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RE: The English Language According to Gallagher

I never said English was the most descriptive, I said it is one of the most descriptive!! Of course other languages have different ways to describe things, but modern day people, don’t use their language to the full, whereas, it is natural for a native English speaker to do so.
I suggest you speak with the French President, as he has passed a law to ban English entering the French language, none of which is associated with IT or programming. Medicine and research etc. tend to use Greek or Latin words, as the base root makes the subject easier to understand worldwide.



I would be a very poor teacher if I did not explain the roots that make up the English language, it is because of the basic roots and the additions from other countries, which make English such a beautiful language, when written or spoken correctly with profound eloquences and articulation.

RE: English To Blame for the Worlds Problems

No insult was made to anyone or country, you turned my words.

Oh and my mother is an Irish Jew, born and raised in Connemara

RE: The English Language According to Gallagher

I think you will find the major difference is in Grammar, British English follows the logic and precision of correct grammar,making the sentences flow softly and very descriptively, whereas American English is just laziness, so a sentence looses it full meaning.
For example "Me bad" instead if saying "I am a bad person" or even more correct and with the description " I am so sorry, I have made a mistake"
English is one of the most descriptive languages in the world, hence why so many English words enter other languages.

RE: English To Blame for the Worlds Problems

Exactly, We have all the resources and opportunities to make the whole world a better place, but so many just want to rake over the coals and keep the fires burning, but with politics and religion mixed with fanatics and hard liners, the rest of the world has no chance.

RE: English To Blame for the Worlds Problems

My point is that History has not been rewritten or changed, We all know the reasons and the outcome of the famine, it was not right but thats life.
If you really want to see truth in history being done, then how about checking the history of Japan, they rewrite their past constantly, even though the overwhelming truth in China is fully documented, same can be said for the Russians.

Neither the British Government nor the BBC have denied what happened in Ireland, to harp on about it just stirs up the sh$t for no real outcome. IMO

RE: English To Blame for the Worlds Problems

Yer sure lets just blame the Jews for all that's wrong in the world, guess they are used to it by now

RE: so how do u think the royal wedding went on friday ?

Well you "Heard " wrong, and it was paid for by the families involved

RE: English To Blame for the Worlds Problems

Maybe as an Englishman you should learn your Irish history!! and actually take time to find out correct fact about the "Wedding" before making comments.
As for the Irish famine et al, what are the English supposed to do? keep harking on about it or try to make amends by ensuring that finance is available to Ireland, we all learn from history, there is absolutely no point in going over and over past mistakes, why can't we ALL just work towards a peaceful future???

RE: tastier wine

Portugal is renowned for good wine, and Port of course, although now most of the wine produced in Portugal is used to make Port, however, the grapes grown in Goa are some of the original from Europe before they were destroyed. So theoretically,Goa wine should be better than Portuguese, having said that, Georgian wine from the former Russian state produces the best wine in the world, as their grape is the original grape which was transplanted by the Romans throughout Europe, sadly it cannot be exported except to certain countries.

RE: shopping in dubai

Hi you, how is life? all good I hope, I visited Nanjing this last holiday to see the University and the city, very interesting and beautiful, I may move there in 2012.
I like shopping and have shopped in Dubai, but for me HK is the best place.

RE: shopping in dubai

I think you need to be more specific in what you actually want to buy. Dubai has one of the best shopping centres in the world, but, incredibly expensive, as most shops are designer stores.
If you want to buy clothes or electrical items I would suggest Singapore or Hong Kong, like I say, it all depends on what you want to purchase.

RE: Would you accept an expensive gift from a friend?

I have a close friend here in China, I found out she really wanted to buy her son a good dictionary but it was extremely expensive (By Chinese standards) so, I bought it and gave it to her, she refused to accept it, which really upset me, it was not the value, but me just wanting to show I cared and wanted to help her son. After many talks and shaking of heads she eventually took the book and gave it to her son. Now his English has improved and she has come to realise that when someone gives a "GIFT" it is exactly that, a gift, nothing is expected in return, just the joy the giver feels when he sees the gift has made someones life a little better.

RE: Royal wedding in UK

The crown estates belonged completely to the Royal family, however, when George III acceded the throne his debts were to large for him to pay, so he agreed to give the estates to the government who in return guaranteed a fixed payment, now called the Civil List. The Crown estates are owned and managed by the British Government. The rent produced from the Crown estates is paid directly into the treasury, and it is from this money the civil list payment is made.
The major beneficiary of the civil list is the QUEEN, the rest of the family earn the majority of their money from their day jobs, William for example as an Air man, Charles from is farms etc

RE: william & kate

Not everyone makes an enemy of an ex partner, many become lifelong friends, giving real and honest support and advice. IMO it shows a mature attitude rather than a childish one

RE: Constitutional monarchy , Presedential system or Parliamentary republic

Democracy works when you have a relatively small or sound thinking populous, but when the population is very large the Democracy seems to fail IMO, As an example, China has a vast population, democracy would never really work here as you would never get a majority vote for one specific party, here the single party works extremely well, and the people get to vote for their leader. so kind of democratic.
A monarchy would not really work as a leader needs to be given the position of power by the majority of people not by the so called "Divine Right" of birth.
IMO a parliamentary system is the best as no single person holds all the power, that way a group decide how to run a country.

Blair once said, Going to war was the hardest decision he had ever made, but actually it was not his decision to make, but a joint decision by the leaders of the controlling party. He just took it upon himself to make that decision, which is in fact dictatorship.

RE: Royal wedding in UK

Wonderful,


Bloody whipper snappers, they have no idea do they, and if he just gave a moment to think it through he may have realised that leading by example is a hell of a lot better than going in guns blazing.

You go girl

RE: Royal wedding in UK

Prince Charles has a deep faith, and, as the future head of the Church of England, he needs to fully understand what such a position entails, I believe he questions the validity of certain religions, especially the C of E which he thinks is less than perfect, he has also studied Islam and is the patron of Islamic studies at (I think) Cambridge uni and it is no surprise to me that he seeks answers from such an orthodox community. He is very willing to listen to genuine advice and has a very questioning mind. The Orthodox church is in his blood as his father and grandmother were both Greek Orthodox, in fact his grandmother became a nun after the death of her husband. However, it is unlikely he will convert to the orthodox church as that would clash with his position regarding the C of E.

RE: Royal wedding in UK

The Royal family are paid by the civil list, which is funded by revenue from the Crown estates, the annual revenue is around 200 million pounds, the Royal family get around 40 Million, which is equivalent to 0.65pence per UK tax payer. The 160 million left over goes to reduce your tax, so be grateful

RE: Royal wedding in UK

Sadly Charles was heavily bullied by his father, Philip is a very controlling man I think, so he just did what came naturally, and followed his fathers wishes, however, he seems to have learnt a lot, and now the two boys share a very close relationship with their father, Charles has kind of given them a free reign just as Diana would have done, in doing so he has gone against his fathers wishes, but it appears he is no longer afraid of him.
I believe Charles will make an excellent King, however, time will tell, and of course, that is if he accepts the position, there are rumours he will step aside for William to take the throne.

RE: Royal wedding in UK

China news has just reported that Blair and Brown were not invited, joy of joys, it says something that a traditionally socialist supporting Royal family have snubbed them.
Even China news is reporting that the actual cost is not being paid by the people but by the two families involved.

RE: Royal wedding in UK

May well be right, my concern is that she is not persuaded to try to follow in Diana's footsteps, from what I have read, she needs to create her own unique image, I believe she will be very popular though and hopefully become a valued and respected Queen.

RE: Royal wedding in UK

Hi, I have just seen a video clip on the Chinese TV news, and she certainly looks very very beautiful with a most attractive smile, I thought in the video, the Prince looked so like his mother, and also very happy.

RE: Royal wedding in UK

I can't see the wedding here But I am sure both Prince Charles and Camilla will be there. He is the bridegrooms father after all.
As it is the young couples day, the media will focus on them rather than the rest of the Royal family

RE: Royal wedding in UK

It is not Royal protocol to kiss in church, however, it has become a tradition for the newly married couple to share a public kiss from the balcony of Buckingham Palace. Not sure if this will/has happened

RE: Royal wedding in UK

Yet again an "Opinion" based on false fact, Every hotel in London is full, extra employment is huge, just as an example.

The Royal family and the Middleton family are both contributing hugely to this event, the majority from the Royal family.

The "Tax payer" is paying only for the security/police, and it has been pointed out that this cost is smaller than the cost involved when the demonstrations took place recently, I don't remember you complaining about paying for that !!!!!!

I am not particularly interested in watching it, however, I do believe that today marks a very important part of British history, A future British King and Queen. All for less that half a pint a beer. (Each)

RE: Royal wedding in UK

Yep tis true, mind you it was about 25 years ago, my middle son was born at the QE hospital in Swindon. My house overlooked what used to be an airfield, and is now Honda's factory.

RE: Royal wedding in UK

TY, I remember when PPV and the others were here, such great posts, and always a laugh every evening, now almost all of my original friends have either left or been banned for trying to stand up against the mindless bullying, so now I read the thread but rarely comment unless it is like this one where utter rubbish is posted without any factual truth.
I do however exchange many emails with members who are not on the forum, so will remain here, but it saddens me that many of these members want to post but are scared they will be ripped to pieces, especially a good friend who is a Muslim, she really wanted to post but thinks she will end up lambasted just because of her belief.
Best wishes Riz

RE: Royal wedding in UK

The average British tax payer pays around 60 pence,($1) per year towards the civil list, not exactly huge, how much of your tax goes towards the American government? And, if the Monarchy is dissolved and the crown estates are removed from the British treasury, then every tax payer would have topay 1.60 pence a more every year to make up the shortfall.

You do the Maths

RE: Royal wedding in UK

See you are jumping to conclusions again with no justification!!
The Queen is nowhere near the richest woman in the world, not even in the top 20.
The value of the Royal household is indeed huge, but this does not belong to the Queen, but to the country as a whole, she is just the trustee. Her actual private income is derived from investments and bonds together with the civil list payment, which as I pointed out, is paid by the government from money earned from the crown estates.

As for the poster who made a comment about how the royals should get proper jobs, I suggest he also checks his facts

I would suggest that the British Royal family care far more deeply about the United Kingdom, than any president or Prime Minister care about their own country, America actually chose their leader, yet despise and ridicule him, case of get your own house in order before castigating someone else's country's traditions IMO.

RE: sharehouse advice

When I was at Uni, I shared a house with 3 guys, they always complained I never cooked, which was true, I hated cooking and was useless at it. So one day after reading a recipe in a magazine, I decided to treat my housemates to a delicious chilli Con Carne, that evening I prepared the dish for the following night, I followed the recipe meticulously, even ensuring that the fresh kidney beans I had bought were soaked for the exact recommended time and in the morning popped all the ingredients into our slow cooker so it would be ready to eat that night. We sat down at 6pm and eat my amazing dinner, I was applauded for my culinary success.


However.

Some hours later I awoke with a high fever, and was violently sick, I could hear my housemates doing the same, we became incredibly ill and finally called for an ambulance, on reaching the hospital, we had our stomachs pumped and were given specialist treatment for chronic food poisoning.

Fresh Red Kidney beans are highly poisonous unless cooked above boiling point for a minimum of 10 minutes, sadly a slow cooker never reaches boiling point.

They never asked me to cook again