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  Is English a hybrid language?

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  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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  Scully

  @LoveUniHateExams

  As for the present/past continuous (I am/was going), well, French doesn't have that.

  It does… kinda

  while walking = en marchant

  while eating = en mangeant

  En marchant j’ai vu l’accident. = While walking I saw the accident

  
  
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  Is English a hybrid language?

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  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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  French also uses inversion of the statement format in formulating questions, est-ce que tu as… can be shortened to as-tu…

  est-ce que is more formal

  and then there’s that famous song

  Voulez-vous coucher avec moi? sounds better than Est-ce que vous voulez coucher avec moi? in this context. 😉
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  Is English a hybrid language?

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  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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  Scully

  Years ago I read (and still have on Audiobook) a title called "Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue - the Untold History of English" by John McWhorter. There are lots and lots of sources for words that are used in English. What started as English (see Beowulf and The Canterbury Tales) morphed as the British Empire overtook territories and entered into trade with other nations.

  For example, why does English use the word "do" when other languages don't? More often than not, "do" is not used in other languages, except as a verb: to do (faire in French; machen in German).

  I thought it was a fascinating read, and even better to listen to. Here's a link to the PDF on the PBS website: https://www-tc.pbs.org/moyers/journal/02272009/mcwhorter.pdf
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  No funeral

  by road to nowhere in

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  2. friends

  i have run across another jw death where the final wishes are for no service.

  3rd or 4th instance.

  another wanted a celebration of life which the elders squelched as far as i know.

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  Both of my JW parents decided there would be no funeral service, no obituary. Nothing.

  When some of The Friends™ found the idea disturbing, mother said "I'll throw a party when he's Resurrected™."

  With half my siblings in and the other half out, it was rather a relief. I was dreading having to deal with the infomercial and the self-righteous BS from the JWs.
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  ARC Redress Scheme

  by smiddy3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  974 results found,this is the number of congregations of jehovah`s witnesses that have signed up to the redress scheme for child abuse victims in australia.. what does that tell us ?.

  and that number may not be all ..

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  Perhaps the total number includes congregations, as well as circuits, districts, zones, and branch so as to patch up any loopholes in the prosecution's targets. WT is nothing but thorough in its attempts to mitigate responsibility.
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  Do you remember GRACE GOUGH?

  by LullingtonRd in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hello, i am grace gough's granddaughter:.

  i have started a blog that begins at the beginning and this is with grace.

  follow along as i dive into her life - and please do reach out if you have any stories to share with me that i can add to my blog.. you can find the blog here:.

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  Grace was a wonderful lady! She used to call me when she had difficulties with her computer or posting here. She had a wicked sense of humour. Loved her dearly. <3
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  2022-April-Elder Manual and Addendum--12 Files!

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  several files in the folder including:.

  2022-april-elders manual.. 2022 april addendum.

  working together safely12 files total.

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  Thank you <3
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  How many here turned Athiest or did not and why??

  by Witness 007 in

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  2. experiences

  me i slowly came to see religion was a crutch we use to dream of a better "afterlife"....i feel half my life was wasted building an organisation that had no criminal mastermind behind it...just alot of mislead people looking for leadership.

  if your still religious explain why..

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  The JWs had taught me that all other religions were false. I realized they were a false religion too. The end.

  However, I only gradually came to the realization that I am atheist, about 5 years after quitting the JWs. I hadn't really considered what I believe, but I kept asking questions and figuring things out on my own.

  Mainly, though, I just have absolutely no use for religion. These belief systems have been used for millennia to oppress and divide and pillage people, with the never-fulfilled promises of heaven or Everlasting Life™. It's the only con-game where people have to pay, and pay, and pay, (not just money, but time, energy, thoughts, love, friendships, etc.) and never get to enjoy the things they were promised.
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  Did something changed regarding faders recently?

  by Gorb in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  friendly and good gorby smiled and waved towards 2 local jw's yesterday, and they turned with an angry face their back to me.

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  has something changed regarding faders recently?.

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  Who cares?

  Live your life the way JWs only wish they could. When they see you, and see your happy, carefree life, they think about how shallow their life is, how shallow their Friendships™ are, how meaningless and unsuccessful their Ministry™ is.

  I've started shunning them, because there's no effing way I will ever go back to their so-called Spiritual Paradise™.
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  Why do Anti-Jws refuse to answer questions- and ignore our answers?

  by DoubtingThomas in

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  denial..

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  Holy COW is DT *still* here?