I think it's perfectly okay to use "stress" in the physics/engineering sense when talking about people. When steel is manufactured, the process often sets up areas of stress which are retained by the finished product - clearly

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_two_cents_(idiom) " My two cents " and its longer version " put my two cents in " is an American idiomatic expression, taken from the original British idiom expression: to put in " my two

I don't see where we disagree: tracks, channels, signals - they all carry the same data. I think you're just confusing tracks made at the recording session with tracks made at the editing/mixing session (post production). I'll grant

Hyperbole is a form of overstatement used for effect in literature and conversation. As a linguistic tool it works by creating an analogy. It's common in humor, as an absurdity. It can be used as a rhetorical tool, amplifying an idea or a

Best way to learn English is by mingling with English-speaking crowd. Never be shy even if you feel your grammar or vocabulary may not be right. Just go ahead and fire your dialogues! You will then learn automatically. Everyday would be a new

I'd describe it as smaller than a small bank, employing no more than two or three people. I've never been inside one (not that I'm never hard up for cash) but I have the impression the client has access only to a counter across the

First chance I've had to download all day and I feel like I've fallen down the rabbit hole and ended up with a ringside seat at the Mad Hatter's Tea Party! Actually, that's a pretty apt analogy. And that makes "Scott

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Ron has brought this to us : Well, jeeze, you know, these are two examples which have ... simply absurd in the face of stereotyping. That's all. -Ron But the point is, the conversation wasn't =about= black people, yet every time an analogy

Ron has brought this to us : Why do blacks have to be dragged into discussions like ... African as, you know, there are no tigers in Africa. Well, jeeze, you know, these are two examples which have been pointed out to me, by black people, of