Science Fiction Trivia

[Wyvern Mommy]

is that "i found something on google but don't want to look stoopid if i got it wrong" ?

well, another hint:

the commander's kids love him.
or so they say.

[Rxke]

No, it's 'Oooh I remember that from when I was young, but never really caught the name, so now Googling hence cheating to know for sure

[Wyvern Mommy]

No, it's 'Oooh I remember that from when I was young, but never really caught the name, so now Googling hence cheating to know for sure

that's a difference without distinction.

[Rxke]

that's a difference without distinction.

I don't get it? (Non native speaker. When tired, language-interpretation suffers. Badly)

[Disembodied]

No, it's 'Oooh I remember that from when I was young, but never really caught the name, so now Googling hence cheating to know for sure

If you remembered it but merely had to check, I think that counts as "knowing". Step up and take the point! (Given the rate of mental decay around here, if we have to rely on grey matter alone we'll never get anywhere ...)

[Rxke]

Alright then. Though I still feel like I'm cheating.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4R97AeM6IE

[CommonSenseOTB]

Now I know where Madonna got one of her outfits tops from with the pointed bra cones.

[Wyvern Mommy]

Alright then. Though I still feel like I'm cheating.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4R97AeM6IE

nice vid, but not the answer to my question.

[Rxke]

Oh?

I thought you were talking about this... It's about a commander, she'll call him next year etc...

[Wyvern Mommy]

maybe you should read the question again?

[Rxke]

P.R. Johnson.

[Wyvern Mommy]

if your answer had been "Flight Commander P.R. Johnson", you'd gotten full points. (makes me wonder how you manage exams)

as it is, i give you a (marginal) pass.

[Smivs]

...or you could have just said "Well done!".

[Rxke]

In my language we have a saying: 'een goede verstaander heeft maar een half woord nodig'

http://www.dutchgrammar.com/forum/viewt ... =60&t=3431

I guess we communicate in a different way...

[DaddyHoggy]

In my language we have a saying: 'een goede verstaander heeft maar een half woord nodig'

http://www.dutchgrammar.com/forum/viewt ... =60&t=3431

I guess we communicate in a different way...

I like that very much.

I spend quite a lot of my time marking work from non-native English speakers/writers on my MSc course - I find myself not reading between the lines, but reading between the words!