"Classical Mechanics is a well known field of Mathematics." Do you even listen to yourself...? – Najib Idrissi 19 hours ago
The user "Najib Idrissi" asks the author of the sentence Classical Mechanics is a well known field of Mathematics. to read that statement for themselves. Najib makes sure that the author will realize the scientific mistake in that sentence and, in short, "will come to their senses."
It's like your friend has told you something very oddly wrong, and you didn't expect him to say so. You tell him/her to listen to himself/herself, so that s/he will realize the mistake they've made. In this case, it seems very rudimentary to the mathematicians that "classical mechanics" are a physics' subject, and hardly related to math. So, "well known", as it means that "many are familiar with it being a part of mathematics" seems a very idiotic expression to them, as if the author didn't know what they were typing, or simply, talking about.
If you ask me, there is a bit of negative connotation in this sentence, but it wouldn't be considered as offensive. (As "offensive" is too strong for it)
In fact, the expression "listen to yourself" is commonly used in the area of philosophy when there's a speak of art of communicating between humans.
philosophy reference 1
philosophy reference 2
The third
And this is a nice example of a similar usage. (Though it contains the expression and not the exact question)
in Google books
Your meaning of the word is correct.
The suffix
-able
is used to mean "something can be"
drinkable
can be drunk
wearable
can be worn
coachable
can be coached
by extension
coaxable
can be coaxed
Horses are not very coaxable, thus the saying "You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink".
Children are usually coaxable with the promise of a present or a sweet, many parents might consider this tactic bribery.
Best Answer
The idiom here is "the pond."
This phrase means the Atlantic Ocean. It is sometimes jocularly used to refer to differences between usages in Great Britain vs the United States, including allusions to pop culture that are not common.
Edit: this is both an American and British usage, and despite referring to a definite body of water, I have never seen it capitalized.