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is = has

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..and skilled = skillz?

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As in 's: For example, he's a reader or he's read everything.

I believed Buffalo Shrdlu was offering a paraphrase of he has mad skillz, not an interlinear translation.

I have seen mad used as an intensifier, very much like very. For example, mad confused (link).


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Originally Posted By: zmjezhd
As in 's: For example, he's a reader or he's read everything.

I believed Buffalo Shrdlu was offering a paraphrase of he has mad skillz, not an interlinear translation.

I have seen mad used as an intensifier, very much like very. For example, mad confused (link).


yeah, what he says.

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Onliest thing, he was using it as an example of mad used for very.

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Onliest thing, he was using it as an example of mad used for very.


you turning into some sort of prescrip, Faldage?


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Bob Marley had a hit with this one.

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Originally Posted By: Faldage
Onliest thing, he was using it as an example of mad used for very.


you turning into some sort of prescrip, Faldage?


You describe the language you have, not the language you wish you had.

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