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@FeartnTired<\/a> @Gnomeshatecheese<\/a> Yes. Also faff: \u201cwe were trying to sort out who went into which car on the way to the wedding and it was a right palaver\u201d.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-17:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/spinster.xyz\/objects\/cb54adaf-9c97-458f-84e1-586926ee6590","object":{"id":"https:\/\/spinster.xyz\/objects\/cb54adaf-9c97-458f-84e1-586926ee6590","objectType":"note","content":"

@FeartnTired<\/a> @Gnomeshatecheese<\/a> Yes. Also faff: \u201cwe were trying to sort out who went into which car on the way to the wedding and it was a right palaver\u201d.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/12162070","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/spinster.xyz\/objects\/ef66e4d1-bd6c-4b01-8c36-1b2f9e77225c","url":"https:\/\/spinster.xyz\/objects\/ef66e4d1-bd6c-4b01-8c36-1b2f9e77225c"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/spinster.xyz\/users\/FeartnTired"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/spinster.xyz\/users\/Gnomeshatecheese"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-02-20:objectType=thread:nonce=9a2f6ddc56cef81c","notice_info":{"local_id":"12162070","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-02-20T15:34:37+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/12162070"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/spinster.xyz\/users\/FeartnTired","displayName":"Feart n Tired ???????","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/12674-original-tmp20221014143637.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":306,"height":306},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/12674-96-20221014143637.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/12674-48-20221014143637.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/12674-24-20221014143637.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"12674"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/12674-96-20221014143637.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Glasgow, Scotland. Actual Spinster. Disabled through chronic illness. Was anon before all this stuff, hoping to make contacts with real people.GCACG Gender Critical Against Chiropteran Guano.Pronouns - No Thank You","url":"https:\/\/spinster.xyz\/users\/FeartnTired","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"FeartnTired","displayName":"Feart n Tired ???????","note":"Glasgow, Scotland. Actual Spinster. Disabled through chronic illness. Was anon before all this stuff, hoping to make contacts with real people.GCACG Gender Critical Against Chiropteran Guano.Pronouns - No Thank You"}},"content":"@Flick<\/a> @Gnomeshatecheese<\/a> palaver

origin shows from Portuguese and says it means \"a long discussion or procedure\"

I certainly wouldn't attach it to discussion. procedure - in the sense of all the stupid hoops you have to jump through with registering and passwords and log ins to get something basic, you'd say of that it was a palaver. yes?","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-17:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/spinster.xyz\/objects\/ef66e4d1-bd6c-4b01-8c36-1b2f9e77225c","object":{"id":"https:\/\/spinster.xyz\/objects\/ef66e4d1-bd6c-4b01-8c36-1b2f9e77225c","objectType":"note","content":"@Flick<\/a> @Gnomeshatecheese<\/a> palaver

origin shows from Portuguese and says it means \"a long discussion or procedure\"

I certainly wouldn't attach it to discussion. procedure - in the sense of all the stupid hoops you have to jump through with registering and passwords and log ins to get something basic, you'd say of that it was a palaver. yes?","url":"https:\/\/spinster.xyz\/objects\/ef66e4d1-bd6c-4b01-8c36-1b2f9e77225c","status_net":{"notice_id":null}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/spinster.xyz\/users\/Flick"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/spinster.xyz\/users\/Gnomeshatecheese"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-02-20:objectType=thread:nonce=9a2f6ddc56cef81c","notice_info":{"local_id":"12162069","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-02-20T15:34:37+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/spinster.xyz\/objects\/ef66e4d1-bd6c-4b01-8c36-1b2f9e77225c"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/spinster.xyz\/users\/Gnomeshatecheese","displayName":"The Dread Slender Gnome","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/83989-original-tmp20230102234129.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":236,"height":236},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/83989-96-20230102234129.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/83989-48-20230102234129.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/83989-24-20230102234129.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"83989"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/83989-96-20230102234129.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"The more you push me, the less I'll give in.From an anonymous YouTube commenter:"I never gave these nutters my consent to change my reality."","url":"https:\/\/spinster.xyz\/users\/Gnomeshatecheese","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"Gnomeshatecheese","displayName":"The Dread Slender Gnome","note":"The more you push me, the less I'll give in.From an anonymous YouTube commenter:"I never gave these nutters my consent to change my reality.""}},"content":"

@HebrideanHecate<\/a> @Flick<\/a> @FeartnTired<\/a> This is very similar to Chomsky's demonstration about how syntax isn't dependent on semantics, i.e. you can have a semantically nonsensical sentence which is nevertheless grammatically perfectly correct. It's basically an illustration of the difference between syntax and semantics. He was also making a point about how probabilistic grammar analyses are inadequate when it comes to explaining whether highly unlikely sentences are grammatical or not, but that's a very geeky side point. <\/p>

His was colourless green ideas sleep furiously. <\/p>

Politically Chomsky's a right weirdo, but as a linguist he was not without contributions. Although his TG grammar has since been determined to be of much more limited utility than originally thought.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-17:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/spinster.xyz\/objects\/e885a010-1fae-4573-8933-29b9dfccd238","object":{"id":"https:\/\/spinster.xyz\/objects\/e885a010-1fae-4573-8933-29b9dfccd238","objectType":"note","content":"

@HebrideanHecate<\/a> @Flick<\/a> @FeartnTired<\/a> This is very similar to Chomsky's demonstration about how syntax isn't dependent on semantics, i.e. you can have a semantically nonsensical sentence which is nevertheless grammatically perfectly correct. It's basically an illustration of the difference between syntax and semantics. He was also making a point about how probabilistic grammar analyses are inadequate when it comes to explaining whether highly unlikely sentences are grammatical or not, but that's a very geeky side point. <\/p>

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Politically Chomsky's a right weirdo, but as a linguist he was not without contributions. Although his TG grammar has since been determined to be of much more limited utility than originally thought.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/12162072","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/spinster.xyz\/objects\/5cb098ab-454f-43c8-a46d-33586a3d4382","url":"https:\/\/spinster.xyz\/objects\/5cb098ab-454f-43c8-a46d-33586a3d4382"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/spinster.xyz\/users\/HebrideanHecate"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/spinster.xyz\/users\/Flick"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/spinster.xyz\/users\/FeartnTired"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-02-20:objectType=thread:nonce=9a2f6ddc56cef81c","notice_info":{"local_id":"12162072","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-02-20T15:34:36+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/12162072"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/spinster.xyz\/users\/HebrideanHecate","displayName":"HebrideanHecate","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/6078-original-tmp20220817191608.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/6078-96-20220817191608.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/6078-48-20220817191608.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/6078-24-20220817191608.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"6078"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/6078-96-20220817191608.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"55 year old Hebridean Rad, walked this path since I was 13, you won't get me off it now! Has passion for unsuitable swishy coats, poetry and books, lots and lots of books, and cats, musn't forget the cats. Is known as Esme Weatherwax for a reason.Creag an Sgairbh Virescit Vulnere Virtus","url":"https:\/\/spinster.xyz\/users\/HebrideanHecate","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"HebrideanHecate","displayName":"HebrideanHecate","note":"55 year old Hebridean Rad, walked this path since I was 13, you won't get me off it now! Has passion for unsuitable swishy coats, poetry and books, lots and lots of books, and cats, musn't forget the cats. Is known as Esme Weatherwax for a reason.Creag an Sgairbh Virescit Vulnere Virtus"}},"content":"

@Flick<\/a> @FeartnTired<\/a> @Gnomeshatecheese<\/a> Then there's Foote's Farrago. <\/p>

So she went into the garden to cut a cabbage-leaf to make an apple-pie; and at the same time a great she-bear, coming up the street, pops its head into the shop. \"What! No soap?\" So he died, and she very imprudently married the barber; and there were present the Picninnies, and the Joblillies, and the Garyalies, and the grand Panjandrum himself, with the little round button at top, and they all fell to playing the game of catch-as-catch-can till the gunpowder ran out at the heels of their boots<\/p>

Used to test the actor Charles Macklin, who'd said he could rad anything once and then recite it, but when a thing doesn't make any sense, is incoherent, it becomes impossible to memorise said Foote. As to whether Macklin did it or not I have no idea.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-17:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/spinster.xyz\/objects\/5cb098ab-454f-43c8-a46d-33586a3d4382","object":{"id":"https:\/\/spinster.xyz\/objects\/5cb098ab-454f-43c8-a46d-33586a3d4382","objectType":"note","content":"

@Flick<\/a> @FeartnTired<\/a> @Gnomeshatecheese<\/a> Then there's Foote's Farrago. <\/p>

So she went into the garden to cut a cabbage-leaf to make an apple-pie; and at the same time a great she-bear, coming up the street, pops its head into the shop. \"What! No soap?\" So he died, and she very imprudently married the barber; and there were present the Picninnies, and the Joblillies, and the Garyalies, and the grand Panjandrum himself, with the little round button at top, and they all fell to playing the game of catch-as-catch-can till the gunpowder ran out at the heels of their boots<\/p>

Used to test the actor Charles Macklin, who'd said he could rad anything once and then recite it, but when a thing doesn't make any sense, is incoherent, it becomes impossible to memorise said Foote. As to whether Macklin did it or not I have no idea.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/spinster.xyz\/objects\/5cb098ab-454f-43c8-a46d-33586a3d4382","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/spinster.xyz\/objects\/cb54adaf-9c97-458f-84e1-586926ee6590","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/12162070"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/spinster.xyz\/users\/Flick"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/spinster.xyz\/users\/FeartnTired"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/spinster.xyz\/users\/Gnomeshatecheese"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-02-20:objectType=thread:nonce=9a2f6ddc56cef81c","notice_info":{"local_id":"12162071","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-02-20T15:34:36+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/spinster.xyz\/objects\/5cb098ab-454f-43c8-a46d-33586a3d4382"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/conversation\/6172135","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}