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Forum: Other Languages May 15, 2008, 08:55 AM

Replies: 59 [German] Andere Sprache Views: 24,786 Posted By gatitoverde Und du? Und du?

Forum: Other Languages May 15, 2008, 08:54 AM

Replies: 59 [German] Andere Sprache Views: 24,786 Posted By gatitoverde Nein. Ich nahm etwas Deutsch im highschool. Aber... Nein. Ich nahm etwas Deutsch im highschool. Aber das war vor langer Zeit. 15 Jahre. Aber ich habe das Versuchen begonnen, wieder vor kurzem zu erlernen.

Forum: Other Languages May 15, 2008, 08:44 AM

Replies: 59 [German] Andere Sprache Views: 24,786 Posted By gatitoverde Gibt es Leute hier wer Deutsches gut sprechen? Gibt es Leute hier wer Deutsches gut sprechen?

Forum: Other Languages May 15, 2008, 08:41 AM

Replies: 59 [German] Andere Sprache Views: 24,786 Posted By gatitoverde Ich dachte dass ich einen anderen Platz finden... Ich dachte dass ich einen anderen Platz finden musste um mein Deutsches zu üben. Aber ich habe entdeckt dass es Leute hier gibt. Das ist sehr gut. Verzeihen Sie mir, oder mein Deutsch ist nicht auch...

Forum: Culture May 15, 2008, 08:16 AM

Replies: 18 Adventures in Orthography part I Views: 11,242 Posted By gatitoverde Actually, it's Diet Coke with lemon and lemonade... Actually, it's Diet Coke with lemon and lemonade flavored with whatever sickeningly sweet fruit syrup tickles your fancy. Utahns consume twice as much sugar per capita as the average American.

Forum: Daily Spanish Word May 15, 2008, 08:13 AM

Replies: 15 Avión Views: 7,117 Posted By gatitoverde Not a bad go at it, David, considering. Not a bad go at it, David, considering.

Forum: Daily Spanish Word May 15, 2008, 07:51 AM

Replies: 15 Avión Views: 7,117 Posted By gatitoverde Mais oui. C'est ma langue troisieme. Et je suis... Mais oui. C'est ma langue troisieme. Et je suis d'accord que depuis d'apprendre l'espagnol c'ect assez facile. Mais je ne peut pas en parler trop bien. De peu en peu, j'apprend.

Forum: Culture May 15, 2008, 07:39 AM

Replies: 18 Adventures in Orthography part I Views: 11,242 Posted By gatitoverde You're right, you know. The least of any state in... You're right, you know. The least of any state in the union. Only 18%. But I work in the county they're all located. :D

Forum: Vocabulary May 15, 2008, 07:35 AM

Replies: 32 Tío Views: 8,399 Posted By gatitoverde Exactly. In fact I think I've heard Tío Ladrón... Exactly. In fact I think I've heard Tío Ladrón specifically. Some story I read in a dual-language book that explained the usage for me.

Forum: Daily Spanish Word May 15, 2008, 07:32 AM

Replies: 15 Avión Views: 7,117 Posted By gatitoverde Non non, ne prends pas ton avion! Quand tu... Non non, ne prends pas ton avion! Quand tu parles, tout est long, tout est long! . . . Je suis désolé mais c'est une drole chanson!

Forum: Vocabulary May 15, 2008, 07:22 AM

Replies: 32 Tío Views: 8,399 Posted By gatitoverde I've also heard it used like Old, in epithets... I've also heard it used like Old, in epithets like Old Stickyfingers, or Old Pennypincher over there.

Forum: Daily Spanish Word May 15, 2008, 07:18 AM

Replies: 15 Reloj Views: 14,629 Posted By gatitoverde You're the fifth or sixth person to recommend... You're the fifth or sixth person to recommend Roald Dahl to me. If I remember, I'll ask for that for my birthday. I haven't heard of Carter's book. Though it's been a few months since I worked on it...

Forum: Culture May 15, 2008, 07:10 AM

Replies: 18 Adventures in Orthography part I Views: 11,242 Posted By gatitoverde The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the... The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the closest thing English has to a hall monitor. I gave my sister a copy for Christmas a few years ago. It cost me over 400 dollars, was 6 inches thick, and...

Forum: Culture May 15, 2008, 07:06 AM

Replies: 18 Adventures in Orthography part I Views: 11,242 Posted By gatitoverde Many people of the world use the word Yanquee to... Many people of the world use the word Yanquee to signify American, which is the way I was using it. But you're right, I feel a bit out of place here. My biggest problem isn't the state, however. It's...

Forum: Culture May 15, 2008, 06:01 AM

Replies: 18 Adventures in Orthography part I Views: 11,242 Posted By gatitoverde Adventures in Orthography Interlude Let me first say that, when I began this essay a couple of days ago, I don't suppose I'd ever fully grasped the sheer, utter, unadulterated, mind-boggling irregularity of the English orthographic...

Forum: Idioms & Sayings May 14, 2008, 10:10 PM

Replies: 18 The candid heart. Views: 7,635 Posted By gatitoverde Gracias de nuevo, Rusty. Gracias de nuevo, Rusty.

Forum: Idioms & Sayings May 14, 2008, 08:41 PM

Replies: 18 The candid heart. Views: 7,635 Posted By gatitoverde Pensaba en franco. Esto me recuerda de... Pensaba en franco. Esto me recuerda de francotirador y me gusta el parentesco poético entre un francotirador y un corazón franco. I was going to correct my use of recordar, but I was actually...

Forum: Vocabulary May 14, 2008, 04:51 PM

Replies: 12 The time Views: 10,343 Posted By gatitoverde Yeah, I've heard that at work before. Yeah, I've heard that at work before.

Forum: Suggestions & Feedback May 14, 2008, 04:50 PM

Replies: 22 Logging in Views: 5,214 Posted By gatitoverde I've heard "pasar la pelota" and "en pelotas" but... I've heard "pasar la pelota" and "en pelotas" but what does it mean to be the pelota?

Forum: Daily Spanish Word May 14, 2008, 04:48 PM

Replies: 15 Reloj Views: 14,629 Posted By gatitoverde I love that! I'm a big fan of nursery rhymes.... I love that! I'm a big fan of nursery rhymes. Like fairytales, they're often very revealing about a given culture.

Forum: Idioms & Sayings May 14, 2008, 04:44 PM

Replies: 32 El colmo... Views: 33,267 Posted By gatitoverde Thank you for your always so respectful and... Thank you for your always so respectful and succinct corrections.

Forum: Culture May 14, 2008, 04:35 PM

Replies: 18 Adventures in Orthography part I Views: 11,242 Posted By gatitoverde Adventures in Orthography part III Anglo-Norman is most interesting to me in that it was a Romance language spoken by a Northern Germanic people as their native tongue. You see, in the year 911, a man named Charles the Simple, a...

Forum: Culture May 14, 2008, 04:26 PM

Replies: 18 Adventures in Orthography part I Views: 11,242 Posted By gatitoverde What follows shortly is a copy I found online,... What follows shortly is a copy I found online, paired with a line by line translation, the words standardized, the lineation regularized, and the vowels accented to distinguish long vowels from...

Forum: Culture May 14, 2008, 04:17 PM

Replies: 18 Adventures in Orthography part I Views: 11,242 Posted By gatitoverde Adventures in Orthography part II Old English was a West Germanic language, or more specifically, a continuum of dialects that coalesced around the fifth century A.D., in what is now northern Germany and the Netherlands, and soon...

Forum: Culture May 14, 2008, 03:55 PM

Replies: 18 Adventures in Orthography part I Views: 11,242 Posted By gatitoverde Adventures in Orthography part I I believe it may have been Alfonso who recently said that if someone knew how English spelling got so messed up, that maybe they would like to share. Well, I had some idea already, from various...

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