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Tony Cooper
2024-11-09 21:31:01 UTC
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A cartoon that is appropriate for this group:

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Peter Moylan
2024-11-09 23:59:54 UTC
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Well spotted. Definitely appropriate.
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Peter Moylan ***@pmoylan.org http://www.pmoylan.org
Newcastle, NSW
occam
2024-11-10 08:31:44 UTC
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<smile> Funny.

I'm looking forward to the day when the priest will be replaced with an
OpenAI box. All you'll need is to input your religion, the number of
participants (if > 2, default 2), the gender of each participant (and
how they self-identify) - and out will pop the marriage certificate.
Peter Moylan
2024-11-10 10:04:03 UTC
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Post by Tony Cooper
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<smile> Funny.
I'm looking forward to the day when the priest will be replaced with
an OpenAI box. All you'll need is to input your religion, the number
of participants (if > 2, default 2), the gender of each participant
(and how they self-identify) - and out will pop the marriage
certificate.
The Catholic church might be well served by using an AI for confessions.
Although there is a risk of turning off parishioners if the "priest"
starts sounding like Stefan.
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Peter Moylan ***@pmoylan.org http://www.pmoylan.org
Newcastle, NSW
Aidan Kehoe
2024-11-10 10:49:18 UTC
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Post by Tony Cooper
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/fmc241109.png
<smile> Funny.
I'm looking forward to the day when the priest will be replaced with
an OpenAI box. All you'll need is to input your religion, the number
of participants (if > 2, default 2), the gender of each participant
(and how they self-identify) - and out will pop the marriage
certificate.
The Catholic church might be well served by using an AI for confessions.
With recruitment problems locally I can theoretically see it happening.
Post by Peter Moylan
Although there is a risk of turning off parishioners if the "priest"
starts sounding like Stefan.
Core demographic of the Catholic Church is not California surfers!
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‘As I sat looking up at the Guinness ad, I could never figure out /
How your man stayed up on the surfboard after fourteen pints of stout’
(C. Moore)
occam
2024-11-12 10:45:18 UTC
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Post by Tony Cooper
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/fmc241109.png
<smile> Funny.
I'm looking forward to the day when the priest will be replaced with
an OpenAI box. All you'll need is to input your religion, the number
of participants (if > 2, default 2), the gender of each participant
(and how they self-identify) - and out will pop the marriage
certificate.
The Catholic church might be well served by using an AI for confessions.
With recruitment problems locally I can theoretically see it happening.
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Post by Peter Moylan
Although there is a risk of turning off parishioners if the "priest"
starts sounding like Stefan.
Core demographic of the Catholic Church is not California surfers!
<Ahem!> Stefan is not a Californian. He is a jackboot wearing Kraut,
with English to match. The only reason you think he is Californian is
because he filters his posts through ChatGPT in order to sound
Californian-hip. Latest example of this is in the thread "Nominative
"me". May God forgive AI!
Aidan Kehoe
2024-11-12 14:09:32 UTC
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[...] Although there is a risk of turning off parishioners if the
"priest" starts sounding like Stefan.
Core demographic of the Catholic Church is not California surfers!
<Ahem!> Stefan is not a Californian. He is a jackboot wearing Kraut,
with English to match. The only reason you think he is Californian is
because he filters his posts through ChatGPT in order to sound
Californian-hip. Latest example of this is in the thread "Nominative
"me". May God forgive AI!
I read his posts on de.etc.sprache.deutsch where he comes across as
German and unremarkable in his word choices and framing. My point (and Peter’s
point) was that if an AI were to sound like his postings here that would,
usually, be inappropriate for taking confession.
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‘As I sat looking up at the Guinness ad, I could never figure out /
How your man stayed up on the surfboard after fourteen pints of stout’
(C. Moore)
Silvano
2024-11-12 19:17:11 UTC
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I read his posts on de.etc.sprache.deutsch where he comes across as
German and unremarkable in his word choices and framing.
Stefan knows his mother tongue. :-) Certainly better than I do. After
all, it's HIS mother tongue and not mine.
Don't ask me why he uses ChatGPT to send gibberish to AUE.

I want to write English as well as I can. When it's bad, thanks for
correcting me. Hi, Jerry!
When it's good, thanks for showing me, even when you do it only
indirectly through the lack of comments. Of course, it's possible that
you just don't care, but I think that you would react if it were really
too bad.
Aidan Kehoe
2024-11-13 09:45:00 UTC
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I read his posts on de.etc.sprache.deutsch where he comes across as
German and unremarkable in his word choices and framing.
Stefan knows his mother tongue. :-) Certainly better than I do. After
all, it's HIS mother tongue and not mine.
Don't ask me why he uses ChatGPT to send gibberish to AUE.
I want to write English as well as I can. When it's bad, thanks for
correcting me. Hi, Jerry!
When it's good, thanks for showing me, even when you do it only
indirectly through the lack of comments. Of course, it's possible that
you just don't care, but I think that you would react if it were really
too bad.
One of the benefits of alt.usage.english is that people engage to correct you,
where the completely rational thing is not to waste one’s time doing that,
especially given people can react poorly to having mistakes pointed out.

I think the combination of good German and good Italian is a great help for
English, and it is unusual for me to see any significant issues with your
English.
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‘As I sat looking up at the Guinness ad, I could never figure out /
How your man stayed up on the surfboard after fourteen pints of stout’
(C. Moore)
Bertel Lund Hansen
2024-11-13 10:33:01 UTC
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One of the benefits of alt.usage.english is that people engage to correct you,
where the completely rational thing is not to waste one’s time doing that,
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Post by Aidan Kehoe
especially given people can react poorly to having mistakes pointed out.
I don't think that I have met that reaction in this group. Is my memory
failing me?
Post by Aidan Kehoe
I think the combination of good German and good Italian is a great help for
English, and it is unusual for me to see any significant issues with your
English.
ACK
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Bertel
Kolt, Denmark
Aidan Kehoe
2024-11-13 10:44:04 UTC
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Post by Aidan Kehoe
One of the benefits of alt.usage.english is that people engage to correct
you, where the completely rational thing is not to waste one’s time doing
that,
ACK
Post by Aidan Kehoe
especially given people can react poorly to having mistakes pointed out.
I don't think that I have met that reaction in this group. Is my memory
failing me?
Probably not. I did encounter it earlier in day-to-day life when I had more
enthusiasm for helping people to improve second languages, and the reaction
tempered the enthusiasm.
Post by Bertel Lund Hansen
Post by Aidan Kehoe
I think the combination of good German and good Italian is a great help for
English, and it is unusual for me to see any significant issues with your
English.
ACK
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‘As I sat looking up at the Guinness ad, I could never figure out /
How your man stayed up on the surfboard after fourteen pints of stout’
(C. Moore)
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