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knopperbrister:

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It’s definitely a casual construction. It seems i typically think of it in the form “gimme it” (which is mostly associated with children), so it goes with the *grabby hands* thing.

More data! Where are you from, and would you say it is mostly children’s language, or just something belonging to a casual register?

I’m from the mideastern USA (northern Virginia, specifically).  And… hmm.  I think it’s mostly children’s language?  Or language used by adults who are emulating a childish degree of enthusiasm/greediness/whatever?  Like, i’ll hear adults say it, but it’d be in a silly way.  (As in, telling you to gimme your dictionary from across a giant ocean. XD)

Gimme that, on the other hand, is just casual register, although usually accompanied with “would you?” or something to make it more polite and less demanding.

Moral:  Language is weird.

caffinatedstory:

pansexual-icey:

I’M SORRY BUT THE NORWEGIAN BUTTER CRISIS OF 2011 JUST CONFUSES MY GODDAMN BRAIN BECAUSE HOW THE ACTUAL FUCK DOES AN ENTIRE COUNTRY RUN OUT OF BUTTER.
DID NORWAY JUST COME DOWNSTAIRS LIKE:
N:*Opens fridge* HELVETE
N:VI KJØRTE UT AV SMØREN

I was gonna explain how the butter crisis happened.
but then I noticed your fucking /hilarious/ attempt at writing “we’ve run out of butter”

I’m not sure if you know
but you just basically wrote:
“We drove out of the lubrication”

daisura:

sucymemebabaran:

vax-viral:

neverwithoutmyipod:

oh, shit

wheres the video of the Danish news reporter and the car falling into the lake behind him and he goes “Oh!… shit. Okay.”

No, seriously though, in Norse mythology this was the fist sign of Ragnarok, aka the Final Godly Beatdown Warmageddon.

are we finally getting a REAL apocalypse I’m getting real tired of being let down

is that apocalyptic space wolf shitting on sweden

IME, It is normal (and probably rude, but in the oblivious kind of way) for people to call you by only the first half of your name. (An old teacher of mine actually changed hers to fuse them together so people would stop doing that. XD) Not a lot of people go by two first names, so they’re probably just not expecting it. HOWEVER, it is also normal (and totally polite!) for you to point out your preference. “By the way, I prefer to be called Anne Helene rather than just Anne. Thanks.”

knopperbrister:

It is completely normal in this weird country, though! Promise!

Also, @ everyone pls calm down, I just wanted like one person to say “yeah, that’s kind of weird, but probably not intentional, perfectly fine to point it out” or something like that, not start all this drama.

pls.

Edit: “One people” okay, AH, okay.

AH YES YOU LIVE IN A WEIRD PLACE. XD (just this morning i saw a video on facebook, supposedly about Norway, of someone sliding down a hill in their bathrobe, pants, and regular shoes, sipping their coffee.  i thought of you.) 

SO:  Yes, it’s kind of weird!  Probably not intentional!  You can point it out and that is fine!

😀 (yaaay scripting.)

gruntledandhinged:

autisticnarset:

maeamian:

bunyipandler:

kyokoiwase:

wait is 5! = 120 an actual math thing i just reblogged it bc i sincerely believe that yelling a number makes it bigger 

An exclamation point after a number means factorial. Five factorial is 5 times 4 times 3 times 2 times 1. Three factorial is 3 times 2 times 1, etc.

But the more exclamation points after a number, the less big it is, a double factorial is every other number, so 6!! is 6 times 4 times 2, which is less than 6!, So yelling a number makes it bigger, but yelling louder makes it smaller again

it’s because you scared it

@mathionalist this struck me as just kind of adorable