I'm not entirely sure what the point of your comment is, as grandparent mentioned nothing about the redundance of "arms akimbo".
The remark about semantics is what I choose to take issue with. While the question of the meaning of "akimbo" could be considered superfluous (though the use of the word does make me briefly question whether Mario's enemies have started expressing their defeat in strange new ways), the use of "penultimate" was misleading. The author's intent, regardless of whether it is more important than the meaning of his words, is overshadowed by the use of a word which is in direct contradiction to his meaning. His use of "penultimate" is not a question of semantics but of diction. In this case, diction which presents wholly incorrect information.
NOTE: I chose not to use "patently" because I don't know for sure what it means.
What you seem to be missing is that a vernacular form of English is the native language of most Americans. Learning Standard English is the equivalent of learning a first foreign language, but more difficult because its differences from the vernacular are often quite nuanced. Essentially, unlike most learners of English as a second language, students of Standard English are told they're speaking their own language wrong, which can set up many affective filters that keep them from learning the standard dialect completely and practically.
Fortunately for you, you had no prior dialect of English that needed to be overcome in order for you to learn standard English. It is hard to convince a youth why they should learn the so-called "proper" form of their language when they have daily reminders that the vernacular is actually very practical (even in formal situations--for example, the current President of the United States).
Actually, it's common that the official advice for people undergoing a medical emergency is NOT to drive themselves or be driven in a private vehicle, but to call Emergency Response.
The fact is that under most circumstances (barring certain rush hour situations involving one-way congestion, which may even be negligible) it will take--at most--the same amount of time for an ambulance to get from the hospital to you as it would for you to be driven to the hospital. Thus, you're getting medical attention about as quickly (A) without the heightened risk of automobile accidents from speeding, stress levels, and possible medical complications and (B) with the med team and hospital's having added time to organize how to effectively deal with the situation.
So--to steal Greyhound's slogan--leave the driving to them.
I'll agree with you up to the point about aluminum not getting hot in the oven.
Just because it doesn't feel hot doesn't mean it isn't.
They've just numbed your sense of touch so you can't feel the microvibrations of the subatomic aluminians crying out in pain.
I know it sounds elitest, but your average graduate with a degree in something such as physics or biology is VASTLY more intelligent than your "average" american.
Or is VASTLY more adept at the skills necessary to perform well on IQ tests.
Thermodynamically extra effort is extra effort, sure, but maintaining body temperature at a point higher than ambient temperature is a skosh different than raising body temperature temporarily to achieve some short-term goal.
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The remark about semantics is what I choose to take issue with. While the question of the meaning of "akimbo" could be considered superfluous (though the use of the word does make me briefly question whether Mario's enemies have started expressing their defeat in strange new ways), the use of "penultimate" was misleading. The author's intent, regardless of whether it is more important than the meaning of his words, is overshadowed by the use of a word which is in direct contradiction to his meaning. His use of "penultimate" is not a question of semantics but of diction. In this case, diction which presents wholly incorrect information. NOTE: I chose not to use "patently" because I don't know for sure what it means.
It'd be even better if the suits could be hooked up to force the actors into performing whatever motions had been preprogrammed with the avatars.
What you seem to be missing is that a vernacular form of English is the native language of most Americans. Learning Standard English is the equivalent of learning a first foreign language, but more difficult because its differences from the vernacular are often quite nuanced. Essentially, unlike most learners of English as a second language, students of Standard English are told they're speaking their own language wrong, which can set up many affective filters that keep them from learning the standard dialect completely and practically. Fortunately for you, you had no prior dialect of English that needed to be overcome in order for you to learn standard English. It is hard to convince a youth why they should learn the so-called "proper" form of their language when they have daily reminders that the vernacular is actually very practical (even in formal situations--for example, the current President of the United States).
Jedi.
I'll agree with that, as I call the Clue characters by their original names.
Can you tell me where to pick up some of these mowing sacred cows? I'd like to be prepared for when my lawn starts growing again.
The fact is that under most circumstances (barring certain rush hour situations involving one-way congestion, which may even be negligible) it will take--at most--the same amount of time for an ambulance to get from the hospital to you as it would for you to be driven to the hospital. Thus, you're getting medical attention about as quickly (A) without the heightened risk of automobile accidents from speeding, stress levels, and possible medical complications and (B) with the med team and hospital's having added time to organize how to effectively deal with the situation.
So--to steal Greyhound's slogan--leave the driving to them.
Surely, if he were referring to the body, but he's obviously referring to the headline, "Vast Subsurface Martian Ice Discovered".
It would be a lot cooler if it could match the room settings to which hooker you have with you that night.
If it were a TCA, that would be true. A TLA, however, is limited to 26^3 by definition.
I'll agree with you up to the point about aluminum not getting hot in the oven. Just because it doesn't feel hot doesn't mean it isn't. They've just numbed your sense of touch so you can't feel the microvibrations of the subatomic aluminians crying out in pain.
Thermodynamically extra effort is extra effort, sure, but maintaining body temperature at a point higher than ambient temperature is a skosh different than raising body temperature temporarily to achieve some short-term goal.
Going as Gort?