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  Languages, Dialects, Accents

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  just though i'd start a thread devoted to languages, dialects/sociolects and accents, with the idea being that posters can comment on any language, or dialect or accent of any language, on this thread.. any phrases, expressions or idioms that you find interesting are also welcome.

  first, the subject of english accents came up on another thread.. the british isles have many different types of accent (although many of the dialects may be dying out), and if i start to take a closer look, i can't help but see 'patterns' .... in received pronunciation of standard english, the letter r is pronounced initially, between vowels, and after consonants, e.g.

  red, arrow, break.

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  Diane Abbott XD

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  diane abbott has often given me moments of amusement throughout the years.. whenever i'm feeling depressed, 30 mins of watching her varied gaffes on youtube usually cheers me up.. the following is a clip from this week (feb 2008) in which she seems to wonder out loud whether mao did more good than harm.

  it's great to hear michael portillo's initial reaction ("whaaat!

  ") and then watch him and andrew neil belly-laugh at diane abbott's comments at the end of the clip.. perhaps she'd been at the blue nun xd.

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  I read recently read in African countries math testing in schools lowered the pass rate to 20%. God help England if Labour ever wins an election
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  Has Justin Trudeau Finally Eaten Too Many Tide Pods?

  by freemindfade in

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  curious what the canadian take is on all this .

  i also understand he compared islamic state terrorists to greek, vietnamese & italian migrants?

  that one i haven't confirmed yet but sounds wacky if true.

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  https://youtu.be/ceS_jkKjIgo
  
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  Is our universe just a hologram?

  by frankiespeakin in

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  i was doing a shearch on physicist alain aspect, and came across this :.

  http://home.elp.rr.com/osiris/newpage1.htm.

  the universe as a hologramdoes objective reality exist, or is the universe a phantasm?.

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  Rimmer of Red Dwarf is a hologram and he can be identified by the H on his forehead.
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  Just woke up turn TV on to hear yet another nut case with a gun.

  by Still Totally ADD in

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  first they said 20 dead with 100 injured.

  now i just heard 50 dead and 200 injured.

  whatever it is it just another nut case who was able to get a high power gun to kill people.

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  If more guns in the hands of civilians resulted in the taking out of this madman I would support more guns but that just didn't happen did it.

  I have heard this gunman was a recent convert to Islam maybe Islam should be banned.
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  Do you have a dumb politician like Sara Hansen Young in your country?

  by barry in

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  we have one in australia and there is even a song about her.

  i would like to know if you have someone like this among your politicians.https://youtu.be/bdwxpwl89sk.

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  Jayden, I believe Sara only got 200 primary votes to get into the Senate the majority of her votes were preference votes. We don't have first past the post and maybe we should change that.
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  Do you have a dumb politician like Sara Hansen Young in your country?

  by barry in

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  we have one in australia and there is even a song about her.

  i would like to know if you have someone like this among your politicians.https://youtu.be/bdwxpwl89sk.

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  We have one in Australia and there is even a song about her. I would like to know if you have someone like this among your politicians.https://youtu.be/BDWXPwL89Sk
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  Oz, Down Under, thanks for...

  by stillin in

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  judith durham!

  men at work!

  the proclaimers (right?

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  https://youtu.be/aDrwJzqjAx8

  This is funny
  
  
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  JW`s Lie about Christendom hiding the Name Jehovah.or its equivalent Yahweh

  by smiddy in

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  jehovahs witnesses have been outspoken over the years/decades that christendom have been hiding or obscuring or even eliminating gods name jehovah from the general public.. how true is that statement .?.

  1. it was a catholic monk of the 13th century that first coined the name jehovah in the english language.. 2.the roman catholic douay version of the bible does have the name jehovah in it.

  about the 16th century.

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  Just look at a hymn book from christendom and you will find many hymns with the name Jehovah in the title or content of the hymn.
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  Clapping and singing in Conventions... like the evangelicals??

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

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  https://www.facebook.com/traslapados/videos/1470101566382318/?hc_ref=otherwhat do you think of this video?.

  do you think they're imitating evangelicals?is this happening in other places?

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  This would leave a lot of the older brothers spinning in their graves, unconsciously of course.