General Questions Thread

[Mystique]

1900 = nineteen hundred
1902 = nineteen oh two
1960 = nineteen sixty
1999 = nineteen ninty-nine

2000 = two thousand (or 2k)
2001 = two thousand and 1
Q1 - Why aren't we saying two thousand oh 1?

2008 = two thousand and 8

2010 = twenty ten or two thousand and 10
2011 = twenty eleven?

2019 = twenty nineteen?

English is my native language but even this confuzzles me, lol.

Why is it some methods of saying the years feels more... 'natural' than others? Are we just figuring the shortest and quickest way to identify years, since 21C and before, we split it into 19-95 instead of one thousand, nine hundred and ninty-five (but other languages say it like this from 1AD etc)

So if it's 1802 = eighteen oh two, why don't we say twenty oh eight xD
Is it to do with the turn of the millenium maybe?

Do i need a thread for this, it seems to be more interesting if linguists come out of the woodwork and start finding out historical reasons for how we pronounce dates etc xD
(also it'll be interesting to see how people of aother languages break down the years over the last odd 500 or so) ^^

But that's my "silly question" of the last 3 years

[LiberLibri]

Originally Posted by risingstar3110

Another question. What is the sentence in this picture means? I can recognise only like 3 characters in it

Spoiler for img:

過ぎ去りし日々の終着点，literally translated as "the terminal point of the past days". But I am not sure if my poor interpretation can convey the original subtlety. The girl standing on a railway, which symbolises the life, is gazing at far end, the future. She has walked on a long way - the sunset implies it - and finally she gets the view of the terminal.

[Anh_Minh]

... Kana's dying?

[Solafighter]

Originally Posted by risingstar3110

Thank you a lot for your detail answers =]

Another question. What is the sentence in this picture means? I can recognise only like 3 characters in it

That is Minami-ke Okawari?

Mh whatever.


I have a question about Windows XP and regional code and stuff.

Some people of you know, to set the "Language for non-Unicode programs" to japanese. But if i do that, one other program doesnt work. Is there a possibility to configure it like this, that both can programs are able to work?

[KiNA]

Applocale?

[Solafighter]

Originally Posted by KiNA

Applocale?

Mh i googleed it. You mean "The Microsoft AppLocale Utility"?

[KiNA]

Yes.. It took a little bit of time (as in few seconds top) to set up each software at first.. but then its as simple as a mouse click to each shortcut

and cookies for you for googling instead of being lazy and ask for the full answer

[Solafighter]

Originally Posted by KiNA

Yes.. It took a little bit of time (as in few seconds top) to set up each software at first.. but then its as simple as a mouse click to each shortcut

and cookies for you for googling instead of being lazy and ask for the full answer

Thank you, KiNA.

[risingstar3110]

Originally Posted by LiberLibri

過ぎ去りし日々の終着点，literally translated as "the terminal point of the past days". But I am not sure if my poor interpretation can convey the original subtlety. The girl standing on a railway, which symbolises the life, is gazing at far end, the future. She has walked on a long way - the sunset implies it - and finally she gets the view of the terminal.

Thank you again

While i certainly can't understand the sentence fully, thank to you , i can approximately guess what does it means now

[Daniel E.]

Originally Posted by mangalowres

Thanks, I know ImageShack but I thought they would delete files after some month.



Now I remember why I didn't made myself an account

You dont really need an account (I dont have one ). It takes but a single click to "refresh" your image for another year, and you can always click on them yourself to be certain they wont disappear comes a year time.

[-KarumA-]

I was trying to register at another forum today and everytime I recieved this message

An Error Has Occurred!
Your password must contain a mix of upper and lower case letters, as well as digits.

I don't fully understand what it means because the password I filled in were both letters and numbers, here's an example of what it would look like (different numbers and letter ofc) 4545G77F88K, when using somehting like that it would say its wrong so what am I supposed to use?

[escimo]

Originally Posted by -KarumA-

I was trying to register at another forum today and everytime I recieved this message



I don't fully understand what it means because the password I filled in were both letters and numbers, here's an example of what it would look like (different numbers and letter ofc) 4545G77F88K, when using somehting like that it would say its wrong so what am I supposed to use?

You'd need to use lower case letters as well. To use the same example 4545g77F88K.

[mangalowres]

did you use
Aa <- as example
some sites need wierd passwords like
3223aaaDDD!+
numbers, letter and special signs

[Ledgem]

Originally Posted by Mystique

1900 = nineteen hundred
1902 = nineteen oh two
1960 = nineteen sixty
1999 = nineteen ninty-nine

2000 = two thousand (or 2k)
2001 = two thousand and 1
Q1 - Why aren't we saying two thousand oh 1?

Because "two thousand" already covers all of the necessary zeroes. "Two thousand oh one" is basically saying 200001. I don't think anyone ever actively thinks that they'd be adding in a redundant zero, though.

Why is it some methods of saying the years feels more... 'natural' than others? Are we just figuring the shortest and quickest way to identify years, since 21C and before, we split it into 19-95 instead of one thousand, nine hundred and ninty-five (but other languages say it like this from 1AD etc)

So if it's 1802 = eighteen oh two, why don't we say twenty oh eight xD
Is it to do with the turn of the millenium maybe?

Maybe. I'd also guess that it has to do with the syllables and the consideration of numbers. Two thousand is pretty easy to say and consider, as there's one number and then a place identifier (number = 2, place identifier = thousand). Compare that with "one thousand eight hundred and..." and you can see that the complexity rises a bit. Saying "eighteen" instead of "one thousand eight hundred" seems easier.

I'd imagine that it's the same principle behind why people will say something like "twelve hundred" instead of "one thousand [and] two hundred" (1,200). I've never done that and it personally bugs me when people go that route, but it's probably the same principle - you're cutting out placement qualifiers and you're shortening the overall statement.

I'm not a linguist, those are just some quick thoughts on it.

[-KarumA-]

Originally Posted by escimo

You'd need to use lower case letters as well. To use the same example 4545g77F88K.

aah thank you =3

[WanderingKnight]

I'd imagine that it's the same principle behind why people will say something like "twelve hundred" instead of "one thousand [and] two hundred" (1,200). I've never done that and it personally bugs me when people go that route, but it's probably the same principle - you're cutting out placement qualifiers and you're shortening the overall statement.

Wow, I thought everyone did that in English. I can't imagine myself saying "one thousand two hundred" out loud when speaking casually... but then again I don't verbally speak the language too often. I guess that's why I still haven't managed to master British pronunciation (which I crave to do some day, but American English comes too naturally to me).

In Spanish, though, that's much easier--words are shorter ("mil doscientos" instead of "one thousand two hundred" ).

[Frailty]

someone sent me this trick question.. it goes like this
"If John is the son of Joe, then Joe is the ____ of John's Father"

am still trying to figure out what to put in the blank XD

[xris]

Originally Posted by Frailty

someone sent me this trick question.. it goes like this
"If John is the son of Joe, then Joe is the ____ of John's Father"

am still trying to figure out what to put in the blank XD

I think you will find there is a separate Riddles thread, please post such questions there.

Spoiler for your answer is:

wife

Joe is female and John's mother

[escimo]

Originally Posted by xris

I think you will find there is a separate Riddles thread, please post such questions there.

Spoiler for your answer is:

wife

Joe is female and John's mother

Spoiler for alternative answer:

Or husband and the family in question is a bit more liberal one.

[Frailty]

Originally Posted by xris

I think you will find there is a separate Riddles thread, please post such questions there.

Spoiler for your answer is:

wife

Joe is female and John's mother

can you put the link here? I can't seem to find it
and sorry