The questions-not-worth-their-own-thread Question Thread!

[Phlegmak]

I lived in the South for most of my life. I don't believe it's as crappy as you say.

 

[Rossiya]

Which one, A, B, C, D, or E?!

If corn oil is made from corn, what is baby oil made from?

Baby, ok? Does that make you happy?

 

[Elrohir]

Godwynn speaks the truth. I've lived in semi-rural Georgia for 2 1/2 years.

Now I freely admit I was exaggerating somewhat. But all of those stereotypes do come from real views of real people who live here. People seriously do look down on you here if you are not a practicing Christian. Even my friend who is Catholic is generally looked down at as not being a real Christian. People generally aren't out-and-out racists, but they are very biased, they just won't say it outright. I know a friend of my Mom's was horrified that my Mom was going to be at a Farmers market thing in a relatively nice middle class part of town. Leaving her totally confused, until she realized it was also an almost entirely black section of town.
Religion is seriously a cornerstone of many peoples lives here. If you ask them what they're doing Wednesday night many people will be offended. Confederate flags may not be in front of every house, but I do see them fairly often. Drop Obama's name and you'll here about how he is awfull, because he is a Muslim. Pickup trucks with gun racks in the back window are a common site. Along highways billboard signs with religious messages are everywhere... If you ask someone for directions to somewhere they will tell what church it's near, yes I'm serious about that.
I can give more examples if you need me too...

So yeah this place has moved forward a bit since the civil war. But it's still really an embarrassment to the rest of the country, at least the parts of it I've seen.

I think you're exaggerating a fair amount, and don't see a lot (I doubt if a third of the population is actually in church on Wednesdays, for instance). But apparently you do have some actual personal experience with this, so I apologize for my reaction.

 

[LucyDuke]

I think you're exaggerating a fair amount, and don't see a lot (I doubt if a third of the population is actually in church on Wednesdays, for instance). But apparently you do have some actual personal experience with this, so I apologize for my reaction.

Dude, different areas are different. Maybe he lived in the most crappiest part of Georgia.

 

[Trajan12]

How much time have you actually spent in the South, much less the Deep South? I'm genuinely curious as to whether you're relating personal experience, or just bigoted stereotypes. I'm pretty sure it's the latter, but if you have a case to make that you really know what you're talking about, let's hear it.

I've been. And let's just say I'm not absolutely sure he doesn't have a point. It's like a whole different place from even rural-Michigan.

 

[Bigfoot3814]

Dude, different areas are different. Maybe he lived in the most crappiest part of Georgia.

People can have a crappy expirience in the crappiest parts of anywhere!

 

[Birdjaguar]

There is no town called Ulverton in the UK. There is a fictional town called Ulverton. Manchester and especially the conerbated Salford have legendary rainy microclimate, so how far from Manchester the fictional town is is rather key.

Manchester Airport 1971-2000 averages on the met office site

Ulverston, with an 's' which I forgot. Here is the google maps image.


My neighbor is going to the Buddhist temple near there for two weeks.

 

[GinandTonic]

Should be the nearest weather station with online averages

 

[Julian Delphiki]

Could we have few more mods for OT?

 

[GinandTonic]

Could we have few more mods for OT?

Site feedback?

 

[Julian Delphiki]

I was kinda thinking of that as well, but decided not to.

 

[GinandTonic]

Question -

What is wrong with the word wrongest? Why are wronger and wrongest baby-speak?

 

[Birdjaguar]

Should be the nearest weather station with online averages

Thank you, but the weather seems terribly depressing and damp. I guess I'm spoiled by NM.

 

[Bigfoot3814]

Question -

What is wrong with the word wrongest? Why are wronger and wrongest baby-speak?

Nothing really. If you like the way it sounds, I say you should use it. However there will be people who say it's just like saying righter or rightest, but don't let them spoil the fun!

 

[Bigfoot3814]

I'm trying to remember this old saying. It had to do with a cup of coffee and two dollars. It was a real whiz-banger. Anyone remember it?

 

[bhsup]

Wrongest? Use 'worst' instead. And if anyone actually suggests 'worstest', I'll slap 'em!

 

[GinandTonic]

Wrongest? Use 'worst' instead. And if anyone actually suggests 'worstest', I'll slap 'em!

Yes, but is there some sort of gramatical rule in operation here?

 

[Arwon]

Question -

What is wrong with the word wrongest? Why are wronger and wrongest baby-speak?

I think it's because the adjective isn't graduated, it's an absolute condition rather than a state you can be in to varying degrees. You'd never say something was "onner" or "offest" either. It's either on or off.

There's nothing grammatically wrong about "wronger" or "wrongest", in fact they're the expected and standard forms for a monosyllabic adjective. I'd say it's actually a legitimate word based on the rules generated by English as she is spoke... but that it belongs to a class of adjectives that don't normally take to the comparative and superlative.

I'm more interested in the pronunciation... is it 'ng' like stronger and longer, or does it lack the hard G? My intuition says the latter, but having never heard the word I'm curious as to why.

 

[LucyDuke]

Question -

What is wrong with the word wrongest? Why are wronger and wrongest baby-speak?

Nothing's wrong with 'em. Illegitimate prescription is why people are givin' you crap. Ignore 'em. They's jerkbags.

I'm more interested in the pronunciation... is it 'ng' like stronger and longer, or does it lack the hard G? My intuition says the latter, but having never heard the word I'm curious as to why.

Wron-ger. Hard g. Wrong-est. Hard g. Don't know why you'd think otherwise.

 

[jeps]

There is no "British-English". You're learning English the hard way through an Americain. Perhaps like learning French from a Spaniard.

I learned french from a portuguese person whose 5th language was french (learned it after portuguese, spanish, italian, latin, but before english...)