It is amazing how just having a second camera adds so much more comedy to your videos...i have always found you hilarious but this addition makes you even more funny lol
The two camera thing reminds me of old TV shows where a character would look at another camera to speak to himself or to address the spectators. I approve of the two camera video.
*I* never said she stole my money. I never *said* she stole my money. I never said *she* stole my money. I never said she *stole* my money. I never said she stole *my* money. I never said she stole my *money*. Same sentence, six different meanings depending on emphasis.
+TGL SuperStarMan Yeah, but emphasizing "never " just makes it sound more aggressive and doesn't really mean anything specifically different. It could mean any of the other six, so I don't count it.
+Brendan Wojcik "I *never* said she stole my money" could mean the same as the second one, as the emphasis would be on both "never" and "said", but is otherwise just as distinct as any of the alternatives.
"We saw her duck." 1. We observed the waterfowl that belongs to her. 2. We observed her lowering her head in order to avoid something that would otherwise have hit it. 3. We use a thin metal sheet with a jagged, toothy edge on one side to split her duck in half. Any others?
The English language relies heavily on redundancy, meaning many of the words we use are not, in themselves, meaningful (ie. redundant). Most of the meaning comes from context, structure, intonation etc. It's one of the reasons why the English language is so easy to pick up, but hard to master and why it is so flexible, especially when handled by a genius like Shakespeare. I think what I'm saying is, avoiding ambiguity is good, but doing it with the English language is like trying to knit with spaghetti...possible, but extremely difficult.
Reminds me of the sentence "The man gave the dog the bone" where you can place the word "only" anywhere within the sentence, including at the start or the end, and you get a completely different meaning each time.
Gotta go ahead and just comment this before I finish (maybe will add more): The 'nice' and look at the other camera, I lost it at that. That was pure brilliance! The 'please's was also quite good. Great video!
Lloyd, I strongly believe you can make a video about ANYTHING and it will be interesting. I could even watch a video of you grocery shopping and likely find it entertaining.
In German we have clear distinction between "waschbar" (it can be washed without coming out) and "auswaschbar" (it can be washed out). I'd think "washable" means "waschbar", but I if you don't have a word for "auswaschbar" it may be not that clear.
This is actually something that I became aware of awhile ago. I often have to read manuals, terms of service and other such documents, and I often find myself and others very confused as to the meaning of a certain phrase or sentence. One, single word choice can make the difference between crystal clear and complete confusion. I have become aware of this happening within my own writing, as well, and do my best to make subtle changes to clarify it. Having a person on hand to test how they interpret your writing helps. Just because it makes sense to you, doesn't mean it will make sense to the next guy, so make sure to check what the next guy thinks.
I was only confused by the number of cameras. Neither of them served me drinks. On the subject of ambiguous scrawls trying to be efficiently concise, I agree completely.
Being actually autistic, I really need specificity. Ambiguity is absolutely bloody everywhere. You'd be surprised how vague people can be, they like to assume that everyone else knows less than them so they dumb everything down (I was even told to dumb down my essays when I was in college, because I might be accused of copying from textbooks, I refused of course), so a lot of meaning is lost. I'd rather someone just ask what a word means than get the wrong meaning entirely.
Please don’t call people autistic to say that they’re shit at what they’re doing. It promotes the sentiment that autistic people are incompetent which impacts adversely on our welfare. You’re a great man and I love your videos. You’re an amazing speaker and extremely persuasive, which puts you in a position to influence social issues as referenced above. Please understand that this is not merely an issue of political correctness, but may actually interfere with important issues such as employability and social acceptance of autistic people. Thank you. ❤️❤️
I don't believe I was ever taught this in school, moreover I don't believe I have taken the time to consider this. Thank you for enlightening me on the topic and keep up the good work.
in fairness, instructions of all kinds always make significantly more sense once you've already learned the thing. I didn't have trouble with those first two examples, but I'd be lying if I said I was 100% sure. The humorous thing about 'only' is that sarcastic British usage where it's not all that grammatical but serves only to imply the thing in question is actually quite significant. "He's only gone and done it again"
One of, if not your best video on observations on language, by far, the presentation is hilarious and just generally neat. Too bad it seems to be overshadowed by a non-pc wording in the beginning.
Here's a word for you that I was taught by my history teacher as lazy: "The". He absolutely insisted we refrained from using "the" when writing or talking. I feel I came out a better speaker due to it.
At a drinking fountain that I frequently pass (you'd call it a bubbler, perhaps) there is a sign reading, "Please pour water only in the drinking fountain." Now, does that mean that you should pour water nowhere but the fountain, or that you should pour no substance other than water into the fountain? From the context of the sign's placement, you know they want to avoid coffee stains and sticky soda in the fountain, but it does leave enough ambiguity to make you want to disobey the sign creatively. Another baffling sign isn't ambiguous, just incorrect. "Please pour out any liquid in the toilet before throwing your cup away." I believe they mean "into the toilet." I keep imagining someone realizing this shortly after unbolting and hoisting the toilet, as they look for somewhere to pour it out.
What about _italics_, *bold*, and underlining? Those emphasize words to address the problem you described. And then there's "quotations" and whatever 'these things' are called.
Agreed 100%. I was thinking of laws for a non-ambiguous conlang (artificial language) which I may one day invent, and in this language the word by which you are limiting the scope of the rest of the sentence - where we use 'only' in English - would be declined with some sort of affix. Also the sentence "I served him drinks only yesterday" could be ambiguous even if we know the word 'only' refers to the word 'yesterday'. If 'only' is limiting the scope of the sentence to 'yesterday', then you're saying that on no other day did you serve him drinks. However, you could say 'only yesterday' to minimise the amount of time that has elapsed since yesterday. Like you might say after hearing that somebody had died "I was talking to him only yesterday!" not to mean that yesterday was the first and only time you'd spoken to him, but as a way of expressing surprise that something has happened to him since then. And finally, I love the Fast Show reference!
A about 3:20 _"Now you can hear the stress in my voice."_ /me leans back, crosses his arms and, while twisting his mustache, asks in his best Snidely Whiplash voice "Does that mean that your voice expresses the stress that you feel over the issue, or that you are using your voice to emphasize your meaning?" Yes. /me is an asshole. :)
It's great that you have two cameras now but it can get distracting if you switch between them too often; your new one is better though. I really like this episode because I am often frustrated by the ambiguity in communication and a lot of the people which I converse with don't see it as a problem.
Magic the Gathering: I used to have a card "Lord of the Pit" The text said "must sacrifice a creature to the Lord of the Pit or the owner takes 7 damage". I had a different card called "Circle of protection: Black" which would protect me from damage from a black damage source (and the Lord of the Pit was indeed a black card). I would chose to not sacrifice a creature and take the damage then use the Circle card to block the damage. My gaming group was pretty sure that was not proper cricket. I explained the difference between "Must bla bla bla or da da da" and "Must bla bla bla. If unable to bla bla bla then da da da." I was not persuasive enough. Still had fun.
I've kind of had this problem with the phrase "righty tighty, lefty loosy". Like, right or left where? This thing is circular. The side facing me goes one way, and the side facing away from me goes the other way. What do you mean?
Even with his brief explanation it still took me a lot of pondering to work out where the ambiguity was in his first example. 'Up to 8 days before' seemed specific enough to me, until it dawned on me that we don't know which direction in time we are 'travelling' towards this '8th day before'. I automatically assumed that bookings could be made anywhere in the 8 days prior to the date you wanted the ticket for, but that would mean I was 'travelling' backwards in time in order to parse the sentence. If I instead 'travel' forwards through time then it might instead mean I can book in advance so long as I have done so by the 8th day before the date I wanted the ticket for (or possible the 9th day before, if the 8th day deadline is an exclusive rather than inclusive deadline).
@@jacobstaten2366 But you can also get it another way around. An autistic person can say something and not realize it's ambiguous because they know what they mean and can't imagine somebody would have understood it in another way.
One of follow's definitions there is in the dictionary i use is "next in time." (and for some reason, copy/paste doesn't work in this comment box), with the example : "the following day there was a ceremony in St. Peter's Square.". And i think it makes sense, because 'follow' has as meaning to be behind, to go through the same spot as something after it, the difference is that it is about time and not space in this use.
I'm not a fan of the "camera jumping" or whatever it might be called. I have always found it visually irritating for some reason. However, the point was a good one. Nice video, Lloyd.
Recently I played a card game which had every ambiguous term and rule possible explained in an faq in the rulebook. Also, the rules are very simple while being unusual and the game is really enjoyable so I recommend it to everyone. It's called Pixel Tactics.
🌈Good Job to raise this topic👏 *Ambiguity of language* is one reason why religions break up into different sects due to different interpretations. Language is a very ancient tool. This ambiguity flaw in all languages is one of the major tools used by Bigots, Politicians, lawyers and racists to commit crimes or create divisiveness using this ambiguity inherent in all languages. Language 2.0 is needed after centuries of causing harm to humanity
This kind of ambiguity is probably the reason for most of the arguments on RUclips. It's eternally frustrating to see folks yammer obliquely at one another without either of them taking the time to ascertain exactly what either of them are talking about... I wish it was compulsory to take a course in formal logic before getting on the internet.
I had this problem quite a bit in high school (secondary for you speaking the Queen's Englinsh). My friends and I would play Yu-Gi-Oh and argue about the rulings of the cards based on the stress on the words. I said to them "Maybe we should play this in Arabic, as it is less ambiguous with wordings." They usually agreed with this statement.
To follow up on some of the comments:I, a persone with Asperger syndrome (yes a form of autism) am in fact not insulted by you useing it in your videos. Oh no indeed, I reckon that there are plenty of autistic people who would great at writing a instruction manu..manua...guide for a game. On the other hand I also know that there are plenty of autistic people who would do horrible. Good show dear man, good show (sorry for bad english, non native speaker here)
I'm making a card game as a little side hobby, and I struggle with this every time I have to write a card effect. It's surprisingly difficult to word something (especially when English is not your first language) so clearly that you don't need external rulesets to explain how the card should work.
IIRC In German, nur (only) *must* precede the word it is modifying. Similarly, when negating something, nicht (not) must come before it, unless it's negating the sentence/verb entirely, in which case it goes at the end of the clause. In English, it just seems adverbs can go anywhere willy nilly.
In the US. at least, washable means it can be washed out. So washable markers, glue, clay, etc. can all be washed out if it is washable. But I can see how you could be confused.
Which dictionary led you to believe that following does not mean "after"? If I ask google for "following definition" it gives me this: coming after or as a result of. "police are hunting for two men following a spate of robberies in the area"
I work as an English > French translator, and I can tell you: English is absolutely RIFE with structures where sentences can mean several (sometimes contradictory) things at once. The ubiquitous use of gerunds is another *major* source of ambiguity. The pronoun "her" is another one, not to mention the number of people and/or the degree of politeness implied when using the pronoun "you" (hence, I reckon, the occasional need to resort to "you lot" or "y'all"...). Aaand what's to say of the quasi absence of gender in English, which further blurs lines as to what belongs to whom or what in many a case. What English truly excels at is forming colourful verbs (and *ahrem!* pilfering from other languages, hehe!). English verbs are wonderful things, I ought to grant you that. As an aside: have you considered how daunting a challenge this point you're raising represents for people attempting to design language-processing computer programmes?! A computer completely lacks the imagination necessary to take that great leap you're talking about at the beginning of your video. Now, how's that for a baffling problem! Oh... and as many have pointed out : the bit where you say "nice" is pure gold! Hahahah! Thanks for making these videos, Sir! :)
Two cameras,
...Nice!
+Squire And how he uses them ... NEVER thought id see u here :3
Moving up in the world, Lloyd!
+Squire Noice, more like.
+Squire Quite
+Squire Yes, two, yeees, I appreciate the new angles, yeeeees.
I don't drink for religious reasons.
I drink for completely different reasons.
"Since I got married, my wife is the only one I've been with"
"The rest have been at least a seven or eight"
@@KairuHakubi dude...
It is amazing how just having a second camera adds so much more comedy to your videos...i have always found you hilarious but this addition makes you even more funny lol
+VERTiiGO GAMING you here?!? O.o
wasn't expecting to see vertigo in the comments, noice.
Did the pimp cane come with the new tripod?
Plot twist: it's a cane sword!
The two camera thing reminds me of old TV shows where a character would look at another camera to speak to himself or to address the spectators. I approve of the two camera video.
I only enjoyed this video.
+Sitric Brave I only see what you did there...
+Sitric Brave Not even left a like? How rude...
+Caspar Abelmann Now now. I'm sure that Sitric must have spammed that like button like mad... being the only one who enjoyed the video and all.
Zack Toor According to the likes on this video, Sitric's statement must be a lie. Scandal!
Caspar Abelmann Ah, but perhaps we are only seeing one of many accounts owned by a crazed fan, bent on giving this video as many likes as possible!
*I* never said she stole my money.
I never *said* she stole my money.
I never said *she* stole my money.
I never said she *stole* my money.
I never said she stole *my* money.
I never said she stole my *money*.
Same sentence, six different meanings depending on emphasis.
It can have 7 meanings.
+TGL SuperStarMan Yeah, but emphasizing "never " just makes it sound more aggressive and doesn't really mean anything specifically different. It could mean any of the other six, so I don't count it.
Brendan Wojcik Fair enough.
+Brendan Wojcik "I *never* said she stole my money" could mean the same as the second one, as the emphasis would be on both "never" and "said", but is otherwise just as distinct as any of the alternatives.
7 meanings if you don't place emphasis on any of the words.
I saw a man on a hill with a telescope.
We saw her duck.
He fed her cat food.
Look at the dog with one eye.
The old man boats.
+Banten Or, better yet, tell him to stop giving food to her cat food, as is it rather incapable of eating.
+Caleb Limb And the horse raced past the barn fell!
MichaelKingsfordGray Fruit flies like a banana.
"We saw her duck."
1. We observed the waterfowl that belongs to her.
2. We observed her lowering her head in order to avoid something that would otherwise have hit it.
3. We use a thin metal sheet with a jagged, toothy edge on one side to split her duck in half.
Any others?
+gohansolo1980 4. The Chinese man, We, observed her waterfowl?
The English language relies heavily on redundancy, meaning many of the words we use are not, in themselves, meaningful (ie. redundant). Most of the meaning comes from context, structure, intonation etc. It's one of the reasons why the English language is so easy to pick up, but hard to master and why it is so flexible, especially when handled by a genius like Shakespeare.
I think what I'm saying is, avoiding ambiguity is good, but doing it with the English language is like trying to knit with spaghetti...possible, but extremely difficult.
Reminds me of the sentence "The man gave the dog the bone" where you can place the word "only" anywhere within the sentence, including at the start or the end, and you get a completely different meaning each time.
The second camera was used to great effect.
Nice.
Every once in a while I stumble across one of Lloyd's videos that I somehow have missed, and those days are good days.
Doubble the cameras, doubble the fun. It looked really nice :D
These videos about common problems are actually quite helpful. :)
I don't quite understand what this channel is about, but I find myself strangely liking it.
You just landed onto my job. We contract attorneys lose sleep over these ambiguities.
Gotta go ahead and just comment this before I finish (maybe will add more): The 'nice' and look at the other camera, I lost it at that. That was pure brilliance! The 'please's was also quite good. Great video!
Lloyd, I strongly believe you can make a video about ANYTHING and it will be interesting. I could even watch a video of you grocery shopping and likely find it entertaining.
So about the glue, what did they ultimately mean by "washable"?
probably that the container of the glue can be washed without water getting inside and messing up the glue, lol.
+Poki#3 Maybe that means that washable glue is water resistant - as it can't be removed by water...This isn't helping right? :D
+Poki#3 You can wash it... if you wish so. What happens to the glue if you do? Who knows, but you can definitely do it.
+Evi1M4chine Well it's washable glue so it might be what you said, it might also mean that it is glue that can be washed and removed with water.
In German we have clear distinction between "waschbar" (it can be washed without coming out) and "auswaschbar" (it can be washed out). I'd think "washable" means "waschbar", but I if you don't have a word for "auswaschbar" it may be not that clear.
I just have to say it. Your outro is Glorious.
Congratulations for your new camera! Now you can make twice the amount of videos! (it is only logical, after all ;)
+Szilárd Hompoth He can only record twice the number of videos.
My philosophy teacher had this as a video for one of our assignments, it made me happy to see you from 3 years ago.
I really enjoyed this.
The"I got two cameras now" joke really made this video stand out.
Cheers
Max
this is why i'm subscribed to you: you teach me things i never would've thought about.
This is actually something that I became aware of awhile ago. I often have to read manuals, terms of service and other such documents, and I often find myself and others very confused as to the meaning of a certain phrase or sentence. One, single word choice can make the difference between crystal clear and complete confusion.
I have become aware of this happening within my own writing, as well, and do my best to make subtle changes to clarify it. Having a person on hand to test how they interpret your writing helps. Just because it makes sense to you, doesn't mean it will make sense to the next guy, so make sure to check what the next guy thinks.
0:56 Nice
+Havoc Jaeger we need a GIF of that STAT!
+the ocarina bard puu.sh/lhGov/76cf7068e9.webm
+Havoc Jaeger That is already one of my favorite memes, Yeah i've know not a meme... Yet...
+Havoc Jaeger It's not the same without the click sound!
Love the addition of a second camera for comedic emphasis. Nice.
What a coincidence, I now have two keyboards.
_Two_ keyboards??
Yes, I've got two keyboards now!
Nice!
The two camera angles threw me completely off guard and I laughed. I hope they will be used to their full potential in the future
I like the two cameras the second view is quite well good for what you used it for nice job.
The two camera thing really works well for your types of video
Please continue to use it; it's amazing
another good one is "I never said she stole my money".
7+ meanings in one sentence
I was only confused by the number of cameras. Neither of them served me drinks.
On the subject of ambiguous scrawls trying to be efficiently concise, I agree completely.
This brought lols while being very clearly understood; and I'm glad he doesn't only have one camera now.
Being actually autistic, I really need specificity. Ambiguity is absolutely bloody everywhere. You'd be surprised how vague people can be, they like to assume that everyone else knows less than them so they dumb everything down (I was even told to dumb down my essays when I was in college, because I might be accused of copying from textbooks, I refused of course), so a lot of meaning is lost. I'd rather someone just ask what a word means than get the wrong meaning entirely.
you sir, have got me questioning things now. im subscribing
And this is why I love English. You can say the same sentence 4 or 5 times and they mean different things. Beautiful.
Please don’t call people autistic to say that they’re shit at what they’re doing. It promotes the sentiment that autistic people are incompetent which impacts adversely on our welfare. You’re a great man and I love your videos. You’re an amazing speaker and extremely persuasive, which puts you in a position to influence social issues as referenced above. Please understand that this is not merely an issue of political correctness, but may actually interfere with important issues such as employability and social acceptance of autistic people. Thank you. ❤️❤️
Autistic is a bad word. Just yesterday, I was chased down the street by the word, dagger-in-hand.
did you have the dagger of did it?
I don't believe I was ever taught this in school, moreover I don't believe I have taken the time to consider this. Thank you for enlightening me on the topic and keep up the good work.
As someone that is still learning english, i found this video quite helpful at formulating sentences
in fairness, instructions of all kinds always make significantly more sense once you've already learned the thing. I didn't have trouble with those first two examples, but I'd be lying if I said I was 100% sure.
The humorous thing about 'only' is that sarcastic British usage where it's not all that grammatical but serves only to imply the thing in question is actually quite significant. "He's only gone and done it again"
One of, if not your best video on observations on language, by far, the presentation is hilarious and just generally neat. Too bad it seems to be overshadowed by a non-pc wording in the beginning.
ahah yes! the second camera adds a certain sitcom feel to your alreay great and funny videos
Here's a word for you that I was taught by my history teacher as lazy: "The". He absolutely insisted we refrained from using "the" when writing or talking. I feel I came out a better speaker due to it.
Could you kindly provide some examples of cases where that guideline would be useful? I'm having a hard time coming up with some. Thanks!
At a drinking fountain that I frequently pass (you'd call it a bubbler, perhaps) there is a sign reading, "Please pour water only in the drinking fountain." Now, does that mean that you should pour water nowhere but the fountain, or that you should pour no substance other than water into the fountain?
From the context of the sign's placement, you know they want to avoid coffee stains and sticky soda in the fountain, but it does leave enough ambiguity to make you want to disobey the sign creatively.
Another baffling sign isn't ambiguous, just incorrect. "Please pour out any liquid in the toilet before throwing your cup away." I believe they mean "into the toilet." I keep imagining someone realizing this shortly after unbolting and hoisting the toilet, as they look for somewhere to pour it out.
This video needs to go viral.
What about _italics_, *bold*, and underlining? Those emphasize words to address the problem you described. And then there's "quotations" and whatever 'these things' are called.
Agreed 100%. I was thinking of laws for a non-ambiguous conlang (artificial language) which I may one day invent, and in this language the word by which you are limiting the scope of the rest of the sentence - where we use 'only' in English - would be declined with some sort of affix.
Also the sentence "I served him drinks only yesterday" could be ambiguous even if we know the word 'only' refers to the word 'yesterday'. If 'only' is limiting the scope of the sentence to 'yesterday', then you're saying that on no other day did you serve him drinks. However, you could say 'only yesterday' to minimise the amount of time that has elapsed since yesterday. Like you might say after hearing that somebody had died "I was talking to him only yesterday!" not to mean that yesterday was the first and only time you'd spoken to him, but as a way of expressing surprise that something has happened to him since then.
And finally, I love the Fast Show reference!
And I think it might have been one of your best videos.
As a self taught english speaker, I can say that this only video was good!
A about 3:20 _"Now you can hear the stress in my voice."_
/me leans back, crosses his arms and, while twisting his mustache, asks in his best Snidely Whiplash voice "Does that mean that your voice expresses the stress that you feel over the issue, or that you are using your voice to emphasize your meaning?"
Yes. /me is an asshole. :)
If only I knew what you where talking about. :p
It's great that you have two cameras now but it can get distracting if you switch between them too often; your new one is better though.
I really like this episode because I am often frustrated by the ambiguity in communication and a lot of the people which I converse with don't see it as a problem.
Magic the Gathering: I used to have a card "Lord of the Pit" The text said "must sacrifice a creature to the Lord of the Pit or the owner takes 7 damage". I had a different card called "Circle of protection: Black" which would protect me from damage from a black damage source (and the Lord of the Pit was indeed a black card). I would chose to not sacrifice a creature and take the damage then use the Circle card to block the damage. My gaming group was pretty sure that was not proper cricket. I explained the difference between "Must bla bla bla or da da da" and "Must bla bla bla. If unable to bla bla bla then da da da." I was not persuasive enough. Still had fun.
Oh my God this is so right I need to show this to everybody now. Only.
Two cameras and a cane! This channel has reached heights that I could only dream of! Only.
Loving the two cameras
The camera work is twice as good as it usually is.
Always thoroughly entertaining. Love the witt.
I've kind of had this problem with the phrase "righty tighty, lefty loosy".
Like, right or left where? This thing is circular. The side facing me goes one way, and the side facing away from me goes the other way. What do you mean?
Even with his brief explanation it still took me a lot of pondering to work out where the ambiguity was in his first example. 'Up to 8 days before' seemed specific enough to me, until it dawned on me that we don't know which direction in time we are 'travelling' towards this '8th day before'. I automatically assumed that bookings could be made anywhere in the 8 days prior to the date you wanted the ticket for, but that would mean I was 'travelling' backwards in time in order to parse the sentence. If I instead 'travel' forwards through time then it might instead mean I can book in advance so long as I have done so by the 8th day before the date I wanted the ticket for (or possible the 9th day before, if the 8th day deadline is an exclusive rather than inclusive deadline).
Everything should come with instructions narrated and translated by Lindybeige
Lloyd needs to tidy up that room. I've seen that stuff there for years!
Loving the second camera!
i love the dubble camera stuff! soo good (huehueheu)
I don't understand all the fuss. He didn't use autistic derogatoricly. He said something akin to "the blind shouldn't rate visual art".
We used to be able to use negative words negatively. Those days were pretty nice.
@@jacobstaten2366 But you can also get it another way around. An autistic person can say something and not realize it's ambiguous because they know what they mean and can't imagine somebody would have understood it in another way.
I love the dual camera setup. Now you can whisper stuff in my ear that you don't want the other viewers to hear. ;)
One of follow's definitions there is in the dictionary i use is "next in time." (and for some reason, copy/paste doesn't work in this comment box), with the example : "the following day there was a ceremony in St. Peter's Square.".
And i think it makes sense, because 'follow' has as meaning to be behind, to go through the same spot as something after it, the difference is that it is about time and not space in this use.
I'm not a fan of the "camera jumping" or whatever it might be called. I have always found it visually irritating for some reason. However, the point was a good one. Nice video, Lloyd.
Huzzah! a second camera and a new tripod! your discourses are now multifaceted.
and better sound too!
+Neil Khopkar Glad you like the new kit, although I've been using the same sound recorder for the last three years.
interestingly enough, clearer picture prompted me to hear clearer sound.
Lindybeige interestingly enough, clearer picture prompted me to hear clearer sound.
Recently I played a card game which had every ambiguous term and rule possible explained in an faq in the rulebook. Also, the rules are very simple while being unusual and the game is really enjoyable so I recommend it to everyone. It's called Pixel Tactics.
"You can never put too much water in a nuclear reactor."
***** Lots of H but not enough O
🌈Good Job to raise this topic👏 *Ambiguity of language* is one reason why religions break up into different sects due to different interpretations. Language is a very ancient tool. This ambiguity flaw in all languages is one of the major tools used by Bigots, Politicians, lawyers and racists to commit crimes or create divisiveness using this ambiguity inherent in all languages. Language 2.0 is needed after centuries of causing harm to humanity
it's funny how much the new tripod does change the impression you make. for one thing your head looks about 10% larger.
+Torc Handsomeson Possibly the ideal height is looking slightly upwards.
This kind of ambiguity is probably the reason for most of the arguments on RUclips. It's eternally frustrating to see folks yammer obliquely at one another without either of them taking the time to ascertain exactly what either of them are talking about...
I wish it was compulsory to take a course in formal logic before getting on the internet.
So which is it? Is washable glue resistant to soap and water or will it be washed away with soap and water?
I had this problem quite a bit in high school (secondary for you speaking the Queen's Englinsh). My friends and I would play Yu-Gi-Oh and argue about the rulings of the cards based on the stress on the words. I said to them "Maybe we should play this in Arabic, as it is less ambiguous with wordings." They usually agreed with this statement.
Lloyd at his finest. Nice!
Huh, this helped me realize a flaw in my writing. Thanks, brah.
The two cameras only so much make it better.
To follow up on some of the comments:I, a persone with Asperger syndrome (yes a form of autism) am in fact not insulted by you useing it in your videos. Oh no indeed, I reckon that there are plenty of autistic people who would great at writing a instruction manu..manua...guide for a game. On the other hand I also know that there are plenty of autistic people who would do horrible. Good show dear man, good show (sorry for bad english, non native speaker here)
I'm making a card game as a little side hobby, and I struggle with this every time I have to write a card effect. It's surprisingly difficult to word something (especially when English is not your first language) so clearly that you don't need external rulesets to explain how the card should work.
I like the use of the new "please" camera
IIRC In German, nur (only) *must* precede the word it is modifying. Similarly, when negating something, nicht (not) must come before it, unless it's negating the sentence/verb entirely, in which case it goes at the end of the clause. In English, it just seems adverbs can go anywhere willy nilly.
I love these new cameras
I liked because of the reference to the help section for any computer program. Trial and error that's how i figure out new pieces of software.
In the US. at least, washable means it can be washed out. So washable markers, glue, clay, etc. can all be washed out if it is washable. But I can see how you could be confused.
Which dictionary led you to believe that following does not mean "after"?
If I ask google for "following definition" it gives me this:
coming after or as a result of.
"police are hunting for two men following a spate of robberies in the area"
Krocsyldiphic - Something which has a krocsyldiph-like quality.
Two cameras means twice as much Lindy Beige :D Woo!
0:56 I laughed uncontrollably. It's unashamedly cheesy, '80s-like, and just hilarious.
There's very few channels I like everything on them and everything they produce. This is one of them. Like... not love
I work as an English > French translator, and I can tell you: English is absolutely RIFE with structures where sentences can mean several (sometimes contradictory) things at once. The ubiquitous use of gerunds is another *major* source of ambiguity. The pronoun "her" is another one, not to mention the number of people and/or the degree of politeness implied when using the pronoun "you" (hence, I reckon, the occasional need to resort to "you lot" or "y'all"...). Aaand what's to say of the quasi absence of gender in English, which further blurs lines as to what belongs to whom or what in many a case.
What English truly excels at is forming colourful verbs (and *ahrem!* pilfering from other languages, hehe!). English verbs are wonderful things, I ought to grant you that.
As an aside: have you considered how daunting a challenge this point you're raising represents for people attempting to design language-processing computer programmes?! A computer completely lacks the imagination necessary to take that great leap you're talking about at the beginning of your video. Now, how's that for a baffling problem!
Oh... and as many have pointed out : the bit where you say "nice" is pure gold! Hahahah!
Thanks for making these videos, Sir! :)
He can look off to camera two when he wants to break the fourth wall
They're like miniature TED talks.
my username is an example of the sort of thing behind lindy's ambiguity
the two cameras are beautiful
There are two things I love about this.
Even if it is: "After dinner, the band of the Guards played a selection of music."-Did they play dinner or did the really have it?