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.
No! Argh! Given how snotty Alex is about pronouncing French, and how he claims to speak Russian, it's amazing how badly he pronounces it. I'm always startled that the Clue Crew, or someone, doesn't look these up for him. Today, he pronounced Nabokov as NAA-boh-kahv [næˈbokɐv] which is pretty wrong. Try nah-BOH-kuff [nɐˈbokəf]. That aaa (æ) (like the vowel in cat or dad) doesn't even exist in Russian.
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 7:40 PM, October 03, 2014
Kathie had this to say...
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<-- Older Post ^ Home Newer Post -->At least tonight he correctly pronounced Quincy (Massachusetts) as "KWIN-zee" (i.e., with a "Z" not an "S" sound)!
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