I guess Hall Monitor Vrudy has some value after all.
But nothing you couldn't have figured out on your own.
Leo Lyons wrote: ↑Sun Oct 24, 2021 8:30 pmDamned if I know.Ulysses wrote: ↑Sun Oct 24, 2021 8:19 pmDon't have to tell me.
Now, what were we talking about?I caught the fleas, the paving, and the rain, but the Chinese alphabet escaped me;neoplacebo wrote: ↑Sun Oct 24, 2021 8:22 pmThe Chinese alphabet, rain, street paving, and cat fleas.
was the alphabet we were discussing Achang, Ai-Cham, Akha, Amis, Atayal, Ayi, Äynu, Babuza, Bai, Baima, Basay, Blang, Bonan, Bunun, Buyang, Buyei, Daur, De'ang, Daerung, Dong, Dongxiang, E, Chinese Pidgin English, Ersu, Evenki, Fuyü Gïrgïs, Gelao, Groma, Hani, Hlai, Ili Turki, Iu Mien, Jingpho, Jino, Jurchen, Kanakanavu, Kangjia, Kavalan, Kim Mun, Khitan, Lahu, Lisu, Lop, Macanese, Manchu, Miao, Maonan, Mongolian, Monguor, Monpa, Mulam, Nanai, Naxi, Paiwan, Pazeh, Puyuma, Ong-Be, Oroqen, Qabiao, Qoqmončaq, Northern Qiang, Southern Qiang, Prinmi, Rukai, Saaroa, Saisiyat, Salar, Sarikoli, Seediq, She, Siraya, Sui, Tai Dam, Tai Lü, Tai Nüa, Tao, Tangut, Thao, Amdo Tibetan, Central Tibetan (Standard Tibetan), Khams Tibetan, Tsat, Tsou, Tujia, Uyghur, Waxianghua, or Wu ... ?
I caught the fleas, the paving, and the rain, but the Chinese alphabet escaped me;neoplacebo wrote: ↑Sun Oct 24, 2021 8:22 pmThe Chinese alphabet, rain, street paving, and cat fleas.
Sorry, Leo Lyons, you'll find that Useless whines about me regardless of topic, all while being too pants-wetting frightened to read many of my posts.
I confess it was I who injected the Chinese alphabet into the maelstrom after Useless incorrectly used "import" instead of "impart" a couple of miles back. I was poking him over not being able to correctly use the 26 characters of our language to get his idea across and opining about how he's lucky to not live in China, whose language is made up of about 50,000 characters. Dividing 50,000 by 26 reveals the comprehension deficit factor we're dealing with.Leo Lyons wrote: ↑Sun Oct 24, 2021 8:32 pmI caught the fleas, the paving, and the rain, but the Chinese alphabet escaped me;neoplacebo wrote: ↑Sun Oct 24, 2021 8:22 pmThe Chinese alphabet, rain, street paving, and cat fleas.
was the alphabet we were discussing Achang, Ai-Cham, Akha, Amis, Atayal, Ayi, Äynu, Babuza, Bai, Baima, Basay, Blang, Bonan, Bunun, Buyang, Buyei, Daur, De'ang, Daerung, Dong, Dongxiang, E, Chinese Pidgin English, Ersu, Evenki, Fuyü Gïrgïs, Gelao, Groma, Hani, Hlai, Ili Turki, Iu Mien, Jingpho, Jino, Jurchen, Kanakanavu, Kangjia, Kavalan, Kim Mun, Khitan, Lahu, Lisu, Lop, Macanese, Manchu, Miao, Maonan, Mongolian, Monguor, Monpa, Mulam, Nanai, Naxi, Paiwan, Pazeh, Puyuma, Ong-Be, Oroqen, Qabiao, Qoqmončaq, Northern Qiang, Southern Qiang, Prinmi, Rukai, Saaroa, Saisiyat, Salar, Sarikoli, Seediq, She, Siraya, Sui, Tai Dam, Tai Lü, Tai Nüa, Tao, Tangut, Thao, Amdo Tibetan, Central Tibetan (Standard Tibetan), Khams Tibetan, Tsat, Tsou, Tujia, Uyghur, Waxianghua, or Wu ... ?
It's my understanding that the pictographic nature of Chinese characters makes it a lot simpler to figure out what an unfamiliar one represents. I dimly remember taking a Chinese language course some decades ago. Have forgotten most of it. And they bypassed the pictographic written form entirely, as I recall.neoplacebo wrote: ↑Mon Oct 25, 2021 5:49 amI confess it was I who injected the Chinese alphabet into the maelstrom after Ulysses incorrectly used "import" instead of "impart" a couple of miles back. I was poking him over not being able to correctly use the 26 characters of our language to get his idea across and opining about how he's lucky to not live in China, whose language is made up of about 50,000 characters. Dividing 50,000 by 26 reveals the comprehension deficit factor we're dealing with.Leo Lyons wrote: ↑Sun Oct 24, 2021 8:32 pmI caught the fleas, the paving, and the rain, but the Chinese alphabet escaped me;neoplacebo wrote: ↑Sun Oct 24, 2021 8:22 pmThe Chinese alphabet, rain, street paving, and cat fleas.
was the alphabet we were discussing Achang, Ai-Cham, Akha, Amis, Atayal, Ayi, Äynu, Babuza, Bai, Baima, Basay, Blang, Bonan, Bunun, Buyang, Buyei, Daur, De'ang, Daerung, Dong, Dongxiang, E, Chinese Pidgin English, Ersu, Evenki, Fuyü Gïrgïs, Gelao, Groma, Hani, Hlai, Ili Turki, Iu Mien, Jingpho, Jino, Jurchen, Kanakanavu, Kangjia, Kavalan, Kim Mun, Khitan, Lahu, Lisu, Lop, Macanese, Manchu, Miao, Maonan, Mongolian, Monguor, Monpa, Mulam, Nanai, Naxi, Paiwan, Pazeh, Puyuma, Ong-Be, Oroqen, Qabiao, Qoqmončaq, Northern Qiang, Southern Qiang, Prinmi, Rukai, Saaroa, Saisiyat, Salar, Sarikoli, Seediq, She, Siraya, Sui, Tai Dam, Tai Lü, Tai Nüa, Tao, Tangut, Thao, Amdo Tibetan, Central Tibetan (Standard Tibetan), Khams Tibetan, Tsat, Tsou, Tujia, Uyghur, Waxianghua, or Wu ... ?
I despise both of them sons-of-bitches.neoplacebo wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 5:57 amFirst thing this morning I had an email from Donald trump Jr titled "Woke mob wanted my shirts cancelled. So I made MORE." Well, that did it. I had to reply as so: "Fuck you Donny. With any luck you'll soon be broke and in prison just like your idiot father." I guess I got on their list quite some time ago (when daddy idiot was still president) when I signed up for some kind of bullshit plea for supporters to donate money to them. All I ever did was send them hate mail, though. This only proves that they don't read any of their messages but only suck up the money.
Either way, it's way the hell over my head.neoplacebo wrote: ↑Mon Oct 25, 2021 5:49 amI confess it was I who injected the Chinese alphabet into the maelstrom after Useless incorrectly used "import" instead of "impart" a couple of miles back. I was poking him over not being able to correctly use the 26 characters of our language to get his idea across and opining about how he's lucky to not live in China, whose language is made up of about 50,000 characters. Dividing 50,000 by 26 reveals the comprehension deficit factor we're dealing with.
Yeah, I feel the same way. And I don't hate just for the hell of it. My hate has to be earned.Leo Lyons wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 7:47 pmI despise both of them sons-of-bitches.neoplacebo wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 5:57 amFirst thing this morning I had an email from Donald trump Jr titled "Woke mob wanted my shirts cancelled. So I made MORE." Well, that did it. I had to reply as so: "Fuck you Donny. With any luck you'll soon be broke and in prison just like your idiot father." I guess I got on their list quite some time ago (when daddy idiot was still president) when I signed up for some kind of bullshit plea for supporters to donate money to them. All I ever did was send them hate mail, though. This only proves that they don't read any of their messages but only suck up the money.
No problem; I don't sweat the small stuff.
Oh, we could probably dredge up some issues to bicker about, but I don't think that I ever thought that you are stupid, dishonest or dishonorable. Ultimately, that matters more.Leo Lyons wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 7:58 pmNo problem; I don't sweat the small stuff.
There was a time when you and I were opposites, but time, age, and wisdom has apparently mended that rift.
We just gotta make do with who and what we are; none of us are perfect, so we'll just cuss and fuss --- then grin and bear it.![]()