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2008-10-26, 09:13 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Cristo's Consistently Confusing and Constantly Casual Random Banter #105
Zakama, that was awesome.
Somehow through a series of links I managed to get to this. Funny how you can get to almost anything on Youtube.
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2008-10-26, 09:14 AM (ISO 8601)
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- The Nation of Procrasti
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2008-10-26, 09:14 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Flawse Fell, Geordieland
Re: Cristo's Consistently Confusing and Constantly Casual Random Banter #105
Coolest name for a law ever (at least, outside the field of Roman jurisprudence). I just get an image of dozens of plump, richly-dressed Dutch burghers standing in circles gesticulating and chanting in Old High German.
We both fail at spelling Heirosolyma.Last edited by bosssmiley; 2008-10-26 at 09:18 AM.
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2008-10-26, 09:39 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Cristo's Consistently Confusing and Constantly Casual Random Banter #105
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2008-10-26, 10:00 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Cristo's Consistently Confusing and Constantly Casual Random Banter #105
Having your security alarm go off at 4 in the morning for no apparent reason does not lead to a relaxing night of sleep. Apparently it does lead to a blinding headache, and a 5 year old who somehow manages to sleep thru...well...a security alarm going off at 4 in the morning. And still gets up full of energy a couple of hours later.
To make matters worse, being pregnant during this whole thing nearly guarantees that the baby will awaken when you do, and start kicking every spot you try to lay on to get comfortable, and generally stepping on your bladder. Multiple times.
*sighs*
Well, at least it wasn't someone actually breaking in at 4am.
*goes to get more coffee*
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2008-10-26, 10:02 AM (ISO 8601)
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2008-10-26, 10:10 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Cristo's Consistently Confusing and Constantly Casual Random Banter #105
Titan AE.
Great film; wonderful flight and chase scenes.
Cookies please.
Pretty much no place is spelt the same in another language; but they're often recognisable. However, I suppose it depends on the alpphabet and language family.
London - English (Indo - European family)
London - German (see above)
Londinium - Latin (see above)
Londres - French (see above)
Londen - Afrikaans
Lontoo - Finnish (Uralic family)
Lākana - Hawaian (Malayo - Polynesian family)
Londra - Turkish (Altaic family)
Actually, now I think about it, choosing London may not have been the best choice as it does look fairly familiar. Hawaian might pose a bit of a problem though.
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Squid bones are lies.
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2008-10-26, 10:15 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Cristo's Consistently Confusing and Constantly Casual Random Banter #105
I use black for sarcasm.
Call me Rose, or The Rose Dragon. Rose Dragon is someone else entirely.
If you need me for something, please PM me about it. I am having difficulty keeping track of all my obligations.
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2008-10-26, 10:22 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Spaaaaaaaaaace!
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Re: Cristo's Consistently Confusing and Constantly Casual Random Banter #105
Hmm. Since lunch today, I've been feeling delightfully antisocial.
Meh. My repressed cynicism kicked in in full force.
I wonder how long it'll take to go away. I'm guessing two or three days.This avatar by Phase.
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2008-10-26, 10:29 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Cristo's Consistently Confusing and Constantly Casual Random Banter #105
Israel is big on cities with millions of scary-spelled names. There's one that is STILL called three things:
Acre
Akko
Akka
And historically it was Aak, Ake, Antiochia Ptolemais, Ptolemais, and who knows what else.
WHY?!?!
Well...it's 5000 years old and it's been possessed by the Greeks, the Romans, the Turks (Ottoman Empire), the English, the Persians, the French, the Arabs, the Jews...I suppose it shouldn't be any big surprise. But even on modern maps and signs, the name varies.
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2008-10-26, 10:39 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Cristo's Consistently Confusing and Constantly Casual Random Banter #105
All I have to do is link one short music video...
EDIT: Not the same city, but the same idea.Last edited by randman22222; 2008-10-26 at 10:39 AM.
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2008-10-26, 10:44 AM (ISO 8601)
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2008-10-26, 11:14 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Cristo's Consistently Confusing and Constantly Casual Random Banter #105
Wouldn't the correct spelling of the name of a place be the spelling that the inhabitants of that place use?
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Timeless Error stole all the things that I could possibly be mistaken for. *happy dances*
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2008-10-26, 11:26 AM (ISO 8601)
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2008-10-26, 11:35 AM (ISO 8601)
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2008-10-26, 11:40 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Cristo's Consistently Confusing and Constantly Casual Random Banter #105
Originally Posted by Groundhog22
In terms of communication this is something of a double edged sword; while you may personally have a particularly evocative word for a specific place, which best represents the intricacies of your idea of the place, that idea may very well contradict another individuals idea of the place and thus be useless in the sense of communicating that particular location to another individual.
I have always found the idea of having 'intimate' names, a name which invokes a specific set of ideas and feelings within a select group of people, to be rather Romantic.Last edited by RightHandless; 2008-10-26 at 11:44 AM.
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2008-10-26, 11:59 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Cristo's Consistently Confusing and Constantly Casual Random Banter #105
All right, I take your points. But this means that on a global scale, there's no correct spelling for anything. (I bet anyone who's failed a spelling test before can concur with that.)
Last edited by Groundhog; 2008-10-26 at 12:00 PM.
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Timeless Error stole all the things that I could possibly be mistaken for. *happy dances*
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2008-10-26, 12:07 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Cristo's Consistently Confusing and Constantly Casual Random Banter #105
Well, there's precious few things that are absolute globally anyway. Since spelling is a (formalized) best guess at representing spoken language, it's no wonder that people spell things differently where the languages are even slightly different. When people have entirely different words for the same thing, spelling is bound to get mucked up.
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2008-10-26, 01:07 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Cristo's Consistently Confusing and Constantly Casual Random Banter #105
中国 = zhong guo
If we were to use that, we would also use the correct word...right? But asking us to call China "Zhong Guo" would be like asking them to call Mei Guo "The USA". Though we did make the switch from Persia to Iran in the '50s or whatever, which was very kind of us.
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2008-10-26, 01:08 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Cristo's Consistently Confusing and Constantly Casual Random Banter #105
So, we agree the proper spelling for the Chinese homeland is Çin, right?
I use black for sarcasm.
Call me Rose, or The Rose Dragon. Rose Dragon is someone else entirely.
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2008-10-26, 01:10 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Cristo's Consistently Confusing and Constantly Casual Random Banter #105
Come to think, is there anything that's absolute globally? The only thing I can think of is the 7-day week, and even that's doubtful. I know that communist Russia tried to institute a 5-day week once, so it wouldn't surprise me if there are place where a week doesn't have 7 days.
Last edited by Groundhog; 2008-10-26 at 01:12 PM.
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2008-10-26, 01:16 PM (ISO 8601)
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2008-10-26, 01:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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2008-10-26, 02:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Cristo's Consistently Confusing and Constantly Casual Random Banter #105
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2008-10-26, 02:49 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Cristo's Consistently Confusing and Constantly Casual Random Banter #105
Ah, wasn't exactly sure because those languages are a bit odd.
Why am I still in love with Queen? Actually that's a redunant question; or more accurately, a poorly phrased one.
Let me start over:
Why am I still listening to QUeen after roughly four straight hours of doing so? Wouldn't most people switch, even for only one song, to another bad before coming back?
And my inner turmoil over Queen + Paul ROdgers still goes on.
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2008-10-26, 02:51 PM (ISO 8601)
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2008-10-26, 02:53 PM (ISO 8601)
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2008-10-26, 03:03 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Cristo's Consistently Confusing and Constantly Casual Random Banter #105
I used to do LP's. Currently archived here:
My Youtube Channel
The rest of my Sig:
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My Games:
The Great Divide Dark Heresy - Finished
They All Uprose Dark Heresy - Finished
Dead in the Water Dark Heresy - Finished
House of Glass Dark Heresy - Deceased
We All Fall Down Dark Heresy - Finished
Sea of Stars Rogue Trader - Ongoing
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2008-10-26, 03:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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2008-10-26, 03:21 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Cristo's Consistently Confusing and Constantly Casual Random Banter #105
In college I live in two worlds. One is for the learning where you listen to the teacher. The other world is divided into two realms: the Realm of Imagination and the Realm of Music.
The latter Realm is always working; I can hum and sing along to every Queen song I know, Sweet song and more bands time perfect, but not pitch perfect as I don't believe I can sing.
That's why I need no iPod. My brain is one.
White chocolate?
Please. I love white chocolate to pieces.
And as for the book . . . how about Across The Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn. I've already dropped the hint to dad (by picking up the entire series the shop had - four out of five, quite nicely, but not the first one) on Saturday as a Christmas pressie.
Bathatar!
Squid bones are lies.