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re: Is being right worth it in a relationship?
Posted on 10/8/15 at 10:28 pm to StrawsDrawnAtRandom
Posted on 10/8/15 at 10:28 pm to StrawsDrawnAtRandom
call them all a bunch of pendejos and move on.
Espanol is an excellent cursing language. they do have that to their advantage.
Espanol is an excellent cursing language. they do have that to their advantage.
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Posted on 10/8/15 at 10:31 pm to Vols&Shaft83
WHAT IN THE ACTUAL frick IS GOING ON?
Catfan and V&S exchanging civil messages about the benefits of rubbing one out and porn?
What has the world come to?
Catfan and V&S exchanging civil messages about the benefits of rubbing one out and porn?
What has the world come to?
Posted on 10/8/15 at 10:44 pm to StrawsDrawnAtRandom
Man, if you 2 can understand each other, why the frick would you worry about it?
My wife is Asian,but she really enjoys me using Southern Style Humor, with double meanings, she says that helps her understand how the language really works.
My wife is Asian,but she really enjoys me using Southern Style Humor, with double meanings, she says that helps her understand how the language really works.
Posted on 10/8/15 at 10:52 pm to StrawsDrawnAtRandom
It's always better to be right than happy.
Posted on 10/8/15 at 11:48 pm to beaverfever
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That makes about as much sense as saying English has as many conjugations as Spanish. English has a fraction of the conjugations Spanish does and Spanish has a fraction of the amount of words English does. I think Greek is one of the only languages with more words than English. It has a shite ton.
Conjugating a word is different than an actual new word -- of course it's dependent on how you're defining a word of course.
For example: Caminar and Camino (I walk, walk by itself), really, this is just a different tense, not a whole new word by itself with a separate meaning -- like walked and walk.
What English has is: A different history. We actually use Greek, Latin, Germanic and French -- a whole frick ton of them.
So, for instance: Take a word like Supervise.
Supervise in Spanish - Supervisar. -- The reason they're similar is because they're both Latin in origin.
What about Overlook? Well, it's German (Middle English).
Superintend is Latin, but doesn't exist in Spanish.
Oversee is Nordic (which is technically still German, but a different version).
Survey is French.
So the big difference between Spanish and English is just the sheer amount of words that we borrowed from our Norman days (French) and even Norse (German) along with Greek and Latin which greatly influence our "upper' language, or the longer words.
Anyway, all of those words go under Supervisar for Spanish.
Furthermore, just to continue with this (thank you, this is getting my Teacher Rocks Off)
English regarding prefixes, let's just talk about prefixes: Has over a thousand. Spanish has about 200.
That's why you can take a word and just keep building up on it with suffixes and prefixes.
Let's take the word hope (esperanza in Spanish).
Hopeless (Sin esperanza, Spanish speakers always try to bullshite their way and say Desesperado but that means desperate, not hopeless).
Hopelessness. -- Doesn't exist in Spanish.
Hopelessnesses. (Not a joke.)
Then you can take words, again, like "Forever". This is Siempre in Spanish.
Forever. (Siempre.) : Norse and Latin compound word.
Always. (Siempre.) : Lower German.
Evermore. (Siempre.) : Icelandic/Swedish/All the way to Middle English.
Everlasting. (Eterno.): Mix of Lower and Upper German.
Eternal. (Eterno.): Latin and French mix.
Forevermore. (No translation.) : Tons of shite.
We haven't even gotten into phrases like: Coup de grace, Coup d'etat, rendezvous , redoubt, liaison, etc. etc.. which are all French and most have no direct translation without the Latin background which means that we have the word as well because, well, it's Latin which makes up a lot of our language.
So anyway, English stacked, Spanish fricked.
This post was edited on 10/8/15 at 11:51 pm
Posted on 10/9/15 at 12:08 am to iglass
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When it comes to arguing with a woman... even when you win, you lose.
It will not end well for you. She will have to reach that conclusion on her own.
Because all women are basically children. They stop maturing emotionally around 15. At that point, they are more mature than boys their age. They come to a dead stop, though.
Evolution deemed no further benefit to women maturing intellectually or emotionally after that point.
Sorry, no offence, it's true.
Posted on 10/9/15 at 2:12 am to StrawsDrawnAtRandom
Does it really matter?
Posted on 10/9/15 at 3:36 am to StrawsDrawnAtRandom
It's difficult to decide which one of you is right without pics of girlfriend.
Posted on 10/9/15 at 5:41 am to Iron Lion
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It's difficult to decide which one of you is right without pics of girlfriend.
It would be the third time I posted a picture of my girlfriend.
Posted on 10/9/15 at 6:32 am to StrawsDrawnAtRandom
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Is it worth it?
Sometimes but not in this case; tell her to look it up if she doesn't believe you & leave it at that.
As someone else said, pick your battles. IF you always give in, then she'll always expect it so don't go down that avenue (my opinion).
Posted on 10/9/15 at 7:54 am to StrawsDrawnAtRandom
I was just joking about the pics. Back on topic, I've been married 21 years and the key is you have to pick your battles even if you are 100 percent sure you're right. Is it worth it to be right? Sometimes. But other times it's worth it just to let her think she is.
Posted on 10/9/15 at 9:46 am to Iron Lion
You're the honky Overlord.
Just smile, nod, and enjoy the pedestal.
Just smile, nod, and enjoy the pedestal.
Posted on 10/9/15 at 9:48 am to TbirdSpur2010
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Still the funniest thing I've read on this site this season
Yes, yes it is.
If only it fit in a few words for a sig file tag line.
Posted on 10/9/15 at 9:48 am to Kcprogguitar
Honky? I'm triggered.
Posted on 10/9/15 at 4:43 pm to StrawsDrawnAtRandom
quote:i don't think ive ever met a native Spanish speaker completely understand the proper usages of the words 'just' and 'barely'. Something about those words just doesn't translate well.
StrawsDrawnAtRandom
Posted on 10/9/15 at 5:00 pm to Pavoloco83
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Espanol is an excellent cursing language. they do have that to their advantage.
I concur. I missed that when I left Texas
Posted on 10/9/15 at 5:05 pm to beaverfever
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i don't think ive ever met a native Spanish speaker completely understand the proper usages of the words 'just' and 'barely'. Something about those words just doesn't translate well.
There are a lot of words that they don't have that we do simply because we share Latin. (Although the 100 most used words in English are almost ubiquitously German.)
They also don't have a direct translation of "will" as in: "I will go to the store later."
^ That one bugs the hell out of me.
Also don't have superlatives like: Fastest, longest, weakest etc. etc.. So you just keep using "Mas" or use "In the world" (del mundo).
Savages.
Posted on 10/9/15 at 5:33 pm to StrawsDrawnAtRandom
Have you figured out how to check your ego so you don't get stabbed by a crazy Latina in the middle of the night?
Posted on 10/9/15 at 6:59 pm to StrawsDrawnAtRandom
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The conversation ended in a restaurant, but as an English teacher it irks the frick out of me because I hear this all the time. "Spanish has more words.", by all of my students, and it's simply not true.
Is it worth it? Probably not in my case, but as an overlying idea, is it ever worth it, or should you just leave it?
As I get older, I've realized it matters why people want to be right. In this case, she wants to be right as a source of cultural pride. Is it worth it to you to diminish her pride? I mean, I wouldn't care in this instance, as no matter how right you are, she probably just walks away from the discussion thinking you're an arse. It doesn't really prove anything. Other things? Yeah, if people are acting stupid, or they want to be snarky, or they are being assholes themselves, yeah put them in their place. In this instance, they are just regurgitating some "fact" that makes them feel better.
Posted on 10/9/15 at 7:02 pm to TeLeFaWx
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As I get older, I've realized it matters why people want to be right. In this case, she wants to be right as a source of cultural pride. Is it worth it to you to diminish her pride? I mean, I wouldn't care in this instance, as no matter how right you are, she probably just walks away from the discussion thinking you're an arse. It doesn't really prove anything. Other things? Yeah, if people are acting stupid, or they want to be snarky, or they are being assholes themselves, yeah put them in their place. In this instance, they are just regurgitating some "fact" that makes them feel better.
And ultimately it's what it came down to. She is a lot younger than me and those things still matter, so I'm letting it slide. I've been a lot more passive as time goes on (not to be confused with submissive) regarding significant others.
A lot of factors go into when you should debate, and when you should just let them continue with delusion -- especially if it's delusion that doesn't hurt anyone.
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