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Comment Re:If this happened in the US: (Score 1) 114

Pretty much the type of off-topic post I'd expect from someone that uses the word USian. Why that anyways? Why not USish? USAish? USAn? Well, I guess when you try to copy and use a made up word enough to get people to think it's a real word, you can use whatever you want to.

(Apparently I made a similar comment years ago. Interesting.)

Per a former Spanish teacher of mine, if you take the word for "citizen of the United States" and translate it to English as a literal word, you get United Statesian. I agree that it's not valid English and sounds dumb, but after hearing it all those times, it sounds almost right to me.

Comment Re:Is it REALLY cheating? Test to teach. (Score 1) 114

One of my college professors would give us study guides that were a superset of the actual exam. He would simply delete chunks of the study guide and hit print. All tests were primarily, often exclusively, multiple choice. Upon discovering this, I'd organize a group effort to fill out the study guide; I do the first 20, you do the next 20, she does the 20 after that, , email me your finished answers. At least a couple of days before the tests, we'd all have completed copies of the study guide.

When it came time for the final in the first class I had with him, we split up the study guide as usual. I knew if I could glance at two or four of the available options and know which letter matches, I could quickly take the test. I finished the multiple choice in about 10 minutes. He hadn't given us any essay questions on the study guide, but I made it through those in about 5 minutes. I then sat in my seat for a while, not wanting to be "that guy" who finishes their final and leaves after 15 minutes.

Comment Re:News flash (Score 1) 426

Does anybody actually say "Kleenex" instead of "tissue" anymore?

Yes. While I don't think I ever buy Kleenex brand, it throws me when someone asks for "tissue." I, and it appears quite a few people I know, grew up using "Kleenex" as the generic term.

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