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Old September 19, 2008, 02:01 AM
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Estoy de acuerdo especialmente en los años de las elecciones presidenciales. Pero si tienen que enseñar creacionismo el las escuelas
públicas, ¿van a tener que enseñar el nacimiento del mundo segun las creéncias voodoo, y la cigüeña tambien?
No es lo mismo. El creacionismo ha sido doctrina imperante durante cientos de años. Considero que es interesante estudiarla aunque sólo sea por influencia histórica. Personalmente soy partidario que se expliquen las dos, con sus puntos fuertes y débiles.
Las creencias voodoo y la cigueña no han tenido ninguna influencia histórica, ni que yo sepa explican como se ha desarrollado la humanidad.
¿O cambió la cigueña al chimpancé por el homre y no nos dimos cuenta ?

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Old September 19, 2008, 06:19 AM
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Old September 19, 2008, 07:02 AM
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No es lo mismo. El creacionismo ha sido doctrina imperante durante cientos de años. Considero que es interesante estudiarla aunque sólo sea por influencia histórica. Personalmente soy partidario que se expliquen las dos, con sus puntos fuertes y débiles.
Las creencias voodoo y la cigueña no han tenido ninguna influencia histórica, ni que yo sepa explican como se ha desarrollado la humanidad.
¿O cambió la cigueña al chimpancé por el homre y no nos dimos cuenta ?

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Voodoo sí tiene influencia histórica muy interesante. Era una religion escondida que los africanos esclavos llevado al nuevo mundo practicaba. Tiene raices yoruba en Africa. A veces los dioses africanos estaban escondos bajo nombres de santos cristianos. El estudio de mitologia comparativa me fascina. a mi me encanta la historia de Vishnu que llego al mundo en la forma de Krishna. Me gustaría conocer más.

We use a two word verb: crack open (walnuts) for abrir nueces.
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Old September 21, 2008, 11:46 PM
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"estuve toda la tarde partiendo nueces"
" I spent all the afternoon cracking walnuts open?"
It's so poli??
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PD: a mi también me gustan las historias de dioses, pero no al nivel de mitología comparativa. Me gusta expecialmente el folklore japonés y el vikingo.
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"estuve toda la tarde partiendo nueces"
" I spent all the afternoon cracking walnuts open?"The sentence is in perfect English ¿Eres parte ardilla?
It's so poli??
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PD: a mi también me gustan las historias de dioses, pero no al nivel de mitología comparativa. Me gusta expecialmente el folklore japonés y el vikingo.
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Y a mi las historias complicadas de los dioses griegos.
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As you can see in Rusty's link, "mucho ruido y pocas nueces" means "Much ado about nothing" and comes from the title of a Shakespeare's play. Means "a lot of ruckus and a meager outcome" . It's very common in Spain, where we talk and quarrel about things that are not really that important or doesn't affect us that more.
For example, in the USA I see man gives a lot of importance about Creacionism or Evolution in the school. It's important, but I think perhaps it's better to give both and resolve first other problems schools have (pregnancy, drougs, lower education level, going to school,...)
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I was going to say the Shakespeare thing, but you beat me to it. I loved the Kenneth Branagh adaptation, but I've never seen that one at the theatre.
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Mary. Do you speak the English as well?

Last days, I went with my brother to arrive to a lady of shopping, she's from Philippine, and she only knows English and sure her native language, and I can tell you that wasn't easy understanding to her somethings, the good of all it is that she speak very slow, and I was practicing my English with her, but sometime I didn't understand her nothing, because I don't know still speak English as well, but I tried to do my best effort, and well my brother told me that I did it well, because sometimes I could understand her and talked her any things, but I'd like practice with you if you know English of course, you tell me if you'd like the idea, and if you tell me yes, I'll be as happy because you are for me an example to follow, regards.
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Jorge,
The problem is I have no time to chat.
And I am no example to follow. The only reason my English is good is because I devote my whole life to it,I love it and I'm always surrounded by ex-pats.
A couple of days ago I was talking to two Californian girls and I felt 'that was me at my most natural'. An American friend, also from California, says I sound 'American with a touch of something softer'.
Take a rain check?
And remember: Motivation is the key to language learning (and you've got loads of that).
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And remember: Motivation is the key to language learning (and you've got loads of that).
You can say that again. And I've said it more than a few times too.
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