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(I helped save b3ta! prodigy69 broke b3ta and made everyone leave, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 14:34, archived)
# aw look at his lickle face
is that JJ in an alternate universe?

sorry JJ
(I helped save b3ta! Aphex The Mink Snackless, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 14:34, archived)
# I would like to propose that it is in fact
'alternative universe'.

The definition of alternate, to my mind, doesn't properly describe what people meant when they say 'alternate universe'.
It seems to be an Americanism to say alternate when you in fact mean alternative.

Thank you.
(I helped save b3ta! wheelybird mreee!, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 14:48, archived)
# Like aluminum when you mean aluminium?
(I helped save b3ta! Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 14:52, archived)
# or color
when you mean colour?


wait...that one doesn't work
(I helped save b3ta! Aphex The Mink Snackless, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 14:54, archived)
# Similar,
but not quite. Those two words represent the same concept. Alternate and alternative represent different concepts.
(I helped save b3ta! wheelybird mreee!, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 14:54, archived)
# i would suggest that it's idiomatic
it was probably a phrase coined by an american sci-fi author that stuck
(I helped save b3ta! mictoboy shitting in your cunt since, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 14:53, archived)
# I believe so.
Probably one of those awful ones like Ron Hubbard.
I just wince whenever I hear it. It grates. :/

edit: actually, thinking of it, it's not just the idiomatic phrase 'alternate universe'. I recall hearing our trans-Atlantic cousins use 'alternate' to mean 'alternative' in general usage quite a bit. :(

For example: "Why shucks, here's a mighty fine rifle for hunting them Latinos. And hey, if that ain't doin' the job there's an alternate model here that'll blow the head off a Frenchie from a mile away. Hot damn!"
(I helped save b3ta! wheelybird mreee!, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 14:57, archived)
# unusual of them to shorten something
usually it's prioritize this and departmentalize that.
(I helped save b3ta! monstrinho do biscoito teeeshurts = www.nogunarmy.com, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 14:53, archived)
# *mentalizes*

(I helped save b3ta! pzyko Query failed., Thu 6 Sep 2007, 14:54, archived)
# putting the mental in fundamentalism
(I helped save b3ta! monstrinho do biscoito teeeshurts = www.nogunarmy.com, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 14:56, archived)
# and taking the "the" out of psychotherapist?

(I helped save b3ta! pzyko Query failed., Thu 6 Sep 2007, 14:58, archived)
# pfft
(I helped save b3ta! monstrinho do biscoito teeeshurts = www.nogunarmy.com, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 15:00, archived)
# *burglarizes*
(I helped save b3ta! The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 15:25, archived)
# like instant and instantaneous
hmmm
(I helped save b3ta! Debbilgrrrrl is kinda back, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 14:55, archived)
# or
flammable and inflammable?


wait...that doesn't work either
(I helped save b3ta! Aphex The Mink Snackless, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 14:58, archived)
# I'd say yes,
but I think 'alternate' is about as complicated a word as they can manage. ;)


*expounds racist anti-America views on public internet forum, thereby attracting the attention of the CIA and probably FBI too - they seem to think they police the world anyway*
(I helped save b3ta! wheelybird mreee!, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 15:01, archived)
# durka! durka! allah jihad!
that should get their attention
(I helped save b3ta! monstrinho do biscoito teeeshurts = www.nogunarmy.com, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 15:05, archived)
# or maybe "momentarily" instead of "in a moment"
not quite the same, but "the plane will be taking off momentarily" doesn't quite mean the same as "will be taking off in a moment"
(I helped save b3ta! The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 15:23, archived)
# wistful
and looking a little like a young mark hamill
(I helped save b3ta! monstrinho do biscoito teeeshurts = www.nogunarmy.com, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 14:35, archived)
# haha :)
(I helped save b3ta! prodigy69 broke b3ta and made everyone leave, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 14:43, archived)
# haha!
bless his little furry socks...
(I helped save b3ta! ivesb Highly specialised Clinical Physiologist crapbag, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 14:36, archived)
# Heh heh
You said "furry sock". Which could sound a bit rude.
(I helped save b3ta! Tribs 🦇 ↓ dn ʎɐʍ sᴉɥʇ ↓🦇, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 14:38, archived)
# *giggles*
(I helped save b3ta! ivesb Highly specialised Clinical Physiologist crapbag, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 14:39, archived)
# you like underage squirrels!!
or something
(I helped save b3ta! monstrinho do biscoito teeeshurts = www.nogunarmy.com, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 14:42, archived)
#
(I helped save b3ta! Your watch is BACK, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 14:44, archived)
# Oh dear...
...you've made me do an office lol!
(Sartori is moving to Canada, eh?, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 14:46, archived)
# "work internets have deemed this unseemly and so won't be showing it to you"
:(
(I helped save b3ta! monstrinho do biscoito teeeshurts = www.nogunarmy.com, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 14:47, archived)
# but it's called monkey
and is on the b3ta host :(
(I helped save b3ta! Your watch is BACK, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 14:51, archived)
# b3tahost is EVIL according to AMVBBDO web server
i can't see half the board
(I helped save b3ta! monstrinho do biscoito teeeshurts = www.nogunarmy.com, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 14:55, archived)
# TENTACLES!

(I helped save b3ta! pzyko Query failed., Thu 6 Sep 2007, 14:48, archived)
# SOCRATES!
it amuses me to read words like they were greek. tenta-cleese
(I helped save b3ta! monstrinho do biscoito teeeshurts = www.nogunarmy.com, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 15:00, archived)