Yes, How is this different from a person, you or me, saying 'I'? I interact with avatars, tho not the postal type so much, but ... I don't doubt I have conversed with bots and thought they were human, also conversed with humans who mislead me. Think customer service with any major cable/isp company....

You mean the Unitarians are right, that the Devil didn't make me do it? Shucks. Now I have to find another excuse! Laughing

replace Unitarians with astrologers
and you are half there!

Lucy, you got a lotta splainin' to do!
aw Ricky!
bows head

Skinem, Yes my experience of English vs French is yes. Anglophones have been very creative, Francophones not so much. Why English is the lingua 'franca'? not so much. Probably more about global domination than lethargic vs energetic language change. But gotta love the fact that the common language a...

bnjtokyo, yes. "2. A "word to symbolize news that is really Not News" from the website fark.com and the book "It's Not News, It's Fark." yes, was just referring to dissemination of memes and the fact that it happens a little faster now, whether it is news or new... fark can ...

or is it the other way around? cat logic (and NH/VT) those kitties are doing it wrong, or at least upside down?
One of them is pointed the wrong way!

Sorry, the Mainism is 'wicked easy' followed by an explanation of how to attain New Hampshire ( I think)

@ eberntson: door mice? for shame. But, I will eat anything in the meat category, if it has passed the Darwin test, meaning it would stand a chance in the wild. Also anything that hasn't passed, once I've observed them eaten by my fellow humans with no ill effect. Yes escargot is meat. Not sure abou...

Fark as an example of memes gone wild ... but bnjtokyo, I must read that article. do they provide constants, as in English vs French? Or just imply that frequency of use is overpowered by the tendency of some languages to change or avoid change? Language is lethargic, but usually just wants to get a...

They are definitely more appetizing after being cooked, red or pink, don't eat the green ones. And the only 'bug' I will eat aside from lobsters and their ilk. Or is it kin, never sure. In New York we have waterbugs almost the size of crawdads, but would never think of scooping them out of the sewer...

Not really a question of grammar but of precision. "Over 40" means more than 40 and less than 50, but "almost 50" would be better if much closer to 50 than 40. If 67 members are reported, It should be exactly 67. If 67 percent, between 66.5 and 67.5 percent. If 60 percent, betwee...

Maybe on topic, was just looking at how different languages express laughter, probably the closest we come to barking. It seems we are pretty much in agreement lately, even as far as mwahahaha as the evil maniacal laugh. It may be due to comics and other mass media, because most languages have older...

Hmm a math question, and interesting. I would also like to know how word of mouth compares to print, radio, tv and fark. The speed is approaching c, and the nodes are approaching a few billion. Language change seems almost instantaneous now, to me, along with visual language. Lolcats and all. Memes ...

To me there is no difference, ago means in the past, as does earlier. I might think 'ago' the better word, just for being shorter. If in a speech. Otherwise, would not worry.

Agree, sluggo. A major habit in English to skip words that don't contribute to the meaning. As 'I thought it foolish', just a shorthand and a way of eliminating unnecessary verbiage. Curiously, we can't do it always, seems to be limited to the 3rd person or reflexive.

Yep, to me Robert is the craydaddy. hey, Steakface is up there with the best band names too. But we called them crawdads when they crawled up out of the culverts into the yard. Almost as if they were begging to be eaten. Also called them 'mudbugs' but that's more a Cajun thing maybe. But mmm they ar...