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Originally posted by Monk
Which type? It's not like we're different brands of cars
Which type? It's not like we're different brands of cars
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I'll take one of the Danish models with a rebuilt engine.
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Originally posted by Boris Godunov
That's hot!
to both of those comments.
We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. - Abraham LincolnComment
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Then you'll have to take it up with all the linguistic experts in the world, because it's they who derived that classification.Originally posted by SpencerH
Wikipedia cites english as a germanic language and I reject that oversimplification too.Tutto nel mondo è burlaComment
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We now all know that SpencerH is crazy.
@Stefu: You pissed on his bathroom floor and didn't clean up after you. I'd say he's got every right in the world to whack you with a stick.
I usually call people one shares an appartment with Mitbewohner. Even when speaking Swedish.Why can't you be a non-conformist just like everybody else?
It's no good (from an evolutionary point of view) to have the physique of Tarzan if you have the sex drive of a philosopher. -- Michael Ruse
The Nedaverse I can accept, but not the Berzaverse. There can only be so many alternate realities. -- ElokComment
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Which type of Scandinavian pisses on the floor more often:
Finnish?
Swedish?
Norwegian?
Danish?
Finnish isn't a Scandinavian language (it isn't even Indo-European). So, however much the Finns deserve this status, they're automatically disqualified."Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
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Next time I run into one I'll be sure to comment on their poor use of descriptive names as titles for general ideas. Something that has gone out of vogue in 'real science'.Originally posted by Boris Godunov
Then you'll have to take it up with all the linguistic experts in the world, because it's they who derived that classification.
'Germanic' - merde!We need seperate human-only games for MP/PBEM that dont include the over-simplifications required to have a good AI
If any man be thirsty, let him come unto me and drink. Vampire 7:37
Just one old soldiers opinion. E Tenebris Lux. Pax quaeritur bello.Comment
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Actually,
'Italic' - merde"Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
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Originally posted by Oerdin
We could probably figure that out by figuring out which one is drunk more often on average.
You mean there are times when they are sober?
A lot of Republicans are not racist, but a lot of racists are Republican.Comment
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You're just a walking wikipedia, aren't ya?Originally posted by Ramo
Which type of Scandinavian pisses on the floor more often:
Finnish?
Swedish?
Norwegian?
Danish?
Finnish isn't a Scandinavian language (it isn't even Indo-European). So, however much the Finns deserve this status, they're automatically disqualified.
A lot of Republicans are not racist, but a lot of racists are Republican.Comment
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Next time I run into one I'll be sure to comment on their poor use of descriptive names as titles for general ideas. Something that has gone out of vogue in 'real science'.
I'm curious, what "descripitive name" would you use for a language family that includes German, English, Dutch, Yiddish, and Swedish?"Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
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Finns are in deed Indo-European and their language is related to Hungarian though it is on the Finno-Ugrian branch (I believe that used to be called Turko-Algaic).Originally posted by Ramo
Which type of Scandinavian pisses on the floor more often:
Finnish?
Swedish?
Norwegian?
Danish?
Finnish isn't a Scandinavian language (it isn't even Indo-European). So, however much the Finns deserve this status, they're automatically disqualified.
BTW the question was who pisses on the floor more not who's language is indoeuropean.Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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You think 'germanic' is a good choice?Originally posted by Ramo
Next time I run into one I'll be sure to comment on their poor use of descriptive names as titles for general ideas. Something that has gone out of vogue in 'real science'.
I'm curious, what "descripitive name" would you use for a language family that includes German, English, Dutch, Yiddish, and Swedish?We need seperate human-only games for MP/PBEM that dont include the over-simplifications required to have a good AI
If any man be thirsty, let him come unto me and drink. Vampire 7:37
Just one old soldiers opinion. E Tenebris Lux. Pax quaeritur bello.Comment
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Finns are in deed Indo-European and their language is related to Hungarian though it is on the Finno-Ugrian branch (I believe that used to be called Turko-Algaic).
BTW the question was who pisses on the floor more not who's language is indoeuropean.
Finns are in the Finno-Ugric language tree. Which is generally considered seperate from Indo-European languages. It may or may not be considered related to the Altaic languages (also seperate from the Indo-European family). I've heard it both ways.
And yes, I realize that. Was making a smartass comment given the current conversation.
"Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
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As good as any I can think of."Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
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Yes. The peoples who speak Germanic languages are roughly those the Romans called germani.Originally posted by SpencerH
You think 'germanic' is a good choice?
It's even better in sane languages, that don't use a derivative of germanus to designate German, Germany, and Germans.Why can't you be a non-conformist just like everybody else?
It's no good (from an evolutionary point of view) to have the physique of Tarzan if you have the sex drive of a philosopher. -- Michael Ruse
The Nedaverse I can accept, but not the Berzaverse. There can only be so many alternate realities. -- ElokComment
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