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mvscal wrote: If you want to continue boring everybody with your tedious hairsplitting, go right ahead.

Ohhhh, the irony.


Which one of us is "splitting hairs" over an "s" at the end of a word, even though it was irrelevant to the point?

Wanna remind me again how that came up?


Wait...I have to bear in mind your unfamiliarity with the language...

The American Heritage Dictionary wrote:you

PRONOUN:

Used to refer to an indefinitely specified person; one

Waaaaaitaminute...


You sly dogs, you....


You almost had me there...props.


But, you'll have to do a little better than that...


You and OCmike played it just a little too hard. Your coordinated troll job to see who could act the bigger retard has become obvious.


But you almost had me, you crazy hair-splitter, you.

But just in case...

mvscal wrote:Do you say 1.4 billions or 1.4 billion?

I also say "2 billion."

I also say "432 billion."



Why....do YOU actually say "2 billions"?

Yeah, this is going well for you and your outstanding grasp of American English.

When measuring something in billions as you did, you are refering to at least two.

God damn, another one of these dilemmas...to believe mvscal's version of things, or every single American English dictionary ever written?


Hmmm....another tough call, courtesy of mvscal.

Period.

ALWAYS goes inside the quotation marks in American English...but you have yet to understand the word "always," as well. The commas go there, too.

It's only Billions when it's referring to money (e.g. De$Mike316)

Yeah, or it's "billions" when referring to an unspecified amount greater than one billion.


But don't tell mv, OK? It's pretty entertaining watching him trying to rewrite the dictionary to try and cover up his making stupid statements.

plural
One entry found.

plural

Main Entry: plu·ral
Pronunciation: \ˈplu̇r-əl\
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French plurel, from Latin pluralis, from plur-, plus more — more at plus
Date: 14th century
1 : of, relating to, or constituting a class of grammatical forms usually used to denote more than one or in some languages more than two
2 : relating to, consisting of, or containing more than one or more than one kind or class <a plural society>
— plural noun
— plu·ral·ly \-ə-lē\ adverb

Billions is a grammatical form used to denote more than one billion.

When that amount is unspecified, yes. Nice to see you're beggining to catch on.

Grammatically, 1.4 billion is not more than one.

OK, maybe you're not.

Of course you realise this and are attempting to spin/bore your way out of yet another plungering.

"Spinning," like trying to claim that 1.4 is one or less? That kind of spinning? Or "spinning," like when you failed to answer the question as to whether you say "2 billions"?


Are you still thinking it was a good idea to nitpick over an "s," that had nothing to do with the topic?


And sorry if I can't take the linguistic ramblings of a guy who doesn't know where commas go seriously(yet another example in your last post). Yeah, that education sure paid off, buddy. I guess you made it to GED training late the day they covered plurals, and didn't show up at all for the punctuation lessons.

mvscal wrote:

Dinsdale wrote:

Billions is a grammatical form used to denote more than one billion.

When that amount is unspecified, yes. Nice to see you're beggining to catch on.

Dinsdale wrote:There's how many billions of Muslims?

Your amount was unspecified and we are done here.

Yes, exactly. I posed a rhetorical question(you might wanna look that word up too, since it just kicked your ass halfway to China). My amount was indeed unspecified, as is evident from it being in the form of a question.


"There's how many billion of Muslims" wouldn't have made much sense, now would it?


But see...that number could be anywhere from 0-100,000 billion, and it still remains "billion." Singular.


Once you specify an amount, it takes the singular form. If you're referring to any amount that's only specification is that it's greater than one, it becomes plural.


Ain't fucking rocket science, moron.


Then again, you implied you use the phrase "12 billions." Spin away, dweeb. You just need to pay a little more attention in ESL class next time, ese.

Send this thread to TROTS, stat.

Rack this thread and all the main players, but RACK this most of all.

The Whistle Is Screaming wrote: I don't think those fears are so irrational Mike. Your performance in this thread proves you really should be scared of elevators, they can obviously outwit you.

:fuckingtears:

You owe me a beer, TWIS.

The KC smack is also funny, in a redundant sorta' way. Even though I'm one of it's intended victims, as a proud Kansas Citian, bad publicity is better than no publicity.

Dinsdale wrote:

OCmike wrote: If you're still having problems understanding any of this, ask Dins, as I believe he studied psychiatry during his teen years (between stints in meteorology, and experiments with latent heat).

You know what...I'm now feeling sorry for you, so I'm actually going to try and help you out here...


It's usually a good idea to eject from a thread BEFORE you have to resort to stealing Ken's schtick.


Dude -- you just Ctrl-CPauled Ken.


Think about that for a while, and let it sink in(and for the record, Ken's theory on "latent heat" in regards to crops drew some good laughter from someone with a college degree in agriculture).

Firstly, I'd like to see the 'laughter' part. You got dickslapped upside the head so much in that thread that you didn't know where it was coming from any longer... or whom it was directed at for that matter.

Secondly, my theory... errrr check that... facts on latent heat and its relation to freeze protection of horticultural crops were positively spot on. If you wanna get into its relation to meteorology, let's go. I'm game. This Ag major from PSU accompanied by a focus on Meteorology (by no means a degree, but a minor) wouldn't mind a round or two. I'd suggest getting what would amount to at least a basic understanding of latent heat first. Just a thought.

Can you guys argue about the color of water next?

Or perhaps a smack fest on paint drying times. Latex vs oil would be awesome. Maybe mix in some latent heat discussion to really get things rolling.


I'm riveted.


No, Really I am.

Can't hardly fucking wait to see what tedious bullshit you asshats will disagree on next.

Rack Bushice.

Or maybe this thread is a parody.



I get it .... hahahaha

mvscal wrote:

Dinsdale wrote:The Quran very, VERY strictly prohibits the harming of civilians and non-combatants. Yet that doesn't seem to deter a few radical nutcases from claiming it says something else, and being lowlife dregs of humanity while killing with impunity.

Pure bullshit. Crack a history text someday. It isn't "a few radical nutcases". It has been SOP for Jihadis even during the Golden Age of Islam.

So...babs craps his pants in a fit of hysterical fear--rants like the panting closet Nazi that he is...and...Dins goes on a walk about?...droning on some useless nonsense...


Just to avoid....WAKING THE FUCK UP

I'm watching you...as you reap what you sow (and I'm a LOT tougher than you can imagine)

How many hijacks are we on in this thread...7?...8? Gotta be approaching a record.


LTS, no one gives a shit about a country populated almost exclusively with murderous thugs. Wakey wake!

OCmike wrote:LTS, no one gives a shit about a country populated almost exclusively with murderous thugs. Wakey wake!

Considering the self image America projects to the world in the form of it's movies, one has to wonder if that isn't exactly what the rest of the world thinks of the US.

Any new news on Paris Skanton?

Unless they're watching "Dead Presidents" or "Menace 2 Society", I don't think our movies project us as murderous thugs.

Need a Paris update? Here ya go:

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Paris Hilton's parents visited their daughter after breezing past others waiting to see loved ones - an incident that raised new complaints that the heiress is receiving special treatment.

The visit came less than a week after Hilton was reassigned to house arrest days after being jailed for violating parole. The 26-year-old celebrity was later ordered back to jail.

Alvina Floyd, one visitor to the at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility, waited more than four hours to visit her fiance. It normally takes two hours, and Floyd, 20, blamed the Hiltons for the delay.

"I have to be at work later," she said. "I can't wait here all day."

The KC smack is also funny, in a redundant sorta' way. Even though I'm one of it's intended victims, as a proud Kansas Citian, bad publicity is better than no publicity.

Aha - the SASMBMBBNWNHM* post...the KC smack lexicon just tripled in size.



*sticksandstonesmaybreakmybonesbutnameswillneverhurtme

OCmike wrote:Unless they're watching "Dead Presidents" or "Menace 2 Society", I don't think our movies project us as murderous thugs.

Yea, and the topic around the water coolers on Monday was about how Tony Soprano gave to an AIDS charity and did his job in the most ethical way possible.

Call it a hunch, but I don't think they get HBO in Indonesian fishing villages...

Mister Bushice wrote:Can you guys argue about the color of water next?

Or perhaps a smack fest on paint drying times. Latex vs oil would be awesome. Maybe mix in some latent heat discussion to really get things rolling.


I'm riveted.


No, Really I am.

Can't hardly fucking wait to see what tedious bullshit you asshats will disagree on next.

Wait a minute, you started this goddamn thread (about Paris Hilton, I might add), you don't get to complain about it! Ungrateful bastard, we saved it from being your greatest interwebs embarrasement (no small feat, I might add)!

OCmike wrote:Call it a hunch, but I don't think they get HBO in Indonesian fishing villages...

Nonsense. There’s billions of Muslims watching HBO.

OCmike wrote:Call it a hunch, but I don't think they get HBO in Indonesian fishing villages...

No, they get bootleg DVDs. Don't be silly.

Nonsense. There’s billions of Muslims watching HBO.

You bastard, that alone will stretch this thread to five pages!

The Whistle Is Screaming wrote:

Mister Bushice wrote:Can you guys argue about the color of water next?

Or perhaps a smack fest on paint drying times. Latex vs oil would be awesome. Maybe mix in some latent heat discussion to really get things rolling.


I'm riveted.


No, Really I am.

Can't hardly fucking wait to see what tedious bullshit you asshats will disagree on next.

Wait a minute, you started this goddamn thread (about Paris Hilton, I might add), you don't get to complain about it! Ungrateful bastard, we saved it from being your greatest interwebs embarrasement (no small feat, I might add)!

No way, I've had far worse.

Besides. There is nothing much better than having a sideline seat and watching that media whore white trash being carted away bawling in the back seat of a cruiser. If you prefer the fascinating discussion on the proper use of the word billion vs billions, or off and on ranting of the jew hater tard, have at it.

Me, I'm a waiting for the story where Paris tried ot hang herself from the bars by her flappy cuntlips. :)

lol @ this thread. i spends almost an hours reading it and it is hilarious's.

im not sure who won. but i know dinsdale is either a realy fast typist or has alot of time on his hands. eithser way, hes pig vomit to me.

Race State Fantasy nightmares that go on for sixty-years and just get worse and worse...are so UN-HOT (do you want to fuck me? Really)



Oooooooooooo Faroooooo Farooooo...Yes, I do!!!!!! Here is the key! I will set you free, fair Paris!!