Even Greener Pastures
Language Learning => Questions about the Use of Language => Topic started by: Chizuko on June 29, 2018, 12:01:13 pm
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(BTW: Is Natalia a lesbian? Then so am I)
Nah, she's not. It was just some strong emotional attachment to a fellow user expressed in a form that got King's imagination going. As you can undoubtedly sense, he had a thing for... Or what do I know.
Anyway, are you single then? How can I impress you? I don't speak French.
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Such a shame I didn’t see it before.
French may be overrated, but it works!
“I speak French” is the most efficient pick up line I have ever seen.
Many times I was introduced by “she speaks French” and had lots of people asking me to say something even though they could not understand a word of it.
I could say anything and the result was always the same.
Is it the most beautiful language, though? I don’t think there is such a thing, but I quite like Italian and Norwegian myself.
(BTW: Is Natalia a lesbian? Then so am I)
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Nope. Of course not. Everyone knows that French is overrated. And probably It is going to sound a little bit biased, but there aren't any languages that are more beautiful than Ukrainian.
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Neal o magari Aniello, sono assolutamente d’accordo con te. Una sola eccezione: l’italiano giuridico e gli articoli di fondo pubblicati da cert giornali seri. Troppo arzigogolati.
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French. Blah. Who can trust a language where you spend half your time NOT pronouncing letters?
Italian is the most beautiful language in the world. :-)
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@Blonde
Glad you like it. I have switched the link, BTW; that one was incomplete.
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@Blonde
Yeah... I always preferred this short review:
Whateva, you constantly rain on my parade and spoil my romantic image.
It’s hilarious :D Thanks a lot<3
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@Blonde
Yeah... I always preferred this short review:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46fOtLfYC4Q
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I love AirFrance safety instructions. I’m not sure if they still demonstrate it onboard but it’s so elegant and so French ( though I hadn’t been impressed by Paris except restaurants and amazingly beautiful chateauS around).
Enjoy!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=f27zE-PdZZI&app=desktop
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In the XVIII century a Persian philosopher would adress himself to a German lady which he met in a literary salon in France calling her “mon amie”. Now it’s ringard = out of fashion
As the masculine “mon” instead of the feminine “ma” it’s a question of sound, you cannot juxtapose two “A” sounds
But none of what you said disproves that "mon amie" is still an irregularity in French. And I didn't even mention irregularities in French verbs. I mentioned that I'm well aware that there's a pronunciation reason for saying "mon amie". But it could've been simplified to "m'amie" instead of "mon amie" to remove the difficulty of juxtaposing two similar vowels. Of course, the effect of nasal and gliding consonants in facilitating the pronunciation of a combination of words with interfering vowels is well-known in linguistics but if we want to keep explaining things then almost everything in every language is always regular and when there's an irregularity it's probably due to our lack of knowledge. So, yeah. It's still an instance of irregularity in the French grammar in my opinion.
I mentioned in a previous post the verbe’z irréguliers
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Ah, you're talking about history, Chizuko! :)
As you can see from this article
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/5f6p6i/why_did_the_russian_aristocracy_speak_mainly/
French was the language of the nobility and of intellectuals (in fact, of anyone wishing to demonstrate their superiority) in the Russian Empire and large parts of Western Europe until well into the 20th century. Der Zauberberg (The Magic Mountain), a novel by German author Thomas Mann, published in 1924, contains pages and pages of dialogue in French - written under the assumption that anyone educated enough to read a novel that long (and boring ;) ) would be able to speak French.
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In the XVIII century a Persian philosopher would adress himself to a German lady which he met in a literary salon in France calling her “mon amie”. Now it’s ringard = out of fashion
As the masculine “mon” instead of the feminine “ma” it’s a question of sound, you cannot juxtapose two “A” sounds
But none of what you said disproves that "mon amie" is still an irregularity in French. And I didn't even mention irregularities in French verbs. I mentioned that I'm well aware that there's a pronunciation reason for saying "mon amie". But it could've been simplified to "m'amie" instead of "mon amie" to remove the difficulty of juxtaposing two similar vowels. Of course, the effect of nasal and gliding consonants in facilitating the pronunciation of a combination of words with interfering vowels is well-known in linguistics but if we want to keep explaining things then almost everything in every language is always regular and when there's an irregularity it's probably due to our lack of knowledge. So, yeah. It's still an instance of irregularity in the French grammar in my opinion.
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@alpha The point was that it isn't "ma amie". How is that regular? I know that there's a pronunciation reason that it isn't "ma amie", but still. Plus, isn't girlfriend in French called "petite amie"? Have I been living a lie all the time? :P
In the XVIII century a Persian philosopher would adress himself to a German lady which he met in a literary salon in France calling her “mon amie”. Now it’s ringard = out of fashion
As the masculine “mon” instead of the feminine “ma” it’s a question of sound, you cannot juxtapose two “A” sounds
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If there are beautiful languages, then there must be ugly ones as well, right? So, what would be an ugly language?
That's right! That's what I'm thinking! I don't know who said French was the most beautiful language at first.
I heard that there was some trend of speaking French in the noble fashionable society when France was the strongest country. Probably it was around Elizabeth１ in England in 16c to French Revolution. I'm not sure but historically I heard many cultures from France was welcomed as noble in that time. The language, too.
To people who live at edge of the world,in Japan, such a historical trend didn't influence. Of course, Japanese love French cuisine and fashion now, but the foreign language which affected Japanese society was Dutch and Portuguese except for Asians like Chinese. They were first foreigners from Europe who came to Japan for the first time in 16c. Not French or British or American.
So, the idea that French is the most beautiful language does not make sense to me.
Then I wanted to know your ideas.
άλφα, Alharacas, KingS. Thank you for joining in French. It's effective to make atmosphere exotic. It matches this thread. I like it a lot!
Some might say that French nasal sounds is beautiful but it sounds like that all French people have cold to me. ;)
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@alpha The point was that it isn't "ma amie". How is that regular? I know that there's a pronunciation reason that it isn't "ma amie", but still. Plus, isn't girlfriend in French called "petite amie"? Have I been living a lie all the time? :P
@Alharacas Fair enough. Maybe it's regular to you. It's damn irregular to people like me. :P
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Il ne te parait pas ainsi, mon cher?
We're digressing again. I'm sorry, Chizuko!
KingSlayer and Alpha - I said to me. :)
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To me, French is nice. Pretty easy, pretty regular, with a very learner-friendly relation between pronunciation and spelling - once you've managed to get your head around all these nasal sounds, that is. ;)
Is French really pretty regular, mon amie?
KS in French you would say “chère amie” since Alharacas isn’t your girlfriend
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J’adooooore les verbe’z irréguliers.
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To me, French is nice. Pretty easy, pretty regular, with a very learner-friendly relation between pronunciation and spelling - once you've managed to get your head around all these nasal sounds, that is. ;)
Is French really pretty regular, mon amie?
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Yes, I do remember your question, Chizuko. What's more, I've been thinking about it for several days now.
No, I don't think French is the most beautiful language. I find the whole concept quite baffling. If there are beautiful languages, then there must be ugly ones as well, right? So, what would be an ugly language?
To me, French is nice. Pretty easy, pretty regular, with a very learner-friendly relation between pronunciation and spelling - once you've managed to get your head around all these nasal sounds, that is. ;)
But beautiful? I wonder if some people think so for the same mysterious reason that's made so many people consider Paris to be the city of love, or that's made so many European men decide that French women are the sexiest - several more things which seem wholly inexplicable to me.
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By the way....
Does anyone remember my question?
It’s fine as long as everyone enjoys.
Merci beaucoup!
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@Jerry, but Scottish Gaelic's not bad either.
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I'll have to say that I'm quite fond of Bago Kusunto.
Jerry, may I ask you to explain what does it mean please? ::) ???
Thanks
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I'll have to say that I'm quite fond of Bago Kusunto.
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There, there. Calm down, Natasha. There, there... xD
<3 :)
Let's continue at the same intensity later.
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F..ck you, King, but true ;)
There, there. Calm down, Natasha. There, there... xD
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No, not you! You were almost crying. :P
F..ck you, King, but true ;)
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I think mum can be proud of us :P
We can manage situations ourselves
No, not you! You were almost crying. :P
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I think mum can be proud of us :P
We can manage situations ourselves
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I don't want you to be upset, Natalia. Just chill. :P Smile and relax. xD Tomorrow is always bright. xD Maybe one day you can win an argument you start. Who knows? xD Be optimistic. xD
Thanks, Pejman. This message was unexpected. It's ok then. See you
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Though you could be offensive at the end, I've used you as an instrument in general.
True, and it's not a secret. It's obvious that practice makes skills perfect. I don't like to be sensitive and too polite.
Also, I considered our " debates" as intellectual games. You sometimes could be hilarious and could play intellectual games.
However, you practically never could do it over a long distance. Just ponder over it.
You know, babe, when I train my staff how to communicate effectively, I always tell them to ask themselves a question: " What is your purpose?"
For me, the game is a purpose though on the edge. If the offense of me was a purpose for you, you did right ;P
Oh, Belgium was great :)
I don't want you to be upset, Natalia. Just chill. :P Smile and relax. xD Tomorrow is always bright. xD Maybe one day you can win an argument you start. Who knows? xD Be optimistic. xD
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Though you could be offensive at the end, I've used you as an instrument in general.
True, and it's not a secret. It's obvious that practice makes skills perfect. I don't like to be sensitive and too polite.
Also, I considered our " debates" as intellectual games. You sometimes could be hilarious and could play intellectual games.
However, you practically never could do it over a long distance. Just ponder over it.
You know, babe, when I train my staff how to communicate effectively, I always tell them to ask themselves a question: " What is your purpose?"
For me, the game is a purpose though on the edge. If the offense of me was a purpose for you, you did right ;P
Oh, Belgium was great :)
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Ok. Your choice. The game is over.
I hope you'd take your defeat lightheartedly. :P Whatever you do, please do not cut your wrist yet.
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Ok. Your choice. The game is over.
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Well done ;) Such a clever donkey.
Have you changed your clothes and rinsed out your mouth or you are still puking?
I puked on the floor. And then I wiped the floor with you. :D
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No. I don't want to get my hands dirty with your thoughts. :P
Well done ;) Such a clever donkey.
Have you changed your clothes and rinsed out your mouth or you are still puking?
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I have a better idea. Can you catch my blonde thoughts? or...a thought of course.
No. I don't want to get my hands dirty with your thoughts. :P
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I think mild exposure to radiation should work. It's not like committing suicide. It'll just give you cancer and kill you slowly.
I have a better idea. Can you catch my blonde thoughts? or...a thought of course.
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Love is evil :-*. The lesbian who loves the billy goat, Such a tragedy ??? ;D
Ew! How romantic! (pukes)
Any advice besides committing a suicide?
My first advice for you would've been to cut your wrist, but since you said committing suicide is not an option, I think we're out of options. Do you have any terminal disease, hopefully? I think mild exposure to radiation should work. It's not like committing suicide. It'll just give you cancer and kill you slowly.
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No, no, no! I was the victim. I have been the victim of Blonde's nonstop harassment and urge to communicate with me. :P I don't know why she's so obsessed with me. :P You should've given her an infraction, but you admitted that you hadn't given her an infraction and instead punished me! The victim! :P
Love is evil :-*. The lesbian who loves the billy goat, Such a tragedy ;D
Any advice besides committing a suicide?
was going to change mess and changed my mind
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But we may need a section called The Ring, it seems...
Better call it The Kindergarten.
Or The Sandbox
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German, German... You must admit that French is very pretty. It's just unpronounceable.
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German is the most beautiful language that exists and that ever will exist according to one member of the forum. { Take a guess who that is. } It's the Mother Language.
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Nah, I want it to be inclusive. What's the point in creating a board if only KingSlayer is an eligible user?
I think she intended to be inclusive. :D
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Better call it The Kindergarten.
Nah, I want it to be inclusive. What's the point in creating a board if only KingSlayer is an eligible user?
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But we may need a section called The Ring, it seems...
Better call it The Kindergarten.
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Jealous? Have you just implied I would like to be like that? Oh, be very careful with what you say. And don't forget about this Farsi sample.
OK. Now I'm scared. xD Say 'please' first. :P
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So you're jealous of a cartoon character? Who would've thought? xD I thought you were a narcissist and overly confident of yourself. Now that I know you're jealous of a cartoon character's femininity my opinion changed. :P You insecure minion! :P
Jealous? Have you just implied I would like to be like that? Oh, be very careful with what you say. And don't forget about this Farsi sample.
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As I see it, this must be for your obvious wit and charm. Who could resist them?
Then some people should practice self-restraint. :P But that's a different issue. You failed to do your job as an administrator. :P
I can't speak for Blonde but we minions just can't stand those overly feminine pretentious characters whose main role is to be pretty and kind. But that's a topic for a different thread I guess. Are you defeated enough now?
So you're jealous of a cartoon character? Who would've thought? xD I thought you were a narcissist and overly confident of yourself. Now that I know you're jealous of a cartoon character's femininity my opinion changed. :P You insecure minion! :P
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No, no, no! I was the victim. I have been the victim of Blonde's nonstop harassment and urge to communicate with me. :P I don't know why she's so obsessed with me. :P
As I see it, this must be for your obvious wit and charm. Who could resist them?
See? Harassing others is like the only thing you and Blonde care about. :P Even when it is a fictional cartoon character.
I can't speak for Blonde but we minions just can't stand those overly feminine pretentious characters whose main role is to be pretty and kind. But that's a topic for a different thread I guess. Are you defeated enough now?
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Precisely, genius. I really understand those trolling urges that get the better of you so often, yet I gave you a warning because I'm the goddamn administrator. That's being just.
No, no, no! I was the victim. I have been the victim of Blonde's nonstop harassment and urge to communicate with me. :P I don't know why she's so obsessed with me. :P You should've given her an infraction, but you admitted that you hadn't given her an infraction and instead punished me! The victim! :P
They are busy nailing Sleeping Beauty's gown to the bed. But I'll ask them, thanks.
See? Harassing others is like the only thing you and Blonde care about. :P Even when it is a fictional cartoon character.
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You have been unjust as a human being all your life, M. xD (Did you forget that you gave me an infraction last time for no reason? xD)
Precisely, genius. I really understand those trolling urges that get the better of you so often, yet I gave you a warning because I'm the goddamn administrator. That's being just.
Sure. Team up. xD Do you want to invite all of your minion friends too? :P
They are busy nailing Sleeping Beauty's gown to the bed. But I'll ask them, thanks.
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Have I ever been unjust as an administrator? Having two accounts works wonders.
You have been unjust as a human being all your life, M. xD (Did you forget that you gave me an infraction last time for no reason? xD)
I really appreciate your passion, but we should wait for Blonde anyway with this. Or anyone else for that matter. Jerry?
Sure. Team up. xD Do you want to invite all of your minion friends too? :P
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It's hard to trust a person who threatens others but then chickens out at the last moment for protection. :P
Have I ever been unjust as an administrator? Having two accounts works wonders.
Plus, you're pretty much biased yourself. xD You're one of the main opponents. Actually, you're the toughest one. D:
Right. This won't save you, you know that, right?
I really appreciate your passion, but we should wait for Blonde anyway with this. Or anyone else for that matter. Jerry?
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Oh, don't worry, kiddo. As an admin, I'll protect you should your keyboard start to smoke.
It's hard to trust a person who threatens others but then chickens out at the last moment for protection. :P Plus, you're pretty much biased yourself. xD You're one of the main opponents. Actually, you're the toughest one. D:
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Yeah. xD Sounds like a good idea but it should be X vs Y. Not A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P,Q,R,S,T,U,V,W,X,Z vs Y. xD
Oh, don't worry, kiddo. As an admin, I'll protect you should your keyboard start to smoke.
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I thought you'd know what "hereditary" means. Oh well.
The poultry arguments work only with insecure people. So what you find persuasive, may not work with me, you know.
Anyway, I have to go. But we may need a section called The Ring, it seems...
And I thought you'd know that handling Russian drunkards cannot be hereditary. xD
You chickened out. xD
Yeah. xD Sounds like a good idea but it should be X vs Y. Not A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P,Q,R,S,T,U,V,W,X,Z vs Y. xD
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Maybe your old generations are well-trained in handling intoxicated Russians. xD You are pretty young for that. :D
Are you chickening out then? xD You threaten someone but you do not have the guts to carry it out? xD :P
I thought you'd know what "hereditary" means. Oh well.
The poultry arguments work only with insecure people. So what you find persuasive, may not work with me, you know.
Anyway, I have to go. But we may need a section called The Ring, it seems...
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First of all, the Polish are well-trained in handling intoxicated Russians - it's a hereditary trait at this point in history, so think of something that I could at least hypothetically find intimidating.
Second of all, had I been threatening you, you'd have been at your mama's lap crying by now. And since you're still here, I obviously did not threaten you today.
Maybe your old generations are well-trained in handling intoxicated Russians. xD You are pretty young for that. :D
Are you chickening out then? xD You threaten someone but you do not have the guts to carry it out? xD :P
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Are you threatening us, Minion? You're the only minion here. If you think what happened in the prison scene could've still happened if the minions weren't outnumbering the prisoners you're wrong. xD We outnumber you here xD And Blonde is an intoxicated Russian. Watch out. xD
No. You should say 'please' first. :P You were threatening us just a line before! xD
First of all, the Polish are well-trained in handling intoxicated Russians - it's a hereditary trait at this point in history, so think of something that I could find intimidating at least hypothetically.
Second of all, had I been threatening you, you'd have been at your mama's lap crying by now. And since you're still here, I obviously did not threaten you today.
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Just a friendly reminder, kiddos - don't make me switch accounts to take punitive actions today.
Oh, KS, can you link to any good sample of Farsi?
Are you threatening us, Minion? You're the only minion here. If you think what happened in the prison scene could've still happened if the minions weren't outnumbering the prisoners you're wrong. xD We outnumber you here xD And Blonde is an intoxicated Russian. Watch out. xD
No. You should say 'please' first. :P You were threatening us just a line before! xD
I go to sleep:)
We aren't done with you yet.
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Just a friendly reminder, kiddos - don't make me switch accounts to take punitive actions today.
Oh, KS, can you link to any good sample of Farsi?
I go to sleep:)
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Your issues with your style of writing, quoting people's posts in the wrong way and unnecessarily making parts of your post bold seem to be growing as you keep posting but I'm indifferent to what you post and I don't mind them. xD I just noticed that you have received a "Spammer 25 Posts in one day" badge! Well-deserved, Blonde. You earned it. xD
;D ;D ;D
А поржать сегодня?!)) No fun today?!))
See you some days later <3
Take care :P
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Just a friendly reminder, kiddos - don't make me switch accounts to take punitive actions today.
Oh, KS, can you link to any good sample of Farsi?
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Your issues with your style of writing, quoting people's posts in the wrong way and unnecessarily making parts of your post bold seem to be growing as you keep posting but I'm indifferent to what you post and I don't mind them. xD I just noticed that you have received a "Spammer 25 Posts in one day" badge! Well-deserved, Blonde. You earned it. xD
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*Relax ::)
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That looks messy. Ask The Lost Minion to teach you how to quote people's posts properly. :P When are you going to learn the basics for God's sake? ::) :P
:D :D :D
Relaxed, bae
It’s mental issue and vodka. (Ok wine in my case:) Pointless. Just accept it or ignore it.
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That looks messy. Ask The Lost Minion to teach you how to quote people's posts properly. :P When are you going to learn the basics for God's sake? ::) :P
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Double standards, Goddess ;P
Isn't it a universally accepted fact that Persian is the most beautiful language in the world? (particularly because it's my native language) HA!
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Perhaps the reason is that I’m a lesbian as one smart ass had brilliantly noticed.
Yeah. Good argument. Most probably it had to do with your homosexual tendencies and perversions. :P But that's off-topic.
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Perhaps the reason is that I’m a lesbian as one smart ass had brilliantly noticed.
Yeah. Good argument. Most probably it had to do with your homosexual tendencies and perversions. :P But that's off-topic.
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I was sure that Arabic and other similar, as I thought, languages sounded at least unattractive.
However, I changed my mind a month ago when got a message from my friend (as well as I know that Arabic is different ::) Her native language is Persian. Incredibly beautiful.
Perhaps the reason is that I’m a lesbian as one smart ass had brilliantly noticed.
So, if it had been a male voice, I wouldn’t have loved Persian, obviously :D. Anyway, I want to speak Persian one day.
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Isn't it a universally accepted fact that Persian is the most beautiful language in the world? (particularly because it's my native language) HA!
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I heard that French is the most beautiful language. Do you agree? Why?
Who decided it? Were any competitions before?