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[Candlewhisper Archive]

Should be "High-Speed."

Sorry to be a bother, but I don't think this was noticed.

Fixed, thanks.

[Candlewhisper Archive]

Did someone change the random last name macro to expunge all spaces from its entries? Because I noticed them missing in some names that should be multiple words.

Tested and you're right. I'll raise it with technical team.

[Tinhampton]

“A space station? Really?” remarks Django Bakker, an unpopular and rather frugal politician, nibbling at a homemade peanut butter sandwich. “Those nerds may act satisfied, but they’ll just be begging for more funding next week. Take a page from Maxtopia’s book and slash Tinhamptonian Space Agency’s budget. We might get less of that ‘science’ stuff, but who cares? No one, because they’ll be too busy enjoying the tax cut. It’s not like space is going anywhere.”

Shouldn't that be "...the Tinhamptonian Space Agency"?

[Lamebrainia]

Option #2:

... star prophets, so be it. Besides, they’re just big spheres of exploding gas ...

Is "they" referring to stars or prophets? Since "star" is adjectival here, the use of a pronoun to refer back to it is quite weird.

Option #3:

whom is feeling

who is feeling

[Tillania]

Issue 574: "One Small Step For Private Enterprise?" refers to tax dollars irrespective of the national currency.

[Candlewhisper Archive]

Did someone change the random last name macro to expunge all spaces from its entries? Because I noticed them missing in some names that should be multiple words.

Tested and you're right. I'll raise it with technical team.

Violet has now fixed this. Thanks for flagging.

[Candlewhisper Archive]

“A space station? Really?” remarks Django Bakker, an unpopular and rather frugal politician, nibbling at a homemade peanut butter sandwich. “Those nerds may act satisfied, but they’ll just be begging for more funding next week. Take a page from Maxtopia’s book and slash Tinhamptonian Space Agency’s budget. We might get less of that ‘science’ stuff, but who cares? No one, because they’ll be too busy enjoying the tax cut. It’s not like space is going anywhere.”

Shouldn't that be "...the Tinhamptonian Space Agency"?

Agree. Changed.

[Candlewhisper Archive]

Issue 574: "One Small Step For Private Enterprise?" refers to tax dollars irrespective of the national currency.

Tricky one. In the UK, we don't talk about things costing "tax pounds", we talk about them costing "tax dollars". I guess "taxpayer's money" would be the alternative that doesn't assume dollars being a sufficiently dominant global currency to get into the language of other nations, but I think we risk going into excessive blandness if we go that route.

IRL, "tax dollars" is an idiom used outside of dollar-using countries, so I think it can stay.

[Phydios]

Issue 574: "One Small Step For Private Enterprise?" refers to tax dollars irrespective of the national currency.

Tricky one. In the UK, we don't talk about things costing "tax pounds", we talk about them costing "tax dollars". I guess "taxpayer's money" would be the alternative that doesn't assume dollars being a sufficiently dominant global currency to get into the language of other nations, but I think we risk going into excessive blandness if we go that route.

IRL, "tax dollars" is an idiom used outside of dollar-using countries, so I think it can stay.

That is very interesting. As an American, I never would have guessed that the term was that universal. TIL.

[Bears Armed]

Tricky one. In the UK, we don't talk about things costing "tax pounds", we talk about them costing "tax dollars". I guess "taxpayer's money" would be the alternative that doesn't assume dollars being a sufficiently dominant global currency to get into the language of other nations, but I think we risk going into excessive blandness if we go that route.

I'm also British, I'd consider "taxpayers' money" to be the normal term, and this is the first time that I've seen or heard anybody from the UK suggesting the use of "tax dollars" in a British context...

[Mount Seymour]

#385.3 seems to be in need of the new @@HIS@@ macro or at the very least a change of gender in the preceding @@RANDOMNAME@@, so it doesn't come up as:

“But not the one it needs!” exclaims the chief executive of BurgerCorp, Agatha Cox, striding into your office dressed as his latest product

[Ransium]

#385.3 seems to be in need of the new @@HIS@@ macro or at the very least a change of gender in the preceding @@RANDOMNAME@@, so it doesn't come up as:

“But not the one it needs!” exclaims the chief executive of BurgerCorp, Agatha Cox, striding into your office dressed as his latest product

You are correct. It will be fixed soon.

[Candlewhisper Archive]

Tricky one. In the UK, we don't talk about things costing "tax pounds", we talk about them costing "tax dollars". I guess "taxpayer's money" would be the alternative that doesn't assume dollars being a sufficiently dominant global currency to get into the language of other nations, but I think we risk going into excessive blandness if we go that route.

I'm also British, I'd consider "taxpayers' money" to be the normal term, and this is the first time that I've seen or heard anybody from the UK suggesting the use of "tax dollars" in a British context...

It's definitely linguistically interesting, and right on the cusp of being a phrase of international usage and being one of purely American parlance.

[Lait Criuf Scax]

I recently got the issue "“Bring Back Our Booze!” Cry Revellers"

Choice 2 has the line "“It’s certainly not the choice of the victims of drink-driving!”"

Shouldn't it be Drunk-Driving?

[Ransium]

I recently got the issue "“Bring Back Our Booze!” Cry Revellers"

Choice 2 has the line "“It’s certainly not the choice of the victims of drink-driving!”"

Shouldn't it be Drunk-Driving?

Although I am not British (so I could be wrong), I believe this is the common British term.

[Lait Criuf Scax]

I recently got the issue "“Bring Back Our Booze!” Cry Revellers"

Choice 2 has the line "“It’s certainly not the choice of the victims of drink-driving!”"

Shouldn't it be Drunk-Driving?

Although I am not British (so I could be wrong), I believe this is the common British term.

Oh I see, then my apologies.

[Candlewhisper Archive]

Fancy that, never knew you called it drunk driving in the US. I thought in the US it was DWI / DUI. Drink-driving (almost always hyphenated) is indeed correct usage in the UK, and also in Australia.

Research reveals some other fun differences. Americans have drinking problems, British have drink problems.

Learn something new every day, eh? Other fun one I picked up a few days ago was that what British call pot plants, Americans call potted plants.

[Drayxaso]

Other fun one I picked up a few days ago was that what British call pot plants, Americans call potted plants.

That was my issue, wasn't it?

[Phydios]

Fancy that, never knew you called it drunk driving in the US. I thought in the US it was DWI / DUI. Drink-driving (almost always hyphenated) is indeed correct usage in the UK, and also in Australia.

Research reveals some other fun differences. Americans have drinking problems, British have drink problems.

Learn something new every day, eh? Other fun one I picked up a few days ago was that what British call pot plants, Americans call potted plants.

Yeah, DWI/DUI (driving with the influence / driving under the influence) is the crime that you're charged with if caught, not the name of the activity. I find British slang interesting (and a bit odd) as well.

[Trotterdam]

My understanding was that "driving under influence" is the formal term, while "drunk driving" is the common term used by everyone except lawyers.

[Candlewhisper Archive]

My understanding was that "driving under influence" is the formal term, while "drunk driving" is the common term used by everyone except lawyers.

Not in the UK. In the UK, the common term used by most people is "drink-driving", and the legal term for the crime is "drink-driving".

[Australian rePublic]

My understanding was that "driving under influence" is the formal term, while "drunk driving" is the common term used by everyone except lawyers.

Not in the UK. In the UK, the common term used by most people is "drink-driving", and the legal term for the crime is "drink-driving".

I don't know what the legal term is (probably drink driving) but we also call it drink driving.

[The World of Ares]

Issue 229

I chose choice 3 where I am giving government money to make decisions in my favor. My corruption dropped 0.35%. My political freedoms went up a whopping 35.5%. Iwhy would my corruption go down when I am giving the government money under the table to make decisions I want?

[Bears Armed]

Learn something new every day, eh? Other fun one I picked up a few days ago was that what British call pot plants, Americans call potted plants.

Perhaps in America 'pot plant' means a cannabis plant?

[Lamebrainia]

Description:

automobiles are emitting too much pollution

I don't think pollution can be emitted. Pollutants can. Pollution is an abstract noun denoting the contamination of something with pollutants.

Option #1:

scrappage of inefficient older vehicles

That's overkill, as far as I'm concerned. "Scrappage" already implies "inefficient" and "older".

Option #3:

Professor Mary Smiley ... whether he’s talking

The 21st century is even more lenient when it comes to names and the genders they can be assigned to, but I don't think the name "Mary" is commonly used to address males.

amazing, floating

No comma needed.

Sky-Train

SKY TRAIN

Hyphenation seems a bit inconsistent.