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<0> we're chatting note the TWO T in the middle
<1> ok thanks for the correction :)
<1> I'm not a native english speaker anyway
<2> There's something to be said for punctuation too.
<0> not a native english writer either
<1> yes
<1> one born as native english speaker will have better command of the language
<1> sadly I'm not one of em
<1> hmm now 'em' is short for them ... is that official or slang
<3> It's conversational
<2> Not so bad if you prepend an apostrophe
<2> Since that's the apostrophe's job
<0> I've seen that word proposed as the pronoun of choice when you mean singular (either him or her) but the *** of the individual is unknown, irrelevant, or in doubt
<2> "em" ?
<3> String 'em up.
<3> You're right.. that works.
<0> KaptainKruft yes, em
<2> It's still got an '
<0> w/out the apostrophe
<1> like shot 'em up
<0> ey for the subject form, eir for posessive, em for object
<2> em ~ them
<2> That's just plain lazy
<3> Hang 'em by 'eir toes and bleed 'em dry.
<2> Is 'th' just too much work?
<0> yes, the plural (which in english is indefinite gender) and drop the th
<1> great ... now I have more of 'em
<2> I'm sure that isn't valid
<1> chatting is correct
<1> http://www.webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?sourceid=Mozilla-search&va=chatting
<0> KaptainKruft the problem is subject, posessive, object
<1> but why chatting instead of chating? that is a reason to ponder
<0> and yoiu don't use the apostrophe, TCA
<0> don't ponter too long
<2> Because it is chatting with two t's
<0> or ponder either
<2> There's little point in debating why, because English rules are lax at the best of time
<2> times*
<1> :P ponter is not a word!
<3> "String em up."
<3> See, the problem is that it could be short for "them" or a typo'd "me"
<0> C-KoKoMoKo IF there were a verb chate, then the gerund would be chating
<2> When would it -ever- not be short for 'them' ?
<1> so xxte is translated to xxting
<1> like inflate --> inflating
<0> what??
<1> bat --> batting?
<3> chaste -> chasting...
<0> words that have a "silent e' at the end, the e is dropped when you add the ing
<1> set --> setting
<1> thats why chat --> chatting
<0> yuppers
<1> kewl
<2> There's doubtlessly a situation in English where this does not apply
<0> now, why is it cheating from cheat
<2> Probably more than one
<1> ah ha
<2> But none spring to mind
<1> damn inconsistent language :)
<2> Very
<0> methinks that it was originally cheate
<2> More like... damn inconsistent mash of 5 languages
<2> dictionary.com may know
<0> or perhaps because the "vowel sound" wouldn't change either way
<0> cheate and cheat would be pronounce the same
<1> so probably cheat has evolved from cheate
<0> chat and chate would NOT
<2> Perhaps
<4> supposedly english is like the 3rd hardest language for people to learn as a secondary language
<0> dunno, don't care
<2> My German workmate disagrees
<0> I would have guess the 1st
<5> dyeing, eyeing, queueing, shoeing
<2> He says it's very easy by comparison to say Russian
<2> Or Finnish
<1> hmm I learn 3 language including my native language ...
<4> well, I think 1st/2nd are Chinese and Japanese
<0> huh?????
<0> Russian is almost perfectly regular
<5> Those are the only words in /usr/share/dict/word that end in ing with a silent e
<1> native , arabic and english ... english is sure easy that arabic
<1> :P i see that my nick has confused to think that I'm a japanese
<1> heh heh
<1> :P i see that my nick has confused people to think that I'm a japanese
<2> Negative
<0> gonna catch a z or 3
<3> Bokuwa anatano hizaga suki desu
<1> bade thy farewell
<2> I'm almost sure you needed a space or two more, but nevermind.
<2> IRC doesn't support unicode, does it
<1> I like cl***ical english more then modern english, cl***ical english has rythm but modern english are dry
<1> *more than*
<1> are dry or is dry?
<3> The towels are dry. His hair is dry.
<3> "are" for plural, "is" for singular
<1> modern english is dry
<4> moderin english is dry -> talking about the language
<2> are dry = plural
<4> mondern english are dry -> talking about english people
<1> uh uh
<3> Ah, but Modern English is also a band...
<1> I dont mean to insult english people ;)
<4> :)
<2> Most people do though...
<1> the people is absoluty warm instead of dry
<2> are :)
<1> absoluty = absolutely
<1> ok
<1> the people are absoluty warm instead of dry
<1> copy and paste is fun
<1> the people are absolutely warm instead of dry
<2> I didn't find Japanese that difficult at the introductory level
<2> Nor Russian
<2> Anata wa baka gaijin desu
<1> How about the German langguage
<1> err... what do they call German language
<2> German doesn't seem to hard, but I've never learned
<2> German
<2> Deutch
<5> Huh? baka gaijin? Shouldn't there be a particle somewhere?
<1> I want to learn German and Japanese one day
<2> no
<1> is it baka or baga
<2> baka
<1> i know it is pronounce baka but one fellow japanese spell it baga to me
<2> transliteration is a widely debated topic
<1> for example bagasero
<1> or baga bagashi
<3> Have him spell it in japanese.
<1> ... that is interesting
<2> ????????
<3> Does it use ga or ka?
<2> ?rn
<2> darn
<2> unicode = no
<3> Have him spell it in katakana
<2> that's what my ?'s were
<1> now we have to fine a fellow japanese to tell us ... wouldnt be that hard
<2> I'm no jap
<2> Eigojin desu
<1> fine = find
<2> ah
<2> fair enough
<2> Just go to Tokyo
<2> There's millions who'd be happy to swap Japanese for English
<2> That city is crazy
<1> Lot of japanese are not so good in english
<2> Funny that
<1> Even when they usually travel abroad
<2> I'm led to believe that English is difficult for native Japanese speakers
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