Where is the code book?

@Vulpine: It's just that (a) Doctor who sculpts is different from Doctor Who sculpts. Pedantic? Yes. Amusing? Only if you're in the right mood.

@FierceKitty:  Wouldn't it help more to break the fingers of those who type faster than they think? 

And I still think decapitation is appropriate for the hideous crime of decapitalisation. Something must be done, or before you know it they will forget to dot their i's and only chaos will reign.

Decapitate/decapitalise...there is a certain elegance about it, admittedly.

I'm loving this...the perfect antidote to the onset of 'manflu' (sic) as helpfully diagnosed by female colleagues today.

Quote from: nikharwood on 07 January 2013, 10:13:46 PM
I'm loving this...the perfect antidote to the onset of 'manflu' (sic) as helpfully diagnosed by female colleagues today.

Oh dear...Cue...."Another one bites the dust."...
Get well soon Nik.

Cheers - Phil.

Quote from: OldenBUA on 07 January 2013, 10:25:52 AM

@FierceKitty:  Wouldn't it help more to break the fingers of those who type faster than they think? 

And I still think decapitation is appropriate for the hideous crime of decapitalisation. Something must be done, or before you know it they will forget to dot their i's and only chaos will reign.

To which I would add the use of rogue apostrophes when writing plurals. Sadly, strict enforcement of the death penalty would de-populate the forum somewhat.

Also decimate my classes ten times simultaneously.

No - only if enforced for the double negative - "Aint done nufing Sir"

IanS

If my students give themselves the trouble of speaking four consecutive words of more-or-less English, it's a good day.

Quote from: Hertsblue on 08 January 2013, 08:39:46 AM
Sadly, strict enforcement of the death penalty would de-populate the forum somewhat.

But it would give the opportunity to having a go again at guessing when the new member 1000 will join up.    Or would that be the new member 100? 

Anyway, I don't know if I would be around to witness any of that.

Edit: It has only just occurred to me that the original title of this thread has taken on a new and sinister meaning. Entirely by coincidence, unless there was some subconscious force at work?

Quote from: FierceKitty on 08 January 2013, 10:33:53 AM
If my students give themselves the trouble of speaking four consecutive words of more-or-less English, it's a good day.

But are your students native-speakers, FK? I would forgive anyone with English as a second or third language.

I did a head swap for a command figure for my WOTR collection, turned out to be not too bad and hasn't fallen off yet Good for a king i suppose
all the best
Sean

 

Quote from: Hertsblue on 08 January 2013, 03:29:42 PM
But are your students native-speakers, FK? I would forgive anyone with English as a second or third language.

I'm less tolerant. I measure my Thai students against others I've taught (Czechs are the best yet), and they measure up very poorly. I'd be more forgiving if they were any good at anything but Angry Birds. But they've had a long time to learn, and they're still at a loss for a reply when you say "Good morning". In English IV, at that.
This country is likely to be a Chinese colony in a hundred years.

Quote from: FierceKitty on 08 January 2013, 11:55:01 PM

This country is likely to be a Chinese colony in a hundred years.

There's your mistake. You should be teaching Mandarin. 

Careful. Many Chinese don't like that name for the language. The official name is something like putongua, meaning "most widely spoken". Though I was amused in a noodle-shop in Suzhou once to hear two Chinese communicating in terrible English, since they were from opposite ends of the country and couldn't understand each other's Chinese.

Same in Wales (apparently)...
Welsh speakers in the South of the country have problems understanding those in the North..and vice versa.
(Don't even bother Ian !) 
Cheers - Phil

Thought you had to have sever cold to even attempt Welsh......

IanS 

You mean the 'phlegm' sound I assume Ian. 
Cheers - Phil

Yep

IanS