2 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

6 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

"They're"!

No, 'there' is correct in his post.

Jesus Christ, I do know that, hence the exclamation mark.

13 minutes ago, sirineou said:

I stopped reading hippopotamus, Nasty beasts. 

Interesting sidebar. Hipo means horse in Greek , and Potamus means river, so River horse. 

I think they were sold to them as such by the Roma horse traders , when they tried to charge the romand it was carnage . 

Hens the enduring  "Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia " phobia . even now  more than 2,000 years later Greeks will go nowhere Hippipotamuses 

 

 

 

2 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

 

 

Your sufistication know no bounds , Unfortunately at the lower end of the spectrum. 

Definitely a top ten tune . Excellent for weddings and other festive occasions and damn good to dance to.    

1 minute ago, sirineou said:

 

Your sufistication know no bounds , Unfortunately at the lower end of the spectrum. 

Definitely a top ten tune . Excellent for weddings and other festive occasions and damn good to dance to.    

And your sense of humour is non existent with such replies. (Oh, 'sOPHistcation knowS' by the way)

Your spectrum of music is obviously different than mine. Flanders & Swann were so clever & witty. Look them up on You Tube. Paved the way for Fascinating Aida etc.

On 1/23/2024 at 7:53 AM, mfd101 said:

The problem with the 2 emojis is that it's usually unclear what they mean in any particular case: Does it mean he/she is confused/sad at the content of my message? or at the fact that I said it? Or is it a generalized feeling of sadness & resignation at the state of the world?

 

It would be much more useful to everyone if the 2 emojis were replaced with signs for "I don't agree' & 'I can't understand a word of what you just said'.

yes, like a 👎

4 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

And your sense of humour is non existent with such replies. (Oh, 'sOPHistcation knowS' by the way)

Your spectrum of music is obviously different than mine. Flanders & Swann were so clever & witty. Look them up on You Tube. Paved the way for Fascinating Aida etc.

I must admit that I limit my my musical taste  to the classics 

 

3 minutes ago, sirineou said:

I must admit that I limit my my musical taste  to the classics 

 

Classic? This is an actor? pretending to be funny. Funny?

I know I was brought up with The Goons, Round the Horne, Benny Hill, Monty P, the Home Service & Radio 4, so much really funny and clever humour. And then of course The Comedians on ITV. Now THAT's Classic for me.

1 hour ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Yes, I noticed that you gave me one. 😱

No I dont think I did...in any case you wouldn't know as the emoji's are now anonymous...unless ??

5 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

Classic? This is an actor? pretending to be funny. Funny?

I know I was brought up with The Goons, Round the Horne, Benny Hill, Monty P, the Home Service & Radio 4, so much really funny and clever humour. And then of course The Comedians on ITV. Now THAT's Classic for me.

You are taking this too seriously . 

6 hours ago, VocalNeal said:

 

No but averse to pompous tw@ts

Sounds just deflection - atypical of virtue signallers when a button is pushed.

4 minutes ago, sirineou said:

You are taking this too seriously . 

Sorry Siri. But I have my 'comedy standards'. 

2 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

Sorry Siri. But I have my 'comedy standards'. 

Then we are in good company. Apparently neither do I 

I noticed that right away when I read your post.

It seems that this forum has many members who's intellectually challenged

 

And a similar number who ARE grammatically challenged.

3 hours ago, Bepah umayun said:

yes, like a 👎

Back in the day we had Red and Green labels.  I think Heineken was generally considered positive, and McEwans negative.

On 1/23/2024 at 11:08 AM, ezzra said:

Thanks for the grammar corrections, I stand corrected.. and yes, too many posters are giving confused emojis

when there's nothing to be confused about so I'm thinking here, are they really that hard on

understanding a simple posts or just trying to annoy and anger other posters?...

Sorry....I'm confused by "a simple posts"

15 hours ago, johng said:

Bothered by what exactly ?

That someone on an internet forum doesn't agree/understand with your view/comments  or that the emojis are now anonymous ?

TBH it is not 'been bothered' per se by the emoji ones post receives. Sometimes it's an annoyance to see these emojis appearing on a perfectly normal, simple to understand post written by someone else!

 

If someone on an internet forum doesn't agree/understand with your view/comments they can always request for a clarification, instead of flaming the poster or clicking on an emoji. This way the forum gets more lively, informative and interesting - sharing knowledge is a great positive feature on a public forum such as AN. When a member asks a question, go find it on Google is not the correct response, is my opinion.

 

The grammar police is an absolute waste of time. Here in, we all are not native English speakers. Hence, our grammar & spellings might be not 100%, how ever much we are careful. Even experts in languages can make mistakes. We are all human, prone to error!

 

Habitual inappropriate emoji clickers and grammar policing might be linked to some psychological issue, by which they try to intimidate other members (?) - but of course that has to be confirmed by a medical professional.

 

Just my 2 cents!

 

 

16 hours ago, sirineou said:

can we please post more threads that are of interest to me? 

I have included a list in my profile. 

I can't see any list in your profile.

@SAFETY FIRST  I went back and checked... and contrary to my previous post I did indeed give you a confused emoji,  your psychic skills are top notch

5 minutes ago, johng said:

I can't see any list in your profile.

That's because you have not paid your enhanced access  fee, Please PM me your banking account information, and ATM pin 

On 1/23/2024 at 10:46 AM, ezzra said:

bewildered, perplexed and plain Not with it

 

 the mental quality of the people

Come down to soi Buakhao, most of these guys are out and about everyday. 

 

 

@sirineou  I gave you a laughing emoji  my banking details will follow shortly via private message.

6 minutes ago, johng said:

@SAFETY FIRST  I went back and checked... and contrary to my previous post I did indeed give you a confused emoji,  your psychic skills are top notch

I gave you a thanks, I hope I don't offend you. 😱

 

Been here for many years, I can pick the CrackPots 🤣

1 minute ago, johng said:

@sirineou  I gave you a laughing emoji  my banking details will follow shortly via private message.

And please hurry!! Baby needs a new pair of shoes 

Baby 

I'm confused as to why some people are confused. Nothing confusing about that.

8 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Been here for many years, I can pick the CrackPots 🤣

You sure can !!

Could you use your abilities to pick the lottery numbers too ? 

Then I'd have some money for Sirineou's baby

20 hours ago, ezzra said:

so i got to think 

that it maybe has to do with a low In IQ of some of the members here and judging by the responses so far, I'm right...

 

Or merely the low "In IQ" and EQ of the poster himself. Even if the language of the post is simple and clear, if grammatically incorrect, the logic and rationale aren't. Readers can't understand how the poster arrived at such a cynical, negative, curmudgeonly, stereotypical, ultimately ignorant viewpoint. It's therefore confusing, not to mention tiresome. 

21 hours ago, johng said:

I can pick the CrackPots

 

 

 

Is it too late for me to change my username?

 

 

 

 

21 hours ago, BigStar said:

 

Or merely the low "In IQ" and EQ of the poster himself. Even if the language of the post is simple and clear, if grammatically incorrect, the logic and rationale aren't. Readers can't understand how the poster arrived at such a cynical, negative, curmudgeonly, stereotypical, ultimately ignorant viewpoint. It's therefore confusing, not to mention tiresome. 

Hey, and thank you for investing big part of your brain to describe my rationals for my OP, yes, i might have on occasions, 

made grammar errors or constructed sentences incorrectly, but this is a public forum, not the linguistic academy, I wasn't

born in a English speaking country, but i do speak 4 languages including Thai, can many here say the same, including you,

Mr. perfect English?...

1 minute ago, ezzra said:

Hey, and thank you for investing big part of your brain to describe my rationals for my OP, yes, i might have on occasions, 

made grammar errors or constructed sentences incorrectly, but this is a public forum, not the linguistic academy, I wasn't

born in a English speaking country, but i do speak 4 languages including Thai, can many here say the same, including you,

Mr. perfect English?...

Pointing out typos and grammatical errors is the refuge of the feeble minded who have no better arguments to make.