No - it's a four letter word, using the standard A to Z alphabet. However, this word is used and understood worldwide, even where other alphabets are used...
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depthcharge wrote: Sure I've seen 'TAKSI' in some country.
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Finland?
In Sweden it's Taxi though
I though "cab" was more used than "taxi" in English though.
However it did make sense.. Christy, how did you get so smart? :D
Recognizing the word "overuse" in the forum... That's something that doesn't exist as a single word in german...
What about the word Internet? Apart from the cyrillic alphabet, it should be the same everywhere in Europe. Though I have some doubts about how it's spelled in Finland or Estonia.
Bere wrote: Recognizing the word "overuse" in the forum... That's something that doesn't exist as a single word in german...
U¨berausnutzung? 
Spotnick wrote: I though "cab" was more used than "taxi" in English though.
However it did make sense.. Christy, how did you get so smart? :D
Her way of speech is far superior than that of average people logging in here. Besides the obvious great, and expensive, I believe, education I think it's the Florida climat that makes your mind liberated and enable to express so freely and distinguishly.
Also I admire her opponence to sciolism in disputes, too. 
|| | ||| 6217|| 8 || 3 wrote: Her way of speech is far superior than that of average people logging in here. Besides the obvious great, and expensive, I believe, education I think it's the Florida climat that makes your mind liberated and enable to express so freely and distinguishly.
Also I admire her opponence to socialism in disputes, too.
thank you. but ironically, i am a socialist! well, a social democrat in many ways; i'm a registered green. i believe in creating social equality through the development of social programs for all members of society, including social security, universal healthcare, and an increase in government funding for education. i believe it's society's responsibility to ensure the welfare of each man, woman and child. however, i believe changes must be made from within the government apparatus--in other words, socialist evolution vs. socialist revolution.
i also believe there is a place for capitalism in society, although it must be regulated and adequate wages paid to workers. i have no problem paying taxes if they are going into a fund to develop social programs, something which our country sorely lacks.
it took me many years to determine my political beliefs and the above is a VERY short summary of them. i started off as a republican when i was 9 (the 1984 elections were around my nov. 2 birthday and since i was about to turn double-digits i decided i needed to become politically informed, so i watched the reagan-mondale debates and took notes in order to persuade my parents to vote for reagan. it didn't work.). i then became a communist at around 12-13 and wanted to start a revolution in america in order to bring down the reagan administration so america could become a communist utopia. this phase lasted until my freshman year at college, when i was put off by the campus socialists and communists, who would protest the opening of a door.
this was the final straw: during my freshman year the university bought the audubon ballroom, where malcolm x was assassinated. it was a boarded-up crack den in 1992 and in one of the poorest sections of manhattan, washington heights. the campus socialists protested the university's plan to build a biomedical research center there, citing that the university administraton were 'slumlords' and were going to conduct animal-testing experiments in the building. they also alleged that the predominately black neighborhood would be exploited by the predominatly white, jewish university if it condemned the building in which one of the great civil rights leaders was assassinated. the campus socialists handed out flyer after flyer explaining why the university must be stopped from building the science center. there were two problems: 1) there was to be no animal-testing done on the site; this information was entirely made up. 2) no one bothered to ask the people of washington heights what they wanted. during a community meeting, community leaders expressed their anger at the college socialists for their actions and for having the audacity to assume that they knew what was best for washington heights. the bio-medical research center, once it was built, brought much-needed jobs to the community and turned a crack den into a beautiful building of which the locals could be proud. there is a memorial to malcolm X in the foyer. basically i realized that there is too much condescension within the far, far left movement and many of the young people i met were completely out of touch with the very people they were proporting to help. i have several other stories like this one--this certainly wasn't an isolated incident!
so i became a democrat, which i remained until about two years ago. after becoming tired of the partisan bickering and the lack of a strong democratic platform i joined the green party. i could care less about GM food, but many of their policies are similar, if not identical, to mine so i felt that the greens could become a viable third-party if more people took action. i believe in a multi-party state and i'm glad to see both the greens and the libertarians gaining recognition. hopefully someday the republicans and democrats will learn that they are no longer the 'big men on campus' and will need to streamline their policies and devise platforms that include what they stand for, instead of focusing on what the other party doesn't stand for.
AgentWood wrote:
|| | ||| 6217|| 8 || 3 wrote: Her way of speech is far superior than that of average people logging in here. Besides the obvious great, and expensive, I believe, education I think it's the Florida climat that makes your mind liberated and enable to express so freely and distinguishly.
Also I admire her opponence to socialism in disputes, too.
this phase lasted until my freshman year at college, when i was put off by the campus socialists and communists, who would protest the opening of a door.
Right! We'll draft a manifesto listing all of our demands!
AgentWood wrote:
|| | ||| 6217|| 8 || 3 wrote: Her way of speech is far superior than that of average people logging in here. Besides the obvious great, and expensive, I believe, education I think it's the Florida climat that makes your mind liberated and enable to express so freely and distinguishly.
Also I admire her opponence to socialism in disputes, too.
it took me many years to determine my political beliefs and the above is a VERY short summary of them. i started off as a republican when i was 9 (the 1984 elections were around my nov. 2 birthday and since i was about to turn double-digits i decided i needed to become politically informed, so i watched the reagan-mondale debates and took notes in order to persuade my parents to vote for reagan. it didn't work.). i then became a communist at around 12-13 and wanted to start a revolution in america in order to bring down the reagan administration so america could become a communist utopia.
That's quite a journey in 4 years time.
AgentWood wrote:
hopefully someday the republicans and democrats will learn that they are no longer the 'big men on campus' and will need to streamline their policies and devise platforms that include what they stand for, instead of focusing on what the other party doesn't stand for.
My guess is that when the Greens will have enough power and popularity to gain a politically considerable weight, the Republicans will steal their programms and incorporate some of the Greens' ideas into their own goals. Is it bad? Well it depends upon what you really want for this country. Just a thought. :)
That's an interesting insight, Christy! My way has been a bit vice versa. 
Spotnick wrote:
Ben wrote:
Bere wrote: What about the german "Kindergarten"? The english language adopted it (though you can translate it to "children's garden").
"Jardin d'enfants" exists in French too.
Although in Québec we use the term "Maternelle" instead... but Jardin d'enfants is also used on some occasions.
Both are used on this side of the ocean.
Spotnick wrote:
AgentWood wrote:
Old Blue wrote: Just a little quiz whilst your pondering the subject matter...
What word is spelled the same and has the same meaning in the most languages?
do you mean spelled in the latin alphabet? this would narrow it down to several language families, making it easier.
I'm pretty sure Bere got it right...
Sex... although it's Sexe in french ;)
Obviously one of the biggest issues with learning french for english native is the gender of THINGS... they just don't get it (neither do I, but we have to deal with it hehe)
A chair is a SHE, a desk is a HE... don't ask me why!
Cos' the chair goes under the desk, perhaps?
bLuE oRdEr wrote:
AgentWood wrote:
|| | ||| 6217|| 8 || 3 wrote: Her way of speech is far superior than that of average people logging in here. Besides the obvious great, and expensive, I believe, education I think it's the Florida climat that makes your mind liberated and enable to express so freely and distinguishly.
Also I admire her opponence to socialism in disputes, too.
it took me many years to determine my political beliefs and the above is a VERY short summary of them. i started off as a republican when i was 9 (the 1984 elections were around my nov. 2 birthday and since i was about to turn double-digits i decided i needed to become politically informed, so i watched the reagan-mondale debates and took notes in order to persuade my parents to vote for reagan. it didn't work.). i then became a communist at around 12-13 and wanted to start a revolution in america in order to bring down the reagan administration so america could become a communist utopia.
That's quite a journey in 4 years time.
it was a time of personal discovery, blue. we've all had them, yes?
AgentWood wrote:
bLuE oRdEr wrote:
AgentWood wrote:
|| | ||| 6217|| 8 || 3 wrote: Her way of speech is far superior than that of average people logging in here. Besides the obvious great, and expensive, I believe, education I think it's the Florida climat that makes your mind liberated and enable to express so freely and distinguishly.
Also I admire her opponence to socialism in disputes, too.
it took me many years to determine my political beliefs and the above is a VERY short summary of them. i started off as a republican when i was 9 (the 1984 elections were around my nov. 2 birthday and since i was about to turn double-digits i decided i needed to become politically informed, so i watched the reagan-mondale debates and took notes in order to persuade my parents to vote for reagan. it didn't work.). i then became a communist at around 12-13 and wanted to start a revolution in america in order to bring down the reagan administration so america could become a communist utopia.
That's quite a journey in 4 years time.
it was a time of personal discovery, blue. we've all had them, yes?
Yes.
Like you, I much prefer evolution to revolution.
His Holiness, The Pope wrote: Off-topic, but I always liked the etymology of the word "snob."
And what is the etymology of snob, Popesy?
AgentWood wrote: i could care less about GM food, but many of their policies are similar, if not identical, to mine so i felt that the greens could become a viable third-party if more people took action.
But food is what you put in your body every day. Don't you want to know what's in your food? Or what the crops we're growing are doing to the surrounding environment?
I think it's interesting that the free marketeers-- the ones who are loudest on the soapbox about the benefits of the free market-- are the ones who are fighting the hardest to keep us from knowing what's in our food. I find it interesting, because the "invisible hand" of the market only functions properly when people have access to perfect information. Because the GM proponents have blocked all efforts to identify GM foods, consumers don't have access to perfect information, and therefore, the "invisible hand" can't possibly function. Interesting policy choice there, for the free marketeers to hobble the free market that they so ardently promote.
bLuE oRdEr wrote:
AgentWood wrote:
bLuE oRdEr wrote:
AgentWood wrote:
|| | ||| 6217|| 8 || 3 wrote: Her way of speech is far superior than that of average people logging in here. Besides the obvious great, and expensive, I believe, education I think it's the Florida climat that makes your mind liberated and enable to express so freely and distinguishly.
Also I admire her opponence to socialism in disputes, too.
it took me many years to determine my political beliefs and the above is a VERY short summary of them. i started off as a republican when i was 9 (the 1984 elections were around my nov. 2 birthday and since i was about to turn double-digits i decided i needed to become politically informed, so i watched the reagan-mondale debates and took notes in order to persuade my parents to vote for reagan. it didn't work.). i then became a communist at around 12-13 and wanted to start a revolution in america in order to bring down the reagan administration so america could become a communist utopia.
That's quite a journey in 4 years time.
it was a time of personal discovery, blue. we've all had them, yes?
Yes.
Like you, I much prefer evolution to revolution.
You misquoted me
OK, it's up to my conscience, but where's the misquote? I wasn't even quoting you, I was quoting AgentWood...
Ahh, I see. sciolism/socialism. Sorry, but I didn't misquote you. Go back a few posts to find the error.
|| | ||| 6217|| 8 || 3 wrote: You misquoted me
you are correct, and i apologize. i deleted most of your post when i was trying to quote you and for some reason the computer won't let me delete a bracket, so i ended up deleting the last sentence and i filled in socialism instead of sciolism when i was filling it back in, hence my 'socialism bit.'
perhaps i was guilty of sciolism myself?
