The people in office think it is too short, and the people out of office think it is too long. It was ever thus.
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I’m curious how international is this saying.
In chinese there is a 4 words telling that behind the wall there are ears (not the wall itself)
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“The walls have ears” is an idiom (unrelated to Go) in English, and it means something like “Be careful! Someone might be listening.”
I’ve never heard of a Go proverb in English referencing “ears” and “walls”.
Are you referring to a general (non-Go) saying that is similar to the English one, or is there a Go proverb like that?
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Don’t take it too seriously.
To a general saying
It’d be great if you’d post some
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I will (try to) do that.
Go memes has been a bit too seriously lately.
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Given how this is a thread about pedantry and all, I feel compelled to point out that with the verb “be”, one usually does not use adverbs but adjectives.
“Go memes has been a bit too serious lately.”
Sorry not sorry 
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When “No comment” is a comment. ==> contradiction
They just sacrificed it to win by 0.5 with 100% chances.
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Should this be worded as “an SGF file” instead? Since the “S” has a vowel sound to start?
Or maybe the period is pronounced as “dot” before the “S” is said? Or does one use “a” because “S” stands for “Smart”? Does one pronounce “SGF” as an acronym or initialism?
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I would say so. But I didn’t notice the period.
Since there’s just “a”, I’d bet on this one.
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My first instinct (as can be a second one, ok another threat …) was to put “an”…but it’s only “an” instinct. {Edit} 
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Yes to all of this.
Also…
Definitely an initialism.
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Related to the question, should we say “a dot-S-G-F file” or “an S-G-F file” or something else?
Of course, we need a poll…
How should you refer to a file in the SGF format?
- a dot-S-G-F file
- an S-G-F file
- a Smart Game Format file
- some form pronouncing it as an acronym
- jiraphics interchange format
- like “ouges”
0 voters
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How can I possibly pick just one option
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Pedants use the dot, and the rest of us don’t. Excepting modern corruption, the indefinite article follows the sound of the first letter in the initialism, NOT whether the letter is a consonant or a vowel, NOR does it follow the sound of the spelled out word. SGF starts with a short e sound (es), so it takes an.This is standard practice in American English style.
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You are missing a space after this period.
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