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America on Fire

The death of George Floyd sparked protests and riots in major cities https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/30/us/george-floyd-protests-saturday/index.html The officer was putting his knee on Floyd’s neck for more than 8 minutes, even though Floyd was handcuffed and pleaded that he couldn’t breathe. The...
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- May 31, 2020
- Replies: 229
- Forum: In the News
IP Address Blocked

Just letting you guys know that my IP address was blocked by the forum host yesterday. They gave me a recaptcha challenge, but passing it still didn’t let me through. I don’t know whether it’s a known problem that has since been fixed, or an automated script that was active for a short time only.
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- Mar 25, 2020
- Replies: 12
- Forum: Forum Talk
Language Shift

It's no secret that Indonesians tend to be indirect, so euphemisms are common. When a word becomes common, it is no longer soft or polite enough, so a new word is invented for the purpose. Back in the 70's (probably even the 80's) it was normal to refer to your household staff as 'babu' and...
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- Mar 15, 2019
- Replies: 29
- Forum: Indonesian Language and Culture
New Indonesian Citizen

I saw this on Quora: https://qr.ae/TUfSrZ George is originally from Germany, and he has been living in Indonesia for 30 years. If you are George, congratulations!
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- Feb 25, 2019
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Visas, Permits and Immigration
Privacy

Correction: Until recently there was no word for 'privacy' in Indonesian. Pribadi is the closest translation for 'private'. Usually an adjective is converted into a noun using ke-an affixes, but the word kepribadian means 'personality'. The newly adopted word is 'privasi'...
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- Nov 9, 2018
- Replies: 10
- Forum: Indonesian Language and Culture
Funny True Stories

This is not mine, I found it on Quora. I laughed my ass off until I was in tears, so I might as well share the joy.
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- Aug 28, 2017
- Replies: 6
- Forum: General Chat
Lack of Oxford Comma Wins the Day

Back in Indonesia I was taught to use the so called Oxford comma, but my English 101 teacher in America told me not to use comma after the second to last item. https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/03/16/us/oxford-comma-lawsuit.html I thought this was settled debate, apparently not.
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- Mar 19, 2017
- Replies: 10
- Forum: In the News
Cloudy with a chance of rain and thunderstorms

No kidding, that's the actual forecast for today. Oh hai In a darker note, 3 cops in Baton Rouge were killed by an attacker, following 5 that was killed in Dallas 10 days ago. These are related to the shooting of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile. I researched and wrote tons about the...
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- Jul 18, 2016
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Introductions and Newbie Corner