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If I could convince my wife, I would Tom Send a noteboard - 05/01/2010 04:57:05 AM
If I had more free time I just might try Quechua, too. Magyar has no interest to me whatsoever - it's in the category of languages that I consider "completely devoid of interest" for me. That list includes Japanese, pretty much all the modern languages of India and Southeast Asia (i.e., I'm intrigued by Sanskrit), Magyar, Finnish, really all the Nordic languages, most of the Bantu languages (other than Swahili), Japanese and Korean.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.

ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

Ummaka qinnassa nīk!

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50-book challenge complete! Tim - 31/12/2009 10:02:42 PM 2082 Views
What did you think of Three Men on a Boat? One of the more underrated comedies out there, IMO. *NM* RandAllThor - 01/01/2010 12:02:36 AM 518 Views
I think Jerome K Jerome was brilliant, and wish there were more like him. Tim - 01/01/2010 11:21:07 AM 888 Views
That is a great dedication. *NM* Jacob - 05/01/2010 06:12:34 PM 332 Views
Good job, Tim! rebelaessedai - 01/01/2010 01:09:20 AM 838 Views
Not only that: my current read is Matter, the last Culture novel. Tim - 01/01/2010 11:16:34 AM 911 Views
Nice. rebelaessedai - 01/01/2010 11:45:27 PM 875 Views
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Re: Nice. Tim - 02/01/2010 12:22:37 AM 959 Views
Re: Nice. rebelaessedai - 02/01/2010 08:15:10 PM 982 Views
I should correct myself... Tim - 02/01/2010 08:49:21 PM 856 Views
I also completed the 50 Book Challenge, in a nick of time. Spriteling - 01/01/2010 11:07:42 AM 895 Views
another nice list imlad - 01/01/2010 07:19:46 PM 853 Views
Me too. Camilla - 01/01/2010 11:53:57 AM 975 Views
did you read "Gone-Away World" twice?? imlad - 01/01/2010 07:23:16 PM 867 Views
Yes. It is that good. Camilla - 01/01/2010 10:18:34 PM 751 Views
My 50 and a half books Linda - 01/01/2010 01:00:17 PM 981 Views
so, how you liking Pandora's Star? imlad - 01/01/2010 07:25:24 PM 790 Views
You counted a book about contract law??? Tom - 01/01/2010 04:16:53 PM 882 Views
fnords!!!!! imlad - 01/01/2010 07:29:09 PM 792 Views
by the way imlad - 01/01/2010 07:30:04 PM 783 Views
Three. If they were originally published separately, the fact that someone collected them into... Tim - 01/01/2010 11:55:22 PM 919 Views
thats what I was doing too imlad - 02/01/2010 07:13:47 PM 902 Views
The Night Watch series just got progressively worse. I liked all of them, though. *NM* Ghavrel - 01/01/2010 10:18:15 PM 383 Views
Ha! When you first said "mastering"- rebelaessedai - 01/01/2010 11:51:16 PM 743 Views
Of course. It's the 50-book challenge, not the 50-SciFi-or-Fantasy-book challenge. Tim - 02/01/2010 12:14:59 AM 900 Views
I would never have considered case books "books" for purposes of the 50-book challenge. Tom - 02/01/2010 05:41:02 PM 948 Views
It's a textbook, not a case book. Tim - 02/01/2010 08:43:42 PM 1089 Views
I think even books we called textbooks were essentially case books. Tom - 03/01/2010 05:42:45 PM 869 Views
Re: You counted a book about contract law??? everynametaken - 04/01/2010 10:30:24 AM 802 Views
We both speak Spanish already. Tom - 04/01/2010 02:00:06 PM 798 Views
Do you really figure... Legolas - 05/01/2010 01:57:54 AM 899 Views
I don't think it would take less time than for Portuguese or French, but... Tom - 05/01/2010 04:53:27 AM 912 Views
Right, fair enough. Legolas - 06/01/2010 05:21:09 AM 819 Views
I spent 8 months of those 2 years in Russia. Tom - 07/01/2010 06:08:14 AM 785 Views
I think you should teach her Koine before French Larry - 05/01/2010 04:01:44 AM 810 Views
If I could convince my wife, I would Tom - 05/01/2010 04:57:05 AM 854 Views
There's always Amharic, I suppose Larry - 05/01/2010 07:32:50 AM 982 Views
For some reason I always want to read that word as though it were in Gaelic Tom - 05/01/2010 01:49:44 PM 808 Views
Well, at least it's not Klingon! Larry - 05/01/2010 11:30:48 PM 807 Views
I have a cursory knowledge of Old Persian and a smattering of Gatha Avestan...why do you ask? Tom - 07/01/2010 06:09:20 AM 776 Views
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Don't misunderestimate me or my verbology *NM* Tom - 07/01/2010 06:10:02 AM 346 Views
Oh, come on. Finnish is all kinds of awesome. Legolas - 05/01/2010 05:01:16 PM 798 Views
I know the word "omenapiraaka" means "apple pie" - I went to the Helsinki McDonald's. Tom - 07/01/2010 06:10:49 AM 833 Views
Congratulations, that is twice my total Stephen - 01/01/2010 04:18:06 PM 748 Views
Since 50 and a half seems to be quite a popular number this year, here are mine. wahooka - 01/01/2010 04:38:09 PM 999 Views
I think I managed, too. However, after that, my reading just... ceased. jh - 01/01/2010 06:02:16 PM 871 Views
There's a lot of those I have not heard of. rebelaessedai - 01/01/2010 11:57:04 PM 894 Views
Oh. jh - 02/01/2010 11:19:25 AM 891 Views
Re: 50-book challenge complete! imlad - 01/01/2010 07:11:32 PM 818 Views
I failed my challenge. Rebekah - 01/01/2010 11:13:59 PM 884 Views
What did you think of Foucault's Pendulum? Camilla - 02/01/2010 08:42:02 PM 805 Views
Because I'm not American. Tim - 03/01/2010 05:50:36 AM 743 Views
Yes, but you lot have lost so much more... Larry - 03/01/2010 06:03:38 AM 759 Views
Is the subjunctive any more alive in America than in Britain? Tim - 03/01/2010 06:23:09 AM 803 Views
It is where I live Larry - 03/01/2010 07:46:15 AM 922 Views
Not in any meaningful sense. I suppose there are some irregularities which could be subjunctive... Ghavrel - 03/01/2010 09:54:46 AM 838 Views
Are you talking about African-American English? Tim - 03/01/2010 11:34:30 PM 952 Views
I think he is Larry - 03/01/2010 11:43:24 PM 897 Views
The example I used was AAVE, yes. Ghavrel - 04/01/2010 02:10:23 AM 854 Views
Would y'all ( ) say it's the same situation as with French (and I think Spanish)? Legolas - 05/01/2010 02:05:59 AM 772 Views
Not exactly Larry - 05/01/2010 04:00:04 AM 796 Views
Isn't that just a gerund? Ghavrel - 06/01/2010 08:20:00 AM 806 Views
Close, but not exactly Larry - 06/01/2010 10:17:34 AM 890 Views
All I know about French is what's in Louisiana, and it's just completely incomprehensible. Ghavrel - 06/01/2010 08:20:53 AM 761 Views
I was referring to Quebecois. Legolas - 06/01/2010 05:49:43 PM 845 Views
Aaah. Camilla - 03/01/2010 09:04:45 AM 809 Views
I should have mentioned... Tim - 03/01/2010 11:39:27 PM 829 Views
Re: I should have mentioned... Camilla - 04/01/2010 08:30:50 AM 754 Views
Possibly. It'd probably be worth checking what he meant. *NM* Tim - 05/01/2010 10:59:32 AM 342 Views
Illuminatus! is so great. I finished the trilogy last year, I think. Panorphaeon - 05/01/2010 06:58:14 AM 789 Views
If this will be your first Eco, I definitely recommend The Name of the Rose rather than FP. *NM* Tim - 05/01/2010 11:13:07 AM 345 Views
THE NAME OF THE ROSE is certainly a better introduction to Eco. Jacob - 05/01/2010 06:09:04 PM 770 Views
I finished as well. Craig - 08/01/2010 03:51:25 AM 914 Views
I finished with 90 books. Jessie - 09/01/2010 09:45:29 PM 864 Views
You should read Niffenegger's new book. Legolas - 10/01/2010 07:52:37 PM 768 Views
I have. Jessie - 11/01/2010 01:59:45 AM 865 Views
Excellent. (spoilers) Legolas - 11/01/2010 04:31:17 PM 760 Views
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