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TheCovertComic
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October 22, 2022 2:48am UTC

If, by 'about,' you mean 'in a circle around,' then yes, we're doing something about the problem.

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TheCovertComic
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July 24, 2021 3:25pm UTC

It takes about half a second to say the word 'jiffy.' That's how long a jiffy should officially be.

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TheCovertComic
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May 8, 2021 3:06am UTC

Like 'theater' and 'theatre', 'cosmic' and 'comics' are just different spellings of the same idea.

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TheCovertComic
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February 13, 2021 5:18am UTC

Cultural Perspectives in Language: Entries in an Actual Dictionary
1. Bloke n. (Informal - British) A man. ('He's a nice bloke.')
2. Dude n. (Informal - North American) A man. ('If a dude hits me, I'm hitting him back.')

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TheCovertComic
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November 27, 2019 8:46pm UTC

There's no use crying over spilled milk. But as for spilt milk, that's a different matter entirely.

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TheCovertComic
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April 20, 2019 10:53am UTC

A definition of terrorism presupposes the terrorism of definition.

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TheCovertComic
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June 9, 2018 11:50am UTC

I suspect the idiom 'worm one's way' entered the language gradually, possibly by means of guile or deceit.

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seafoam*
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September 17, 2016 6:47pm UTC

Sometimes I have kept my feelings to myself,
because I could find no language to describe them in.

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Anujsomany
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November 8, 2015 9:06pm UTC

"The word ‘I’ symbolizes own EGO as sage says, ‘YOU’ sounds ADVICE as directed towards others and ‘WE’ signifies ACTION as it involves everyone alike; A true leader defines and differentiates oneself from others by often constructive ACTION than ADVICE and the same reflects in one’s language."
~Anuj Somany

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Pianolove
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May 27, 2015 9:30am UTC

♦ Je T'aime Pour Toujours ♦

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addy*
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April 19, 2015 5:29pm UTC

people: watch ur language
me: oh šhít sorry

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Restitutor Orbis*
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January 7, 2015 9:26pm UTC

Myr fyar scypíren Lucyus,
Cywnn ayle Cwynníg!

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livelaflove
posted a quote
October 9, 2014 6:30pm UTC

Sometimes
I think about that fact that,
at one point in history,
someone had to look at a duck,
and say,
"gee I really think that this thing in front of me
should be associated with and described by the sound "duck". "

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illgiveyouablackeye*
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July 18, 2014 1:29pm UTC

I dont know about you guys, but I have this thing where
I always wonder what it must look like for people to watch a show originally created in English but switched over to their language.
Like Frozen.
It's in english and you can actually see the characters mimic the words with their mouths.
Now if it was in Spanish then wouldn't it look kinda weird?
Thats always the first thing that pops up in my head when I see one.

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DawnRaven
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May 2, 2014 9:48pm UTC

I mean, seriously...
Have you seen some people's signatures?
It's just like....
Dude, did you invent your own fücking language?!??

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karla_mcc
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March 31, 2014 7:20pm UTC

I speak in the language where I add "and sh*t" at the end of every sentence ;P

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Blurryface*
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February 8, 2014 1:39pm UTC

"Again, the English language fails to have a word to describe the depths of sadness, how a heart can feel heavy, how a stomach can drop to your feet and how missing someone can cripple you."

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Rico*
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January 27, 2014 4:55pm UTC

"You're in America, speak English."
America.
Two continents
55 countries and dependant territories
1,500 immigrant, 750 indigenous Native American, and five colonial languages
953.7 million people
And in the United States of America,
I have freedom of speak.
I'm sure that includes other languages,
Like something simple as Spanish.
406 million people do, you can, too.
I'll stop speaking other languages when I don't give a single mierda about culture, heritage, and background.
And when I become an arrogant, snobby, ignorant swine.
Just like you.

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appleloop*
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January 25, 2014 9:40pm UTC

The Hi-hello-how-are-you?'s. The I'm-fine-and-you?'s. The slight nod of the head. The threads that bind you to everyone else. It's coded language for a constant reassurance.
"I'm alive. You're alive too."

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butterfly_love
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January 24, 2014 12:28pm UTC

sometimes you love people in a language they don't understand.

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