Len Cnut Posted September 29, 2016 Posted September 29, 2016 2 hours ago, Dazey said: My little girl is named Evangeline after Longfellow's poem. Hark at the fuckin' poet over here, ya great Jessie! Quote
Dazey Posted September 29, 2016 Posted September 29, 2016 2 minutes ago, Len Cnut said: Hark at the fuckin' poet over here, ya great Jessie! Oh fuck off Marigold you soulless heathen! 1 Quote
Len Cnut Posted September 29, 2016 Posted September 29, 2016 3 minutes ago, Dazey said: Oh fuck off Marigold you soulless heathen! Alright Lord Byron, dont get your codpiece in a twist 3 Quote
DieselDaisy Posted September 29, 2016 Posted September 29, 2016 That is not what he told me either. Something about The Last Waltz, the hippy old fart swansong directed by Scorsese. Quote
Dazey Posted September 29, 2016 Posted September 29, 2016 8 minutes ago, DieselDaisy said: That is not what he told me either. Something about The Last Waltz, the hippy old fart swansong directed by Scorsese. It was actually a combination of the two. The Emmylou Harris song featured on The Last Waltz was based on the poem. Quote
AxlsFavoriteRose Posted September 30, 2016 Posted September 30, 2016 the song based on the poem is beautiful, Emmylou has the voice of an angel never saw the movie based on The Band, was it that bad? Quote
PappyTron Posted September 30, 2016 Posted September 30, 2016 Evangeline McLeod. Sounds like a villain from Harry Potter. Quote
Dazey Posted September 30, 2016 Posted September 30, 2016 2 hours ago, AxlsFavoriteRose said: the song based on the poem is beautiful, Emmylou has the voice of an angel never saw the movie based on The Band, was it that bad? The wife and I met (and got married) on "the banks of the Mississippi in New Orleans so it seemed fitting. 1 Quote
AxlsFavoriteRose Posted September 30, 2016 Posted September 30, 2016 wow that is so beautiful 1 Quote
Bandanaman Posted October 20, 2016 Posted October 20, 2016 I think english is one of the easiest languages to learn. Quote
DieselDaisy Posted October 20, 2016 Posted October 20, 2016 4 hours ago, Bandanaman said: I think english is one of the easiest languages to learn. Depends on your native language. It is easy coming from an Indo-European language, in particular a Germanic language, but difficult outside of that. One thing that is easy about English is the rigid sentencing structure (subject-verb-object) allows you to get away with blue murder grammatically. 1 Quote
Amir Posted October 20, 2016 Posted October 20, 2016 One addition I would make to the English language that would help both native speakers and those learning the language would be a positive word to a question with a negative in it. "I can't do this?" "Yes." "Yes I can or Yes I can't?" French has "Si" and Farsi has "Cherah"; English is a great language but for all its willingness to add words and borrow, this one omission baffles me and leads to a lot of confusion. Quote
Gracii Guns Posted October 20, 2016 Posted October 20, 2016 25 minutes ago, Amir said: One addition I would make to the English language that would help both native speakers and those learning the language would be a positive word to a question with a negative in it. "I can't do this?" "Yes." "Yes I can or Yes I can't?" French has "Si" and Farsi has "Cherah"; English is a great language but for all its willingness to add words and borrow, this one omission baffles me and leads to a lot of confusion. Surely the answer to "I can't do this?" would be "no (you can't)"? Answering yes to that seems silly. Edit: P.S. Good to see you around, Amir. Quote
Len Cnut Posted October 20, 2016 Posted October 20, 2016 8 minutes ago, Gracii Guns said: Surely the answer to "I can't do this?" would be "no (you can't)"? Answering yes to that seems silly. Edit: P.S. Good to see you around, Amir. Unless it is meaning to say yes as in yes that's correct. Quote
john lennon Posted October 23, 2016 Posted October 23, 2016 Can someone get this straight for me, because I don't understand... Is snakes always high on something? 1 Quote
janrichmond Posted October 23, 2016 Posted October 23, 2016 18 minutes ago, john lennon said: Can someone get this straight for me, because I don't understand... Is snakes always high on something? I believe that's the case @john lennon, he's the local friendly stoner 2 Quote
john lennon Posted October 23, 2016 Posted October 23, 2016 2 minutes ago, janrichmond said: I believe that's the case @john lennon, he's the local friendly stoner Well, I guess there's gotta be someone everywhere, doesn't it? 1 Quote
nn18 Posted October 24, 2016 Posted October 24, 2016 On 20.10.2016. at 10:56 AM, Bandanaman said: I think english is one of the easiest languages to learn. Agree I learned English and German in school, speak a little bit of Russian and Spanish, but English is by far the easiest one to learn and speak and my language is not in the slightest similar to it. Growing up with American tv series and movies probably helped a lot, but nevertheless english grammar is really not challenging. The only thing that is tricky are tences, present perfect, past perfect, present perfect continuous, past perfect continuous......wtf And spelling, I still make some stupid mistakes, and I probably did here too Quote
Snake-Pit Posted October 25, 2016 Author Posted October 25, 2016 On 10/20/2016 at 2:39 PM, Amir said: One addition I would make to the English language that would help both native speakers and those learning the language would be a positive word to a question with a negative in it. "I can't do this?" "Yes." "Yes I can or Yes I can't?" French has "Si" and Farsi has "Cherah"; English is a great language but for all its willingness to add words and borrow, this one omission baffles me and leads to a lot of confusion. ... It believe that's "oui" Mon ami. Quote
Amir Posted October 25, 2016 Posted October 25, 2016 8 hours ago, Snake-Pit said: ... It believe that's "oui" Mon ami. Nope. Oui = Yes. Non = No. Si = Yes when responding to a negative question, as in my example "Je ne peux pas faire quelque chose?" "Si." (it also means "if"). Quote
PappyTron Posted October 25, 2016 Posted October 25, 2016 9 hours ago, Amir said: Nope. Oui = Yes. Non = No. Si = Yes when responding to a negative question, as in my example "Je ne peux pas faire quelque chose?" "Si." (it also means "if"). Ooh la la, Amir! Quote
Snake-Pit Posted October 25, 2016 Author Posted October 25, 2016 (edited) Vous ne pouvez pas parler en espagnol? "Si". Si ou sí? Edited October 25, 2016 by Snake-Pit Quote
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