XP: Written Word/English Language&Reading Material

originally posted by Jonathan Loesberg: Pete, Are you auditioning to be board anti-vaxxer?
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Jonothan, absolutely not!

The message was a focus on “antigenic drift” which is a term I can't recall having heard before.

. . . . . Pete
 
Not much wine discussion underway here. Anyone interested in more Indian Springs puns?...

Turning vegan would be a big missed steak.
Crushing pop cans is soda pressing.
I have a chicken proof lawn. It's impeccable.
I ate a frozen apple. Hard core.
When the fog lifts in California UCLA.
I hate the snow. No...wait! I love this snow. Signed Bi-Polar Bear.
I hate elevators and I'm taking steps to avoid them.
Drink wine. It isn't good to keep things bottled up.
People are making apocalypse jokes like there's no tomorrow.
Cows have hooves because they lactose.
Huge fight at local seafood diner! Battered fish everywhere.
I'm friends with 25 letters of the alphabet. I don't know Y.
For chemists alcohol is not a problem. It's a solution.
My relationship with whiskey is on the rocks.
Whenever I try to eat healthy a chocolate bar looks at me and snickers.
Well, to be frank I'd have to change my name.
Dogs can't operate MRI scanners but Catscan.
Our mountains aren't just funny. They're hill areas.
Wishing you a happy whatever doesn't offend you.
Life and beer are very similar. Chill for best results.
Cow stumbles into pot field! Steaks have never been higher.
Double negatives are a No-No is English.
Irony. The opposite of wrinkly.
The problem with political jokes is they sometimes get elected.
Forget world peace. Visualize using your turn signal.
I'm pining for a good tree pun. I wish they were more poplar.
Silence is golden. Duct tape is silver.
Afraid of Santa? You may be claustrophobic.
Just because you're offended doesn't mean you're right.
Sweet dreams are made of cheese. Who am I to dis a brie?
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. . . . . Pete
 
Newsworthy...

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. . . . . Pete
 
i think that this may be a vague and strained allusion to 20/20 vision, such as used by optometrists.

and yet another example of the 'cleverness' found in this thread.
 
Yes, but is 'Hind Sight' a term in optometry?

It looks like a typo/misspelling my 10 year old son wouldn't even make.
 
originally posted by Rahsaan:
Yes, but is 'Hind Sight' a term in optometry?
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It looks like a typo/misspelling my 4th grade son wouldn't even make.
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Of course, not. But the term twenty-twenty hindsight is hardly new. (BTW, 4th-grade needs a hyphen.) -:)
 
originally posted by Rahsaan:
originally posted by mark e:
But the term twenty-twenty hindsight is hardly new.
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Yes. The joke was fine. I was just amazed that some adult thought Hind Sight was two words.
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Yeah, well, no one seems to care much about spelling on the interwebs. Check out @nyttypos on twitter; it's amazing what gets put online these days.
 
originally posted by mark e:
originally posted by Rahsaan:
originally posted by mark e:
But the term twenty-twenty hindsight is hardly new.
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Yes. The joke was fine. I was just amazed that some adult thought Hind Sight was two words.
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Yeah, well, no one seems to care much about spelling on the interwebs. Check out @nyttypos on twitter; it's amazing what gets put online these days.
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covfefe
 
I have trouble keeping further and farther straight. This is a good description of the distinction between the two.

Although they are often used interchangeably, "further" and "farther" don't have exactly the same meaning. Basically, "farther" refers to actual distances between objects while further refers to figurative distances or something that is additional or more.
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. . . . . . Pete
 
originally posted by Peter Creasey:

I have trouble keeping further and farther straight. This is a good description of the distinction between the two.

Although they are often used interchangeably, "further" and "farther" don't have exactly the same meaning. Basically, "farther" refers to actual distances between objects while further refers to figurative distances or something that is additional or more.
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. . . . . . Pete
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originally posted by fatboy:
originally posted by Peter Creasey:

I have trouble keeping further and farther straight. This is a good description of the distinction between the two.

Although they are often used interchangeably, "further" and "farther" don't have exactly the same meaning. Basically, "farther" refers to actual distances between objects while further refers to figurative distances or something that is additional or more.
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. . . . . . Pete
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Holy Mother of God, yer back!
 
originally posted by mark e:
originally posted by fatboy:
originally posted by Peter Creasey:

I have trouble keeping further and farther straight. This is a good description of the distinction between the two.

Although they are often used interchangeably, "further" and "farther" don't have exactly the same meaning. Basically, "farther" refers to actual distances between objects while further refers to figurative distances or something that is additional or more.
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. . . . . . Pete
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Holy Mother of God, yer back!
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Prongs and fatsinks at the ready.
 
I used "oratory" and then "oration" as a reinforcement to describe someone's eloquent wine description and suspected I had spoken redundantly.

From wikidiff...

Oratory vs Oration - What's the difference?

Oratory is a derived term of oration.
As nouns the difference between oratory and oration is that oratory is (uncountable) the art of public speaking, especially in a formal, expressive, or forceful manner or oratory can be (countable) a private chapel while oration is a formal ceremonial speech.
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. . . . . Pete
 
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