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today's been an enlightening day.
friends been asking bout who wants to learn up japs, then dunno how the topic criss cross over to diff language curses. then suddenly i thought of the french curse by matrix's merovingian. been wanting to know wat he's talking bout..was fascinated by the term he used to describe french curses, "..it's like wiping ur ars* w silk." never heard anybody who describe it as such, and the way he pronounce it..mystifying.
anyway, cant post it here for viewing pleasure. all i can say is m*rde is a french curse and the same goes for some religious items and direct translation from eng curse words into french. the diff between a french curse is the pronounciation sounded so classy one tend to over looked it if one doesnt understand or take it for granted tat the french makes the best chef (not, believe me..they wear the worst attitude of a chef..nose lost up in the clouds and wearing boots too big for their sizes..stuff like tat..) or if the person took french fries as their staple food. anyway, the speaker who says "excuse my french" is equating curse words w the french as well. and tis supposingly come from one of the most haughty nation ever. (head shaking..)
until today, i always thought m*rde equate to love phrases and tat the french or latin put it in their love songs..hmm..apparently i was wrong. hmm..(reprogramming..)
history of m*rde----------------------------------------------------
by David McAninch
During the final hours of Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo, one of Bonaparte's generals, a certain Cambronne, found himself hopelessly outnumbered by the enemy. Asked to surrender, the general is said to have raised his sabre and hurled across the barricades a single, defiant syllable: M*rde!
This was most likely the sound left ringing in the ears of his men as they ate Prussian lead. With one celebrated utterance, that five-letter word—known ever since as the mot de Cambronne—became the quintessential French oath. It is, however, just one among scores of delicious curses that make up the lexicon of Gallic naughty words—words that, once mastered, can provide a lifetime of service.
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tis prompt another topic; which nation makes the best chef.
for me twuld b the italian, cos crudely putting it, it's their mums' cooking they are serving to us, though most of the cooks make up from men. whenever they need advice on food and love, who do they go to? their mums la of cos. and which nation is the most romantic of all? italian la of cos, same level w spanish and latin, but tat's another story. the italians hav no regards for embarrassment as they literally created the art of serenading the object of their affection from the streets at anytime of the day, with no care on how the neighbours and their pets wuld react to their singing. if long ago, somebody wuld throw a slipper or two at them from the bedroom window or the men of the house wuld came out w a kitchen knife, a rifle or a gun depending on the era they were in. now the men wuld b restraint by their wives or mothers alike for we women just hoard these sort of stuff. but the romantic nation do suffer from unproductivity due to emotional entanglement and dilemma; like tis gal but admire tat gal, the saw another pretty gal passing by and walla..more dilemmas. but they are good nations, for they fear and revere women alike. the only reason i dun go after italians are the fact tat they are as hairy as our supposingly-darwin-inspired-predecessors. (to know more pls google up The Origin of the Species by charles darwin, 1859)
anyway, just discover there are 3 types of japs writing today;
katakana
the first and easiest alphabet to learn is the katakana alphabet. it is a phonetic alphabet for foreign words and names. katakana is easy to learn and spot in Japanese because it almost always represents english words. it is basically used for "loanwords," foreign words which japanese speakers incorporate into their everyday use. japanese is full of these loanwords, and although most of them are taken from english, there are some that are taken from french, spanish, german, etc..
hiragana
the japanese alphabet hiragana is the alphabet which is used to compose almost all japanese words. up until the fifth century, japan had no writing system. So they imported chinese characters into japan. this was inconvenient for the japanese to use in everyday writing, so they simplified the characters into what is now hiragana. unlike the chinese characters, the modified hiragana is a phonetic alphabet much like katakana. So each character in hiragana represents a single syllable of a word, and not usually a complete word or idea.
kanji
kanji is by far the most difficult of the japanese alphabets to learn. why is that? well, because there are thousands of characters to learn, and well, look at them! if they look like chinese characters that's because they are chinese characters. the japanese borrowed these idiograms from the chinese in the fifth century. kanji is unlike hiragana or katakana because each character usually represents an entire word or idea. not only that, each kanji character can have several japanese pronunciations, and their pronunciation and meanings change if they're paired or alone. many kanji characters have very little, or an obscure, meaning when they are alone. so, many characters, when paired with another, take on a precise meaning, and a precise pronunciation in hiragana. this meaning is often untranslatable.
so i think i'll just buy some of those instant translatable cds tat taught u how to learn japs in 15 min time. i learnt html thru tat method.
anyway, a friend posted up tis at ltp36 today:
the starfish
an old man was walking along the beach, when he came upon a part of the sand where thousands of starfish had washed ashore. a little further down the beach he saw a young woman, who was picking up the starfish one at a time and tossing them back into the ocean. "oh you silly girl," he exclaimed. "you can't possibly save all of these starfish. there's too many." the woman smiled and said, "i know. but i can save this one, " and she tossed another into the ocean, "and this one", toss, "and this one..."
interesting..a little step a day saves a whole load of starfish tomorrow. makes sense.
now i know. :
a game :
search and see how many times i wrote :
1. "anyway"
2. "is"
3. "but"
and answer q no 4:
4. wat was the term used by merovingian to describe french curses?
and post it up to me. if u are correct, there's a gift awaits u. :-)
The total of time one need to play tis game till it finishes is 2 minutes minimum plus to read the whole article takes 3 minute's time, *sigh..peace and quiet.
friends been asking bout who wants to learn up japs, then dunno how the topic criss cross over to diff language curses. then suddenly i thought of the french curse by matrix's merovingian. been wanting to know wat he's talking bout..was fascinated by the term he used to describe french curses, "..it's like wiping ur ars* w silk." never heard anybody who describe it as such, and the way he pronounce it..mystifying.
anyway, cant post it here for viewing pleasure. all i can say is m*rde is a french curse and the same goes for some religious items and direct translation from eng curse words into french. the diff between a french curse is the pronounciation sounded so classy one tend to over looked it if one doesnt understand or take it for granted tat the french makes the best chef (not, believe me..they wear the worst attitude of a chef..nose lost up in the clouds and wearing boots too big for their sizes..stuff like tat..) or if the person took french fries as their staple food. anyway, the speaker who says "excuse my french" is equating curse words w the french as well. and tis supposingly come from one of the most haughty nation ever. (head shaking..)
until today, i always thought m*rde equate to love phrases and tat the french or latin put it in their love songs..hmm..apparently i was wrong. hmm..(reprogramming..)
history of m*rde----------------------------------------------------
by David McAninch
During the final hours of Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo, one of Bonaparte's generals, a certain Cambronne, found himself hopelessly outnumbered by the enemy. Asked to surrender, the general is said to have raised his sabre and hurled across the barricades a single, defiant syllable: M*rde!
This was most likely the sound left ringing in the ears of his men as they ate Prussian lead. With one celebrated utterance, that five-letter word—known ever since as the mot de Cambronne—became the quintessential French oath. It is, however, just one among scores of delicious curses that make up the lexicon of Gallic naughty words—words that, once mastered, can provide a lifetime of service.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
tis prompt another topic; which nation makes the best chef.
for me twuld b the italian, cos crudely putting it, it's their mums' cooking they are serving to us, though most of the cooks make up from men. whenever they need advice on food and love, who do they go to? their mums la of cos. and which nation is the most romantic of all? italian la of cos, same level w spanish and latin, but tat's another story. the italians hav no regards for embarrassment as they literally created the art of serenading the object of their affection from the streets at anytime of the day, with no care on how the neighbours and their pets wuld react to their singing. if long ago, somebody wuld throw a slipper or two at them from the bedroom window or the men of the house wuld came out w a kitchen knife, a rifle or a gun depending on the era they were in. now the men wuld b restraint by their wives or mothers alike for we women just hoard these sort of stuff. but the romantic nation do suffer from unproductivity due to emotional entanglement and dilemma; like tis gal but admire tat gal, the saw another pretty gal passing by and walla..more dilemmas. but they are good nations, for they fear and revere women alike. the only reason i dun go after italians are the fact tat they are as hairy as our supposingly-darwin-inspired-predecessors. (to know more pls google up The Origin of the Species by charles darwin, 1859)
anyway, just discover there are 3 types of japs writing today;
katakana
the first and easiest alphabet to learn is the katakana alphabet. it is a phonetic alphabet for foreign words and names. katakana is easy to learn and spot in Japanese because it almost always represents english words. it is basically used for "loanwords," foreign words which japanese speakers incorporate into their everyday use. japanese is full of these loanwords, and although most of them are taken from english, there are some that are taken from french, spanish, german, etc..
hiragana
the japanese alphabet hiragana is the alphabet which is used to compose almost all japanese words. up until the fifth century, japan had no writing system. So they imported chinese characters into japan. this was inconvenient for the japanese to use in everyday writing, so they simplified the characters into what is now hiragana. unlike the chinese characters, the modified hiragana is a phonetic alphabet much like katakana. So each character in hiragana represents a single syllable of a word, and not usually a complete word or idea.
kanji
kanji is by far the most difficult of the japanese alphabets to learn. why is that? well, because there are thousands of characters to learn, and well, look at them! if they look like chinese characters that's because they are chinese characters. the japanese borrowed these idiograms from the chinese in the fifth century. kanji is unlike hiragana or katakana because each character usually represents an entire word or idea. not only that, each kanji character can have several japanese pronunciations, and their pronunciation and meanings change if they're paired or alone. many kanji characters have very little, or an obscure, meaning when they are alone. so, many characters, when paired with another, take on a precise meaning, and a precise pronunciation in hiragana. this meaning is often untranslatable.
so i think i'll just buy some of those instant translatable cds tat taught u how to learn japs in 15 min time. i learnt html thru tat method.
anyway, a friend posted up tis at ltp36 today:
the starfish
an old man was walking along the beach, when he came upon a part of the sand where thousands of starfish had washed ashore. a little further down the beach he saw a young woman, who was picking up the starfish one at a time and tossing them back into the ocean. "oh you silly girl," he exclaimed. "you can't possibly save all of these starfish. there's too many." the woman smiled and said, "i know. but i can save this one, " and she tossed another into the ocean, "and this one", toss, "and this one..."
interesting..a little step a day saves a whole load of starfish tomorrow. makes sense.
now i know. :
a game :
search and see how many times i wrote :
1. "anyway"
2. "is"
3. "but"
and answer q no 4:
4. wat was the term used by merovingian to describe french curses?
and post it up to me. if u are correct, there's a gift awaits u. :-)
The total of time one need to play tis game till it finishes is 2 minutes minimum plus to read the whole article takes 3 minute's time, *sigh..peace and quiet.
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