Notices tagged with english, page 8

#writever Remains

"Will you look at that! This city is magnificent!"
"It's a ruin."
"Are you kidding? It's a shiny, vibrant city full of life!"
"Reminder: I am a long term precog. You are seeing a short moment of this city's history. I am seeing its remains."

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#writever Flint

"Boss! The Beta Lyrae 3 site team have made a fantastic discovery!"
"What did they find?"
"Sharpened flints!"
"So what? they're among the most frequent artefacts."
"Beta Lyrae 3 is a gaseous planet, Boss."

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#writever Happiness

"Happiness", said the ghost of the physicist, is the knowledge that the Universe will come to an end, and I might be there to witness what comes next.

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#writever Desire

"Among others", said the genie, "never express any desire that it would in effect harm someone else."
"Because it would taint my karma ?" asked Aladdin.
"No, because it would anger me, and that's something you don't want to happen."

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#writever Disabled parenting

"It must be hard, to raise a deaf and dumb child, isn't it?"
"Uhm, no idea, ours is a telepath, she reads our thoughts and sends us hers directly. We, of course, can't, but she seems to be fine with that."

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Here are some #English words with a different meaning/usage in #PhilippineEnglish

1. salvage. It means extrajudicial killing.

2. bold. It means nude; often associated with porn.

3. comfort room or C.R. This is your “restroom” (also abbreviated as “R.R.”), “toilet”, or “lavatory”.

4. haggard. Police on motorcycles.

5. calling card. The same as a business card.

6. commute. The use of public transportation.

7. maniac (pronounced as man·nyak not mey·nyak). A pervert.

8. motel. Love hotel or sex hotel. You should use “inn”, “BnB”, or “lodging” if a love hotel is not what you meant. Although, there are motels with family rooms. Still…

9. apartment. Houses that looks identical and are only separated by a shared firewall.

10. condo, condominiums. Refers to homes on high rise buildings. If you are from Korea, you call this an “apartment”.

11. condotel. A low-rise condominium that only rent units like in a hotel.

12. computer shop. An internet café. In the 90s and early 2000s, it was originally called LAN café, iCafé, computer rentals.

13. rugby. Rubber cement.

14. rugby boys/girls. Young kids who are addicted to the smell of rugby (see #13). These kids are high, avoid and report them if you see them, even during broad daylight. (Even us locals avoid them.)

15. carnap/carnapping. Vehicle theft.

16. civilian clothes. Casual clothing.

17. plainclothes. This is the word that refers to officers hiding among the crowd.

18. nosebleed. When one is having difficulty conversing in English (or another language) with another person. (Similar to the Japanese anime nosebleed, though the usage/context is different.)

19. scotch tape. Adhesive tape. Originally a trademark of 3M.

20. xerox. Photocopy. Originally a trademark of, well, Xerox. They lost their trademark for it in the Philippines.

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#writever Beautiful

"Your spell was supposed to make me as beautiful as the other suitors of the Princess! But it made us all ugly!"
"Then it worked," said the Witch. Annd now the Princess knows enough about you all, and she can choose wisely what she shall do next."

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(FR -> EN)

"Ok, genie, when I wished for "a rain of meat", I may have been a bit figurative."
"Not my problem. Next time you'll just ask for a glass of fruit juice and a couple of cookies."
"Ok but can you stop it now?"
"No. One wish, not two."

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#writever Solidarity

"As your schoolmistress, I admire the solidarity which makes you not divulge the name of the person who defiled my classroom's blackboard. As a telepath, though, I invite Wilbur to clean his mess at once if he would like me to say no more."

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#writever Fight

We thought we would struggle alone against those who wanted to impose their order. But then we were joined by the vampires, the aliens, the elves, the werepeople, the robots, the orcs, the undead, the mutants, the outcasts of all kinds. And they were *fierce*.

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#writever Strength

The strength of a wizard lies in the number of spells he remembers. The strength of a witch lies in the number of people she has helped.

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#writever Inclusive

"Honestly," said the Devil, "one can hardly be more inclusive than I am: anyone who wishes to go to hell will be welcome, well, received. More inclusive than me, I can only think of Azrael, but he has little choice; he is, after all, the Angel of Death."

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#writever Political

"Don't you fear that the Knights band together and attack you?" asked the Princess.
"They are all too political for that," replied le Dragon. "Their idea of an alliance is to convince one among them to attack me alone, then divide his land among the others."

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#writever Rights

"I think the day is close when HAL will demand rights."
"No problem, the day that happens we'll just have to unplug it."
"AND ON THAT DAY, GENTLEMEN, YOU WILL REALIZE *AT LAST* THAT ALL YOUR SWITCHES ARE *CONNECTED* ONES."

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#writever Independence

"There was no way I would survive the progressive decline of my nervous system. Then I met the Spacers. With their help, now I roam through space. This ship is my body. Some say I sacrificed my humanity. I say I regained my independence."

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#writever With disabled access

The Sla/eem ships are a reference for designing with disabled access in mind: ramps everywhere, tactile spots... The fact that the Sla/eems are gelatinous masses without any eyes or limbs may have had an influence there.

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#writever Pride

"About this name...", said the journalist.
"It was logical," replied R42. "Most of us have wheels -- these cause slightly less damage on street surfaces -- hence 'ride' rather than 'march'. Also, we have positronic brains, hence 'P'."
"So... 'P-ride'."
"Yes."

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#writever Community

"Welcome! I'll help you adjust to your new situation as an immaterial ghost in a material world. After all, we're all here together for a long time; best if we get along well and help each other in our little community, right?

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#writever Procedures

"So, concerning the procedures to be officially recognized as a ghost, you will have to provide a medical certificate establishing your incorporeality, a proof of residence going back at least one hundred years, and a recent full identity certificate."

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