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Brisingr Aerowing wrote: I did like National Treasure 1 & 2 though. He did a rather good job there.
He didn't sink the movie completely, but imagine anyone else in the lead role, would it have been worse?
Yes, with Adam Sandler it would for sure.
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Jörgen Andersson wrote: Adam Sandler
Say no more.
OT: Have you seen the 'Night In The Museum' series? Those are funny!
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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Grrrrrr.... Sorry for the repost.
But you are taking it very seriously. IMO It's a fun video and a very nice effort.
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No, it doesn't.
This piece of [expletive deleted] movie is one of the worst I have ever seen... and I've seen some bad ones.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Forogar wrote: This piece of [expletive deleted] movie is one of the worst I have ever seen...
and I've seen some bad ones. Thanks, I now have to see it.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
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Don't say I didn't warn you!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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From what I have seen up to now, the stuntman/fighter is awesome. How this relates to how good the movie is, I do not know.
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Avoid this movie at all costs.
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Just noticed a system tray icon asking to reserve a slot for Windows 10 Free Upgrade, Even after registering there is no easy way to remove/close the icon. It just stays there... I think until Windows 10 upgrade will be available it will be there, unless you just kill it from the Task Manager
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Rutvik Dave wrote: I think until Windows 10 upgrade will be available it will be there
^
you upgraded to
more likely....
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I noticed that too. They claim they want to erase users' bad experiences with Windows 8 and the first thing they do is piss everyone off with a nagging icon. Real smooth.
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I have a question for any of you Indian CPians. Why is it very common for Indian English-speakers to use the word "doubts" instead of "questions" (i.e. After explaining something, say "Let me know if you have any doubts")? I heard this many times throughout college from many different TAs and classmates, and one of my coworkers just said it as well.
I've never heard this usage of the word "doubt" from anyone that isn't Indian. What gives?
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America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde
Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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I never use doubt instead of question ., IMO they both have different meaning. doubt is more like a confrontation, while question means asking for clarification. But you are right, many Indians use doubt instead of question.
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Yes, I have noticed this too. I see them using doubt in place of question. You get used to it.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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This is a very good doubt, no question about it.
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A lot of their version of English comes from the British occupation. Basically, they're using English derived from British English of the late 1800's.
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Colin Mullikin wrote: Why is it very common for Indian English-speakers to use the word "doubts" instead of "questions" Not all Indians. I studied, spoke and thought in English from day 1 in India - I doubt you'll question the way I speak it.
But you're right - there are many other Indian English phrases that are often misused. "We're performing an updatation (upgrade)" and "Let me find out the answer to your question and revert (get back to you)." are some that make me smile.
/ravi
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That would also explain why my Kenyan customers use the word 'revert' so often.
My plan is to live forever ... so far so good
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Language has regionalisms, this being an example.
Where I grew up, it was Sunday and next Sunday were synonymous - 6 days from now.
Here, Sunday and Sunday week refer to 6 days from now and a week after that; took me a while to catch onto that.
And an item with a fractional dollar amount is x cent, as in 20 cent, not 20 cents.
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Having studied English in 'local' schools in Bengaluru, (more than thirty years ago), to me, 'doubt' and 'question' are synonymous.
modified 2-Jun-15 1:17am.
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They're not. If you ask a question, there's something you don't know and want to get the answer to.
If you express a doubt about something, you are really not sure that what you are told is true. That in itself doesn't necessarily mean that you need and/or will get anymore information on that matter.
At least, that's the way I see it...
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- The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine Winston Churchill, 1944
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modified 2-Jun-15 2:30am.
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Yes, true.
But, difficult to get over what has been ingrained through all of schooling; more so, since English is not my natural language.
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That is the source of the confusion though. From prior discussion here, in some Indian languages the same word is used for the English concepts of doubt and question; making a natural point of confusion for people learning the language; especially if they rarely use it with anyone other than locals.
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-- Sarah Hoyt
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I understand. It doesn't make it any easier when the subtle distinction varies from the use of the words either.
When used as a noun, a question is a quite neutral word. Nothing much in it apart from the fact that you need to know something.
When you use it as a verb and say that you question something, then it takes on a slight negative meaning and becomes more like doubt - in fact probably even more negative than that...
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant Anonymous
- The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine Winston Churchill, 1944
- I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy. Me, all the time
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