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Have I Got News For You: missing words round. "Tower Hamlets - Let's <blank>" "Get out alive?"
If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.
... get ready to mumble!
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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What do you expect from a language that only has a 20 million word vocabulary? Oh, hang on, that's at least 5 million more than any other language :doh:
"The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage." Thucydides (B.C. 460-400)
Words like anathema, zeitgeist and sinister for example.
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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psst! It's past participle
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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Because other languages don't have homonyms, homographs and homophones.
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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A Dead ringer for Kate Winslett[^]Can't think of any in Hungarian... ;)
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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Words like anathema, zeitgeist and sinister for example.
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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A Dead ringer for Kate Winslett[^]English is the ultimate 'Borrowing' language. There are words in English from just about every nation. (The unintended consequence of Empire).
--------------------------------- I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^]
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And all the other ones..... I was being sarcastic in my post.
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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And all the other ones..... I was being sarcastic in my post.
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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English is the ultimate 'Borrowing' language. There are words in English from just about every nation. (The unintended consequence of Empire).
--------------------------------- I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^]
Not just empire, there was a lot of deliberate borrowing from Greek and Latin during the middle ages. But that was kind of my point, we're still doing it and it is no bad thing.
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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English is the ultimate 'Borrowing' language. There are words in English from just about every nation. (The unintended consequence of Empire).
--------------------------------- I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^]
Next time you travel by coach, write down your thoughts with a biro.
Reality is an illusion caused by a lack of alcohol
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Can't think of any in Hungarian... ;)
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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Not just empire, there was a lot of deliberate borrowing from Greek and Latin during the middle ages. But that was kind of my point, we're still doing it and it is no bad thing.
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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A Dead ringer for Kate Winslett[^]As a Geo-Political Bloc, the English Speaking World is responsible for spreading communications to the globe, and as it subsumes other languages it makes it even more powerful. Despite the French protestations, it is the Lingua Franca of the EU, of Business, of Technology, of Communication, of Transport and of Science. Strangely, French is the language of War. (qv, Grenade, Lieutenant, Major, Guerilla, Bayonet, Coup-de-ta, etc). Latin and Greek are the basis of Scientific Terminology, and that is no bad thing, it gives a standard that all can relate to.( eg. one can almost picture an animal from its binomial name).
--------------------------------- I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^]
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Well done. I couldn't be bothered, but I knew there were some. Hence the sarcasm of me previous post.
Reality is an illusion caused by a lack of alcohol
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As a Geo-Political Bloc, the English Speaking World is responsible for spreading communications to the globe, and as it subsumes other languages it makes it even more powerful. Despite the French protestations, it is the Lingua Franca of the EU, of Business, of Technology, of Communication, of Transport and of Science. Strangely, French is the language of War. (qv, Grenade, Lieutenant, Major, Guerilla, Bayonet, Coup-de-ta, etc). Latin and Greek are the basis of Scientific Terminology, and that is no bad thing, it gives a standard that all can relate to.( eg. one can almost picture an animal from its binomial name).
--------------------------------- I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^]
Dalek Dave wrote:
Strangely, French is the language of War. (qv, Grenade, Lieutenant, Major, Guerilla, Bayonet, Coup-de-ta, etc).
Surrender, Collaborator etc :laugh: [Edit] Grenade is an interesting one, it comes via French from the Spanish for Pomegranate because the early pottery grenades bore a resemblance to them, and the Spanish word ultimately comes from the Latin for grain.
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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Dalek Dave wrote:
Strangely, French is the language of War. (qv, Grenade, Lieutenant, Major, Guerilla, Bayonet, Coup-de-ta, etc).
Surrender, Collaborator etc :laugh: [Edit] Grenade is an interesting one, it comes via French from the Spanish for Pomegranate because the early pottery grenades bore a resemblance to them, and the Spanish word ultimately comes from the Latin for grain.
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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A Dead ringer for Kate Winslett[^] -
Next time you travel by coach, write down your thoughts with a biro.
Reality is an illusion caused by a lack of alcohol
What is a Biro? I prefer Ballpoints. Biro for pen is like Hoover for Vacuum Cleaner. Of course the Ballpoint Pen was invented by John Loud in 1888.
--------------------------------- I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^]
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- The bandage was wound around the wound. 2) The farm was used to produce produce. 3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse. 4) We must polish the Polish furniture. 5) He could lead if he would get the lead out. 6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert. 7) Since there is no time like the present , he thought it was time to present the present . 8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum. 9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes. 10) I did not object to the object. 11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid. 12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row. 13) They were too close to the door to close it. 14) The buck does funny things when the does are present. 15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line. 16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow. 17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail. 18) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear. 19) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests. ...
The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is SILENCE, the second is LISTENING, the third MEMORY, the forth, PRACTICE and the fifth is TEACHING others!
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Because other languages don't have homonyms, homographs and homophones.
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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A Dead ringer for Kate Winslett[^]Russian has
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косил косой косой косой с косой
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- The bandage was wound around the wound. 2) The farm was used to produce produce. 3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse. 4) We must polish the Polish furniture. 5) He could lead if he would get the lead out. 6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert. 7) Since there is no time like the present , he thought it was time to present the present . 8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum. 9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes. 10) I did not object to the object. 11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid. 12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row. 13) They were too close to the door to close it. 14) The buck does funny things when the does are present. 15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line. 16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow. 17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail. 18) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear. 19) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests. ...
The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is SILENCE, the second is LISTENING, the third MEMORY, the forth, PRACTICE and the fifth is TEACHING others!
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Russian has
*Ahem*[^] Practically all languages do.
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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A Dead ringer for Kate Winslett[^]
