What have you learnt today?

[jimm04]

 

[belamyi]

That approximately 3000 of the most common Russian words make up about 80% of the spoken language. No, I don't speak Russian....

The most common words of a language constitute the vast majority of what people usually speak in that language: wow.

 

[belamyi]

About him, and him, about the history of the Elgin cathedral, White City, that Tübingen, Marburg, Göttingen, Freiburg and Heidelberg are the five classical university towns of Germany, that Salieri became court composer in 1774, and that next Thursday starts the Christmas street lighting period in Barcelona (I knew about the Shopping Night, but was not sure about the LED crap kicking off too).

 

[belamyi]

Oh, and that Beethoven's younger brothers were called Caspar Anton Carl and Nikolaus Johann.

 

[belamyi]

Ok, finally something of real interest, just twelve minutes before Saturday: 滑头商号.

 

[pat grimshaw]

...滑头商号. . .

That used to be known as the Shanghai Salmon Scam

 

[belamyi]

That used to be known as the Shanghai Salmon Scam

Damn, you made me smile and even laugh through the nostrils

 

[refujiunderground]

that even though i'm not an old jersey bastard, i look like an old jersey bastard. fucking jub members looking extra young making me look extra old.

 

[belamyi]

that even though i'm not an old jersey bastard, i look like an old jersey bastard. fucking jub members looking extra young making me look extra old.

You mean like this? http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XKJtdR_9R...00-tame_one-da_ol_jersey_bastard-2008-ftd.jpg

 

[Adrock-JD]

To question everything.

Tis? better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

Or, once is not enough but better than nothing.

 

[belamyi]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kibitzer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PJ_Harvey

 

[palbert]

Being learned, I learned that "learnt" is primarily a European English usage and that "learnt" is now replaced by "learned" for those learned in American English. In fact, "learnt" is considered practically unlearned and may be colloquial. I learned this from Wikipedia and dictionaries.

 

[belamyi]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tegan_and_Sara

 

[refujiunderground]

You mean like this? http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XKJtdR_9R...00-tame_one-da_ol_jersey_bastard-2008-ftd.jpg

yes, like that one. being an ol jersey bastard is an causing thought.

 

[belamyi]

Being learned, I learned that "learnt" is primarily a European English usage and that "learnt" is now replaced by "learned" for those learned in American English. In fact, "learnt" is considered practically unlearned and may be colloquial. I learned this from Wikipedia and dictionaries.

Yep, that's right... damn the late 1980s, when I started learning British English I always have the reflex movement to spell "learned" but then I always remember my first lessons with "learn, learned & learnt" which I assimilated as "learn, learned, learnt" Besides, being a Catalan Spaniard, I don't think there's any way in which I can avoid pronouncing a final -t rather than a -d.

 

[PreTTy PeTe]

Keep learning, you snobbish ignorant [North]American
http://www.urch.com/forums/english/9214-learned-vs-learnt.html
http://www.englishforums.com/English/LearntVLearned/bhzlj/post.htm

not being snobbish but when I hear that word spoken it usually comes from someone named Jethro.

it's just wrong.

 

[star-warrior]

Cummingtonite is (Mg,Fe)7Si8O22(OH)2, Magnesium Iron Silicate Hydroxide.

 

[belamyi]

To question everything.

Tis? better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

Or, once is not enough but better than nothing.

Damn I missed that last night: it all depends on whether you having nothing more than "love" to give sense to your life. If you have nothing else, it is better to have lost it after having "had" it, and once would be preferable to nothing.

 

[belamyi]

not being snobbish but when I hear that word spoken it usually comes from someone named Jethro.

it's just wrong.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XMCyADSM0...158267524_522137523_13290646_1651208169_n.jpg

 

[belamyi]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Washington_Library

It was the actually part of the other day's glean, but it is ever such a fascinating subject: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabermetrician