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.
The famous Hugo novel and even more famous stage (now movie) musical is usually pronounced by Americans /leɪ ˌmɪzəˈrɑːb/; the French say /le mizeʁabl(ə)/. But Alex, who prides himself on his French, actually just said /le mizeʁabləz/. Yes. He pronounced that final S on Misérables!
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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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3 Comments:
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At 9:30 PM, March 04, 2013
Kathie had this to say...
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At 10:07 PM, March 04, 2013
The Ridger, FCD had this to say...
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At 12:33 PM, March 05, 2013
Kathie had this to say...
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<-- Older Post ^ Home Newer Post -->So did high school dropout John Travolta at the Oscars (although everyone else on stage pronounced it with the terminal "S" silent).
In the Civil War, CSA troops called it "Lee's Miserables"...
*groan*
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