The Random Facts Thread

[Rejoyce]

That makes sense. Thanks!

[Shiyonasan]

The word "slang" is slang for "shortened language".

I learned this just now and my mind is still blown.

[jeffbert]

You ain't supposed to say ain't, 'cause ain't ain't proper.

[Tetsuwan Penguin]

You ain't supposed to say ain't, 'cause ain't ain't proper.

"Ain't ain't in the dictionary."

Actually it IS, but is marked as Nonstandard

Definition of ain't
1: am not : are not : is not
2: have not : has not
3: do not : does not : did not

Although widely disapproved as nonstandard and more common in the habitual speech of the less educated, ain't in senses 1 and 2 is flourishing in American English. It is used in both speech and writing to catch attention and to gain emphasis

[Earthshine]

If my fiance had an account they probably would have made a 5,000 word + post defending the usage of "ain't". They have a BA in linguistics. It IS a word, it follows rules and guidelines, is widely used, and is not a word just for the 'uneducated'.

[fafner]

What isn't proper today is tomorrow's norm, that's a basic rule of linguistics Otherwise we would still talk Latin, or Indo-European, or Caveman borborygmus

[Shiyonasan]

On the Astro Boy Online Forums, whenever you go to a sub-forum and click on the number of replies in a thread, you'll get a pop-up that tells you how many times a specific member has posted in that thread. For instance, in our all-time most popular thread, the "Caption the Picture game" thread, here are the members who have posted in that thread the most:

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[Tetsuwan Penguin]

Interesting bit of forum feedback.
The "count with images" thread seems to have died. AstroForever and you have given up on it, and cybotron rarely chimes in anymore. I was the only other major contributor according to the "Who Posted"

[Shiyonasan]

Interesting bit of forum feedback.
The "count with images" thread seems to have died. AstroForever and you have given up on it, and cybotron rarely chimes in anymore. I was the only other major contributor according to the "Who Posted"

To be honest, it was a conscious decision of mine to stop posting in that thread.

I have nothing against the "Count With Images" thread, but I felt like I was wasting my posts in there by only posting images and not posting any substantial text along with it. I guess I have it ingrained into me from the other forum I'm on that a post is more meaningful if you actually present a fully-developed thought in your post rather than just "oh hey, here's an image". At the time I stopped posting in that thread, I believe I had something like 1,200 to 1,400 posts, and 405 of my posts are in that thread. That's a pretty good chunk. Even now, my posts in the "Count With Images" thread makes up about 1/6th of my posts overall.

This isn't to put down anyone who does post like that in the game threads, but I personally like to present thoughts or ideas in my posts before I make them. Sometimes, a short one-sentence liner is all I need, but as long as I thought it through, I feel like I made a good post.

Just my two cents.

[Tetsuwan Penguin]

I really got into that thread once the numbers got into the current range. OK, I admit it, I'm a long time Trekie.