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  1. Tarvos

    Icelandic name trial

    I didn't read this until now, and the only thing it's made me wish is that my copy of "Colloquial Icelandic" had come in earlier. I haven't seen it covered in Dutch media, but Dutch naming traditions are just really feckin' weird, to the point where I'm happy Iceland has rules like this, because...
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    Gender-Neutral Terms?

    They is what I use as well.
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    The "Fwee" Thread

    I have a date tomorrow. I have not had one of those in a while.
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    Can video games be considered art?

    Video games are art in a way of course - so is everything that we make, but I wouldn't classify it as just art - we also produce video games for entertainment in a different way, it's also a product. And I find that that is a very different way to approach art (as a product), than as art for...
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    Question about cultures

    Yeah, I know, but I started Hebrew a week ago, so I don't have enough context yet; it took me ages to figure out that it's pronounced "talmid" and not "talamud" or something. Which is why they actually include niqqud in most learners books of course; except in mine, apart from when they want to...
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    Question about cultures

    Not to mention the fact there are tons of African languages, mostly spoken by native tribes who can hardly communicate with the TRIBE IN THE VILLAGE A FEW MILES AWAY because they speak ANOTHER LANGUAGE. Not to mention that English (and French) are already the lingua franca for most of...
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    Question about cultures

    Well, I understand the idea of having a lingua franca, especially to solve matters that cross borders. And I understand why everyone studies English nowadays; it is a shortcut to a better life for most people to know English, especially in poorer countries. In Russia, everyone wants to learn...
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    Question about cultures

    You know they raised Hebrew pretty much from the dead, right? And that it's an official language? Of a country? And it has millions of speakers? That would be such impoverishment. I see the value of having English as a lingua franca (which, let's face it, it already is) but that doesn't...
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    Capital punishment

    Not exactly. I agree with you entirely concerning the second part of your reasoning. This is why we refrain from punishing, because we happen to morally believe in the right to life being unimpeachable; my problem is that the perpetrator, having violated that right to life himself, does not get...
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    Capital punishment

    I'm not in favour of capital punishment, but I would like to add one thing: The right to life may be unimpeachable, but the murder also took it from someone, and violated that right. In how far can you argue that a murderer, who is willingly ignorant of this right to life, can be considered to...
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    Question about cultures

    "Panslavism" is just another word for "Serbian politicians are corrupt as hell".
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    A song from every year since 19__

    It's true that they don't do rock and roll the way they used to. That's because rock and roll was a fad that passed away, like PRETTY MUCH EVERY GENRE EVER. People don't sound like Cream anymore because, fuck, Cream sounds like Cream! Nirvana sounds like Nirvana (no, actually, they sound like...
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    Rate the song above you

    4/10 The Mars Volta have good stuff. This is not part of it. Passenger - Let Her Go
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    What are you reading? II

    Flickan som lekte med elden. Second part of the Millenium Trilogy.
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    Gun Control

    I may be wrong, but I think in Scandinavia (and also Iceland and Finland) police are rarely armed? Although I have a memory of Finland having idiotically dumb gun laws.
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    Gun Control

    There once was a place called Lim'rick, Where people fought with guns and stick, Odd it was said to be, But plain for all to see, That if you shoot at people you are sick.
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    Question about cultures

    Which reminds me: BCMS (Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian), is that one language with four reasonably close quite mutually intelligble dialects, or do these splitoffs have a right to call it "Montenegrin", "Croatian" etc. tout seule? As far as I remember (with the exception of Slovenian, but...
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    Well, it's ok to work and overcome problems. But if you break up because shit ain't working...

    Well, it's ok to work and overcome problems. But if you break up because shit ain't working, shit ain't working. But most people want a relationship because they just wanna snuggle somebody at night. That's awesome! But I think the physical aspect, the love aspect for a person and so on are all...
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    Cannabis

    I don't smoke weed (surprise!) but I have argued for legalisation for years. It keeps the weed out of the hands of drug dealers since you can set up legal growth depots as well. It's not my business what crap people put into their bodies, it's their responsibility.
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    Question about cultures

    Hahaha, Cainntear. He is from HTLAL, right? Before my time. I am inclined to say "amateur linguist". Language, dialect, it's all the same. What matters is that you don't speak like the Queen. If that's called a language or a dialect, whatever.
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