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  • George KG Offline
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    George K
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    #1603

    Screenshot 2024-02-21 at 6.23.26 AM.png

    https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20160908-the-language-rules-we-know-but-dont-know-we-know

    (and, @Aqua-Letifer that article gets into poetry a bit)

    Best comment: "And you always have the option to add 'fucking' before the first adjective."

    Related

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    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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    • Aqua LetiferA Offline
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      Aqua Letifer
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      #1604

      Some rules we really should know. It’s surprising and dispiriting how many English people don’t know the rules of stress, because that’s how all our poetry works. It’s quite easy really, and we can hear it in other languages. Everyone knows that Italian has rhythm, it goes MAM-a MI-a BUON-a SER-a. But so does our language. And that’s how verse works.

      Sort of. We've softened up quite a bit. There are a handful of other ways to denote stress. We used to, for example, say the stressed syllable twice as LONG, in addition to twice as loud. And now, the twice as loud thing is going away somewhat, too. Romance language influence.

      Please love yourself.

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      • CopperC Offline
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        Copper
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        #1605

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        • HoraceH Online
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          Horace
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          #1606

          Charlie Watts was Anton Chigurh's real name?

          Education is extremely important.

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          • CopperC Offline
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            Copper
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            #1607

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            • LuFins DadL Offline
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              LuFins Dad
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              #1608

              Johnny Cash was approaching 30?! Holy Crap, he was like that guy in the Matt Damon movie that was born an old man and got younger!

              The Brad

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              • George KG Offline
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                George K
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                #1609

                Cash was born in 1932.

                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                • Doctor PhibesD Offline
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                  Doctor Phibes
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                  #1610

                  It says he's 37 on the cover. Then again, it says Hendrix is 28 and he's a member of the 27 club.

                  I was only joking

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                  • MikM Offline
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                    #1611

                    Caledonian Forest 120 AD

                    " Written by Titus Ursus, Primus pilus of Legiō IX Hispana, in the third year of Hadrian's reign (* 120 AD). This will probably be the last papyrus and entry in my diary. Our legion was ambushed in the wild realm called Caledonian Forest and was almost completely annihilated. Half of my first cohort is all that was left of the IX legiō. We were pushed into the marsh and we will probably die here, fighting bravely to the end in the name of Rome and the Emperor. We were attacked by a demonic pack of the barbaric Picts. They looked more like wild beasts than humans. Some of them were dressed in animal furs, painted with strange runic signs... others seemed to be two-legged wild beasts. They tore us apart as if we were made of paper! I saw our legatus and my brothers in arms being eaten alive, I will never forget their screams. The barbarians attacked us unnoticed, quickly and with wild fury, then disappeared in the fog. Mainly at night. Our shields, swords and armor were no use here. The enemy we face seems to be the ancient wrath of some dark gods we have awakened. We should never invade these lands. I hear demonic howls, they're coming! They're coming! "

                    Scrap of the papyrus written by Centurion Titus Ursus. Found in October 120AD in the Caledonian Forest. Taken to Rome, where it was presented to the emperor and then burned. Two years later, Emperor Hadrian ordered the construction of a wall on the border of the land called Caledonia, in north Britannia.

                    A story and illustration by Jakub Rozalski

                    ~Marcius

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                    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                    • MikM Mik

                      Caledonian Forest 120 AD

                      " Written by Titus Ursus, Primus pilus of Legiō IX Hispana, in the third year of Hadrian's reign (* 120 AD). This will probably be the last papyrus and entry in my diary. Our legion was ambushed in the wild realm called Caledonian Forest and was almost completely annihilated. Half of my first cohort is all that was left of the IX legiō. We were pushed into the marsh and we will probably die here, fighting bravely to the end in the name of Rome and the Emperor. We were attacked by a demonic pack of the barbaric Picts. They looked more like wild beasts than humans. Some of them were dressed in animal furs, painted with strange runic signs... others seemed to be two-legged wild beasts. They tore us apart as if we were made of paper! I saw our legatus and my brothers in arms being eaten alive, I will never forget their screams. The barbarians attacked us unnoticed, quickly and with wild fury, then disappeared in the fog. Mainly at night. Our shields, swords and armor were no use here. The enemy we face seems to be the ancient wrath of some dark gods we have awakened. We should never invade these lands. I hear demonic howls, they're coming! They're coming! "

                      Scrap of the papyrus written by Centurion Titus Ursus. Found in October 120AD in the Caledonian Forest. Taken to Rome, where it was presented to the emperor and then burned. Two years later, Emperor Hadrian ordered the construction of a wall on the border of the land called Caledonia, in north Britannia.

                      A story and illustration by Jakub Rozalski

                      ~Marcius

                      IMG_4208.jpeg

                      Doctor PhibesD Offline
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                      Doctor Phibes
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #1612

                      @Mik said in Mildly interesting:

                      They looked more like wild beasts than humans. Some of them were dressed in animal furs, painted with strange runic signs... others seemed to be two-legged wild beasts. They tore us apart as if we were made of paper! I saw our legatus and my brothers in arms being eaten alive, I will never forget their screams.

                      Another Saturday night in Glasgow.

                      I was only joking

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                      • MikM Offline
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                        Mik
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                        #1613

                        Says the Yorkshireman.

                        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                        • MikM Offline
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                          Mik
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                          #1614

                          It's Rome day.

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                          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                          • RainmanR Offline
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                            Rainman
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                            No. Not Rome.
                            Fanni Willis' house.

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                            • George KG Offline
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                              George K
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                              #1616

                              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                              • RainmanR Rainman

                                No. Not Rome.
                                Fanni Willis' house.

                                LuFins DadL Offline
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                                LuFins Dad
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #1617

                                @Rainman said in Mildly interesting:

                                No. Not Rome.
                                Fanni Willis' house.

                                You owe me 1/4 of a moderately priced Pilsner.

                                The Brad

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                                • CopperC Offline
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                                  Copper
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                                  #1618

                                  I've been on a couple cruises from that dock.

                                  They do good work, they move a lot of people without much hassle.

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                                    jon-nyc
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                                    #1619

                                    @George-K said in Mildly interesting:

                                    I had no idea they could move so quickly

                                    Only non-witches get due process.

                                    • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                      jon-nyc
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                                      #1620

                                      Im in Miami now. Here’s the sunrise from Coral Gables.

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                                      Only non-witches get due process.

                                      • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                        kluurs
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                                        • George KG Offline
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                                          George K
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                                          #1622

                                          Don’t speed.

                                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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