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Reply #1 - 2010 March 15, 3:42 am
hereticalrants Member
From: Winterland Registered: 2009-10-23 Posts: 289

What did you learn today in your native language that you probably should have known already?
IŽll start.

Today I learned:
1) Lady Gaga is NOT a show pony.  She is, in fact, a singer.
2)FTW stands for "for the win."

Reply #2 - 2010 March 15, 3:57 am
Asriel Member
From: 東京 Registered: 2008-02-26 Posts: 1343

FTW is WTF backwards

Reply #3 - 2010 March 15, 5:24 am
wccrawford Member
From: FL US Registered: 2008-03-28 Posts: 1551

hereticalrants wrote:

1) Lady Gaga is NOT a show pony.  She is, in fact, a singer.
"

Some would debate that little tidbit.  wink

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Reply #4 - 2010 March 15, 6:39 am
captal Member
From: San Jose Registered: 2008-03-22 Posts: 677

In Australia they say "unpack the dishwasher" instead of unload. Creepy.

Reply #5 - 2010 March 15, 7:11 am
blackmacros Member
From: Australia Registered: 2009-04-14 Posts: 763

captal wrote:

In Australia they say "unpack the dishwasher" instead of unload. Creepy.

Where abouts? Not where I'm from (Perth and Melbourne). I always unload my dishwasher.

Last edited by blackmacros (2010 March 15, 7:11 am)

Reply #6 - 2010 March 15, 7:57 am
shadysaint Member
From: Pennsylvania Registered: 2008-09-07 Posts: 88

cupidity

-eager or excessive desire, esp. to possess something; greed; avarice.

Reply #7 - 2010 March 15, 8:25 am
kainzero Member
From: Los Angeles Registered: 2009-08-31 Posts: 945

Isn't it... "He is just about THE same age as me."?

Today I learned that "deadline-harried" is an actual word.

Reply #8 - 2010 March 15, 8:56 am
JimmySeal Member
From: Kyoto Registered: 2006-03-28 Posts: 2279

IceCream wrote:

He is just about same age as me

apparently this sentence is correct? (well, everyone except me corrected it this way...)

Corrected what?  That sentence is definitely missing a the

To be strictly correct, it would be "He is just about the same age as I."  But I think you have to own a monocle to say it that way.

Last edited by JimmySeal (2010 March 15, 9:05 am)

Reply #9 - 2010 March 15, 9:03 am
chamois Member
From: Australia Registered: 2009-10-12 Posts: 44

blackmacros wrote:

captal wrote:

In Australia they say "unpack the dishwasher" instead of unload. Creepy.

Where abouts? Not where I'm from (Perth and Melbourne). I always unload my dishwasher.

we unstack in sydney...

Reply #10 - 2010 March 15, 9:11 am
mezbup Member
From: sausage lip Registered: 2008-09-18 Posts: 1681 Website

chamois wrote:

blackmacros wrote:

captal wrote:

In Australia they say "unpack the dishwasher" instead of unload. Creepy.

Where abouts? Not where I'm from (Perth and Melbourne). I always unload my dishwasher.

we unstack in sydney...

on the internetz we ctrl + z the dishwasher

Reply #11 - 2010 March 15, 10:08 am
Nukemarine Member
From: 神奈川 Registered: 2007-07-15 Posts: 2347

In the US the dishwasher also cooks.

Reply #12 - 2010 March 15, 10:21 am
Jarvik7 Member
From: 名古屋 Registered: 2007-03-05 Posts: 3946

captal wrote:

In Australia they say "unpack the dishwasher" instead of unload. Creepy.

Those are both wrong. The correct way (obviously duh) is "empty the dishwasher", unless you are unloading it off of a truck or unpacking it from a crate.

Reply #13 - 2010 March 15, 10:41 am
crayonmaster Member
From: USA Registered: 2009-01-19 Posts: 99 Website

Unload, unpack... I just "put the dishes away"

Reply #14 - 2010 March 15, 10:42 am
Babyrat Member
From: UK Registered: 2008-10-07 Posts: 144

unload the dishwasher, empty the dishwasher..   I use both if we are talking about taking the stuff out of it.

if we are on about taking it off a truck and putting it in a house the I would use either unload or unpack.

Reply #15 - 2010 March 15, 10:48 am
Asriel Member
From: 東京 Registered: 2008-02-26 Posts: 1343

I would unload the dishwasher from a truck, and unpack it from the box it was stored in (while on the truck). Then I would put my dirty dishes in it, and empty the dishwasher when it's done. I could also unload the dishes form the dishwasher, if I chose to.

Reply #16 - 2010 March 15, 11:04 am
Gingerninja Member
From: England Registered: 2008-08-06 Posts: 382

In soviet Russia the dishwasher unloads you...

sorry...   smile

Reply #17 - 2010 March 15, 1:30 pm
yudantaiteki Member
Registered: 2009-10-03 Posts: 3619

JimmySeal wrote:

IceCream wrote:

He is just about same age as me

apparently this sentence is correct? (well, everyone except me corrected it this way...)

Corrected what?  That sentence is definitely missing a the

To be strictly correct, it would be "He is just about the same age as I."  But I think you have to own a monocle to say it that way.

That's one of those invented rules of 19th century grammarians; the OED cites "as tall as me" in Shakespeare, and "A fooles wrath is heauier then them bothe" from the 1560 Geneva Bible.

Reply #18 - 2010 March 15, 4:36 pm
bodhisamaya Guest

IceCream wrote:

thankyou!! so glad im not going insane!!!

I think you may have been misdiagnosed tongue

Reply #19 - 2010 March 15, 5:38 pm
captal Member
From: San Jose Registered: 2008-03-22 Posts: 677

blackmacros wrote:

captal wrote:

In Australia they say "unpack the dishwasher" instead of unload. Creepy.

Where abouts? Not where I'm from (Perth and Melbourne). I always unload my dishwasher.

Queensland. Maybe it's just the people I'm with that are crazy.

Reply #20 - 2010 March 15, 5:48 pm
mezbup Member
From: sausage lip Registered: 2008-09-18 Posts: 1681 Website

You can also say "do" the dishwasher... like "can you do the dishwasher and I'll vacuum?".

Reply #21 - 2010 March 15, 6:00 pm
ruiner Member
Registered: 2009-08-20 Posts: 751

I "disrobe" the dishwasher...

Reply #22 - 2010 March 15, 6:06 pm
kainzero Member
From: Los Angeles Registered: 2009-08-31 Posts: 945

I unload ON the dishwasher.


This may possibly be the greatest thread I have ever seen on this board.

Reply #23 - 2010 March 15, 6:41 pm
mezbup Member
From: sausage lip Registered: 2008-09-18 Posts: 1681 Website

A quantum physicist sees the dishwasher as both loaded and unloaded at the same time, also when it's closed there may even be a dead cat in there.

Reply #24 - 2010 March 15, 7:04 pm
Gingerninja Member
From: England Registered: 2008-08-06 Posts: 382

mezbup wrote:

A quantum physicist sees the dishwasher as both loaded and unloaded at the same time, also when it's closed there may even be a dead cat in there.

is the whole thing with the cat a standard quantum physicist thing, or did you just pull that from flashforward smile

Reply #25 - 2010 March 15, 7:11 pm
mezbup Member
From: sausage lip Registered: 2008-09-18 Posts: 1681 Website

Gingerninja wrote:

mezbup wrote:

A quantum physicist sees the dishwasher as both loaded and unloaded at the same time, also when it's closed there may even be a dead cat in there.

is the whole thing with the cat a standard quantum physicist thing, or did you just pull that from flashforward smile

it's a famous experiment