My Vietnamese housematewho had never cooked before coming to this country put some pate into a frying pan, heated it up with some random vegetables and served it with some spaghetti. Inevitably, he didn't eat very much of it.
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Wed 8 Oct 2003, 16:34,
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noout of the selection of vegetables he randomly selected them
like out of the first ten numbers I randomly pick 4, 7, 9 and 3
see, not all uses of random are wrong.
also there's current slang changing the meaning of random, like 'shit' is not meant to mean 'rubbish', but it is used in such a way.
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Wed 8 Oct 2003, 16:41,
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like out of the first ten numbers I randomly pick 4, 7, 9 and 3
see, not all uses of random are wrong.
also there's current slang changing the meaning of random, like 'shit' is not meant to mean 'rubbish', but it is used in such a way.
I thinkthe problem is that 'random' is used by a small group of people aged 12 to 20 between the time they learn the word, and start getting 'cool' and the point where they grow up. Everything becomes 'random' and 'blatant' and it really fucks off the people who have grown out of it.
That is all.
(That is all.
stup0t,
Wed 8 Oct 2003, 16:47,
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well yesbut that meaning of random was not wrong though
and when i use random it means that the maker of the image has just come up with an idea out of the blue, eg 'i think i shall make a flash of a squirrel singing about beans'
oh and it's 'pisses off'
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Wed 8 Oct 2003, 16:49,
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and when i use random it means that the maker of the image has just come up with an idea out of the blue, eg 'i think i shall make a flash of a squirrel singing about beans'
oh and it's 'pisses off'
I thinkwe have to accept that meanings of words change over time. For example, in the 16th century the word "nice" used to mean "stupid".
that is all...
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Wed 8 Oct 2003, 16:53,
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that is all...
Not quiteNice means (sort of) accurate or correct.
100% NICE.
(100% NICE.
wonko the sane,
Sat 11 Oct 2003, 17:24,
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me likeyCan you do an animation to illustrate the difference between decimate and destroy please? That's the one that pisses me off.
( Staticgirl,
Wed 8 Oct 2003, 16:45,
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what am I?your decimate-destroy-difference-animated-education-creator?
actually... yes, I suppose I could make one...
(actually... yes, I suppose I could make one...
stup0t,
Wed 8 Oct 2003, 16:45,
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xxxxxI believe you are a worthy guardian of our linguistic standards, sir.
( Staticgirl,
Wed 8 Oct 2003, 16:51,
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I was reading my little sister's copy of Sugar (really, it was hers)and they don't know the difference between 'ravage' and 'ravish'.
Or 'radish', like as not.
(Or 'radish', like as not.
MissPrism,
Wed 8 Oct 2003, 17:08,
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Decimatemeans to take every tenth person and behead them. It is how the romans punished the troops.
Destroy means to take every person and mush them up into tiny unrecognisable peices then burn them or something
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Thu 9 Oct 2003, 13:45,
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Destroy means to take every person and mush them up into tiny unrecognisable peices then burn them or something
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Stupot, give up the crusade. That was a valid use of the word random.
Lumpbucket tekcubpmuL,
Wed 8 Oct 2003, 17:45,
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Bad meal...Worst meal I ever cooked was for my girlfriend.
Starter:
Avocado and rice, with spring onion garnish.
Main Course:
Red onion in a rosemary and thyme (lightly sauteed in butter) fajitas, with some lightly grilled turkey for me, seeing I'm not a veggie.
Dessert:
Individual fruit pieces dipped in melted plain Terry's orange.
What's wrong with that, I hear you ask?
Well, all through the cooking process, I had been drinking beer, so when it came to the after-dinner snuggling, things went a bit further than intended which led to a HUGE row about my sex-drive (rampant) and hers (non-existent) which led to the true love of my life walking out, never to be seen again.
Sigh.
(,
Wed 8 Oct 2003, 21:05,
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Starter:
Avocado and rice, with spring onion garnish.
Main Course:
Red onion in a rosemary and thyme (lightly sauteed in butter) fajitas, with some lightly grilled turkey for me, seeing I'm not a veggie.
Dessert:
Individual fruit pieces dipped in melted plain Terry's orange.
What's wrong with that, I hear you ask?
Well, all through the cooking process, I had been drinking beer, so when it came to the after-dinner snuggling, things went a bit further than intended which led to a HUGE row about my sex-drive (rampant) and hers (non-existent) which led to the true love of my life walking out, never to be seen again.
Sigh.