Riddle Answer - Week 11

[gordodastrevas]

Dice

[blaubont]

disappointed Die was not accepted...dice would have more than 6 faces...

[zephyr_goldwing]

Originally posted by blaubont:

disappointed Die was not accepted...dice would have more than 6 faces...

To be fair, there are also die with more than 6 faces if you're a tabletop gamer.

[378109039]

加油

[The Nothing Man]

Originally posted by gordodastrevas:

Dice

I am upset too
I came to post on here my own thread
only to find someone did

THE SINGULAR for "dice" is DIE not dice
2 dice 1 die.
anyone knows this
wish someone would teach to the dev

die, singular...
this should count
dice is plural so its more than 21 and SHOULDNT count for the answer

gaw, wait whats the first lang of the dev?
hell even english speakers get this incorrect
like judgment not judgement
etc

with hope

And yep for dnd there are 100 sided die's
a d2 exists not a coin but close, d3 d4 d6 d12 etc

come on now dev
there are riddles you cant google
find some! or ask for help

[Jerry]

Languages are living beings, constantly in flux. Maybe the die/Die ambiguity is making this one fade out indeed over the next decades, and from there on it will be an obscure case for linguists. Just talk about a r-a-p-e field these days without getting strange looks.
At times, those developments can be confusing or frustrating (I am pretty annoyed about the sound shift in the word "route" from [root] to [rowt] by younger US-american english speakers), but if it's bound to happen, the best we can do is offer a variation, but not hold it back.

P.S.: I tried "Die" first as well.

[gordodastrevas]

Tbh i didn't know "die" was a thing. I always used "dice" for singular and plural. But hey, a man grows.

[The Nothing Man]

no languages do NOT flux
what happens in USA not uk
is that words are used improperly and spelt incorrectly SO MUCH that we have the wrong thing in our dictionaries
you wont see this in the UK they dont allow for it
Only our usa language which is terrible. Even the oxford lexicon edited for dice and die
which just means even UK is messed up
it has and always will be DIE
if you google it, is it die or dice, most you will find is that it WAS DIE, now we use dice and die
stop saying dice for 1, and all will be well
keep using dice meaning 1, and we will become idiocracy that awesome movie.

Argument ONLY HAS one E but you will see it, both ways
just like judgement vs judgment
its not the first one..

DIE has always been the singular for one out of many dice
its along the lines of what do you call a heard of...
You dont say look at those sheeps do you?
no
look at those sheep!
or flock of sheep, *ITS NOT HERD
ahh
english

And people complain when no one can learn it properly
its because its been wrong since the guy in prison made our dictionary
wee

[Jerry]

Originally posted by Idiopathic Confabulations:

is that words are used improperly and spelt incorrectly SO MUCH that we have the wrong thing in our dictionaries

Interesting side fact about this bit here, that slightly contradicts it, as I think:

In Germany here, if the spelling of a foreign word is, by our language habits, different than its pronounciation, we keep the original sound and change the spelling.
In the English language sphere (no matter if GB, USA, Canada or Australia), if a word "looks" different than it sounds, the pronounciation is changed instead.

Language does change. Constantly. Feel free to blame german printers for robbing the "thorn" letter out of the english language, forcing the "th" replacement, as an easy example.


P.S.: Something about the dialect of the USA, that will always throw me off though, is that they spell the letter "Z" as "See". That just feels wrong.

P.P.S.: Another interesting language trivia between German and English, if you care: When it comes to ancient or medieval greek names, Germans will mostly use the original, while English speakers prefer the latinised version. Most prominently with Odysseus vs. Ulysses and Herakles vs. Hercules.

[The Nothing Man]

language doesnt change only english does mate
we still use male female for all others

only english changes this much k?
stop saying german, you have about 1/10th the words

sheesh

I miss thorne and ash mainly
but again, this isnt etymology 101
this is about how terrible the IQ is on avg in usa, its now 80-90 not 100 anymore
ask is now spelt AXE
this kinda stuff is not evolving, its de-evolving

Watch the movie
Idiocracy
it explains how usa will be talking soon and already is
this has NOTHING to do with german anymore
I adore etymology, and most words are french anglo saxon or germanic roots
but not german germany please mate.. know the diff
seems you do...

but to suggest language changes no..
it doesnt
most cultures refuse to bow to this

usa we have new neo bs words that are about tweets or ig posts
none of this is valid or real
fo shizzle needs added?
no

no no
we have a slang dictionary anyone can use

I argue with many that spell argument with two e's
go ahead look
nope not in my dictionary
but yep its always spelt wrong
and nope thats not germanic

so my main point is you say change..
this is only english mate
I wait for usa to claim all other language is sexist, as it ends in
O's male
or A's for female
whats a transgender person end with O or A?
see?
nope
no other language uses more words and letters than 'merican
not even the queens english is this screwed up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=py37IFuKxYw

enjoy this clip from a great movie
this is not, change its a downward spiral to never talking again to anyone
my daughter was not taught to write or read cursive or even handwritting in general
only typing

we suck
and yes I CAN SAY THAT I was born and raised in california
land of the valley oh my gaaawds
none of this is valid wording
merica'

[MP412]

I'm not sure what you're on, but HOOOOLY ♥♥♥♥.

[The Nothing Man]

on?
sadly sober and old
what I am on is anti usa
I loathe it here
What you dont like the movie idiocracy?
Perfect example of what is to come.

note: why holy hearts?
thats offensive! :P

[MP412]

If you're old then you probably have enough money to leave.
I've never seen it.

[The Nothing Man]

Leave usa?
It takes more than dosh to do that sadly
As of now California usa, costs more to live in that ANY country in the world
avg rent for a 1 bed apartment is 3100$ usd not including utilities and to even qualify you MUST make at least 2.5-3 TIMES the rent
so 3100$=9300$ a month you must make to even qualify to apply

There is no such thing as the middle class here
you are either RICH or on the street
I am in the in between
you can work 2 full time jobs and still not make enough to qualify
only Hawaii is more expensive to live, but thats due to it being an island.

Truthfully usa is a third world country now
its become sick,
and if you google people are moving OUT of california
yep, for the first time in HISTORY yes in all of time
california is losing MILLIONS of people due to the cost of living

sadly the feds take all states as = cost of living
which is insane
so people on disability are almost always on the street or a halfway house
on avg 500$ usd is what you get on ssdi up to 1100$ which isnt enough to rent a room, muchless eat.

Its really sad and sick

I have been all over this globe, and yes there are worse places, but they tell you up front whats up
usa, we are sneaky evil *insert swearing here
underhanded shady wankers
Merica'

watch the movie Idiocracy
it truly is funny! and all to accurate

with hope!
please do travel when and if you can
its great for the soul and as humans, we thrive when moving around
oceans, rivers, mountains.. keep seeing and doing
makes steam look like dung, when RL is so friggen awesome

"Today you are freer that ever to do what you what.
Provided you can pay for it.
Remember the first word in USA is US!
We have arrived neighbors, we are the privileged elite"
Bad Religion-

[Jerry]

Is this the right time to mention, that the singular of Spaghetti is Spaghetto?