Would the U.S. Drop the Bomb Again? 59% of Americans would if similarly provoked

[alfred russel]

I assumed Maladict was originally referring to 9/11, and the *rushing movement and sound* comment referred to an obvious point going over grumbler's head.

Unless I was wrong (I think highly unlikely), I must just have better reading comprehension skills than grumbler.

[Maladict]

The context of that post wasn't clear enough as to which event I was referring to? 

You were being very opaque about everything except "recent."  If you mean something that happened 15 years ago, then "recent" doesn't mean what you think it does.

As an archaeologist everything in living memory is recent to me.
And I wasn't aware there had been more recent attacks that killed thousands of Americans followed by the invasion of two countries.

*rushing movement and sound*

I am sure that this made sense in your mind, but it makes no sense when typed out.  "Rushing" is a verb or gerund, neither of of which can be used like this.   Are you practicing being opaque again?

You're the one who introduced it. I went with exclamation, which I assume is the use you intended.

whoosh

/(h)wo͞oSH,(h)wo͝oSH/

verb
verb: whoosh; 3rd person present: whooshes; past tense: whooshed; past participle: whooshed; gerund or present participle: whooshing; verb: woosh; 3rd person present: wooshes; past tense: wooshed; past participle: wooshed; gerund or present participle: wooshing

1.
move or cause to move quickly or suddenly with a rushing sound.
"a train whooshed by"

noun
noun: whoosh; plural noun: whooshes; noun: woosh; plural noun: wooshes

1.
a sudden movement accompanied by a rushing sound.
"there was a big whoosh of air"

exclamation
exclamation: whoosh; exclamation: woosh

1.
used to imitate a rushing movement and sound.

[Capetan Mihali]

Yeah, let's get a consistent definition of what "recent" means.  Just for today, not even an historically-consistent definition.  Obviously, 15 years is over-long.  How about 12?  10?

EDIT:  I don't know about the rest of the country or world, but FWIW, 9/11 feels pretty damn recent for a lot of New Yorkers.

[grumbler]

As an archaeologist everything in living memory is recent to me.
And I wasn't aware there had been more recent attacks that killed thousands of Americans followed by the invasion of two countries.

That definition is fine with me, but that means that America recently dropped two atomic bombs on Japan, Germany's leaders recently conspired to ill six million Jews, and Rwanda's army and militias conspired to kill almost 800,000 people.  Given recent events, i don't know why you think 9/11 even rates.

You're the one who introduced it. I went with exclamation, which I assume is the use you intended.

whoosh

/(h)wo͞oSH,(h)wo͝oSH/

verb
verb: whoosh; 3rd person present: whooshes; past tense: whooshed; past participle: whooshed; gerund or present participle: whooshing; verb: woosh; 3rd person present: wooshes; past tense: wooshed; past participle: wooshed; gerund or present participle: wooshing

1.
move or cause to move quickly or suddenly with a rushing sound.
"a train whooshed by"

noun
noun: whoosh; plural noun: whooshes; noun: woosh; plural noun: wooshes

1.
a sudden movement accompanied by a rushing sound.
"there was a big whoosh of air"

exclamation
exclamation: whoosh; exclamation: woosh

1.
used to imitate a rushing movement and sound.

You need to use a better source than tumblr as your guide to writing in English.  "Rushing sound' doesn't even make sense.

[grumbler]

I assumed Maladict was originally referring to 9/11, and the *rushing movement and sound* comment referred to an obvious point going over grumbler's head.

Unless I was wrong (I think highly unlikely), I must just have better reading comprehension skills than grumbler.

You like to assume a lot more than I like to.   

[HVC]

grumbler check out the definition under exclamation

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/whoosh?q=woosh

[sbr]

In a stunning turn of events grumbler entered the thread and suddenly everyone is linking to dictionary definitions.

[Capetan Mihali]

grumbler loves beating up on non-native English-speakers with English semantics, it's one of his specialties.

[HVC]

In a stunning turn of events grumbler entered the thread and suddenly everyone is linking to dictionary definitions.

he likes to play obtuse to get under people's skin.  At least I think he plays at it, would be kind of sad if that was his natural state. Ask him about tiny boats if you really want a laugh.

[The Brain]

katmai is being wilfully obese. Film at 11.

[Valmy]

The US would massively benefit from all those weapons vanishing overnight. They undermine the global security and stability we strive to uphold. Using them ourselves would be worse than a crime, it would be a mistake as Talleyrand would say.

[The Brain]

The US would massively benefit from all those weapons vanishing overnight.

The only realistic way to do that is by detonating them.

[lustindarkness]

The US world would massively benefit from all those weapons vanishing overnight.

The only realistic way to do that is by detonating them.

And getting rid of the whole middle east in the process. Perfect solution for all. I like it, lets do it, do it now.

[Maladict]

As an archaeologist everything in living memory is recent to me.
And I wasn't aware there had been more recent attacks that killed thousands of Americans followed by the invasion of two countries.

That definition is fine with me, but that means that America recently dropped two atomic bombs on Japan, Germany's leaders recently conspired to ill six million Jews, and Rwanda's army and militias conspired to kill almost 800,000 people.  Given recent events, i don't know why you think 9/11 even rates.

I never said those events were not recent.
The reason they don't rate and 9/11 does is the premise (not mine) that modern day Americans are placed in certain conditions similar to those of Pearl Harbor, namely 2000 American deaths as a result of a foreign strike. I alluded to the fact that, in this sense, they had been not too long ago.

My example would have been easily countered incidentally, Tim for one made a fair point.

Instead you centered on the admittedly vague meaning of recently (but to you apparently the only word that was not opaque)  and, ignoring the very specific (not opaque) meaning  of 2000 American deaths and the subsequent invasion of two countries, claimed that it must be about Bataclan.

And now that you've stated my definition of recent is fine (contradicting your earlier statement btw) I'm puzzled as to why I should have mentioned the Nazis or the Rwandan genocide.
Or maybe you misread, but I'm sure you would have said so by now if you did.

You need to use a better source than tumblr as your guide to writing in English.  "Rushing sound' doesn't even make sense.

Oxford, Macmillan, Merriam-Webster and Collins are good enough for me, thanks.
Although to be honest I was just winging it, I did not consult any of them when writing the sentence.


Hope you will get some out of this, you seem to enjoy doing that.

[Razgovory]

A "Rushing sound", kind of like the sound DGuller makes when he talks.