euphybeast]

Goodness me, what an educational website this is.

[mikelyons]

Believe me, it's a poor day when you don't learn something.

[yonhee]

In romance languages - those based on Latin, the tendency is to include the person in the participle:

cogito I think (man)
cogita I think (woman)

or maybe a better way

Amo I love
Amas You love (singular)
Amat He/she/it loves
Amamus We love
Amatis You love (plural)
Amant They love

Italians (for example) only say I (Io) for emphasis or to make it clear if there could be confusion.
Whats a participle?
So is it 'i think therefore am'???
Probably not but never mind.

Andante is "At a walking pace" in every text book I have ever read. Moderato is moderately. On my little man from the Paris underground (otherwise known as a Metro Gnome) it says:

Andante is between 76 and 108
Moderato is between 76 and 120

You pay your money and you take your choice.

They are both Tempo marks, yes. Often used together as Andante moderato. Now isn't that helpful ;)
Sooo theyre both kinda the same?

[brasscrest]

Tempo markings in words (Andante, Allegro, Moderato, etc.) are only approximations, which is why most modern composers include a (more or less exact) metronome setting.

Andante has a "walking" component, which could also be interpreted as including a style of play rather than simply a tempo. So "Andante Moderato" could mean "walking at a moderate pace" (approximately).

[mikelyons]

participle

form of verb: a form of a verb that is used to form complex tenses, such as ‘was loving’ and ‘has loved’ in English, and may also be used as an adjective



[14th century. Via Old French from Latin participium , from particeps ‘sharing’ (see participate), because it shares qualities of both adjectives and verbs.]

(c) Encarta

[yonhee]

huh?

[mikelyons]

You asked what a participle was. I told you - it's the part of the verb to do with when something happens - and a couple of other things as well, who is doing the thing)


I am, I was, I will be, I am eating, I will eat, I ate, I have eaten

[yonhee]

Is there a easier way of explaining it i dont get it :(

[six pints]

Is there a easier way of explaining it i dont get it :(

i dont either. im a geordie, not meant to understand english ...

[yonhee]

lol!

[mikelyons]

OK

Take the sentence "I went to Warrington"

I is a pronoun and the subject of the sentence
"went to" is a verb and is the past participle of the verb "to go to" (I go to, you go to etc)
Warrington is a noun (a proper noun because it is the name of a place) and is the object of the sentence (ie it is the place I went to)

The subject (I) does the doing
The verb is the thing that is done
The object is the thing that is done to

For a sentence to work, it must have at least one noun (or pronoun) and a verb.

For example "Yonhee slept" is an acceptable sentence because it has a noun (Yonhee) and a verb (slept). Slept is the past participle of the verb "to sleep".
Present participles can be different for each person (I, you, he/she/it, we, you, they) most Past participles are (I think) the same for each person.

There are three singular persons (I, you, he/she/it)
There are three plural persons (we,you,they)

he, she and it are all considered one person. in other languages than English you might have different words/endings depending on gender. In English, thankfully, they are usually the same.

Is this helping or should I give up now?

[yonhee]

its helping. I think. So is a participle like a tense of a verb?

[mikelyons]

no, but the tense of the verb is because of the participle (or maybe the other way round) the participle changes according to the tense.

you know it's the past tense because the participle is the past.

[yonhee]

er is it the past or present or future bit at the end of the word? :-?

[six pints]

im too drunk to start understanding this. but im still trying!

is "still" a particy thingy?

[mikelyons]

try this:

Went is the past participle of go
did is the past participle of do
had is the past participle of have

wanted is the pp of want

[yonhee]

can it only be past?

[six pints]

so whats the part participle of drunk ;)

[mikelyons]

can it only be past?

no. you can have participles in other tenses. No I'm not going to explain what they are. I'm too 'tired' tonight.

[mikelyons]

so whats the part participle of drunk ;)

drunk is the pp of drink.

How could you tell? my spellings not that bad! ;)

Takes on to know one I suppose chavva? :)

[yonhee]

no. you can have participles in other tenses. No I'm not going to explain what they are. I'm too 'tired' tonight.
But then im gonna be confused for ages... Whyd you put tired in 's?

[mikelyons]

Although I am tired, 'tired' is also a euphemism for another condition ;):guiness <--clue

[six pints]

drunk is the pp of drink.

How could you tell? my spellings not that bad! ;)

Takes on to know one I suppose chavva? :)

ah'll tell ya'll wot a divvint understand like how. why de all ye sovernas caall thum chavs, when they is chaRvas??? howay, de ya knaa wur aa'm frerm? sort it oot!!

[yonhee]

Somones drunk :p Or just odd.
Im not from the south!
Theyre chavs cos thats what everyone else here says now, used to be townies...

[mikelyons]

ah'll tell ya'll wot a divvint understand like how. why de all ye sovernas caall thum chavs, when they is chaRvas??? howay, de ya knaa wur aa'm frerm? sort it oot!!
Ah lass, ye over-estimate oor abilities like.
We's pure lankys 'n aa'. Way canny speykit like you c'n lass.

(*puts jaws back into alignment)

There's nowt 's c'n be said 'bout a lass fro' the northeast. If tha' cawnt sey it in lanky it's nowworth seyyin.

[yonhee]

whats 'n aa' ?

[mikelyons]

and all.

[yonhee]

ta

[six pints]

howay thn yonhee, lerrus check oot ya regeeonal tongue!

[mikelyons]

she's a lanky like me, but no mach for you cheryl. She can't even cope with standard, let alone dialect. Gi' the lassie a break.

[yonhee]

first tell me what howay means

[yonhee]

she's a lanky like me, but no mach for you cheryl. She can't even cope with standard, let alone dialect. Gi' the lassie a break.
ta Mike! I can cope with the english that eveyone round here uses!

[six pints]

first tell me what howay means

it means how.... way. sorry just repeating it slower doesnt work. it means "come one". u must have known thjat!!

[yonhee]

nope never heard it before

[mikelyons]

and made little effort to work it out!:rolleyes:

[yonhee]

I did but it sounds nothing like come on!
Whats a euphenism? dunno how to spell it...

[mikelyons]

No but you could work it out by applying the meanings of the component parts to see if you could make sense. (OK I know it's Geordie - it's not supposed to make sense ;))


A euphemism is a word or phrase used to cover up something that is usually not nice.

eg passed over, popped his clogs are both euphemisms for died.

[yonhee]

No but you could work it out by applying the meanings of the component parts to see if you could make sense. (OK I know it's Geordie - it's not supposed to make sense ;))
How does how wayhave anything to do with come on?


A euphemism is a word or phrase used to cover up something that is usually not nice.

eg passed over, popped his clogs are both euphemisms for died.
Ta

[mikelyons]

perhaps, rather than how-ay, think Ho! Way.

from there you could maybe think Get on! Go Away! Come off it! Come on?

as an expression of disbelief.

This is just my guess, you understand I know nothing much about geordie culture. Maybe Cheryl or Andy could explain where it comes from better.

[yonhee]

Just asked him on msn....

[mikelyons]

and...?

[yonhee]

he dunt know.

[mikelyons]

so you are stuck with my explication. Does that make me an expert?:confused:

[yonhee]

Your a expert at knowing lots of stuff.

[yonhee]

Im going to bed... Nighty night.

[mikelyons]

Why thank you dear child. :):):)

good night

[yonhee]

Do you know french?
An have you read any of these books;
A crack in the line
Chartbreak
Junk
Heathrow Nights
Homebird

[mikelyons]

Do I know French what?


And no to all of them.

Sorry. I'm obviously not very well read. ;)

[yonhee]

Just do you know french like can you speak it.
OK which title sounds best? I need to choose one to review an i dunno which one to do :-?

[mikelyons]

We interrupt this programme to announce that tMM has done it again. After overcoming a sudden panic attack at the refusal of tMP to appear on my screen, this reporter is ecstatic to report that normal service has been resumed.


Phew!
:clap: :clap: :clap:

[mikelyons]

Just do you know french like can you speak it.
OK which title sounds best? I need to choose one to review an i dunno which one to do :-?

Je parle Francais comme une vache Espaniol

A crack in the line sounds ok to me.

[yonhee]

i speak french somthing somthing somthing spanish. Somthing means i have no idea what it is.
Right most people think a crack in the line so ill do that one, if i can find the book....
tMP went weird for me aswell an Fi was laughing at me :(

[mikelyons]

It translates as I speak french like a spanish cow!

[yonhee]

Erm is that good or bad?

[mikelyons]

As the french - especially those in the basque region - hate the spanish with a vengeance, what do you think?

[yonhee]

Why do they hate the spanish?
Erm bad?

[mikelyons]

The usual reasons.


Yes.

[yonhee]

What are the usual reasons?
OK can you speak year 8 french?

[mikelyons]

Politics, religion and testosterone.


I don't know. What do you need to know in Y8?
If you are really stuck you could always use babelfish!

[yonhee]

Whats babelfish?
Erm i have to know all the year 7 stuff an erm actually i have no idea :| Im gonna do well in my exams... I really think i should start listening in french.

[mikelyons]

Babelfish is an online translator that will at least give you a chance to find out what the words are/mean in French or English.

The address is here (http://babelfish.altavista.com/). It will do other languages as well, but be careful - it does have severe limitations.

It is a bit late to realise you need to listen to start understanding a language! Perhaps you might try thinking in French as well.:tongue:

[yonhee]

How can i think in french?
Well i would listen in french but whenever i try to i fall asleep :-?
Mebbe my teachers one of them hypnotisey people.
Wow babel fish is ace! But how come in french words change completely when you add ing on to the end of words?

[yonhee]

:confused: whats edict, exteunt and how now mean?

[mikelyons]

Where did they come from?


edictn
1. decree: a formal proclamation, especially one issued by a government, ruler, or other authority 2. authoritative command: a formal or authoritative command



[15th century. From Latin edictum , from the past participle of edicere ‘to proclaim’, from dicere ‘to say’.]

exeunt vi
exit from stage: used as a stage direction in a text in place of ‘exit’ when more than one person is to leave the stage.
(*I'm assuming exteunt is a mistake as my dictionary does not contain it)


[15th century. From Latin , literally ‘they go out’, 3rd person plural of exire (see exit).]

(c) Encarta

How now is, as far as I know, old English usage and roughly means "What happens next?" Someone please correct me if they know better.

[yonhee]

:) Thank you, they came from a book.
An also what viculsoness mean I dont think thats how you spell it though.
Oh an I know 1 verb in french! Not sure what it means though.

[mikelyons]

viculsoness? Never heard of it. The nearest I can get is viciousness. Is that it?

[yonhee]

Probably, it wasnt written down so I dunno how to spell it.
An whats demoralise an mutual mean?
I will stop asking questions one day. Maybe. Actually there was somthing else I wanted to ask but I cant remember what it was...

[yonhee]

Erm actually it might be vuluctuosness. Im trying to remember how he pronounced it but i cant...

[mikelyons]

help me out here - voluptuousnessWhat was the context? In what situation was the word being used? Voluptuous is a word used to describe beautiful (but in my opinion fat) women!

[yonhee]

I dunno i cant remember its the only word i heard before falling asleep again.
Whats evangelists and per se mean?

[mikelyons]

1. Christian who converts others: somebody who tries to persuade other people to become Christians, especially one who travels around speaking at public meetings or making radio or television broadcasts 2. evangelist (plural Evangelists) or Evangelist (plural Evangelists) writer of Christian Gospel: any of the writers of the first four Christian Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John



However, you don't (technically) have to be a Christian to evangelise. Anyone who tries to actively convert other people to their way of thinking (usually against their will) can be accused of evangelism.


Per se : in itself: in itself, by itself, or intrinsically (built-in)

(c) Encarta

[yonhee]

ta
Im gonna stop askin questions now.

[mikelyons]

ta
Im gonna stop askin questions now.

Only until your next breath! ;)

[yonhee]

But that would mean that im dead now... Great *stops doing homework*
Anyway i have another question... Whats a nth term? Its in my end of year exams apparantly but i havnt got anything about it anywhere...

[mikelyons]

You have probably been doing some very specific things with equations and series. Maybe find the 6th term? Find the answer when x=3?

The nth term just stands for any term you want. Your teacher is trying to get you to generalise a formula (probably) so that you can work out any term (even the 200000000000000000000000th) if you felt like it:

(x-1)^2

(where x=1, x=2,x=3,x=4....x=20000,...x=n)

is that clear?

[yonhee]

:-? no... Im thick...
Weve done it this year but it isnt in either of my notebooks so i dont know whats happend to it.
Also whats osmosis? Not sure if thats how its spelt.

[groovy]

Also whats osmosis? Not sure if thats how its spelt.
Osmosis is the diffusion of water molecules from an area of high water concentration to an area of low water concentration down a concentration gradient, and through a selectively permeable membrane.
So all that revising for my biology exam wasn't for nothing!

[Jan H]

:-? no... Im thick...
let's say you have a certain series of nu,bers: 2 4 8 16 32 and so on
the 1st term of this series equals 2 to power of 1 or 2^1
the 2nd term of this series equals 2 to the power of 2 or 2^2
the 3rd term equals 2^3
the 4th term equals 2^4
...
the "n"th term equals 2^n

so this series can be represented in general by it's "n"th term as "2^n"

And about the osmosis thing: see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osmosis

[euphfanhan]

Ooooh i like the nth term. got my maths gcse in 2 weeks, its all i understand. And biology the day after. And osmosis is pretty much all I understand for that. Anyway, back on topic...

oh.

There isnt one.

[TIMBONE]

You have probably been doing some very specific things with equations and series. Maybe find the 6th term? Find the answer when x=3?

The nth term just stands for any term you want. Your teacher is trying to get you to generalise a formula (probably) so that you can work out any term (even the 200000000000000000000000th) if you felt like it:

(x-1)^2

(where x=1, x=2,x=3,x=4....x=20000,...x=n)

is that clear?

Hey Mike, I am thick too!!!!! What do you teach Mike?

[TIMBONE]

let's say you have a certain series of nu,bers: 2 4 8 16 32 and so on
the 1st term of this series equals 2 to power of 1 or 2^1
the 2nd term of this series equals 2 to the power of 2 or 2^2
the 3rd term equals 2^3
the 4th term equals 2^4
...
the "n"th term equals 2^n

so this series can be represented in general by it's "n"th term as "2^n"

And about the osmosis thing: see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osmosis

:frown: :eek: :confused: :sup :-| :dunno I can write music though :guiness

[yonhee]

let's say you have a certain series of nu,bers: 2 4 8 16 32 and so on
the 1st term of this series equals 2 to power of 1 or 2^1
the 2nd term of this series equals 2 to the power of 2 or 2^2
the 3rd term equals 2^3
the 4th term equals 2^4
...
the "n"th term equals 2^n

so this series can be represented in general by it's "n"th term as "2^n"

And about the osmosis thing: see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osmosis
Huh? Right im failing maths...
And Hanna there is a topic if you look in the very first post...

[Jan H]

Hmm, i thought I explained it quite clearly :( :(

[groovy]

Hmm, i thought I explained it quite clearly :( :(
I thought you did too! Well I understood it anyway, which is saying something.

[yonhee]

Hmm, i thought I explained it quite clearly :( :(
You probably did, but I dont understand maths at all cant even do year 4 maths which is slightly worrying, but anyway it doesnt really matter dont spose there will be much on it in the exam.

[yonhee]

whats a physicist?
And I revised today are you proud or what? :tongue:

[mikelyons]

A physicist is a kind of scientist who deals with the relationships of physical objects in the universe. There are different kinds of physicists, and most of them disagree with mathematicians about how the numbers should add up and how formulae should work ;)

OK Series and nth term:

let's try an arithmetical series (adding numbers):

4,6,8,10,12....
(each new number is the first number plus a multiple of 2)

the first term is 2 + 2, or 2 + 2*1 (2 times 1)
the second term is 2 + 4, or 2 + 2*2 (2 times 2)
the third term is 2 + 6, or 2 + 2*3
the fourth term is 2 + 8, or 2 + 2*4
the fifth term is 2 + 10, or 2 + 2*5
the sixth term would be 2 + 12, or 2 + 2*6
the seventh term would be 2 + 14, or 2 + 2*7
are you with me so far?

If you want to calculate any term of the series, you need to do something called generalising. that is, you put a letter in place of the thing that changes. This letter represents any number. The one that is normally used is n, but you could use x,y,z or j or anything else if you were really being awkward.

so the nth term would be 2 + 2*n or 2 + 2n. What you are really trying to do is work out a formula that can calculate any number of the series. The idea is to try to make the formula as simple as possible. You could actually write 2 + 2n as 2(1+n) as well and still get the same answers. Does this help?

[mikelyons]

Hey Mike, I am thick too!!!!! What do you teach Mike?

I teach music, but my degree is in maths and music. Apparently the two go well together. Must be all that counting...1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4...7
;)

[mikelyons]

Hmm, i thought I explained it quite clearly :( :(

You did - very clearly.

Unfortunately, Jan, clear and simple are not quite the same thing. The lovely yonhee needs simplicity as well as clarity! ;)

[yonhee]

A physicist is a kind of scientist who deals with the relationships of physical objects in the universe. There are different kinds of physicists, and most of them disagree with mathematicians about how the numbers should add up and how formulae should work ;)

OK Series and nth term:

let's try an arithmetical series (adding numbers):

4,6,8,10,12....
(each new number is the first number plus a multiple of 2)

the first term is 2 + 2, or 2 + 2*1 (2 times 1)
the second term is 2 + 4, or 2 + 2*2 (2 times 2)
the third term is 2 + 6, or 2 + 2*3
the fourth term is 2 + 8, or 2 + 2*4
the fifth term is 2 + 10, or 2 + 2*5
the sixth term would be 2 + 12, or 2 + 2*6
the seventh term would be 2 + 14, or 2 + 2*7
are you with me so far?

If you want to calculate any term of the series, you need to do something called generalising. that is, you put a letter in place of the thing that changes. This letter represents any number. The one that is normally used is n, but you could use x,y,z or j or anything else if you were really being awkward.

so the nth term would be 2 + 2*n or 2 + 2n. What you are really trying to do is work out a formula that can calculate any number of the series. The idea is to try to make the formula as simple as possible. You could actually write 2 + 2n as 2(1+n) as well and still get the same answers. Does this help?
I think so... do you have to say what n is?
You should be a maths teacher.

[yonhee]

whats Etymologically?

[mikelyons]

Blimey, that's a big one! Where did you dig that up from? ;)


The etymology of a word is where it comes from, which other language(s) it is derived from and how it has developed over time. An etymological study is one concerned with the origins and development of a word or words.

[Jan H]

Blimey, that's a big one! Where did you dig that up from? ;).
(BOC alert) She got it from THIS (http://www.themouthpiece.com/vb/showthread.php?t=14597&page=1&pp=15) thread :biggrin:

[yonhee]

Blimey, that's a big one! Where did you dig that up from? ;)


The etymology of a word is where it comes from, which other language(s) it is derived from and how it has developed over time. An etymological study is one concerned with the origins and development of a word or words.
Danke :)
It came from the 'say ello to...' thread I was gonna ask in there but I'd probably get shouted at by the scary mods.
You know the nth term thingy whats;
n 1 2 3 4 5
Un 4 5 6 7 8
mean?
It's a question in my textbook but i cant find anything saying what it is...

[yonhee]

(BOC alert) She got it from THIS (http://www.themouthpiece.com/vb/showthread.php?t=14597&page=1&pp=15) thread :biggrin:
Huh? :confused:

[Jan H]

Huh? :confused:
The word "Etymologically" was used in the thread that you'll find when you click on "THIS" in my previous post. I thought you had found the word in that thread (the "Say hello to mum and vic" thread)

[yonhee]

Oh yeh! though it came from the one i said up there ^^^ *goes and edits post* Never noticed that link lol.

[Jan H]

Never noticed that link lol.
Yeah I know. it's confusing that links have the same colour as other text (at least in the "clean" style)

[yonhee]

Whats amoral mean?

[sterlingsop]

amoral means having no morals.
immoral would be having poor morals.

[yonhee]

ta

[yonhee]

Who are Brady and Hindley?

[MoominDave]

Truly evil people.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/crime/caseclosed/images/hindleybrady190.jpg

Myra Hindley and Ian Brady. Search Google for "Moors Murders".

[mikelyons]

They murdered lots of young children. Hindley died recently.

[yonhee]

That's evil...
I've finished all my exams :D and there was nothing on nth terms :) Still failed them all though.

[mikelyons]

You've been told already? :eek:eek:

[yonhee]

You've been told already? :eek:eek:
Well no I hadn't been then but I got some of them today were all rubbish. Maths was very very very rubbish but I havnt got my mental maths paper back cause we only did it today. Got an A in science even though I didnt get a very good mark :confused:

[yonhee]

Whats congruous mean?

[mikelyons]

It means that things are in agreement with each other - usually about general trends rather than specifics. Suitable, appropriate. Not out of place.

It is rarer to see this than its opposite incongruous, which means out of place, ill fitting with its surroundings.

[yonhee]

Tanks :)
Whats ad naeseum?

[mikelyons]

I think you mean ad nauseam.

Ad nauseam means up to the point of being sick. Put simply, it means that you keep repeating something until it drives you daft.

Nausea is a word we still use to describe a feeling of being sick (usually in the stomach).

Just a cautionary word on pronunciation. When you say latin words, if there are two vowels next to each other it is quite common for them to be pronounced seperately:

In this case nauseam = naw-say-am (close enough for jazz ;))

[yonhee]

Thanks. You get up well early...
How am i suposed to explain why you have to go to sleep to a 7 year old...

[yonhee]

Can you jump off the eiffel tower?

[yonhee]

Whats platonically?

[mikelyons]

Can you jump off the eiffel tower?

Haven't I answered this, or am I losing my...??

Yes, once you get past the security systems. Of course you can. Just move forward until the ground starts moving towards you. Gravity takes care of all the hard work. Just be careful not to startle anybody on the ground when you get there. They don't like it. People dropping out of the sky tend to make the ordinary visitor to Paris go a little panicky. ;)

What's that thing you are supposed to keep inside your head....??



Ah. Mind!

[yonhee]

Yep you're losing your memory you havnt answered that. I dont think...
Erm what security systems?

[mikelyons]

Yep you're losing your memory you havnt answered that. I dont think...
Erm what security systems?

They have all sorts of things to keep people from going out and trying to walk on the air. Wire mesh, railings, security men etc

[yonhee]

Meh, so i couldnt jump off it... What about blackpool tower?
[Ive lost my lyre!!! I need it today aaargh]

[mikelyons]

Whats platonically?

In general it means a relationship based entirely on friendship and companionship. i.e. no sex involved.

It is usually used to refute accusations of sexual intimacy.

e.g. are you sleeping with Jimmy? No. It's purely platonic.

[mikelyons]

Meh, so i couldnt jump off it... What about blackpool tower?
[Ive lost my lyre!!! I need it today aaargh]

Blackpool tower is easier, but for some reason it doesn't seem to have the same cachet as the Eiffel tower ;)

Besides, in Blackpool, you'd probably be saved by a heap of litter and other rubbish!

[yonhee]

Oh well... Erm empire state building?
oops meant to be in the car...

[mikelyons]

You are thinking of some exotic places to jump off! What's it for? Not for real, I hope. :eek::eek: