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  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604
    edited June 2015

    LeatherGryphon said:
    ps1borg said:
    AtticAnne said:
    Good morning, all. Golden sunshine, clear blue skies, lots of green vegetation, lots of mold, still some muddy spots in my yard. It's shaping up to be a great stay-in-the-yard weekend.

    sunshine a distant memory today, iz quite bleak here :)

    Hmmm... interesting word "bleak". I've often wondered if there were a linguistic connection between it and "black". :question:

    quite the opposite actually

    Origin of bleak

    1300-50; Middle English bleke pale, blend of variants bleche (Old English blǣc) and blake (Old English blāc); both cognate with Old Norse bleikr, German bleich;

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  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    edited June 2015

    chohole said:
    LeatherGryphon said:
    ps1borg said:
    AtticAnne said:
    Good morning, all. Golden sunshine, clear blue skies, lots of green vegetation, lots of mold, still some muddy spots in my yard. It's shaping up to be a great stay-in-the-yard weekend.

    sunshine a distant memory today, iz quite bleak here :)

    Hmmm... interesting word "bleak". I've often wondered if there were a linguistic connection between it and "black". :question:

    quite the opposite actually

    Origin of bleak

    1300-50; Middle English bleke pale, blend of variants bleche (Old English blǣc) and blake (Old English blāc); both cognate with Old Norse bleikr, German bleich;

    Barren I guess, the opposite of spring.

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  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    edited December 1969

    Truck looks to have a bleak future :lol:

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  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited December 1969

    ps1borg said:
    Truck looks to have a bleak future :lol:


    gilgamesh?

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited December 1969

    there was a movie about an old west theme park with robots, robots went crazy, o'course. was out in 70's i think
    dang brain farts

  • atticanneatticanne Posts: 3,009
    edited December 1969

    TroutFace said:
    I have been honored more than i deserve :red: :red:

    I am working with a producer in the UK and an artist in the Netherlands to use one of my songs as a soundtrack to an animation.

    I got the first cut last night. Watched it 4 times.

    The artist should be my brother, he has perfectly manifested the dark inside me. Simon (the producer) is a freaking miracle worker. :red:

    I cried. nobody has ever made my dreams real. :red:

    Once I'm allowed to share it, I will post here. But this is the most amazing thing in my long, cynical life I have ever seen. :red::red:

    Maybe my story isn't over yet! :cheese:

    As long as the fat lady doesn't sing, you'll be fine. This is great news, TF. Congratulations.

  • atticanneatticanne Posts: 3,009
    edited December 1969

    ps1borg said:
    AtticAnne said:
    Good morning, all. Golden sunshine, clear blue skies, lots of green vegetation, lots of mold, still some muddy spots in my yard. It's shaping up to be a great stay-in-the-yard weekend.

    sunshine a distant memory today, iz quite bleak here :)

    It looks like today will be a re-run of yesterday. If I could bottle it, I would send you some.

  • RarethRareth Posts: 1,462
    edited December 1969

    Misty Whisky said:
    there was a movie about an old west theme park with robots, robots went crazy, o'course. was out in 70's i think
    dang brain farts

    West World

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,363
    edited December 1969

    LeatherGryphon said:
    ps1borg said:
    AtticAnne said:
    Good morning, all. Golden sunshine, clear blue skies, lots of green vegetation, lots of mold, still some muddy spots in my yard. It's shaping up to be a great stay-in-the-yard weekend.

    sunshine a distant memory today, iz quite bleak here :)

    Hmmm... interesting word "bleak". I've often wondered if there were a linguistic connection between it and "black". :question:

    Things that make you go hmmmm... :)

    Dana

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,363
    edited December 1969

    ps1borg said:
    Truck looks to have a bleak future :lol:

    Cool. Very Mad Max.

    Dana

  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,352
    edited June 2015

    Rareth said:
    Misty Whisky said:
    there was a movie about an old west theme park with robots, robots went crazy, o'course. was out in 70's i think
    dang brain farts

    West World
    Yul Brynner. The Terminator borrowed from it a bit. :)

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  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,363
    edited December 1969

    Misty Whisky said:
    there was a movie about an old west theme park with robots, robots went crazy, o'course. was out in 70's i think
    dang brain farts

    Westworld, with Yul Brynner!

    Dana

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited June 2015

    thanks :)

    Westworld movie ever reach cult status?
    or it was close


    trivia

    After the success of Easy Rider (1969), Universal Studios hit upon the idea to let young filmmakers make "semi-independent" films for low budgets in hopes of generating similar profits. The idea was to make five movies for low budgets (one million dollars or less), not interfere in the filmmaking process, and give the directors final cut. The movies were: this movie, The Hired Hand (1971), The Last Movie (1971), Taking Off (1971) and American Graffiti (1973)
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  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,229
    edited December 1969

    Misty Whisky said:
    ps1borg said:
    Truck looks to have a bleak future :lol:


    gilgamesh?

    Could it be that the name of the guy on the truck is Gilga, so in a moment he will be Gilgamush.

    Or possibly the name of the large animal is Gilga and he just received the following order from his rider: "Gilga, mash!"

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,229
    edited December 1969

    chohole said:
    LeatherGryphon said:
    ps1borg said:
    AtticAnne said:
    Good morning, all. Golden sunshine, clear blue skies, lots of green vegetation, lots of mold, still some muddy spots in my yard. It's shaping up to be a great stay-in-the-yard weekend.

    sunshine a distant memory today, iz quite bleak here :)

    Hmmm... interesting word "bleak". I've often wondered if there were a linguistic connection between it and "black". :question:

    quite the opposite actually

    Origin of bleak

    1300-50; Middle English bleke pale, blend of variants bleche (Old English blǣc) and blake (Old English blāc); both cognate with Old Norse bleikr, German bleich;

    Oh! So it's more of "empty", "uninteresting", "without future".

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,119
    edited December 1969

    tjohn said:
    Rareth said:
    Misty Whisky said:
    there was a movie about an old west theme park with robots, robots went crazy, o'course. was out in 70's i think
    dang brain farts

    West World


    Yul Brynner. The Terminator borrowed from it a bit. :)
    ...who also played a transvestite in The Magic Christian.
  • TSasha SmithTSasha Smith Posts: 27,424
    edited December 1969

    Trying to learn French but I am getting frustrated.

  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604
    edited December 1969

    Quand avez-vous commencé à apprendre le français?

  • TSasha SmithTSasha Smith Posts: 27,424
    edited December 1969

    chohole said:
    Quand avez-vous commencé à apprendre le français?

    Several years ago, but really just started today.

  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604
    edited December 1969

    Kulay Wolf said:
    chohole said:
    Quand avez-vous commencé à apprendre le français?

    Several years ago, but really just started today.

    I have forgotten most of what I learned, despite passing exams in it back in the day. I have just had no use for French.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,119
    edited June 2015

    ..never could get the pronunciation for French down though love how it makes common things seem more "elegant".

    Train à Grande Vitesse = "high speed train".

    cerf-volant = "kite"

    le chant des oiseaux = "bird song"


    The Unpronounceable Complaint Thread.

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  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604
    edited June 2015

    Kyoto Kid said:
    ..never could get the pronunciation for French down though love how it makes common things seem more "elegant".

    Train à Grande Vitesse = "high speed train".

    cerf-volant = "kite"

    le chant des oiseaux = "bird song"


    The Unpronounceable Complaint Thread.

    Yes it is much more elegant that german where you have words like Rathaus I will let you find out what that means. lol Yet for some reason I remember more German, maybe because I knew quite a few German people, including the next door neighbour when I was young.

    The Multilingual Complaint Thread

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  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,119
    edited December 1969

    ...city hall. We have one like that In my old Hometown of Milwaukee.


    The Mein Gott, it's Full Of Rats Complaint Thread.

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  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited June 2015

    german BEER!


    i've never seen a france beer. does it exist?

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  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited June 2015

    Kyoto Kid said:
    tjohn said:
    Rareth said:
    Misty Whisky said:
    there was a movie about an old west theme park with robots, robots went crazy, o'course. was out in 70's i think
    dang brain farts

    West World


    Yul Brynner. The Terminator borrowed from it a bit. :)
    ...who also played a transvestite in The Magic Christian.


    The King and I :) shall we ... dance Shall we ダンス? Sharu wi Dansu?

    et cetera et cetera et cetera

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  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,229
    edited June 2015

    chohole said:
    Kyoto Kid said:
    ..never could get the pronunciation for French down though love how it makes common things seem more "elegant".

    Train à Grande Vitesse = "high speed train".

    cerf-volant = "kite"

    le chant des oiseaux = "bird song"


    The Unpronounceable Complaint Thread.

    Yes it is much more elegant that german where you have words like Rathaus I will let you find out what that means. lol Yet for some reason I remember more German, maybe because I knew quite a few German people, including the next door neighbour when I was young.

    The Multilingual Complaint Thread

    I've heard that among the most pleasing sounding phrases in English are "calla lily", and "cellar door". I don't know how those compare to French but I imagine that if one were to stuff peas up one's nose and speak while chewing caramel, that any language would sound as dreamy. Of course there are differences in English dialects that would require slightly different attacks. The British would have to actually open their mouths a bit while speaking. And the US northeast speakers especially around Boston have absolutely no idea how to pronounce an "R". I don't know if that would be a help or hindrance to emulating French, but I am curious how the Hispanics, Germans, and Russians who live there survive in the land devoid of "R"s. %-P

    And in my past wanderings in the Googlesphere I once came across this. :cheese:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt4Dfa4fOEY

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  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,352
    edited December 1969

    Free language lesson. :)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLgJvqyZNjs

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  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,229
    edited June 2015

    chohole said:
    Kyoto Kid said:
    ..never could get the pronunciation for French down though love how it makes common things seem more "elegant".

    Train à Grande Vitesse = "high speed train".

    cerf-volant = "kite"

    le chant des oiseaux = "bird song"


    The Unpronounceable Complaint Thread.

    Yes it is much more elegant that german where you have words like Rathaus I will let you find out what that means. ...

    Hmmm... similar to Russian "ратуша" pronounced ratusha.

    (I'm curious: when I type the Russian alphabet "АБВГДЕЁЖЗИЙКЛМНОПРСТУФХЦЧШЩЪЫЬЭЮЯ" does everybody see it that way? My computers do, but my computers aren't exactly off-the-shelf configuration.)

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  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,352
    edited December 1969

    Hurty nead and achy eyes all day. :-/
    The usual things aren't helping so time wounds all heels.

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,229
    edited December 1969

    tjohn said:
    Hurty nead and achy eyes all day. :-/
    The usual things aren't helping so time wounds all heels.

    It's goin' 'round. :sick:

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