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(JackLaidlaw, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 10:18, archived)
# Everything seems to be in order here.


edit: Actually, what would happen if you did this? Would things explode? Do we have a qualified electrician in the house?
(I helped save b3ta! Michael Ellis contributes nothing, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 10:19, archived)
#
damn you got me *fixed*

and there is only one way to find out give it a try
(JackLaidlaw, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 10:20, archived)
# for some reason that's one of the few spelling mistakes i always make
as well as "seperate"
(I helped save b3ta! Spunky McPunk not dead yet, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 10:22, archived)
# It's always "definate" with me
(I helped save b3ta! Michael Ellis contributes nothing, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 10:22, archived)
# separate always gets me too
as does ocassional

And I do ryting and Inglish and stuv for a lyving
(I helped save b3ta! Wasp Box like a nervous random stranger at a glory hole, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 10:24, archived)
# Etymology can help you out
Separate is memorable because it has the root parare, same as in prepare (to prepare food, by slicing it up) and cheeseparing. Definite comes from finite which comes from finish, so if you can remember not to spell finish with an a, you're alright.

I missed the original image, but if it said payed, there's nothing etymology can do for that one because it's just a fucking irregular verb and the rule makes no sense. Spell it how you like, fight the power.
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 10:31, archived)
# Ooh, Felix, you're alright by me
I don't care what the others say
(I helped save b3ta! Michael Ellis contributes nothing, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 10:32, archived)
# What do the others say?
*paranoias*
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 10:34, archived)
# ^
good advice

accomodation is one that catches me out a lot
(I helped save b3ta! emvee cruor deo cruoris, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 10:33, archived)
# I just remember it by this rhyme:
"Accommodation,
two c's, two m's,
Is how you write it,
Not with two c's and one m,
Or one c and two m's,
or one c and one m,
Funky chicken."
(I helped save b3ta! Michael Ellis contributes nothing, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 10:37, archived)
# I do like this
(I helped save b3ta! emvee cruor deo cruoris, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 10:41, archived)
# I tend to get the shits with simple typos more than anything else
Then again, most of my day involves reading resumes so I guess it comes with the territory.

"Attentino to detail" is the one that annoys the most. The first time it was actually pretty funny. A few hundred times in, I'm not smiling anymore.
(I helped save b3ta! gronkpan https://twitter.com/VomitingLarry, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 10:39, archived)
# We had someone send in a covering letter saying that they understood what a demeaning position they were applying for
(also someone who, applying for the position of "Digital Marketing Assistant", sent their CV by fax)
(I helped save b3ta! emvee cruor deo cruoris, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 10:41, archived)
# I got an "I am an extremely aggressive and determined individial ....with strong intrapersonal communication" the other day
(I helped save b3ta! gronkpan https://twitter.com/VomitingLarry, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 11:00, archived)
# I get quite peevish with seeing people struggle with the word "tongue"

NO IT IS NOT SPELLED "TOUNGE", YOU FUCKTARDS
(I helped save b3ta! Michael Ellis contributes nothing, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 10:42, archived)
# It's spelling gone rouge
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 10:47, archived)
# hahaha
Those goddam rouge traders
(I helped save b3ta! Michael Ellis contributes nothing, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 10:54, archived)
# i saw that exact spelling mistake yesterday
when the flautist next to me had to write in his part "take tounge bar out".

amateurs.
(I helped save b3ta! Spunky McPunk not dead yet, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 11:00, archived)
# I almost always write "philosphy".
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 10:43, archived)
# Hey do you know what else is gun about etymology?
(I helped save b3ta! gronkpan https://twitter.com/VomitingLarry, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 10:35, archived)
# Is this a subtle hint that I should shut up before somebody shoots me?
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 10:41, archived)
# no, he's posting from JAIL
(arseboon dilbaro arseboon dilbaro, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 10:43, archived)
# i heard that post in a John Bunnell voice
(I helped save b3ta! Spunky McPunk not dead yet, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 11:05, archived)
# No I just wanted to hear your take on things
(I helped save b3ta! gronkpan https://twitter.com/VomitingLarry, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 10:57, archived)
# Oh well sometimes it's entertaining
Look at this old definition for the verb "to troll", for instance:
dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/troll_4

Falling out of use, that definition, for some reason.
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 11:08, archived)
# Yeah, it's an american fishing term - a corruption of "trawl".
Internet trolling also originally came from that meaning as well - to "troll for newbs" on usenet by posting something that an experienced user would quickly disregard but new people would instantly react to.

People talk these days as though it's the ogre type troll rather than the american fishing type troll so I guess etymology is a bitch.
(I helped save b3ta! gronkpan https://twitter.com/VomitingLarry, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 11:13, archived)
# Jargon from the ancient past is fun, too.
A typical cottage carder has a single large drum (the swift)
accompanied by a pair of in-feed rollers (nippers), one or more pairs
of worker and stripper rollers, a fancy, and a doffer. In-feed to the
carder is usually accomplished by hand or by conveyor belt and often
the output of the cottage carder is stored as a batt or further
processed into roving and wound into bumps with an accessory bump
winder.
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 11:12, archived)
# OH MY
(I helped save b3ta! gronkpan https://twitter.com/VomitingLarry, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 11:20, archived)
# sexy
(I helped save b3ta! Shlvng, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 12:15, archived)
# I really don't know what insects have got to do with it anyway
(I helped save b3ta! Wasp Box like a nervous random stranger at a glory hole, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 10:49, archived)
# They can smell decay and lead you to the corpses of gun victims
if you align your mind with their insect ways.
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 10:53, archived)
# The interesting thing about giant insects is that if they were constructed the same way as tiny insects they wouldn't be able to stand under their own weight
(I helped save b3ta! gronkpan https://twitter.com/VomitingLarry, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 11:02, archived)
# Or breathe, apparently.
I think this is a volume-to-surface-area thing, since they do it passively through holes instead of pumping.
Could possibly have a really giant flat insect, like a rectangular beetle a mile wide.

In fact it wouldn't even have to be rectangular, I don't know why I said that. Just trying to keep things simple.
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 11:18, archived)
# I'm sure if it became a necessity in the food chain then nature would find a way
Kind of like how Giant wetas (that red thing is a tomato) have evolved to fill a missing rodent/rabbit gap in the NZ food chain.
(I helped save b3ta! gronkpan https://twitter.com/VomitingLarry, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 11:24, archived)
# Wagh.
I see youtube has a weta Vs. camel spider battle. Weta wins, I think.
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 11:33, archived)
# Yeah I don't really see how the camel spider could come back from that
(I helped save b3ta! gronkpan https://twitter.com/VomitingLarry, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 11:39, archived)
# I guess for starters your neighbour would have to be cool with you running up their power bill
and depending on the setup you'd either blow their fuses or you'd need multiple cords running between both houses which could put a strain on your neighbour's kind nature.
(I helped save b3ta! gronkpan https://twitter.com/VomitingLarry, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 10:26, archived)
# Thank you gronkpan, I will talk to my neighbour about this
(I helped save b3ta! Michael Ellis contributes nothing, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 10:27, archived)
# please report back
(I helped save b3ta! gronkpan https://twitter.com/VomitingLarry, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 10:28, archived)
# He said no.
I think i need to move
(I helped save b3ta! Michael Ellis contributes nothing, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 10:33, archived)
# You'd short your house for sure
You can only go in via your electric oven socket.
(I helped save b3ta! XLVII .uk, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 10:32, archived)
# Ok how about electric oven socket to electric oven socket?
Would we successfully knock out a substation?
(I helped save b3ta! Michael Ellis contributes nothing, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 10:34, archived)
# I guess something might happen
Low percentage of any explosion though
(I helped save b3ta! XLVII .uk, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 10:37, archived)
# Damn, need to think bigger.
(I helped save b3ta! Michael Ellis contributes nothing, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 10:39, archived)
# Trying playing domino soldiers with electricity pylons
That oughta work.
(I helped save b3ta! XLVII .uk, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 10:41, archived)
# Circuit breakers would trip, or something would go bang.
Neighboring houses are usually on different phases. Crosslinking the two is generally a Bad Idea(TM).
(I helped save b3ta! Kerrisis There's someone in my head, but it's not me., Fri 8 Jul 2011, 11:12, archived)
# my parents used to have a generator
after a several day long blackout, and my dad made up a cable that came out the generator and just had a standard 3pin plug that plugged into the wall socket and gave power to the house (although I never saw it working). Apparently an electrician would never recommend you to do it but it worked
(The Director of Directing, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 21:39, archived)
# It does work.
Powercuts are relatively common where I live and the standard trick is to have a genny that you plug into a household socket.

Only thing you need to do is switch off the incoming supply otherwise nasty things can happen...
(azgiles, Mon 11 Jul 2011, 23:02, archived)
# Yes it'll work.
I've done it - power off in one house, borrow some power from next door.

Just don't forget to unplug it when you turn the power back on. Especially if the two houses just happen to be on different phases.
(azgiles, Mon 11 Jul 2011, 23:05, archived)
# ^ needs more speelcheque
(I helped save b3ta! J Peasemould Gruntfuttock Alpha Mike Foxtrot, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 10:22, archived)