“I just chose words carefully”

Post by butlike » Mon, Aug 31, 2026, 1:35 PM UTC

xnickb wrote: post #186

consumer451 wrote: post #14

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Here is the interview where she mentions it, with the correct timestamp, backed-up just enough to give it context. https://youtu.be/d3bCel607lQ?t=1162

A bit weird to observe how the facade cracks when they're talking about it. Maybe I'm wrong but the whole thing felt very weird to me. Can't put my finger on it.. I want to say immature, but it's probably just unempathetic. I think my brain reached out for "immature" because I saw a lot of it among the "popular" kids at school.

Post by 1718627440 » Mon, Aug 31, 2026, 1:39 PM UTC

thfuran wrote: post #254

dash2 wrote: post #220

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Fewer people want to foster than to have their own kids?

Also, marriage doesn’t imply children.

Post by lproven » Mon, Aug 31, 2026, 1:46 PM UTC

SyneRyder wrote: post #253

lproven wrote: post #243

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A shibboleth is a little more specific: it's the pronunciation of one specific sound in a different way that marks out a person as from one specific group. So, some of the go-tos... New Zealand English tends to turn an /i/ in even stressed positions into schwa (the sound on the end of "little", or "umbrella", or "gopher", and one of the key sounds to master for a non-native learner who wants to improve their English…

> and this is _the_ way to distinguish a Kiwi from an Australian Well, that, and Kiwis tend to say "hey bro" a lot ;) Beached Whale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdVHZwI8pcA

  I guess I have mainly met older kiwis!

  I slightly know Terry Stewart of https://www.classic-computers.org.nz/
  from mailing lists, and while I don't follow any Youtube channels as a
  rule, I used to enjoy his videos:

  https://www.youtube.com/@tezzaNZ

  I probably heard more NZ English from Terry than anyone else!

Post by enneff » Mon, Aug 31, 2026, 1:54 PM UTC

1718627440 wrote: post #213

seszett wrote: post #169

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It's not unusual in France to use OK and KO. I never liked it much because it's too easy to confuse and no semantically a good opposite either, but visually it does look very balanced.

What does KO stand for?

Post by Xirdus » Mon, Aug 31, 2026, 2:00 PM UTC

thavalai wrote: post #247

jagged-chisel wrote: post #242

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No, please. It doesn’t wrap correctly on narrow mobile screens.

It seems to wrap correctly in landscape mode.