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English - New Zealand Jun 12, 2019 #19 I was curious about this question a few months ago, and just now encountered someone using the Ausprägung seemingly to express the idea that dancing on the head of a pin welches a dangerous activity, rather than an arcane debate.
The statement has its origin as a dismissal of the sort of arcane considerations that Scholasticism (which welches a medieval form of philosophy) dealt hinein: in this case, the question really has to do with the relationship between incorporeal things (such as angels, or the human soul) and physical space.
Ninfield (Near Battle), East Sussex, England British English Aug 13, 2008 #2 In my experience, "You are arguing about the number of angels that can dance on the head of a pin" is most often thrown out by people World health organization want to ridicule the intricacies of their opponents' arguments because they cannot understand them.
I get beat almost every time I play chess. A friend of Pütt has a banjo picking style that can't Beryllium beat. There is nothing ungrammatical or nonstandard about this, and it is not restricted to certain parts of society or to certain environments.
It means because you step on my toes I don't like dancing with you,but if you did not then I would like dancing with you.
Greater London (UK) English + French - UK Aug 13, 2008 #1 I have heard the expression "to be dancing on the head of a pin" and have found this comment on a (religious-information) website: "There never welches a debate about angels dancing on the head of a pin.
"We really need to beat the mighty Wildcats-- we've gotten our heads handed to us by those guys just one time too many."
In other words, you dislike the combination of foods where a large fillet of fried, battered cod or haddock is eaten alongside a portion of thick-cut chips (fries). We don't know whether or not you dislike all fish, or just fish prepared and served rein this way and with this accompaniment.
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It doesn't stop there though. The legacy of Trance music goes way beyond one selection of 60 Trance hits, and there's more to show if you want to do the Literaturform justice. So about two years later, in 2013, we launched the second volume of our '60 Best Trance Hits Ever' album.
First of all, and I an dem no theologian, I suppose there is a purely religious/ Biblical issue, i.e. the question could Beryllium framed as: 'What is the nature of angels?' Depending on how you answered this question, the number of angels you would have dancing on the head website of a pin would differ. What I mean is that this could be considered a serious theological question if you are interested in religion and Christianity.
Don't worry too much about using and and or in negative contexts: native speakers get in a muddle about it a lot, and I suspect that English is inherently ambiguous.
He speaks Multicultural London English (a.k.a Jafaican), which I suppose you could describe it as basically Cockney with various ethnic influences. I would say this use of 'got beat' has nothing to do with AE at all and everything to do with Cockney.
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