Forum: General Chat
September 01, 2009, 05:23 PM
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Forum: General Chat
August 31, 2009, 05:25 PM
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Forum: General Chat
August 31, 2009, 05:19 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,611
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Forum: Other Languages
August 31, 2009, 10:21 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 4,524
Afrikaans
Afrikaans is the youngest and easiest of all the Germanic languages to learn. It evolved from the Dutch of the first settlers who arrived in southern Africa in the mid 1600s. Since its arrival it...
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Forum: Other Languages
August 31, 2009, 08:34 AM
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Replies: 23
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I learned Katakana first. You can often make...
I learned Katakana first. You can often make sense of Katakana words if you read them out loud. They usually sound something like an English word. You need to understand real Japanese to make sense...
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Forum: Other Languages
August 26, 2009, 02:35 AM
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Ukraine's got talent
This clip is from UKRAINE’s GOT TALENT!
This young Ukrainian girl tells an entire story via pushing around sand on a table. She uses nothing but sand and her hands to create these images. ...
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Forum: Other Languages
August 23, 2009, 05:18 PM
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Replies: 84
Views: 49,630
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Forum: Other Languages
August 23, 2009, 05:10 PM
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Replies: 84
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Forum: Translations
August 23, 2009, 05:01 PM
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Replies: 2
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I think you have the literal sense of the poem....
I think you have the literal sense of the poem. The main problem is that you need to capture as much as possible of the feeling, rhyme and rhythm of the original. This will mean making compromises...
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Forum: Other Languages
August 23, 2009, 04:37 PM
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Replies: 23
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ko n ba n wa mi na sa n.
I studied Japanese...
ko n ba n wa mi na sa n.
I studied Japanese for almost a year at a local school about 10 years ago, but I have now forgotten most of it.
Japanese is not a tonal language. (It is a bit like French...
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Forum: Other Languages
August 22, 2009, 09:03 AM
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Replies: 84
Views: 49,630
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Forum: Other Languages
August 21, 2009, 04:52 PM
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Replies: 84
Views: 49,630
"Roam with young Persephone.
Plucking poppies...
"Roam with young Persephone.
Plucking poppies for your slumber . . .
With the morrow, there shall be
One more wraith among your number"
All the English voices read the poem quite well, but...
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Forum: Daily Spanish Word
August 21, 2009, 04:29 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 12,402
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Forum: General Chat
August 21, 2009, 12:15 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 3,903
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Forum: Other Languages
August 21, 2009, 05:13 AM
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Replies: 84
Views: 49,630
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Forum: General Chat
August 20, 2009, 10:40 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 3,205
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Forum: Daily Spanish Word
August 20, 2009, 10:32 AM
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Replies: 46
Views: 12,402
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Forum: General Chat
August 19, 2009, 12:24 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 5,491
Maybe, but this construction sounds unnaturally...
Maybe, but this construction sounds unnaturally cumbersome and clunky to a British ear. Again the examiner favours the word alternatives rather than options. I have aways believed that alternative...
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Forum: Other Languages
August 18, 2009, 04:39 PM
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Replies: 84
Views: 49,630
Een kruimeldief is een kleine, handzame,...
Een kruimeldief is een kleine, handzame, oplaadbare stofzuiger (http://forums.tomisimo.org/wiki/Stofzuiger), waarmee snel kruimels en dergelijke kunnen worden opgeruimd. De kruimeldief wordt dan...
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Forum: General Chat
August 18, 2009, 03:12 PM
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Replies: 10
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
August 18, 2009, 12:10 PM
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Replies: 12
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This Gaelic song celebrates the opposite...
This Gaelic song celebrates the opposite sentiment:
Whisky on a Sunday is a very beautiful song.
The lyrics and melody are so singable I don't
know who could resist this song by
Glyn...
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
August 18, 2009, 11:47 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 13,570
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Forum: Translations
August 17, 2009, 05:12 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 5,030
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
August 16, 2009, 05:19 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 13,570
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Forum: General Chat
August 16, 2009, 05:11 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 7,304
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