Language Liberalism Freethought Birds
Verbing Weirds Language only if you're expecting it to work in a simple way. This is a special case of the more general truth that Language Weirds.
Only when a republic's life is in danger should a man uphold his government when it is in the wrong. There is no other time.
The church says Earth is flat; but I have seen its shadow on the moon, and I have more confidence in a shadow than the church.
If we can't find Heaven, there are always bluejays.
They had to name the musical after getting two characters. "Emile deBecque and Ensign Nellie Forbush" baffled them - badly. One guessed "The Pirates of Penzance"! The next must have figured he'd just said the wrong G&S work, and tried "HMS Pinafore".
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I used to teach Russian and Ukrainian, and some basic English, to civil servants. Now I teach Russian at a local continued-learning institute. I dabble in Gaelic and Welsh. I'm am amateur photographer and I love birding (in a small way). I'm a Progressive, and a Freethinker, and I know Evolution is a fact - that's FCD, Friend of Charles Darwin (look down the sidebar). I read a lot, and follow women's college basketball. Also I love astronomy, though I'm a rank amateur at it. Most of all, I like living in the reality-based community...
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At 8:47 PM, May 26, 2011
Kathie had this to say...
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<-- Older Post ^ Home Newer Post -->None of tonight's contestants recognized the two characters each from "South Pacific" or "Oklahoma!" but at least one knew "The Sound of Music" (sigh...). I was dumbfounded, too, Ridger. Of course, we did "Oklahoma!" as our high school musical my senior year (I was in the orchestra), although I would've known all of these answers anyhow. Young people these days -- harrumph!
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