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Ghoulish Delight · 07-24-2013, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex

Царна́ев (this one I actually knew but still copied from Wiki because I'm not set up to type Cyrillic).

More specific [/trebek]. It specified the SURVIVING suspect. That could refer to either of them.

Equally clueless on the soda. Huh?

Alex · 07-24-2013, 09:45 PM

I do like that the Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev page title on Wikipedia gets translated to The Brothers Tsarnaev on the Russian version of the page.

Makes it sounds more literary.

Moonliner · 07-25-2013, 06:39 AM

Now I really feel old.

The Soda is Dr Pepper

(The catch being that there is no period after Dr)

Alex · 07-25-2013, 09:24 AM

How old are you? What I'm finding is that slogan dates to the '30s and '40s.

(And I'll stand by a spelling test as a journalism boot camp seems like pointless make work.)

Moonliner · 07-25-2013, 09:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex

How old are you? What I'm finding is that slogan dates to the '30s and '40s.

(And I'll stand by a spelling test as a journalism boot camp seems like pointless make work.)

I think the idea behind the exercise was to drive home the point that in Journalism things like spelling and grammar are important.

Don't know about the rest of the country, but down in Texas "10 2 and 4" was a common thing to see well into the 80's.

Alex · 07-25-2013, 10:28 AM

But they're not particularly (well grammar and basic spelling are so that your editor knows what you're saying). And especially not when it comes to transliterated names for which there is not often a "correct" spelling but at best a house style.

To the best of my recollection as a child resident of the Pacific Northwest, I've never heard that slogan for Dr Pepper before. "Be a Pepper" being about where my awareness kicks in.

SzczerbiakManiac · 08-01-2013, 01:38 PM

San Diego Mayor Bob Filner claims he's not liable for sexually harassing eight women because the city failed to provide him with sexual harassment training.

Ghoulish Delight · 08-01-2013, 11:54 PM

Why would he need training? He's clearly an expert.

SzczerbiakManiac · 08-02-2013, 05:07 PM

It seems that Gay, Russian, Neo-Nazis are a thing.

Moonliner · 08-02-2013, 06:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SzczerbiakManiac

It seems that Gay, Russian, Neo-Nazis are a thing.

Thanks to the Internet, we now know everything is a thing.

07-24-2013, 09:45 PM	#3792
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07-25-2013, 06:39 AM	#3793
Moonliner 8/30/14 - Disneyland -10k or Bust. Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 9,022	Now I really feel old. The Soda is Dr Pepper (The catch being that there is no period after Dr) __________________ - Taking it one step at a time.
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07-25-2013, 09:24 AM	#3794
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	How old are you? What I'm finding is that slogan dates to the '30s and '40s. (And I'll stand by a spelling test as a journalism boot camp seems like pointless make work.)
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07-25-2013, 10:28 AM	#3796
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	But they're not particularly (well grammar and basic spelling are so that your editor knows what you're saying). And especially not when it comes to transliterated names for which there is not often a "correct" spelling but at best a house style. To the best of my recollection as a child resident of the Pacific Northwest, I've never heard that slogan for Dr Pepper before. "Be a Pepper" being about where my awareness kicks in.
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08-01-2013, 01:38 PM	#3797
SzczerbiakManiac "ZER-bee-ak" Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,409	San Diego Mayor Bob Filner claims he's not liable for sexually harassing eight women because the city failed to provide him with sexual harassment training. __________________
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08-01-2013, 11:54 PM	#3798
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Why would he need training? He's clearly an expert. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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08-02-2013, 05:07 PM	#3799
SzczerbiakManiac "ZER-bee-ak" Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,409	It seems that Gay, Russian, Neo-Nazis are a thing. __________________
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