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Now, I'm aware that question-and-answer threads have been done many times before, including one by me. But I'm going to try again, because:
a) It's a hardy perennial thread
b) I have a question
c) It gets me five points and
d) I never learn.
Now, you're all intelligent sort of folk (though this may prove to be a gross overgeneralisation), so I'll leave you to guess the rules.
The first question: What is faux leather made from anyway?
Mountain Man
31-03-2006, 07:23 PM
Plastics methinks.
Faux Leather basically means False (fake) Leather, which would lead me to believe its plastic.
maw3193
31-03-2006, 07:25 PM
I've got one, what the hell is this symbol "‽"?
It looks like someone merged a question mark and exclamation mark.
Phoen!X
31-03-2006, 07:30 PM
I've got one, what the hell is this symbol "‽"?
It looks like someone merged a question mark and exclamation mark.
Looks like a square to me.
Scrumpopolis
31-03-2006, 07:34 PM
I've got one, what the hell is this symbol "‽"?
It looks like someone merged a question mark and exclamation mark.
That's exactly what it is, it's put after exlamation questions such as "What‽" or "Are you serious‽" but it's not commonly used now.
I learned this from Q.I. but I have forgotten what it's called.
shinytheelf
31-03-2006, 07:38 PM
Interrobang it be called.
Read Barry Trotter.
Snarry please.
An interrobang. It was invented by Martin K. Speckter. He went "Hay guyz i got dis total kewl noo punctuation", and all the printing presses said, basically "fuck off".
Zip-man
31-03-2006, 07:40 PM
i've got one...How the hell can some people have over 100,000 points?
i struggle to get 1,000 :nana:
maw3193
31-03-2006, 07:42 PM
Starting popular threads.
i've got one...How the hell can some people have over 100,000 points?
i struggle to get 1,000 :nana:
Rep, mostly.
Erasmus
31-03-2006, 08:29 PM
Rep, mostly.
But Goose in a jar has 77924 points and only two rep bars.
I've never had more than 6000 points.
Why?
Ummmmmm
Donations, theiving, lots of posting, staying out of the cheesebin?
Come to think of it, I'd probably be 100 points better off if I stayed out of the Bin.
maw3193
31-03-2006, 08:34 PM
Points and rep are independent. You get points when someone +reps you, but points can be gained independently at a greater rate.
Plastics methinks.
Faux Leather basically means False (fake) Leather, which would lead me to believe its plastic.
Polyvinal chloride if you want to be more specific.
And faux suade (Spl??) is made of acrylic.
(I used to work in a clothing store)
Zackron Goldago
31-03-2006, 10:19 PM
A friend and I had an argument about grammar recently [because we are just too cool] and he said that there was a one word sentence which was entirely grammatically legitamate. Doe anyone know of a one word sentence that is entirely grammatically legitamate.
Erasmus
31-03-2006, 10:24 PM
A friend and I had an argument about grammar recently [because we are just too cool] and he said that there was a one word sentence which was entirely grammatically legitamate. Doe anyone know of a one word sentence that is entirely grammatically legitamate.
No.
Oh, wait...
Ozzylator
31-03-2006, 10:25 PM
Why do you never see Ice-cream vans refuel?
Bewildebeast
31-03-2006, 10:48 PM
A friend and I had an argument about grammar recently [because we are just too cool] and he said that there was a one word sentence which was entirely grammatically legitamate. Doe anyone know of a one word sentence that is entirely grammatically legitamate.
Go (http://www.southwesterncc.edu/bobh/ShortestSentence.htm)
Hitpoint
01-04-2006, 12:51 AM
Where did the internet meme "WRRRRRRYY" come from?
Phoen!X
01-04-2006, 12:57 AM
Where did the internet meme "WRRRRRRYY" come from?
http://img342.imageshack.us/img342/5531/322221852990db2pu.gif
Dashers
01-04-2006, 01:27 AM
Where did the internet meme "WRRRRRRYY" come from?
Quick Answer (5th one) (http://qwerqwer1234.hp.infoseek.co.jp/mudah/mudah.swf?Target)
Longer Answer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JoJo%27s_Bizarre_Adventure#A_note_on_WRYYYYYYYYYYY YYYYYYYYY)
dungeoneer
01-04-2006, 04:14 AM
This is sort of related to the 'shortest grammatically correct sentence' question. What's the longest onomatopoeic word in the dictionary?
Sebas
01-04-2006, 10:05 AM
A friend and I had an argument about grammar recently [because we are just too cool] and he said that there was a one word sentence which was entirely grammatically legitamate. Doe anyone know of a one word sentence that is entirely grammatically legitamate.
Anything with an imperative in it. Stop! Stay! Sit! That kind of stuff.
But are imperatives sentences in their own right, or merely sentence fragments?
Sebas
01-04-2006, 03:22 PM
But are imperatives sentences in their own right, or merely sentence fragments?
They are a full sentence in their own right. That is one of the few things I remember from my grammar lessons :p
bilky asko
01-04-2006, 08:16 PM
What is the longest word? Just thought it would keep people for a while
(BTW I have citation)
This is in the English Language.
dungeoneer
01-04-2006, 11:50 PM
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
Source: fun-with-words.com (http://www.fun-with-words.com/word_longest.html)
It's in the dictionary, but (as the site says) was largely coined solely for the purpose of coming up with the longest word. Adjectives and scientific terms can pretty much be strung together ad infinitum, making the question of the longest valid word largely meaningless. Just fling in a few more prefixes and the record's quite easy to break.
Which is why I came up with the rather devious question: what's the longest onomatopoeic word in the dictionary? There are plenty of crashes, bangs, wallops and the like, but are there any that are longer than, say, nine letters?
[what's the longest onomatopoeic word in the dictionary?
Wikipedia mentions tsktsking.
Not sure if it's longest though.
Phoen!X
02-04-2006, 12:41 AM
Antidisestablishmentarianism supposedly for the longest word, but probably isnt anymore
dungeoneer
02-04-2006, 01:12 AM
Wikipedia mentions tsktsking.
Not sure if it's longest though.
Not bad, if a trifle apocryphal, and 'whoosh' and 'tinkle' match 'tsktsk' in terms of length (and girth, oo-er). Anyone got a seven or eight?
Digga
02-04-2006, 01:46 AM
Not bad, if a trifle apocryphal, and 'whoosh' and 'tinkle' match 'tsktsk' in terms of length (and girth, oo-er). Anyone got a seven or eight?
whistle, crumble,
shinytheelf
02-04-2006, 11:06 AM
Antidisestablishmentarianism is the longest word in the english language not simply made up to be long.
It relates to something in the church....Long time since I checked the Wiki for it...
Taekwon-joe
02-04-2006, 11:14 AM
Antidisestablishmentarianism is the longest word in the english language not simply made up to be long.
It relates to something in the church....Long time since I checked the Wiki for it...
But what about pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis? A lung disease caused by breathing in fine dust particles.
It is the state of being opposed to the separation of church and state.
The official longest word according to some dictionaries is Floccinaucinihilipilification, meaning "an act or instance of judging something to be worthless or trivial"
Lewiji
02-04-2006, 11:41 AM
But what about pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis? A lung disease caused by breathing in fine dust particles.
That was basically made up for the purpose of being long for questions like this :p I believe it was extended from a shorter disease to be stupidly specific, but it's not actually considered real.
Edit: Wikipedia says it's Pneumoconiosis
Taekwon-joe
02-04-2006, 11:46 AM
That was basically made up for the purpose of being long for questions like this :p I believe it was extended from a shorter disease to be stupidly specific, but it's not actually considered real.
Edit: Wikipedia says it's Pneumoconiosis
Im quite sure Ive seen it in a dictionary . One of those huge ones that comes in several volumes.
monkey magic
02-04-2006, 11:50 AM
Isn't it that Welsh train station place name thingy?
maybe not. I seem to remember the longest word that isn't scientific or medical being the word to describe light reflecting off water. Can't remember what it is though.
stalefish
02-04-2006, 12:12 PM
Some types of DNA could have more than a billion letters if written out.
And technically, using the prefix anti- or pseudo-, you could make words infinitely long.
Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_word)
New question: Does it make any difference whether you rinse, shampoo, condition and rinse again or rinse, shampoo, rinse, condition and rinse out?
It is a vital thing to keep my luscious locks shiny.
shinytheelf
03-04-2006, 06:15 PM
RobW will know!
I don't think it will, in fact, if you don't rinse it out properly, MONSTER DANDRUFF ATTACK!
WraithMaster
03-04-2006, 06:35 PM
In the immortal words of Billy Madison:
Shampoo is better! I go on first and clean the hair! Conditioner is better! I make the hair silky and smooth!
Ok so that doesn't really answer the question, but I'm gonna hafta go with choice B (rinse after shampoo-ing).
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
Fear of long words. Kind of ironic really isnt it.
"Sir, we think you have hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia"
"Ahhhhhh"
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