[OFF TOPIC] Quiz Thread

[heywoodu 15,144]

Just now, Olympian1010 said:

Well, that’s not correct so thankfully this isn’t a test of your English knowledge.

I actually had "if it's written with a capital letter, that is" behind it, but that seemed too 'smart-assy'  

[Quasit 865]

Bit of a shaky start but it can be turned around. You do not get any help by an expert anymore though.

 

 

50:50 Expert Switch Team
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[Olympian1010 7,976]

Just now, heywoodu said:

I actually had "if it's written with a capital letter, that is" behind it, but that seemed too 'smart-assy'  

That would have also been incorrect. I is a first-person pronoun. You is a second-person pronoun. I’d never refer to myself as You, but I would refer to another person as you.

[heywoodu 15,144]

Just now, Olympian1010 said:

That would have also been incorrect. I is a first-person pronoun. You is a second-person pronoun. I’d never refer to myself as You, but I would refer to another person as you.

Yeah but I think Timok is a zen ritual, so what do I know  

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@Olympian1010

Next up, 2,000...

 

 

 

 

Pts. 2,000

Where are you if you stand in front of a sign that reads "Latitud: 0°- 0'- 0" Long. Occ. 78°- 27'- 8"?
♦ A: Ayers Rock	♦ B: Turkmenistan Cultural Centre
♦ C: Hollywood neighbourhood	♦ D: Equator in Ecuador

[Olympian1010 7,976]

Apparently I’m a dumbass becuase I have no clue. I believe Latitude is the vertical axis and longitude is horizontal, but I always confused the two when I was younger. So let’s just go with a question switch here. 

[Quasit 865]

Just now, Olympian1010 said:

Apparently I’m a dumbass becuase I have no clue. I believe Latitude is the vertical axis and longitude is horizontal, but I always confused the two when I was younger. So let’s just go with a question switch here. 

Even if you mixed those up, does nothing strike you when you look at what the sign says?

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10 minutes ago, hckošice said:

hopefully he answered correctly ?

Of course.

[Olympian1010 7,976]

1 minute ago, Quasit said:

Even if you mixed those up, does nothing strike you when you look at what the sign says?

Alright, fuck it. Let’s go with D. I think I might see some Espanol there that I missed the first time.

[OlympicIRL 5,532]

13 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Right, 'i' is valid for 'you'...in English.

 

You might say 'e' (pronounced 'ey') to get someone's attention, preferably a friend, but it's definitely not 'you'. The more formal way of saying 'you' in Dutch, for example to older people you don't know, is answer D, 'u'.

 

Not relevent for the question, but possibly interesting: it varies per person. My one grandma insisted we wouldn't call her 'u' and only used the informal word ('je/jou'), whereas my other grandma prefers 'u'.

So when being formal are we to call you heywoodjou?