Non-IT News Thread
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sneaky Italians... http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37516164
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@coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Danp said in Non-IT News Thread:
Florida deputy accused of Tasing woman, baking her 'Sorry I Tased You' cake
This occurred in my hometown. More signs that police are desperately in need of better training / evaluation.
Apparently it was a hoax.
The cake or the tasing?
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Danp said in Non-IT News Thread:
Florida deputy accused of Tasing woman, baking her 'Sorry I Tased You' cake
This occurred in my hometown. More signs that police are desperately in need of better training / evaluation.
Yeah, that doesn't sound like a training issue. Evaluation, yes. If you are needing to train cops to just obey the law and not assault people, you just have a general "who is a cop / who is a criminal" identification problem.
Even if it was a hoax we still have that identification problem.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Danp said in Non-IT News Thread:
Florida deputy accused of Tasing woman, baking her 'Sorry I Tased You' cake
This occurred in my hometown. More signs that police are desperately in need of better training / evaluation.
Yeah, that doesn't sound like a training issue. Evaluation, yes. If you are needing to train cops to just obey the law and not assault people, you just have a general "who is a cop / who is a criminal" identification problem.
Been a problem in the US for decades.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Danp said in Non-IT News Thread:
Florida deputy accused of Tasing woman, baking her 'Sorry I Tased You' cake
This occurred in my hometown. More signs that police are desperately in need of better training / evaluation.
Apparently it was a hoax.
The cake or the tasing?
Both?
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@coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Danp said in Non-IT News Thread:
Florida deputy accused of Tasing woman, baking her 'Sorry I Tased You' cake
This occurred in my hometown. More signs that police are desperately in need of better training / evaluation.
Apparently it was a hoax.
Source?
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@Danp said in Non-IT News Thread:
@coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Danp said in Non-IT News Thread:
Florida deputy accused of Tasing woman, baking her 'Sorry I Tased You' cake
This occurred in my hometown. More signs that police are desperately in need of better training / evaluation.
Apparently it was a hoax.
Source?
Cranberry.
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@coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:
Interesting:
Saw that one a week or two ago.
Made me sad. Not surprised though.
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'Th' sound to vanish from English language by 2066 because of multiculturalism, say linguists
‘TH’ stopping – the dental consonants ‘th’ will be replaced by ‘d’ meaning ‘this’ or ‘that’ will become ‘dis’ and ‘dat’
‘TH’ fronting – Words which begin with a ‘th’ sound will be lost so ‘thin’ will become ‘fin’ and ‘think’ will change to ‘fink’
Sound softening – hardly anyone says ‘syoot’ for ‘suit’ anymore and the trend will continue with the sharp corners knocked off words
Yod dropping - words like ‘cute’ or ‘beauty’ will become ‘coot’ and ‘booty.’
Consonant smushing – ‘W’ and ‘r’ are already similar for many southern English speakers but the letters could completely collapse into one sound. Words with ‘ch’ and ‘j’ could also become indistinguishable.
Glottal stop – the slight linguistic trip which turns ‘butter’ into ‘bu’er’ in dialects like Cockney and Geordie will become more prevalent across the country.
Emojis – happy face, sad face, or wink will become part of language and facial expressions.
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The last part I can agree with, adding emojis. So many writers today lack the eloquence required to portray the emotions that the writer is actually intending. So instead we end up with tons of people who are butthurt because they believe it someone is being mean to them in a thread. Adding emojis to the primary language in those types of threads will definitely help convey a better understanding of the writer's intent.
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Sad, but I wonder how much that will only be the UK, not the wider language.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Sad, but I wonder how much that will only be the UK, not the wider language.
Specifically London.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Sad, but I wonder how much that will only be the UK, not the wider language.
I dont know. It seems like some of these or similar things are already happening in the southern US.
I don't notice it in the Midwest. And I rarely travel to the East Coast, so no clue there.
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@JaredBusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Sad, but I wonder how much that will only be the UK, not the wider language.
Specifically London.
They are nearly there now
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@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Sad, but I wonder how much that will only be the UK, not the wider language.
I dont know. It seems like some of these or similar things are already happening in the southern US.
I don't notice it in the Midwest. And I rarely travel to the East Coast, so no clue there.
They were always there in the south. Not "happening" so much. And much of it is reversing. Texas is rapidly losing its accent and being replaced with the California one.
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@JaredBusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
'Th' sound to vanish from English language by 2066 because of multiculturalism, say linguists
‘TH’ stopping – the dental consonants ‘th’ will be replaced by ‘d’ meaning ‘this’ or ‘that’ will become ‘dis’ and ‘dat’
‘TH’ fronting – Words which begin with a ‘th’ sound will be lost so ‘thin’ will become ‘fin’ and ‘think’ will change to ‘fink’
Sound softening – hardly anyone says ‘syoot’ for ‘suit’ anymore and the trend will continue with the sharp corners knocked off words
Yod dropping - words like ‘cute’ or ‘beauty’ will become ‘coot’ and ‘booty.’
Consonant smushing – ‘W’ and ‘r’ are already similar for many southern English speakers but the letters could completely collapse into one sound. Words with ‘ch’ and ‘j’ could also become indistinguishable.
Glottal stop – the slight linguistic trip which turns ‘butter’ into ‘bu’er’ in dialects like Cockney and Geordie will become more prevalent across the country.
Emojis – happy face, sad face, or wink will become part of language and facial expressions.
That isn't a future event for a large part of the British Isles, particularly the "th".
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British Pound hit $1.18 this morning!!
Flash crash sees the pound gyrate in Asian trading
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37582150 -
This, apparently, is a thing.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
British Pound hit $1.18 this morning!!
Flash crash sees the pound gyrate in Asian trading
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37582150@dominica heard from a difference source that it dipped to as low as $1.13 pushing it BELOW the Euro for a moment.
