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Yero the Hero Moderator |
posted 06-12-2008 11:29 AM
   
As Mistress said, Rosetta Stone. Sure, it's expensive, but I've learned a lot of Japanese from it. IP: Logged |
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lostladyknight Moderator |
posted 06-12-2008 12:26 PM
quote: I decided a long time ago that I wanted to learn Welsh. I started to learn a few years ago but lost interest in favor of Italian. I'm doing pretty well with Italian these days... but I kinda wish I'd stuck wtih Welsh. Meh... I know a little. But yeah... it's a good language. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Plant a Note Moderator |
posted 06-12-2008 12:45 PM
Actually, scratch German, though it would still be cool. These days I'd really love to learn Gaelic. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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wehttaM Member |
posted 06-12-2008 01:12 PM
Holy guacamole expensive! No thank you, sir. No language is worth 600 dollars to me. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Minxy Moderator |
posted 06-12-2008 01:31 PM
Je parle une petit peu francais. Gaelic. And more latin. Latin was hard as hell for me because I obviously SUCK at English grammar and Latin's grammar is quite a bit more complex. IP: Logged |
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Mistress Hibbins Member |
posted 06-12-2008 04:27 PM
Ah--no Rosetta Stone for either Irish or Scottish Gaelic. (Or Manx, but I wouldn't have thought so anyway.) IP: Logged |
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EminentThropp Member |
posted 06-12-2008 04:31 PM
I'm learning French. But not in the traditional way. I'm pretty much reading an English to French dictionary over and over again. I was think ing about doing Rosetta Stone but......well just look at whetta's post. IP: Logged |
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FabalaFae Moderator |
posted 06-12-2008 05:14 PM
quote: My Oma teaches me German, and I've taught myself some as well. The only little downfall is every so often in Spanish I would start thinking in German when we had to translate things from English. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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stefebrock Moderator |
posted 06-12-2008 05:23 PM
I would love to learn Vietnamese (sp?)! The ladies that do my pedis are from Vietnam and I would like to know what they are saying when Im in there! Spanish would be good for that too, as where I live there are a lot of hispanics. Because you know that feeling you get that someone is talking about you but you don't know because they are speaking another language?! It would be cool to turn around and say something to them in their language and shock them! IP: Logged |
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Minxy Moderator |
posted 06-12-2008 07:05 PM
I've done that with french. Er well known that they were talking about my group. IP: Logged |
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A Mile Above Oz Member |
posted 06-12-2008 08:01 PM
As for now I know only two languages. English and my first language, Tagalog. My school is planning to make Spanish a mandatory subject in highschool, and while it's always convenient to learn another language, I'm just dreading having to go through the fuss of it all. Of course, my parents speak Spanish whenever they don't want me to understand them, so it looks like that's one good thing coming out of learning it, haha. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Mistress Hibbins Member |
posted 06-12-2008 10:01 PM
quote: I honestly don't know where he's getting 600 dollars from. I'm not seeing a software package quite that expensive on their site. IP: Logged |
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wehttaM Member |
posted 06-12-2008 11:06 PM
For the three volumes of Italian it said something around 570 if I'm not mistaken. I took the liberty of exagerating and rounding up. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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munchkin Member |
posted 06-13-2008 03:45 AM
Do you not all learn a language in high school? We did mandatory Latin for the first year (one of the only schools in the country to still do that, I think) and French for 3 years, then chose either Spanish or German for second and third year (I did German). Then we chose one of our languages to continue with for the last 2 years, and could also do more Latin. So I can remember a bit of French and Latin, and quite a lot of German, and now I'm teaching myself Italian. Again. I'm not good with languages. Did someone say they wanted to learn Welsh? I don't like Welsh, purely because people who speak it seem to feel like they belong to a secret club, and when you go into a shop or something in Wales they will stop speaking English to make you feel stupid. I love Gaelic though. Mostly I would like to learn Chinese. I know the word for apple in Yugoslavian, but with Yugoslavia not being a country any more I'm not exactly sure what language it is... ------------------ IP: Logged |
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nessaheart Member |
posted 06-13-2008 07:20 AM
quote: You think so? Well. I shouldn't talk, I cheat at Latin. (There are about five sets of endings to put on words; I can recognize them but not apply them. As a result, I'm pretty good at translating out of Latin but not into it. And I still don't know what a direct object is. IP: Logged |
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Plant a Note Moderator |
posted 06-13-2008 07:28 AM
quote: We only had the option of Spanish of French and everyone had to take one semester of Latin as a sophomore. I hated Latin probably because the teacher was an idiot. But, between middle school and high school I took 6 years of Spanish, even taking AP Spanish senior year, and I couldn't even hold a conversation in Spanish now. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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helenbooktrip Moderator |
posted 06-13-2008 07:50 PM
yero and mto...i'm glad you both noticed that daunting little chore....and yes, you must have the wrong address. i would want to learn Dutch because my family is dutch. my dad speaks it...really everyone after my dads generation in the family cant speak dutch. that is because my dad nor his brother or sister spoke dutch to thier children while raising them. it atually makes me quite angry whenever i think about that. WHY, oh why did my dad not speak dutch to me while i was younger...then i could talk to my grandpa when he forgets how to speak english and i could speak with the dutch clients that come in. okay so all in all i want to be able to speak dutch and spanish. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Minxy Moderator |
posted 06-13-2008 08:24 PM
I took 3 years of French, two of Spanish, half a year of Italian, and half a year of Latin (the latin was in college.) IP: Logged |
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helenbooktrip Moderator |
posted 06-13-2008 08:58 PM
if you could choose to randomly run into any actor, actress, musician....celebrity of some kind...who would you choose to run into and then hang out with for the rest of the day? ------------------ IP: Logged |
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wehttaM Member |
posted 06-13-2008 10:02 PM
Emile Hirsch. No question. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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EminentThropp Member |
posted 06-14-2008 07:01 AM
The Jonas Brothers. IP: Logged |
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helenbooktrip Moderator |
posted 06-14-2008 11:40 AM
really? why? my pick: Damian Marley ------------------ IP: Logged |
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EminentThropp Member |
posted 06-14-2008 11:48 AM
I don't know they're really cool and anything they touch becomes worth like a million dollars. IP: Logged |
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Aerecura Member |
posted 06-14-2008 04:07 PM
I would probably pick Amy Lee because I'm a really big Evanescence fan (have been for years). Or Tuomas Holopainen, the pianist and composer for Nightwish, because I love Nightwish's music and I want to know what inspires him to come up with it. IP: Logged |
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wehttaM Member |
posted 06-14-2008 07:13 PM
I'm going to pick two people and add Joanna Newsom. I know I said no contest, but I mispoke apparently. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Yero the Hero Moderator |
posted 06-14-2008 07:36 PM
SARAH JESSICA PARKER. Done. IP: Logged |
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helenbooktrip Moderator |
posted 06-15-2008 11:02 AM
thats okay mto, you can pick as many as you like.  ------------------ IP: Logged |
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valenticed Member |
posted 06-26-2008 09:47 AM
quote: OMG Aerecura!! Nightwish is my favorite band. i flip whenever i find another fan, 'cause no one has ever heard of them. i was supposed to go to a concert in may, but it got cancelled and i'm going to another one in july now. I CAN'T WAIT! if i had to meet one person from their band, it would be Tuomas. to answer helen's question, i would love to meet Jennifer Garner, among a few others. i have two questions for you guys. i've been gathering different answers from my friends and i'd like to see what you have to say. ETA: if the first question is inappropriate, someone tell me and i'll change it. [This message has been edited by valenticed (edited 06-26-2008).] IP: Logged |
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lostladyknight Moderator |
posted 06-26-2008 10:25 AM
I've been listening to Nightwish for at least a couple of years now. I'd say... three? I think I bought my first CD the summer after I graduated high school. That would make this the fourth year I guess. Regarding your first question: I don't like the term. According to dictionary.com here are the top two definitions:
2. n. Offensive Slang note on def. 2: 1931, Amer.Eng., probably shortening of morphadike, dialectal garbling of hermaphrodite, but bulldyker "engage in lesbian activities" is attested from 1921, and a source from 1896 lists dyke as slang for "the vulva."
Yes. ------------------ [This message has been edited by lostladyknight (edited 06-26-2008).] IP: Logged |
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valenticed Member |
posted 06-26-2008 10:44 AM
LLK, thanks for posting those definitions. also it's awesome that you're a Nightwish fan too. i don't like the term either. i heard it first in Mean Girls, and my brother told me it was a girl who has sex with another girl. one of my closest friends (who is gay) told me recently that it means a girl who lost her virginity to another girl. either way, i think there is a big difference between the terms dyke and bulldyke, although both of them are used in offensive ways. ------------------ [This message has been edited by valenticed (edited 06-26-2008).] IP: Logged |
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Plant a Note Moderator |
posted 06-26-2008 11:00 AM
To me, the word "dyke" is simply a derogatory term used to describe a lesbian. It's comparable to "nigger" or "faggot". It's only use is for negative connotation. And as for the second question, it doesn't matter who it's with, if one person has sex with another person while dating someone, it's cheating. Period. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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valenticed Member |
posted 06-26-2008 11:45 AM
woah, i didn't mean sex, just making out i guess. if it was all in good fun, and the people in question were'nt emotionally involved... ------------------ IP: Logged |
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lostladyknight Moderator |
posted 06-26-2008 12:41 PM
Yes. That's still cheating. "All in good fun" or not. Physical encounters with someone other than your significant other is cheating. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Mistress Hibbins Member |
posted 06-26-2008 01:29 PM
quote: I call myself a dyke sometimes, and so do some of my friends. It's akin to the n-word in the sense that there is a double-standard regarding its usage--lesbians can, and do, use it to describe themselves, whether in jest or as a statement of pride, but straight people really can't say it without sounding homophobic. For the older members who might remember me asserting that I am bisexual, I am, I've just adjusted my use of labels. I consider a lesbian any woman who is sexually attracted to other women, so I'm a lesbian. Other lesbians have yet to reject me as an imposter, and it isn't as though I'm split 50/50, anyway, more like 90/10. (Sorry if that's TMI.) As for "becoming" a dyke, I don't really know what you mean by that.... With regard to the second question, yes, it's cheating. To say it isn't...that gets into the whole issue of straight girls making out with each other just for fun, or just to entertain their boyfriends. It reflects an attitude that lesbian intimacy--or bisexuality--is just a spectacle, something inferior to straight relationships. I mean, why wouldn't it be cheating, honestly? ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Yero the Hero Moderator |
posted 06-26-2008 01:30 PM
More than anything, if you're not telling your partner, then yes it is cheating. If you two have "rules" about that type of thing then it isn't, but if you're doing something behind his/her back, well, then that's cheating. [This message has been edited by Yero the Hero (edited 06-26-2008).] IP: Logged |
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Mistress Hibbins Member |
posted 06-26-2008 01:36 PM
Indeed. IP: Logged |
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valenticed Member |
posted 06-26-2008 02:32 PM
thank you all for your answers. it's helpful to have insight from people who are wiser and more experienced in these matters than me.
quote: this is very true, and honestly i'd never thought of it this way. this changes my opinion. my boyfriends have always said that it isn't cheating if they were there to watch, but now that you've brought this point to my attention i see it differently. i definitely would not want to contribute to that image of straight girls hooking up with each other for attention. thank you. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Minxy Moderator |
posted 06-26-2008 03:08 PM
I hate when I know what I wanna say but I can't think about how to word it. If a girl is making out with another girl just to entertain her boyfriend thats pretty much shit, however if both girls and the bf get enjoyment out of it then I don't see whats particularly wrong with it. I kissed one of my closest friends, twice. If we hadn't wanted to, and hadn't wanted to kiss each other (not just another chick) then we wouldn't have. It's that whole "right person/circumstance" thing I mentioned before. To actually answer the question though- if it isn't something that you could tell your bf you did with out reprocussions then yes it is cheating. Some couples have an open relationship where monogamy isn't expected or desired. Not my cup o' tea in serious relationships, but if the guy I'm seeing now was kissing up on another girl then that's his right. If he told me I'd appreciate it but he wouldn't have to do it. IP: Logged |
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helenbooktrip Moderator |
posted 06-26-2008 06:18 PM
whether its with a female or a male, i think the definition of cheating all depends on that specific relationship. if you are exclusivley committed to each other, then no, you shouldnt be mackin' on other people. although come guys dont mind if thier girlfriends kiss other girls. i think because its no threat to them. they know thier girlfriend is straight and maybe she just wants to see what its all about...like smoking. there are alos swingers, who go to swinger parties and swing around all night. whatever floats your boat right? i wouldnt be into it. but swingers have very strict rule as well. i watched some documentary on it before and every couple they spoke with had a strict set of rules. one that i remember the best was "no kissing ". thats it. no kissing. do whatever else you want, but dont kiss the other person. and you know what? if i were a swinger, that would be my rule too. sex can (not saying its is) be pretty casual at times and i guess swingers just wanna see whats out there and try new things. but kissing someone is more intimate and that intimacy should be saved for your real, actual partner. so all in all, i think the cheating thing depends on relationship and the people in that relationship. you both have to agree on your own set of rules. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Minxy Moderator |
posted 06-26-2008 06:48 PM
Swingin' to the left and swingin' to the right me and my baby gonna swing all night yeaaah ahh yeaaah IP: Logged |
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