Yves: you will agree to me that there is a difference between:
- there are no apples on the tree
- there is no apple on the tree
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Yves: you will agree to me that there is a difference between:
- there are no apples on the tree
- there is no apple on the tree
No penguins on the North Pole at all ? Arf, yes that's true :rolleyes:
Well, you could take your pet penguin then to the north pole ;)
Well, what can I say... In the common usage of the sentence there is no difference. But if you are a programmer, mathematician or logistician, I guess you can afford to being a bean-counter so you can say there is a difference.Quote:
Originally posted by Gabriel Fleseriu
Yves: you will agree to me that there is a difference between:
- there are no apples on the tree
- there is no apple on the tree
I mean, if Simon would have said that there are no penguins on the north pole, would you think that it could be true that there was one single penguin on the North Pole ?
The Vatican is everywhere, be suspicious, it is a conspiracy against satanists. What you think of as a penguin in the distance, could just be a nun. Watch your back. :DQuote:
I mean, if Simon would have said that there are no penguins on the north pole, would you think that it could be true that there was one single penguin on the North Pole ?
Are you implying that there are nuns on the North Pole ? ;)
To Simon666
Why didn't you send me an answer if you thought it was so easy? I thought the point of this thread was to have a little fun. There's no reason to get insulting.
Guys,
we are not going to start a flame war, are we?
It was not intended to be insulting. It was to point you to the fact that the letter "e" is the most frequent used in English is not well known, to the fact that I think it is only exceptional when it uses all letters except one, and to the fact that it is relatively easy to make up a paragraph of a certain length without the letter "e". I added in some elements to prove that I wrote it, which may come over insulting. That is because the list of available words is rather small to express myself in.
Again, I did not say it is easy to figure it out, I think I would not have found it. I just said such a number of lines is easy to come up with and thus not exceptional. The reason why I didn't answer it is because I didn't though it was a riddle, there is nothing to reason over, only something to notice. I thought it was just another one of those absurd things as Brad's two coins and Gabriels two apples. I really couldn't figure those two out although I gave them much attention. Must be a difference between brain structure, I'm more mathematically thinking and you guys probably more linguistic. Did you solve dimm_coder riddle quickly, speaking of math?
I solved it ;)
That is an important thing to keep in mind. With nothing bad intended a sentence can actually sound insulting to somebody of a different culture, background or better command of the language.Quote:
That is because the list of available words is rather small to express myself in.
OK, step by step translation:Quote:
That is an important thing to keep in mind. With nothing bad intended a sentence can actually sound insulting to somebody of a different culture, background or better command of the language.
[IRONY]
Meaning, look, it's funny, I can make such a thing too.
Now common? How good for you. You must carry humongous satisfaction for your own thinking. I think a normal man could not do such a thing without having any kind of abnormal braincapacity.
You do not have to be an engineer (although I am one :D ) to invent a paragraph of your own containing no "e"s.
I think you own such a capacity, so congratulations to you for having such an almost miraculous ability. Having a smart man as you around is an uncommon and unsual thing, I can truly admit that.
Ironically saying again you do actually not need to be smart or anything to write such a piece of text. First part may be insulting, since it is directed to "you". But I only can choose between "I" or "you" because "he", "she" and "we" are unavailable.
I'm wishing right now that in an hour or day or month, I could also do such a thing.
Ironically wishing I could do it too. Note the pun, I AM doing it in case you didn't notice. This is one of the concepts of irony.
But I think this wish will stay, for it is a profanity, nobody can tip Goodz13, God of unusual paragraphs. I am just Simon666, Satan's incarnation, I am too dumb to show proof that I can do as good.
Showing I have written this paragraph, while also referring to the 666 in my user name and the "God" like sounding of Goodz. If you take this insulting, please don't. It is just demonstrating how to play with words, referring to their implication (God-Goodz, Simon666-Satan).
[/IRONY]
It's finally over. I was repeating the same stuff over and over anyway (not having to be smart to invent your own paragraph) due to lack of other subjects to talk on and limited vocabulary.
I hope this clears things up a bit.
By the way, Goodz13, I am thinking of this for a while. Is that your photo? Downsized and so it looks like a picture from Cuba Gooding Junior (don't laugh, there is this Zoolander guy somewhere around here). If this is not the case, can you post your picture here on in another thread?
That's me. Although I don't see the resemblence
Isn't Cuba Gooding Junior black?
Are we talking about this guy?
http://www.tribute.ca/all_actors/bios/1714.htm
Gabriel: Yes. Resemblances are: bald head, small beard, friendly smile usually. Cuba is black ofcourse, Goodz13 not sure, depends on the lighting. It is a dark room with a bright TV on the background. Got to go sleeping now. Discuss maybe further tomorrow.