When a new administration comes in and the democrats demand a suitable job for No. 1 Son, the new POTUS should make him ambassador to some small country with Draconian laws re narcotics possession and use.
And when he gets arrested, revoke his diplomatic immunity.
They do know how to spell, they just don’t know when to stop…
Streichholzschächtelchen = ‘matchbox’
April 8, 2024 at 7:35 am
Oldarmourer
As the small child replied when askecd if he could spell Mississippi…
“I can spell it, I just don’t know when to stop”
April 8, 2024 at 7:58 am
badger52
I remember the signs in DDR prohibiting the passage of military liaison vehicles – 4 languages. English, French & German took 10 or 11 words. Russian took 7, They don’t use articles as prolifically as we do. That’s why direct translations always sound stilted, but correct.
April 8, 2024 at 5:53 pm
Andy
I was taught “When two vowels go a walkin’, the second does the talkin’.
Seemed to work well. Of course that was in 1968 when I lived in Bad Kreuznach…
April 8, 2024 at 6:45 pm
Scott Bieser
I can testify.
(skot biezer)
April 8, 2024 at 5:49 pm
Andy
Be sure to watch out for “weird” words like, “their” as well…
The most useless “education” in the English language is “Phonics”. I had to suffer through that in 2nd grade, with a batty, near-retirement-age teacher who liked to scream “SOUND IT OUT! SOUND IT OUT!” at us kids in her high-pitched, reedy voice.
It was in using the dictionary to try to make sense of it all that I discovered just how many words in English are not pronounced even remotely like they are spelled. Largely due to English being a portmanteau of loan-words from at least six different languages.
If you’re interested, look up this book;
A Glossary of Stuart and Tudor Words especially from the Dramatists (W. Skeat & A. Mayhew 1914)
English has always been a mishmash, with nobody being too sure where half the words were nicked from to begin with.
clear ether
eon
April 8, 2024 at 7:34 am
Oldarmourer
As expected, the PINO* has thrown Israel under the bus so hamas can declare ‘victory’ without releasing any hostages. I sincerely hope Israel is moving troops out so they won’t get in the way of a return volley the enxt time the terrorists lob some rockets their way, which should be by tomorrow at the latest.
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Realpolitik….
When a new administration comes in and the democrats demand a suitable job for No. 1 Son, the new POTUS should make him ambassador to some small country with Draconian laws re narcotics possession and use.
And when he gets arrested, revoke his diplomatic immunity.
clear ether
eon
I thought he was already bought and paid for by the CCP.
So? China’s asset, drop on China, China’s problem.
Oh, and Vlad? That 10% is the trigger that will take to get the 100% yeild.
Only HONEST politicians stay bought!
Zar Belk!
Oh, the strange English language spelling rules:
“i” before “e”.
Um, except after “c”.
Wait… “except for neighbor and weigh”
That is, in all “e-sounding” words.
———————————————
Crisp, logical. I write novels, and I haveta pause every time I write “yield”.
Just yield the receiving weir’s weight
I wish we did it like the Germans- the Long E is always written, “ie”; the Long I is always written “ei”.
The German Grammer is no simpler than that of English; but they have got Spelling NAILED!
They do know how to spell, they just don’t know when to stop…
Streichholzschächtelchen = ‘matchbox’
As the small child replied when askecd if he could spell Mississippi…
“I can spell it, I just don’t know when to stop”
I remember the signs in DDR prohibiting the passage of military liaison vehicles – 4 languages. English, French & German took 10 or 11 words. Russian took 7, They don’t use articles as prolifically as we do. That’s why direct translations always sound stilted, but correct.
I was taught “When two vowels go a walkin’, the second does the talkin’.
Seemed to work well. Of course that was in 1968 when I lived in Bad Kreuznach…
I can testify.
(skot biezer)
Be sure to watch out for “weird” words like, “their” as well…
The most useless “education” in the English language is “Phonics”. I had to suffer through that in 2nd grade, with a batty, near-retirement-age teacher who liked to scream “SOUND IT OUT! SOUND IT OUT!” at us kids in her high-pitched, reedy voice.
It was in using the dictionary to try to make sense of it all that I discovered just how many words in English are not pronounced even remotely like they are spelled. Largely due to English being a portmanteau of loan-words from at least six different languages.
If you’re interested, look up this book;
A Glossary of Stuart and Tudor Words especially from the Dramatists (W. Skeat & A. Mayhew 1914)
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/62809
English has always been a mishmash, with nobody being too sure where half the words were nicked from to begin with.
clear ether
eon
As expected, the PINO* has thrown Israel under the bus so hamas can declare ‘victory’ without releasing any hostages. I sincerely hope Israel is moving troops out so they won’t get in the way of a return volley the enxt time the terrorists lob some rockets their way, which should be by tomorrow at the latest.
*President In Name Only, my new favourite.
“The weird foreigner suffers neither surfeit nor (something) at its height.” __My 5th grade teacher 75 years ago. It stayed with me.