The Off Topic Topic

[Zanza]

Well, almost says R.F.A (République Fédérale d'Allemagne i.e Federal Republic of Germany) over here, the German embassy still shows it in French and German of course, since the reunification as well, but then formal endonyms ≠ common parlance exonyms.

Sure, the formal names, e.g. French Republic, are never used. But using France or Germany instead is different from using Great Britain, as the latter excluded part of the UK, whereas the former designte the whole country. A similar example is calling the Netherlands Holland.

[Savonarola]

Smithsonian Magazine has digital renderings of some of Frank Lloyd Wright's unrealized buildings:

Gordon Strong Automobile Objective:









Broadacre City:





Lake Tahoe Summer Colony:



Arizona Capitol Building:





Morris House:







National Life Insurance Building:

[Admiral Yi]

One of these things is not like others...

I get a Brazil vibe from the big green thing.

[Sheilbh]

I understand that the Canadians (or at least GF) think this is mad - but beavers now re-introduced to London
https://inews.co.uk/news/environment/england-urban-beavers-london-park-2128150

[Grey Fox]

Who is talking about soldiers?

Nobody but Josquius. 

Incidentally, the French Foreign Legion is well-known for teaching quickly very practical French skills to foreigners of all persuasions and "favoured learning styles".

It would be the last resort for Josquius I guess. 

Frequent physical hazing is big motivator for language learning 

Yeah, failing at a dictée would be the least of his problems. 
That or having a significant rap sheet; the Légion is a haven in some cases, not (too) violent.

Dictée du jour :

"La Légion est notre patrie"
(Legio Patria Nostra for those who are French language-challenged à la you know whom).

eh!

[Grey Fox]

I understand that the Canadians (or at least GF) think this is mad - but beavers now re-introduced to London
https://inews.co.uk/news/environment/england-urban-beavers-london-park-2128150

 

[Tamas]

I understand that the Canadians (or at least GF) think this is mad - but beavers now re-introduced to London
https://inews.co.uk/news/environment/england-urban-beavers-london-park-2128150

A possibly even more destructive middle class self-indulgence than that is burning wood to feel smug:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/feb/06/rise-in-wood-burners-in-uk-likely-creating-new-pollution-hotspots-in-affluent-areas

[The Larch]

Turkiye is silly enough but I increasingly see places using the proper accent marks, which mean nothing to English speakers. That's mad.

Who is talking about soldiers?

Its an example of someone who would have different needs?

But what's the point of bringing them up? I swear there's no way of following your line of thought. Why do you mention that the chart I presented is only valid for a certain purpose if we are actually discussing that very purpose? Why do you go on a tangent nobody ever mentioned?

Pretty sure the military are one of their main customers.

Did you even read it? It's aimed for diplomats.

[Josquius]

Turkiye is silly enough but I increasingly see places using the proper accent marks, which mean nothing to English speakers. That's mad.

Who is talking about soldiers?

Its an example of someone who would have different needs?

But what's the point of bringing them up? I swear there's no way of following your line of thought. Why do you mention that the chart I presented is only valid for a certain purpose if we are actually discussing that very purpose? Why do you go on a tangent nobody ever mentioned?

Pretty sure the military are one of their main customers.

Did you even read it? It's aimed for diplomats.

Another main customer.

[Duque de Bragança]

Well, almost no one over here says R.F.A anymore since the reunification République Fédérale d'Allemagne i.e Federal Republic of Germany) over here (used to be common back the day vs R.D.A/GDR ), the German embassy still shows it in French and German of course,, but then formal endonyms ≠ common parlance exonyms.

Sure, the formal names, e.g. French Republic, are never used. But using France or Germany instead is different from using Great Britain, as the latter excluded part of the UK, whereas the former designte the whole country. A similar example is calling the Netherlands Holland.

Yet the German case is a classic example of multiple exonyms, with different latin variants used by non-latin countries such Almanya in Turkish and Arabic (from Allemagne/Alemanha/Alemania cf. Alamanni) Germania  in Greek and Russian, while slavic languages have a form based on ¨nemets*. Balts do their own thing (the Estonian one is close to Finnish).
Then the Scandinavians have their own based on Deutschland (e.g Tyskland in Swedish), while the Finns were marked by Saxony.

On the other hand, For the UK, most languages distinguish between –Great– Britain (Britain might be used as well for Brittany in post-Roman times), United Kingdom and England/Wales/Scotland and Northern Ireland.
On a formal level that is, again.

PS: in litterary, historical or humoristic levels, Teutonia and Germania variants may be used as well (Germanie et Teutonie).

[Syt]

[Josquius]

Yes.



(The language and type setting used here sucks yes. But first that googled up)

[celedhring]

Children deaths have similarly risen in Spain throughout the same years, and we don't share our translantic friends' penchant for oversized cars.

I think it has more to do with regulating traffic around schools and playgrounds.

[Josquius]

Children deaths have similarly risen in Spain throughout the same years, and we don't share our translantic friends' penchant for oversized cars.

I think it has more to do with regulating traffic around schools and playgrounds.

At a glance I get a road death rate in Spain 1/3 that of the US?
For children in particular it seems similarly a lot less.

I guess explaining a rise in Spain since the 80s would be the obvious stuff of economic improvement and cars becoming drastically more common.

[Sheilbh]

Children deaths have similarly risen in Spain throughout the same years, and we don't share our translantic friends' penchant for oversized cars.

I think it has more to do with regulating traffic around schools and playgrounds.

It's fallen in the UK - but I think you're right and that's because there's been a trend in the UK to either close roads or have loads of traffic calming measures around schools. Especially during the pandemic there were loads of roads immediately outside schools that basically got closed and have now been converted into safe play areas.

But even despite that something like 60% of kids deaths in road accidents are in the after school to early evening bit when they're most likely to be walking home or just out with mates - the second most likely time is 8am-9am so when they're likely walking to school/out and about.