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:Because she's a child. Children often use incorrect grammar of that kind. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.82|141.101.98.82]] 20:02, 30 March 2016 (UTC) | :Because she's a child. Children often use incorrect grammar of that kind. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.82|141.101.98.82]] 20:02, 30 March 2016 (UTC) | ||
::I think many kids will say it like that in spite them being told by their parents (repeatedly) to not name them selves first. But by letting Jill speak like this, he just let them be ordinary children. How many small kids do you actually hear say ''Jack and I will go up the hill'', instead of ''Me and Jack will go up the hill''? I think it would be more strange had he done it the other way, so yet I think it was on purpose, but only for the purpose or realism, not to hide any meaning... --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 20:12, 30 March 2016 (UTC) (When first posting this it resulted in a posting conflict with the above comment, so won't change even though saying basically the same as it was a reply to the one above before the other one was posted.) | ::I think many kids will say it like that in spite them being told by their parents (repeatedly) to not name them selves first. But by letting Jill speak like this, he just let them be ordinary children. How many small kids do you actually hear say ''Jack and I will go up the hill'', instead of ''Me and Jack will go up the hill''? I think it would be more strange had he done it the other way, so yet I think it was on purpose, but only for the purpose or realism, not to hide any meaning... --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 20:12, 30 March 2016 (UTC) (When first posting this it resulted in a posting conflict with the above comment, so won't change even though saying basically the same as it was a reply to the one above before the other one was posted.) | ||
| − | :This is actually an extremely common mistake, by native English speakers of all ages, such that it is frequently used in popular media (movies, TV, etc), often corrected by someone. And despite this correction frequently showing up, people still make this mistake, to the point where many people consider it "correct enough". I've seen this "me and him" grammatical mistake portrayed so often that I've even picked up a rule of thumb offered by some of these portrayals: Take the other person out, does it still make sense? "Me am going up the hill". This format is so common that it is less an error and more casual speaking, on par with words like "ain't", "gonna" and "gotta". In fact, saying the correct "Jack and I" can even sound odd, it's so rare. - NiceGuy1 [[Special:Contributions/173.245.52.64|173.245.52.64]] 02:32, 1 April 2016 | + | :This is actually an extremely common mistake, by native English speakers of all ages, such that it is frequently used in popular media (movies, TV, etc), often corrected by someone. And despite this correction frequently showing up, people still make this mistake, to the point where many people consider it "correct enough". I've seen this "me and him" grammatical mistake portrayed so often that I've even picked up a rule of thumb offered by some of these portrayals: Take the other person out, does it still make sense? "Me am going up the hill". This format is so common that it is less an error and more casual speaking, on par with words like "ain't", "gonna" and "gotta". In fact, saying the correct "Jack and I" can even sound odd, it's so rare. - NiceGuy1 [[Special:Contributions/173.245.52.64|173.245.52.64]] 02:32, 1 April 2016 (UTC) |
The poem doesn't necessarily indicate that the water or well was located atop a hill, merely that they had to scale a hill to reach it. It could simply mean that the water source is beyond the hill in question. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.242.129|108.162.242.129]] 17:49, 30 March 2016 (UTC) | The poem doesn't necessarily indicate that the water or well was located atop a hill, merely that they had to scale a hill to reach it. It could simply mean that the water source is beyond the hill in question. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.242.129|108.162.242.129]] 17:49, 30 March 2016 (UTC) | ||
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[[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.7|141.101.98.7]] 01:31, 2 April 2016 (UTC) | [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.7|141.101.98.7]] 01:31, 2 April 2016 (UTC) | ||
| − | + | == What happened to Friday's comic == | |
I know they don't happen at 00:00 GMT, but it's now 19:44 GMT/20:44 BST and no new comic. | I know they don't happen at 00:00 GMT, but it's now 19:44 GMT/20:44 BST and no new comic. | ||
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:Despair not, betcha it'll be worth the wait! [[User:Miamiclay|Miamiclay]] ([[User talk:Miamiclay|talk]]) 07:49, 4 April 2016 (UTC) | :Despair not, betcha it'll be worth the wait! [[User:Miamiclay|Miamiclay]] ([[User talk:Miamiclay|talk]]) 07:49, 4 April 2016 (UTC) | ||
:: calm down! he still has 3 hours 45 minutes from Baker Island's perspective. [[User:ẞ qwertz|ẞ qwertz]] ([[User talk:ẞ qwertz|talk]]) 08:16, 4 April 2016 (UTC) | :: calm down! he still has 3 hours 45 minutes from Baker Island's perspective. [[User:ẞ qwertz|ẞ qwertz]] ([[User talk:ẞ qwertz|talk]]) 08:16, 4 April 2016 (UTC) | ||
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HOLYFUCKITSUP [[User:Papayaman1000|Papayaman1000]] ([[User talk:Papayaman1000|talk]]) 08:43, 4 April 2016 (UTC) | HOLYFUCKITSUP [[User:Papayaman1000|Papayaman1000]] ([[User talk:Papayaman1000|talk]]) 08:43, 4 April 2016 (UTC) | ||
| − | + | ===Finally Garden is up on xkcd=== | |
| − | + | It is here the comic we have been waiting for, and it seems it is a April fool comic although it first came out past midnight in all of the US except Hawaii... | |
| + | :I do not know when it will be on this page but for those impatient... | ||
| + | :[[File:Garden Loading screen shot.png]] | ||
| + | :It says to Relax, while it loads, but it will eventually get to a barren land with a growth lamp that can be moved: | ||
| + | :[[File:Garden Lamp screen shot.png]] | ||
| + | :The lamp can be moved and change color. | ||
| + | :[[File:Garden Red Lamp screen shot.png]] | ||
| + | :It may be there will be something growing if we wait long enough? | ||
| + | :And there will be more lamps and new items: | ||
| + | :[[File:Garden Three Lamp screen shot.png]] | ||
| + | :Yes he is messing with us for sure but at least not by not making a comic :-) --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 09:46, 4 April 2016 (UTC) | ||
| − | + | == Jeff's banner == | |
This is off topic, but I noticed the banner from Jeff about 100 million views to the site! I followed the original explainxkcd site for about a year before the Wiki was created. If it's been going for 6 years then 100 million views would be an average of about 46,000 views per day and about 107,000 views per comic! Does anyone know when this Wiki was created?! I also know this average is misleading. Does anybody know what the current number of views per day is? Averaged over the last year for example?[[User:ExternalMonologue|ExternalMonologue]] ([[User talk:ExternalMonologue|talk]]) 00:53, 2 April 2016 (UTC) | This is off topic, but I noticed the banner from Jeff about 100 million views to the site! I followed the original explainxkcd site for about a year before the Wiki was created. If it's been going for 6 years then 100 million views would be an average of about 46,000 views per day and about 107,000 views per comic! Does anyone know when this Wiki was created?! I also know this average is misleading. Does anybody know what the current number of views per day is? Averaged over the last year for example?[[User:ExternalMonologue|ExternalMonologue]] ([[User talk:ExternalMonologue|talk]]) 00:53, 2 April 2016 (UTC) | ||
:(There's probably a better place to discuss this on the Community Portal link, but I haven't looked myself and your 'question' is here, so...) | :(There's probably a better place to discuss this on the Community Portal link, but I haven't looked myself and your 'question' is here, so...) | ||
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:I did not, she is not supposed to know the rhyme and would thus not know that they are supposed to fall down. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 05:32, 2 April 2016 (UTC) | :I did not, she is not supposed to know the rhyme and would thus not know that they are supposed to fall down. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 05:32, 2 April 2016 (UTC) | ||
:No, and I'm also surprised not to see it mentioned. that's exactly the reason for the blank third panel, to provide the pause for you to fill in your own punch-line (the bait) and then the final panel is the one where you're taken away at the tangent (the switch). The joke is funnier because of Megan's concern about the hydrology (which is funny by itself) distracting her from the obvious. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.10|141.101.98.10]]IB | :No, and I'm also surprised not to see it mentioned. that's exactly the reason for the blank third panel, to provide the pause for you to fill in your own punch-line (the bait) and then the final panel is the one where you're taken away at the tangent (the switch). The joke is funnier because of Megan's concern about the hydrology (which is funny by itself) distracting her from the obvious. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.10|141.101.98.10]]IB | ||
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