New Go Proverbs thread
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Re: New Go Proverbs thread
Play go drunk and lose two stones (They must be around here somewhere...)
Someday I want to be strong enough to earn KGS[-].
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Re: New Go Proverbs thread
Just thought of something that is not quite a proverb, more a humourous Go term:
Ghandicap- when you avoid fights with a weaker player, instead of giving him stones at the beginning.
Ghandicap- when you avoid fights with a weaker player, instead of giving him stones at the beginning.
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Re: New Go Proverbs thread
I thought of this one on the way to school today.
Your not really dead until you can taste the dirt in your mouth.
(This refers to playing a group until you know that is dead.)
Your not really dead until you can taste the dirt in your mouth.
(This refers to playing a group until you know that is dead.)
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Re: New Go Proverbs thread
A country boy tries to drink water straight from a bucket
this is simethng an old Korean man muttered to me as I chased his dragon by msread Anf died instead
this is simethng an old Korean man muttered to me as I chased his dragon by msread Anf died instead
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Re: New Go Proverbs thread
Mosdefgo wrote:I thought of this one on the way to school today.
I will assume that they do not teach english at that school, so please, let me show you a little piece of grammar:
You are not really dead until you can taste the dirt in your mouth.
Yes, "you are" can be shortened to "you're" (the "a" is omitted and replaced by an apostrophe while running the words together).
"Your" is a possessive pronoun. Pronouns never have an apostrophe in them: "my", "your" (ancient: "thy"), "his"/"her"/"its", "our", "your", "their".
A good system naturally covers all corner cases without further effort.
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Re: New Go Proverbs thread
'Harleqin wrote:Mosdefgo wrote:I thought of this one on the way to school today.
I will assume that they do not teach english at that school, so please, let me show you a little piece of grammar:You are not really dead until you can taste the dirt in your mouth.
Yes, "you are" can be shortened to "you're" (the "a" is omitted and replaced by an apostrophe while running the words together).
"Your" is a possessive pronoun. Pronouns never have an apostrophe in them: "my", "your" (ancient: "thy"), "his"/"her"/"its", "our", "your", "their".
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Re: New Go Proverbs thread
Harleqin wrote:Mosdefgo wrote:I thought of this one on the way to school today.
I will assume that they do not teach english at that school...
No, they teach him English.
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Re: New Go Proverbs thread
Oh snap! Lets not start this now.
Yes, you're right and I already knew the rule. However, I will blame my mistake on spell checker not being a grammar checker.
@Joaz:
Yes, you're right and I already knew the rule. However, I will blame my mistake on spell checker not being a grammar checker.
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Re: New Go Proverbs thread
Araban wrote:Harleqin's reaction:
I hope not.
@Harlequin: I was joking. No offense intended.
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Re: New Go Proverbs thread
Rather like this:
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Re: New Go Proverbs thread
wessanenoctupus wrote:Harleqin wrote:...
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Eye agree.
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Re: New Go Proverbs thread
Chew Terr wrote:Play go drunk and lose two stones (They must be around here somewhere...)
Last year, I had a target to lose a stone in one sense and gain one in the other. Drinking alcohol, unfortunately, promotes both these ideas, but the wrong way round ...
