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Edited by MacronNotes on Apr 13th 2023 at 3:16:47 PM
Is that cake frosting?
Language question. Does it make sense to use "to dub" in the sense of "to name", as in
And if so, is it a formal or an informal usage? I am unsure whether to use a construction like that in a part of my thesis, and I wonder how it sounds to a native speaker...
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But they seem to know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas.
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I've used that particular phrasing before. It scans well, it's grammatically correct, I'd go with it.
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Is that cake frosting?
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But they seem to know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas.
Hmmm... it seems a rather sound inference.
I mean, IIRC, when people are knighted they are "dubbed".
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To dub something is to name it. So if you knight someone you give the a new name, "Sir".
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Well, there we go.
Carc, your inference is of sound value.
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Dub also means to mix a Reggae track down to it's "Riddim", but that's less useful unless Carc is doing his thesis on King Tubby. 
Mathematics... King Tubby...
Eh...
Same diff.
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What would be a decent Italian approximation of the name John/Johnathan?
Anyone who assigns themselves loads of character tropes is someone to be worried about.
I'm not too sure about it, but I think Giovanni.
I remember someone saying something like that, but I think Giovanni is the Italian Jonathan.
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agrees, adding a couple of other suggestions.
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Unfortunately the mods don't exactly give out that information. Apparently they want to keep that information away from potential spammers. Probably not too much longer though.
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What movie is being referenced at the bottom of this Darths And Droids strip?
Departed days ahead.
That'd be What's Opera, Doc? It's a Bugs Bunny cartoon that's really, really good. You can find it on Youtube, I believe.
I guess we could go... wherever we please.
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Considered to be the best cartoon ever made! AND IT IS
Go play Kentucky Route Zero. Now.
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Oh, we have that – I've watched it and loved it, but it's been a while now. Guess it's time for a recap! 
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What is graham parodying when he wears the top hat in this video?
Or is he just being silly?
edited 14th Mar '12 11:57:20 AM by Jimmmyman10
Go play Kentucky Route Zero. Now.
Very random question: is there any way to translate 'U mad?' into German while possibly preserving the simplistic grammar and implications of illiteracy?
I heard some people at my lunch table trying to translate 'U mad' into Spanish by looking at the translation of 'Does it bother you'.
"Jack, you have debauched my sloth."
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What's the difference between a wyrm and a wyvern?
And are there other subsets of dragons?
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It depends on who's doing the writing.
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Char!
As a general baseline thing though, a wyrm is well a worm. Repitalian serpent, generally with four short legs so that it still slithers. Legs are optional though. Wyrms traditionally (as much as there is tradition) are found in wells and other small underground tunnels.
Wyverns on the other hand are stereotypically large, one pair of legs ('cept when they don't, but never two pairs) and a pair of wings for arms. I believe the base myth has them nesting on rocky outcrops in Africa and hunting elephants.
Edit: Hmm. Actually upon further reflection/research wyrm is just a catch-all term and what I was describing is closer to a Knucker Dragon. Wyvern is a more specific term though.
edited 14th Mar '12 4:24:53 PM by Luthen
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I've seen somewhere that said wyverns are dragons without forelimbs.
Just be phonetic. Use Kappa and a u_ dipthong.
English is full of phonetic redundancies.
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