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Edited by MacronNotes on Apr 13th 2023 at 3:16:47 PM
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Which forum should I post of I'm looking for co writers for a project?
MIA
You probably want Writer's Block.
Are there any truly free 2D to 3D video converters? I looked at Leawo, but I hear it creates spam or ads.
Are Awesome Music pages supposed to have images?
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well....yes, unless you have an album. but since music is an auditory medium, i'm not exactly sure.
question for some thread, and i asked this before. what is the usual time when someone posted critique on a hero or villain you made? i estimated mine's would be reviewed in a week or 2 since these threads have a reputation of people thinking i should post a character after critique, at the same time. (mines took me several hours to make but i guess because i can't critique on characters for the life of me)
p.s. sorry for the long question.
edited 15th Apr '17 6:31:55 AM by ewolf2015
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In golf a shot that veers left is called a hook. A shot that veers right is called a slice. Why are they called this? Where did the terms come from?
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There's more to it than simply this, but it refers to the motion of the club, not the resulting direction of the ball.
It's a "hook", because the golfer's swing (assuming a right-hander) is "hooking" around front of the ball ever-so-slightly. A "slice" is the head of the club also ever-so-slightly sliding along the back of the ball, as though they were trying to slice a thin section off the back.
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Can people still do unreleased works?
MIA
Are you allowed to recommend a roleplay on Fanfic Recommendations?
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Jer gets all the girls
If you're sending a letter from Australia to the UK, what do you write in the post code boxes? I have the address I want on hand but I don't see anything on there I recognise as a post code. Do UK post codes have letters in them or are they all numbers like here?
edited 17th Apr '17 8:19:55 PM by Murataku
Everybody's all "Jerry's old and feeble" till they see him run down a skyscraper and hijack a helicopter mid-flight.
UK postcodes have mixed letters and numbers. This tool
should be helpful for finding the postcode you need.
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Ah, that's perfect! It even shows you how to lay it out on the envelope. Thanks!
edited 17th Apr '17 8:18:10 PM by Murataku
Everybody's all "Jerry's old and feeble" till they see him run down a skyscraper and hijack a helicopter mid-flight.
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Is there a website or thread where I can publish written works? I prefer beginners level because I don't want to get pressured to having high quality writing.
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Fanfiction or original works?
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What is Bicep-Polishing Gesture called in the Japanese terminology? I tried looking for it but all I get is "bras d'honneur".
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MIA
what equipment does a DJ have?
MIA
Anymore, a laptop.
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Say, is "diametre" a valid alt spelling of "diameter".
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Wiktionary says it's an alternative spelling, but Dictionary.com, Merriam-Webster.com, and the free online version of the OED don't list 'diametre' at all. The OED even says 'diametre' is a common misspelling of 'diameter'.
Why do some words have an added "U" in the UK?
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It's actually the opposite: those words were originally spelled "-our", then the "u" was dropped in American English. According to Wikipedia, this change happened because of Latin influence (many of these words have Latin equivalents ending with "-or") and were adopted in the US because of Webster's 1828 dictionary, which only had the "-or" spellings.
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Depending on which side of the Atlantic you're on, Webster is either a reformer or a vandal.
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Related, is "thru" actually an alternate spelling of "through", or is it just chatspeak?
Everybody's all "Jerry's old and feeble" till they see him run down a skyscraper and hijack a helicopter mid-flight.
It is not considered correct English, but it predates online chat. It's like "snax".
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'Puma' is a genus that contains the cougar and jaguarundi. Cheetahs are the only living members of their genus, Acinonyx. Lions, jaguars, tigers, and leopards are all in the genus Panthera.
So the answer is no. I just looked up those species on Wikipedia to see what genera they were a part of. If two species aren't part of the same genus, they're not going to have viable offspring. It's as simple as that.
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