Undead Topics Need Loving Too (aka "Give Me Your First-Born")
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Senile Reptile
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written Sunday, May 30 2004 15:59
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So! Who speaks Chinese? I'm gonna start that in college, probably. -------------------- Polaris Posts: 1614 | Registered: Wednesday, January 23 2002 08:00 |
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Bob's Big Date
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written Sunday, May 30 2004 16:19
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Xao voula souta do Aixo-se. [ Sunday, May 30, 2004 16:20: Message edited by: CUSTER FOLGT DER MASCHINE ] -------------------- The biggest, the baddest, and the fattest. Posts: 2367 | Registered: Friday, June 27 2003 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Sunday, May 30 2004 16:30
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Pinyin is an ooooogly bastardization of Chinese. And most non-native speakers sound like jackasses. -------------------- Dragyn Bob "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here!"-The Divine Comedy Posts: 1481 | Registered: Thursday, September 27 2001 07:00 |
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Master
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written Sunday, May 30 2004 16:48
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most of them ARE jackasses. -------------------- Polaris - Weather balloons, ninjas, and your big daddy Wise Man. What more could you want? Undead Theories - Don't Ask, Don't Tell Posts: 3323 | Registered: Thursday, April 25 2002 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Sunday, May 30 2004 18:27
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Unless China is a remarkable haven on Earth, most native speakers are also probably jackasses. That's the way things go. —Alorael, who is proud to say that he has been keeping a list of monikers, one per day with one day skipped. He'll even post it if you're very lucky. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Master
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written Sunday, May 30 2004 19:01
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yea that's right, i'm technically a jackass too, so kill me. :P -------------------- Polaris - Weather balloons, ninjas, and your big daddy Wise Man. What more could you want? Undead Theories - Don't Ask, Don't Tell Posts: 3323 | Registered: Thursday, April 25 2002 07:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Sunday, May 30 2004 21:54
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quote:What do you mean? All Chinese aren't long-bearded wise gurus who spend their time drinking tea and studying holy texts? Now I'm all confused. EDIT: Oh, I get it. You mean the ninjas? Completely forgot about those. [ Sunday, May 30, 2004 21:55: Message edited by: Saltweed ] -------------------- ahhahaha i rule u droool Posts: 756 | Registered: Monday, August 4 2003 07:00 |
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Post Navel Trauma ^_^
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written Monday, May 31 2004 08:55
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Does this post differ from spam? Answers on a postcard to Drakefyre. -------------------- Barcoorah: I even did it to a big dorset ram. desperance.net - Don't follow this link Posts: 1798 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Monday, May 31 2004 09:32
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quote:^this post? -------------------- ^ö^ vegetarians are sexy. Posts: 1420 | Registered: Wednesday, October 2 2002 07:00 |
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Bob's Big Date
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written Monday, May 31 2004 09:46
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Was that phrased to mean that exposure to Arctic's TLC is unhealthy? -------------------- The biggest, the baddest, and the fattest. Posts: 2367 | Registered: Friday, June 27 2003 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Monday, May 31 2004 10:19
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Khoth and Arctic? ... hm. edit: ... was a Freudian typing error <blushes> [ Monday, May 31, 2004 13:06: Message edited by: spy.there ] -------------------- ^ö^ vegetarians are sexy. Posts: 1420 | Registered: Wednesday, October 2 2002 07:00 |
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One Thousand Slimy Things
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written Monday, May 31 2004 11:19
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Khothie-sama is my very own fanboy who I love very much! -------------------- Bending, but not in the way you might imagine. Posts: 995 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Monday, May 31 2004 11:21
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Now live in fear of what offspring might come of such an unholy union! Wonder what, exactly, Saunders is doing mixed up in all this! Then discover that there are tentacles under your bed, along with some pentacles, and know the meaning of true Cthulhu-esque mind-wrenching, soul-destroying terror. —Alorael, who would like to be present for the next time any of the parties involved step into a church. There are even odds on which catches fire, the building or the person (using the term person loosely). Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Post Navel Trauma ^_^
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written Monday, May 31 2004 11:26
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Is it a coincidence that spy.there misspelled my name into the Lovecraftian horror? I think not. -------------------- Barcoorah: I even did it to a big dorset ram. desperance.net - Don't follow this link Posts: 1798 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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BANNED
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written Monday, May 31 2004 13:40
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tl/dr (new moniker) -------------------- 人 た ち を 燃 え る た め に 俺 は か れ ら に 火 を 上 げ る か ら 死 ん だ Posts: 6936 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Monday, May 31 2004 14:31
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quote:^ me too. :) It is a very good training for breath and the lungs. TM, do you mean Maschinenumdrehung? Die Maschine dreht sich? Die Drehmaschine? Das Drehmoment der Maschine? :D Or did you babelfish the word "revolution" into German? edit: adds quote for better clarity [ Monday, May 31, 2004 14:37: Message edited by: spy.there ] -------------------- ^ö^ vegetarians are sexy. Posts: 1420 | Registered: Wednesday, October 2 2002 07:00 |
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BANNED
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written Monday, May 31 2004 15:09
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Ma'am, don't insult my intelligence. The problem with Maschineumdrehung is that it would stretch that column of every topic I posted in, and that's bad in general. -------------------- 人 た ち を 燃 え る た め に 俺 は か れ ら に 火 を 上 げ る か ら 死 ん だ Posts: 6936 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Monday, May 31 2004 15:29
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The problem with Maschineumdrehung is, that this word does not exist and I wanted to ask, what it means. Maschinenumdrehung - with "n" in the middle - can be the rotation of a machine. The word doesn't exist neither, but it makes more sense. -------------------- ^ö^ vegetarians are sexy. Posts: 1420 | Registered: Wednesday, October 2 2002 07:00 |
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Guardian
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written Monday, May 31 2004 17:31
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Revolution is 'Revolution'. If you want a synonym: 'Umwälzung'. Ah, now I know what you are looking for: 'Umsturz'. Lang lebe die Revolution (der Umsturz). [ Monday, May 31, 2004 17:49: Message edited by: ef ] -------------------- Polaris Posts: 1828 | Registered: Saturday, January 11 2003 08:00 |
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BANNED
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written Monday, May 31 2004 19:04
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Wouldn't it be "Lib", though? The way I figure, you're telling the Revolution to live a long time, and leben is irregular... Bah. This is confusing. -------------------- 人 た ち を 燃 え る た め に 俺 は か れ ら に 火 を 上 げ る か ら 死 ん だ Posts: 6936 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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BANNED
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written Monday, May 31 2004 19:06
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How the heck are people supposed to identify 'Umsturz' with political unrest? Fixed, at any rate. Question, though- when learning Deutsch, do children "memorize" words, or does something like Umsturz make sense intrinsically? -------------------- 人 た ち を 燃 え る た め に 俺 は か れ ら に 火 を 上 げ る か ら 死 ん だ Posts: 6936 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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Guardian
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written Monday, May 31 2004 22:12
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quote:But that's what people immediately associate with it. I haven't heard it used in any other context. The image is not so much one of unrest, rather upheaval and creating a mess. The verb 'leben' is not irregular. leben - lebte - gelebt 'lebe' is 'Imperativ' (sorry, don't know the english equivalent). Yes, you ask (want) the revolution to live long. Other examples: Lang lebe der König! Hell scheine die Sonne. Warm sei der Sommer. No, children don't memorize words. They catch the associations. 'umstürzen': ein Baum stürzt um = a tree falls down. Ever seen a tree fall after a storm? That's quite a mess and a bit of an upheaval too. [ Monday, May 31, 2004 22:19: Message edited by: ef ] -------------------- Polaris Posts: 1828 | Registered: Saturday, January 11 2003 08:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Tuesday, June 1 2004 01:49
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It makes sense to me. I think the Swedish translation for "umsturz" would be "omstörtning". "Om" means about "around, all around". "Störta" is "to fall". Therefore "omstörtning" would mean not exactly revolution, but rather just things collapsing and changing nature, in a great scale. Which, in a way, describes revolution better than the word "revolution" itself. [ Tuesday, June 01, 2004 01:51: Message edited by: Saltweed ] -------------------- ahhahaha i rule u droool Posts: 756 | Registered: Monday, August 4 2003 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Tuesday, June 1 2004 04:26
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Ah, you did mean revolution, TM! But "Maschine Umsturz"? We know the "Industrielle Revolution" from the 18. century in England and western Europe. And hence the "Maschinensturm", a violent protest against the new machinery and the destruction of machines. I don't know, if that term exists in English. It comes from "stuermen", which means a violent assault of a place or building (e.g. "der Sturm auf die Bastille"). "Maschine Umsturz" still doesn't say anything, even if you put the missing "n" between the two words. "Umsturz" is associated with governments, rules, programs, but not with machines. According to "Maschinen..." it would rather be "...zerstoerung", "...sturm", "...revolution". Um ... the latter does not really fit, that's called "Industrielle Revolution". :) Sorry when it sounds hair-splitting, but German is properly an accurate language. -------------------- ^ö^ vegetarians are sexy. Posts: 1420 | Registered: Wednesday, October 2 2002 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, June 1 2004 04:37
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TM may have no respect for language, but he definitely means "machine revolution". -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |