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Liep

#51780
September 16, 2015, 06:24:58 AM
Then n is lower case while the rest is upper case? nYET. Still confusing.
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Ideologue

#51781
September 16, 2015, 07:38:47 AM Last Edit: September 16, 2015, 07:41:03 AM by Ideologue
Quote from: Liep on September 16, 2015, 05:00:25 AM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on September 16, 2015, 04:56:32 AM
No.

Pfft, using cyrillic letters because they look like latin letters is confusing. And then the whole y is a consonant thing you got going on in your weird language. Clearly it should be transliterated to "Njet".

Person who represents about 25 million Scandinavians (and 5 and a half million Danes if we're being uncharitable) tells English-speaker representing 425 million natives that his language is wrong.
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Ideologue

#51782
September 16, 2015, 07:40:20 AM
Though snark aside, I don't mind the block font "N."  It does get my goat when they use the symbols for "Ya" and "Ze" as R's and E's, since that is 1)retarded and 2)momentarily confusing for someone who can read Cyrillic text.
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Duque de Bragança

#51783
September 16, 2015, 07:54:36 AM
Quote from: Ideologue on September 16, 2015, 07:38:47 AM
Quote from: Liep on September 16, 2015, 05:00:25 AM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on September 16, 2015, 04:56:32 AM
No.

Pfft, using cyrillic letters because they look like latin letters is confusing. And then the whole y is a consonant thing you got going on in your weird language. Clearly it should be transliterated to "Njet".

Person who represents about 25 million Scandinavians (and 5 and a half million Danes if we're being uncharitable) tells English-speaker representing 425 million natives that his language is wrong.

Both languages share the latin alphabet so he has a point. Besides, the languages are even related.

mongers

#51784
September 16, 2015, 09:32:09 AM
Damn, I've started a lot of threads, wouldn't have thought I was in the top ten.  :blush:

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derspiess

#51785
September 16, 2015, 04:53:44 PM
Quote from: mongers on September 15, 2015, 04:06:23 PM



I would say they were way off-course.
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Liep

#51786
September 16, 2015, 05:22:40 PM
So quickly ventured onto cnn.com and am now watching the GOP pre-debate. Air Force One background and the national anthem. For a goddamn debate.

The southern one that Jon Stewart loved to do impressions of looks uncomfortable.
"Af alle latterlige Ting forekommer det mig at være det allerlatterligste at have travlt" - Kierkegaard

"JamenajmenømahrmDÆ!DÆ! Æhvnårvaæhvadlelæh! Hvor er det crazy, det her, mand!" - Uffe Elbæk

Admiral Yi

#51787
September 16, 2015, 05:28:17 PM
They all look uncomfortable to me.  They all know their days are numbered.

mongers

#51788
September 16, 2015, 06:24:04 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on September 16, 2015, 05:28:17 PM
They all look uncomfortable to me.  They all know their days are numbered.

Trumpageddon?


Incidentally is there any comedy entertainment value in watching this debate?
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11B4V

#51789
September 16, 2015, 06:32:12 PM
Quote from: mongers on September 16, 2015, 06:24:04 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on September 16, 2015, 05:28:17 PM
They all look uncomfortable to me.  They all know their days are numbered.

Trumpageddon?


Incidentally is there any comedy entertainment value in watching this debate?
Always
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Syt

#51790
September 17, 2015, 01:07:02 AM
Speaking of t-shirts, a pregnant friend of mine was wearing this the other day:

I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
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Syt

#51791
September 17, 2015, 04:10:20 AM Last Edit: September 17, 2015, 04:13:02 AM by Syt
Working time required to buy 1 Big mac, 1 kg of bread, 1 kg of rice, and an iPhone in various cities:



(First three categories in minutes, last in hours)
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

Ideologue

#51792
September 17, 2015, 05:26:51 AM
Oh, okay.  I was like, where are they getting these great deals on iPhones? :lol:
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Ideologue

#51793
September 17, 2015, 05:28:05 AM
Also, NYC sucks.  16 minutes for two pounds of rice?
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Eddie Teach

#51794
September 17, 2015, 05:31:11 AM Last Edit: September 17, 2015, 05:33:28 AM by Peter Wiggin
That is odd, 3x the cost in LA and Chicago though the other items are about the same.

BTW, is "Genf" Geneva, Ghent or some other place? Also, is "Mailand" Milan?
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