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  Some thoughts on Faroese

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  i mentioned using faroese as a basis for a pw in answer to fatfreek's op.. so, i got curious about the language and dug further on youtube, looking at a few faroese language channels*.. here's what i found out .... faroese is kinda between icelandic and nynorsk (one of the two norwegian standard languages) in many ways.

  which is neat, considering the islands are geographically between iceland and norway.. the way it's written emphasises its connection to old norse, and makes the language look like icelandic.. icelandic has a letter for the voiced sound 'th', as in this.

  the letter is called edh and looks like this: ð. but in faroese, it doesn't have a sound of its own.

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  Queequeg

  I seem to remember reading, when I was trying to learn some Icelandic, that while Icelandic and Faroese look almost identical in written form, they are mutually unintelligable in the spoken form.
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  Is English a hybrid language?

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  the short answer is no, it is not.. i have heard one or two proposals that it is, including from langfocus, a usually excellent youtube channel.. but no, english is actually a germanic language which has borrowed many words from other languages.

  here are several reasons why english is germanic at its core .... 1. verb forms.

  i play - ich spiele.

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  Anony Maus,

  Multilingual here too. Agreed, I think a case could be made that English is a hybrid. This isn't a negative thing. The number of adopted words in English is why it's superior to, for example, French, because there are so many more words that you can use to express yourself.

  Btw, what do you think of Icelandic?
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  Is the tide turning against covid vaccines?

  by slimboyfat in

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  have you seen this video about the covid vaccines?

  have you got any views on the information?

  i find it worrying at least.

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  My cousin's, brother-in-law's father gave a sideways glance to someone with all the jabs and he almost died from a blood clot! True story!
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  Would I be disfellowshiped for this?

  by ExBethelitenowPIMA in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if a publisher openly told the elders that they thought the gb were wrong about some or a lot of things, but said they will not share these thoughts with anyone else then would this be a case of disassociation disgfellowship?.

  my guess is lots of elders meetings and shepherding calls to try to get you to say something they could use against you.. but what would be the sin in which you are not repented?.

  the only reason to be dissed is non repentance?.

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  Brazen attitude.
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  What novels would you recommend?

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  i used to have a large-ish novel collection but my current collection is scaled-down because i was forced to move back to bolton 4 years ago and didn't have enough room for them all in my suitcases.. i currently own just 9 novels.. salem's lot (stephen king).

  three by john ajvide lindqvist:.

  let the old dreams die.

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  Try the semi-autobiographical novel by Sodof Baldric.
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  Why are people being born without wisdom teeth?

  by Fisherman in

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  sometimes people are born with deformities but is the human body adapting to modern world with biological changes?.

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  My Denisovan heritage is pretty obvious. Archaic Homo Sapiens? I prefer Troglodyte.
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  Breaking News: Anthony Morris III no longer serving on the Governing Body

  by WingCommander in

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  this has been announced on the jw's official website, in the "jw news" section.

  this is not a joke.

  anthony moron da turd is out as a gluttonous body member!

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  The age cap was for the Coordinator of the Botty of Eldurrs.
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  Weight Loss and Insulin Control

  by cofty in

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  ask most fitness coaches, nutritionists or health professionals and they will tell you that weight control is about calories in versus calories out (cico).

  after all, you can’t ignore the laws of thermodynamics!.

  the flaw in this simplistic reasoning ought to be obvious; a human body and a steam engine are two different things.. our bodies have evolved complex systems of control and feedback loops in order to maintain a steady interior environment, also known as homeostasis.

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  Sauna!
  
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  Weight Loss and Insulin Control

  by cofty in

  1. social
  2. physical

  ask most fitness coaches, nutritionists or health professionals and they will tell you that weight control is about calories in versus calories out (cico).

  after all, you can’t ignore the laws of thermodynamics!.

  the flaw in this simplistic reasoning ought to be obvious; a human body and a steam engine are two different things.. our bodies have evolved complex systems of control and feedback loops in order to maintain a steady interior environment, also known as homeostasis.

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  There's so much misinformation out there. Sadly, a lot of it comes from medical professionals.

  At the beginning of covid lockdowns I started an experiment. I was cooking a lot more, because my wife was working from home, and I was home more too.

  My experiment was to see what happened when I started using way more butter, cream, sour cream, red meat etc. in my cooking. No, scrimping. I stopped worrying about how much oil I used in things (avocado oil for high heat, olive oil for cooler things. Sometimes bacon fat!).

  My wife was concerned because she normally takes full advantage of her free gym membership, but couldn't anymore because of the lockdowns. She would tell people about the meals I was cooking and they'd say, "Oh, that sounds yummy, but I'd be worried about my weight and health."

  So, what happened to us? My weight stayed the same and my wife lost weight. I get fairly comprehensive lab work three or four times a year and my cholesterol levels (they were already good) have been dropping. My hdl/ldl ratio is now consistently abnormal... on the good side of the scale, under 2.0.
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  Just courius, some questions about the past

  by Gorb in

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  curious.

  time goes by so fast.

  who remembers 1975, the ray franz incident, the generation change in 1995, the blood fractions, alternative service, participation in ochr, aid afrique, the historical research by james pellechia, jolene chu and johannes stephan wrobel?

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  Queequeg

  Göbekli Tepe

  Tell es-sultan

  Çatalhöyük

  Buildings seem pretty, ehm, solid to me. There are plenty of other things like cave paintings and other art (Venus of Hohle Fels). I can't imagine that you've missed these things if you have been "interested" in the subject.