The Official ZBB Quote Thread

[Birdlang]

Thiocyanate solutions, usually. (See the second definition.)

Interestingly enough, KSCN solution is used as fake blood, and Co(SCN)₂ is used to test for cocaine.

But if you soak a duck in that, it might turn into cyanide when it gets inside its body.

[ObsequiousNewt]

Thiocyanate solutions, usually. (See the second definition.)

Interestingly enough, KSCN solution is used as fake blood, and Co(SCN)₂ is used to test for cocaine.

But if you soak a duck in that, it might turn into cyanide when it gets inside its body.

This is not how chemistry works; more importantly, this is thiocyanate, meaning that there's a sulfur attached to the cyanide anion. Translation: not inherently poisonous.

[Pabappa]

I don't think pidgins have a fixed word order, as they are typially not yet codified enough. As for creoles I have some knowledge of, Caribbean creoles are all SVO (as are the related African West coast English based creoles such as Krio), and afaik Tok Pisin is as well (as the name itself shows). A quick google shows that Juba Arabic is also SVO, as is Sangho (also African) and Bislama (Pacific). In fact, I have yet to encounter any SVO creole.

[jmcd]

It's a typo: the last 'SVO' should be 'SOV'.

[jal]

Indeed.


JAL

[WeepingElf]

next: bagpipe

Kala: ehua - worsen; impair; make worse

next: to make one's getaway (from the scene of a crime)

[Aili Meilani]

ad homina

I've been trying to ignore Sirdanilot as much as possible, and not get sucked into the obvious problem with his words, but I can stay silent no longer. I must set the record straight.

The word homo is third declension. The accusative plural is HOMINES, not HOMINA, goddamnit!

[masako]

Portugal always sings in portuguese, but they never even made it to the finals and I don't think they ever won.

Give it a minute...let it sink in.

[Thry]

ad hominum xD

[masako]

Saying you don't like 'alcohol' is like saying you don't like 'salt' or 'sugar'.

[Aili Meilani]

You also don't need sugar to survive.

[Thry]

Autotroph club power

[sirdanilot]

Portugal always sings in portuguese, but they never even made it to the finals and I don't think they ever won.

Give it a minute...let it sink in.

What is wrong with this? Note that eurovision did not have 'finals' until relatively recently. So technically it would be possible for Portugal to have won at some point but have never made it to the finals.

[masako]

You should always look at the context of what is being said.

[sirdanilot]

What is wrong with this? Note that eurovision did not have 'finals' until relatively recently. So technically it would be possible for Portugal to have won at some point but have never made it to the finals.

The fact that you have ignored this, Masako, means that you are ignorant of things you are pointing and laughing at me about, and are now hiding by returning to your usual one-liners.

[احمکي ارش-ھجن]

look at all the stupid he's saying!

[Pole, the]

What is wrong with this? Note that eurovision did not have 'finals' until relatively recently. So technically it would be possible for Portugal to have won at some point but have never made it to the finals.

The fact that you have ignored this, Masako, means that you are ignorant of things you are pointing and laughing at me about, and are now hiding by returning to your usual one-liners. your stupid

Ftfy.

[masako]

Teaming up with some other nerds who have nothing better to do and trolling me is of course belittling.

*drops mic*

I'm out.

[linguoboy]

The one great upside to the collapse of civilisation may be that it might finally encourage a reform of Manx orthography.

[Arzena]

Just got this in the mail.



It's full of barred lambdas, superscript w's, diacritical apostrophes, and other awesome stuff like that.

Yes.... yeess... let your anger FLOW through you....

[jal]

Seems like a case of two people having two completely different frames of mind. That does not tend to result in productive conversations often, though it could at times.

JAL

[Qwynegold]

The Chinese name of "Cock-Crow" is 烏雞. While 烏 does literally mean "crow", it's also very frequently used with the meaning of "black". So, really, this is the Kingdom of Black Cock (which, IIRC, is the name of one of the demon kings in it).

ROFLMAO

[masako]

But honestly I don't give a f*** about spelling, it's all prescriptivist and all that.

*stares in awe*

[linguoboy]

In Turkish, I can pronounce just about everything except avustralyalıyım (= I'm Australian.) The /str/ is hard enough and then the /l/s and /j/s. I just want to tell people I'm from New Zealand sometimes.

[masako]

I fail to see how Chinese people can be considered sexually attractive. I just don't see it. Classic chinese beauty, yes, but not sexually attractive.

nothing to see here