Missatges: 20
Llengua: English
ceigered (Mostra el perfil) 23 de juny de 2010 11.09.38
qwertz:+1000000000000000000000ceigered:Nö/Nope. Never.Note: I'm sorry for badly language use, I don't know English.Your English is fine - just say "I'm sorry for bad language use" and it's perfectI don't have to be sorry about not to be a native speaker of somebodies foreign language. That includes e-o denaskuloj, too.
qwertz (Mostra el perfil) 23 de juny de 2010 13.02.57
ceigered:sen ĝenoj
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Donniedillon (Mostra el perfil) 23 de juny de 2010 17.04.25
ceigered:Kaj unu pli el mi
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Kraughne (Mostra el perfil) 24 de juny de 2010 5.54.29
qwertz:Nö/Nope. Never.You, sir, are completely awesome for that.I don't have to be sorry about not to be a native speaker of somebodies foreign language. That includes e-o denaskuloj, too.
qwertz (Mostra el perfil) 24 de juny de 2010 7.21.55
Kraughne:Hhm, sounds like a joke sentence from a movie? How I understand is that "Sir" seems to be used only inside the army. Sorry, I didn't got it accurately.qwertz:Nö/Nope. Never.You, sir, are completely awesome for that.I don't have to be sorry about not to be a native speaker of somebodies foreign language. That includes e-o denaskuloj, too.
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ceigered (Mostra el perfil) 24 de juny de 2010 10.11.03
qwertz:It's like saying "Vi, S-ro, estas plene mojosega pro tio" - "sir" is used a lot in English speaking countries as a polite way of addressing a stranger (who is a man; a woman is referred to as "ma'am", "madame" or "miss") - "mister" and "mrs/missus" aren't used normally by adults without a name attached to the title because it could sound either childish or rude (mrs/missus can be slang to describe a wife, as an example, e.g. "So Billy how's ye missus doin'?")).Kraughne:Hhm, sounds like a joke sentence from a movie? How I understand is that "Sir" seems to be used only inside the army. Sorry, I didn't got it accurately.qwertz:Nö/Nope. Never.You, sir, are completely awesome for that.I don't have to be sorry about not to be a native speaker of somebodies foreign language. That includes e-o denaskuloj, too.
qwertz (Mostra el perfil) 24 de juny de 2010 12.13.52
ceigered:Thanks a lot ceigered.qwertz:It's like saying "Vi, S-ro, estas plene mojosega pro tio" - "sir" is used a lot in English speaking countries as a polite way of addressing a stranger (who is a man; a woman is referred to as "ma'am", "madame" or "miss") - "mister" and "mrs/missus" aren't used normally by adults without a name attached to the title because it could sound either childish or rude (mrs/missus can be slang to describe a wife, as an example, e.g. "So Billy how's ye missus doin'?")).Kraughne:Hhm, sounds like a joke sentence from a movie? How I understand is that "Sir" seems to be used only inside the army. Sorry, I didn't got it accurately.qwertz:Nö/Nope. Never.You, sir, are completely awesome for that.I don't have to be sorry about not to be a native speaker of somebodies foreign language. That includes e-o denaskuloj, too.
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@Kraughne: Due to ceigered great help I get it now. Thanks for that, both.
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ceigered (Mostra el perfil) 24 de juny de 2010 13.12.45
qwertz:Btw. they also used the NATO alphabet to spell my name correctly. Of course that's quite handy, but why the NATO alphabet? Do they recruit at the army?That happens quite often here too actually - I've found it's a stereotypically male thing, or something pilots or those connected to aviation use (like my father).
Furthermore, in France they also use that "Madame, Monsieur" talking to strangers. In French that's very nice because it no any way sounds army styled.I believe the reason for the crazy variation in English is not so much because in the past our culture was militaristic, but rather in the past our military was very laid back (Aye, the good ol' celtic warriors, vikings and knights from Normandy!), and so the titles got mixed up a lot (e.g. sir = sire, which comes from the Anglo Norman language). So maybe this lack of a well-established set of titles (e.g. like how the romans had much more complex ranking systems than say a bunch of naked bleached-haired celtic warriors), combined with a sudden influx of titles from everywhere have added to the feeling that "sir" is something from the army
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(interestingly, this happened with names for family members too - "dad" is celtic for "father", "father" is, well, Anglo-Saxon for "father"
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Todeskaefer (Mostra el perfil) 29 de juny de 2010 4.20.34
utku:I thought Atatürk was dead. I assume you mean opposition to Kamalist secularismceigered:Unfortunately Youtube is also banned in Turkey by a local court because of some videos including opposition to Atatürk. But everybody use it by changing host file or loading some programs (like Youtube Jacker 7). Strangely even the prime minister uses YouTube, and once explained on tv, how can it be used, although banned.utku:Can't you see? Why?Unfortunately Youtube is banned in China because Google's management of Youtube doesn't comply with Chinese policy (e.g. some things of questionable suitability to be aired, which Google allow due to their policy choices). Probably more complex reasons as well but I shan't be going into them
Note: I'm sorry for badly language use, I don't know English.
utku (Mostra el perfil) 29 de juny de 2010 8.11.57
Todeskaefer:I thought Atatürk was dead. I assume you mean opposition to Kamalist secularismI didn't mean kemalism. Initial reason of the ban was simple and childish videos about the personality of Atatürk (ex. Atatürk is fun). But now goverment changes the reason...