Abbreviations abound in British slang, andledgeis no exception. This term is short forlegend, and though it can be used in a genuine way, it’s often used ironically or in good-natured jest. Think:Paul saved me a seat in the cafeteria like a total ledge.Ledgeis a good example of Brit...
Apart from the well-established challenges that language use poses (e.g., ambiguity, sarcasmdialects, slang, neologisms), two factors in the event add further linguistic complexity, namely that of actor role and associated context. In contrast to tasks where adequate information is provided in ...
It’s never good for a high schoolwhen a reporter or editor of the school paper iswriting a commentary for theWashington Post. Generally, when that happens, the school administration or school board has come down hard with some form of censorship on the student newspaper. That’s what happen...
slang: Creating a firefox plugin to do this seems misguided. Surely the whole point of PrivBar and MakeMeAdmin is to avoid having to browse the web, and other user activities, with elevated privs. Surely the use of elevated priviledges should be restricted to system-admin ...
In a post-modern twist, teenagers are importing American slang via the heavily north African suburbs, where hip-hop flourishes and street dress is styled on New York city. Once this might have had official France speaking with indignation. The rules designed to fend off English remain--and ...
In the 1970s, fashion favored careless pronunciation and a language full of jargon, slang and “in” words, a great quantity of which couldn’t be understood by the outside world. What is considered modern and fashionable in Britain today is often not the kind of English taught in schools...
Again though, the point that several of us have been trying to make is that reflections CAN be handled. If you simply must work in a terrible environment, then just realize that a matte screen may seem to be good, but it really isn't, for SOME purposes. ...
slang4artPosts:376 January 31, 2010 3:58AM Quote: Originally Posted byb-a-r .. I'm sorry, but this thing just baffles me. I felt seriously sorry for Jobs, watching the keynote and seeing all those webpages load with the missing Flashplayer icon. I see he's totally into ...