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Re:investigating international spanish salutations
También dicen "Hola," tal vez mas en españa.
Y tembién he estudiado Mandarín, y sé que en China,dicen "wei?" No sé qué quiere decir--a lo mejor no quiere decir nada, solo es lo que dicen.
Gracias por la pregunta tan interesante!
I'm sure they also say "Hola" in Spanish, although maybe that's just in Spain.
But I've also studied Mandarin, and in China, they say "wei?" I don't know what this means--it may not mean anything at all. But that's what they say.
Mark Springer, Sacramento CA, U.S.A.
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Mark S.
February 10, 2005
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Re:Top 20 Things to Do at a Drive-Thru (continued)
> 1. Drive through the drive-thru in > reverse and let your passenger order. >
Beware. Your Coke may be delivered to you upside-down.
> 2. Ask the price of almost everything > on the menu and then order something > that you didn't ask the price for. >
You might be offered a topping of ketchup, mustard, relish, etc. on top of your ice-cream before they hand it to you.
> 4. Go to McDonald's and demand a big > breakfast at 11:30 at night. Put up > a fight. >
Then go home and try sleeping after drinking the big coffee. :-o
> 5. Pay for a large order in pennies. >
A diligent cashier would then count all of your pennies, one by one, without undue haste.
> 6. Drive in circles around the drive > through, [...] For added fun, change > clothes, hairstyles, [...] >
Your hamburger might come camouflaged as an apple pie.
> 14. Order 10 large milkshakes. [...] > open the bonnet and pour 9 of the > milkshakes into the oil filler. [...] > Then drive off. Circle the block for > 1 minute, [...] >
Is the car able to run a full minute after such a treatment?
> 16. Attempt to barter for your food. > Offer CDs, Cassettes or anything else > you have in your car (including friends > and family members). >
Barter wisely. The cashier might accept your offer.
> 18. When they hand you your food, hand > them a bag with all the trash from your > car in it. >
Junk for junk, huh?
Puti
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Juha-Petri T.
February 8, 2005
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zhu l.
February 1, 2005
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Re: A man walks into a bar...
> I also some cross country skiis that > were as long as my car! >
Those people who ski in a virgin snow need the longest skis because the surface pressure must be kept low. Regular cross-country skis are 2 to 2.5 meters long.
> So tell me the truth now Puti, do they > still have live orchestsras playing > when you go to the mall shopping? >
I have seen one or two classic instruments played at a time, but never a real orchestra, even a small one. Live music in general is quite rare in malls. It is more common in the railway station underground tunnels of Helsinki, which could be thought as a kind of mall, too, because there are some shops there. Typically you can hear an accompanied violin, cello, or a woodwind instrument there.
My best tunnel music experience happened in Paris, when I listened to a performing harpist in a subway tunnel.
Puti
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Juha-Petri T.
January 26, 2005
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Re:Re:A man walks into a bar...
Puti!!
ha ha ha Good Joke!! Since I am a real computer nerd I like that joke :-)
You are a from Finland? I have been to Finland! I went to Lahti but no no no I did not go on the HUGE ski jump. Just looking :-) I also some cross country skiis that were as long as my car!
So tell me the truth now Puti, do they still have live orchestsras playing when you go to the mall shopping?
Rock on dude...and good luck with the Thai language!!
Johnny Rotten :-)
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Johnny R.
January 25, 2005
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Re:A man walks into a bar...
My favourite bar joke:
Two strings walk into a bar. The first one says to the bartender: "Please give me one beer#¤&?=$]*:&%!#}=_$&%)=+^!*!}}&[%$". The other string replies: "You have to forgive my friend. You see, he is not null-terminated."
(This is a computer porgrammers' joke. "String" is a sequence of letters or other characters, like a word, that can be read from a computer screen. It can have either an invisible length tag or an invisible trailing null code to tell the computer where the string ends. The advocates of the null code may use jokes like this to punch the opposite side.)
Puti
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Juha-Petri T.
January 25, 2005
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A man walks into a bar...
There are a lot of jokes that start this way "A man walks into a bar and asks for a drink..."
But for fun the joke is:
A horse walks into a bar and asks for a drink. The bartender asks "Why the long face?"
OK, you are supposed to laugh now. :-)
Joke explained: "Having a long face" means you are sad but horses also have a long face. Get it?
Have a nice day!
John
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Johnny R.
January 21, 2005
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French Jokes, Volume 1
Bonjour everyone! :) I went to the UCONN (my future school!) bookstore and bought a book of French jokes, a few of which I'd like to share. Enjoy! :D
1. -Papa, qu'est-ce-qu'il y a sur cet arbre? -C'est des prunes noires. -Mais, papa, elles ne sont pas noires, elles sont blanches. -Oui. Elles sont blanches parce qu'elles sont vertes.
2. Un petit garcon de cinq ans demande a sa mère comment elle est née. -Euh, répond la mère embarrassée, euh... dans un bouquet de roses. Pas satisfait pour autant, le petit bonhomme va voir son père pour lui poser la même question. -Je suis venu dans un chou, lui dit son père. En désespoir de cause, le môme va trouver sa grande sœur Brigitte et il se plante devant elle: -Et toi, Brigitte, tu es née dans une rose ou dans un chou? -Eh bien, dit la fille, ni l'un ni l'autre! C'est une cigogne qui m'a apportée... -Alors, dit le gamin, si j'ai bien compris, il n'y a pas eu une seule naissance normale dans cette famille...
3. -Cheri, dis-moi ce que tu préfères. Une femme jolie ou une femme intelligente? -Ni l'une, ni l'autre, chérie! Tu sais bien que je n'aime que toi.
Bye! :)
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Sabrina J.
January 9, 2005
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Do You Want To Learn Turkish?
Hello,
I am from Turkey and speak turkish, english, french and spanish a bit. I would like to practice my FRENCH with french people who are also interested in learning TURKISH. I am not a gold member so, please e-mail me if you are interested.
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DeRYa
January 6, 2005
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Re:Re:Merhaba
I am a native English speaker, but I am more or less interested in just conversation, although I am trying to learn Arabic. We can exchange chat.
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S M.
December 29, 2004
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