RicOlie_2

RicOlie_2 said:

I doubt I'll get far, since I don't have enough specific goals, but I also want to learn the following languages:

French (I can have a simple conversation and read a bit.)

Spanish

Latin (I know some basic vocabulary as well as the conjugations of two verb families and I can decline all five declensions.)

Hebrew

Greek

Arabic (I know the alphabet, but that's it.)

German

 To add to and update this list:

I can understand roughly 90% of what I read in French, though only about 50% of what I hear. Writing is more challenging, with speaking being even more so. I recite an ever-expanding list of French words and their English translations every night. It currently runs at about 900 words. This has greatly boosted my reading level, and I think it's been worth it, despite it taking close to 25 minutes.

I've begun learning Brazilian Portuguese, as a couple of my friends at school come from there, and I figured that this was probably the best time to learn, since I can hear native speakers speaking it everyday.

I'm also working on learning the International Phonetic Alphabet. In doing so, I discovered that the letters D and T are pronounced slightly differently in the Romance languages than in English: in English, most speakers use the tip of their tongue, but in the Romance languages, they use the blade of their tongue (i.e. they flatten out the tip a wee bit and press it to the top of their mouth). With this discovery, I'm finally able to pronounce French words like "mordre" and "perdre" as one syllable, rather than two. :)

I've been trying to improve my knowledge of the spoken language by reading up on various English dialects. I can hear the difference between modern and traditional RP, which I'm pretty happy with, but matching the names of most dialects with the speech is a bit tricky.

To add to my language learning list:

Old English

Middle English

possibly Old and Middle French

Italian

BTW, Twister, I don't know if you've found Duolingo yet, but it's a pretty good learning site. It doesn't teach pronunciation terribly well, but it's fantastic for practice and learning words.

Sounds good. I've never heard the original, so I can't compare.

One comment I have on "Alteration" is that the drum stick on the side of the drum, or whatever it is, that begins tapping about a minute into the song is too loud and kind of overpowers the melody (because it's a fast, sudden drumming sound, I think my ear is drawn to it and focuses on it too much). I think it would sound better toned back a bit.

LOL. You are either a troll, or have a hilariously absurd view of the world.

I wouldn't mind seeing a dark movie, but if that involves sex and lots of swearing, then yes, I'd rather they didn't.

DrCrowTStarwars said:

So sorry to hear that.

I'll be praying for him and your family.

 Same here...already have, actually. :P

Hmmm...maybe I should read them sometime after all.

It looks like the first movie of the year is Up...

Pa2-b3

Sure, we could do that. Let me know if you want to stick with the last couple moves or not, Post.

I'm not sure why I wrote "alternate take." I think I just meant it was from a "different take."

MathUser said:

adywan said:

MathUser said:

The OOT ending of ROTJ didn't make sense anyway. Why was anakin suddenly a normal guy instead of bald and pasty white? I don't mind most of the retcons of the Special Editions so I hope they follow that.

 By your reckoning then, why wasn't Obi-Wan just half a person?

 That was a deleted scene where obiwan was cut in half. Officially obiwan turned into a force ghost before the light sabre hit him.

 An alternate take, even if it was changed up a bit, is still an alternate take, not a deleted scene.

Handman said:

saviours of the great large

 internets, bringing much-needed sanity 

Out of curiosity (and apologies if you already answered my question in this thread), what do you think of the book?

I just realized that none of the words I type were written at the same time, so there is technically no limit to what we write.

"That was not intended to be part of the story," said Ric,

besides the first few pages

DrCrowTStarwars said:

Thanks a lot Darth and the rest of you.  I am feeling better today, I think it was just the stress of the holidays, losing my favorite great aunt, and feeling lonely that caused me to lose it.

I saw my doctor today and I got a new med to take when I am hit with one of these waves.

Thank you all so much for your support and thank you Darth for starting this thread.

 I'm glad to hear that things are going a bit better now. Hopefully it stays that way for a good long time.

Because you share my religion, perhaps it might also help you to know that you are one of the people I pray for regularly. It may not take much for me to do, but hopefully it helps you see that my support for you is genuine, even if I can't do anything concrete to help.

. The first pages were funnier...

I have the boxed checked off in my personal settings which subscribes me to every thread I post in. I don't get enough emails for it to drive me crazy, and they don't show up with my important mail, so I'm happy (except for the fact that I don't always get the emails for some reason).

Ouch, you got stuck working through the holidays again? That's no fun. :(

I'm reluctant to end a game that's going so well for me, but a game isn't nearly as much fun when the other person isn't enjoying it. As for starting over, I'll leave that up to you. If you don't think you'll be able to or will want to move much in the next few days, then there's no point in starting just yet.

So it's your call, I guess, as long as my dad's still interested in playing.

went a passing jalopy, causing

...Apparently so do I?

Apparently Frink still wants the last word.

Obvious, who cleverly observed that

Apparently you also have to have the last word.

interrupted Frink, breaking the rules