I am so poorly educated when it comes to languages and really should do
something about that. It interests me but I have too many interests to
pursue them all. I envy those who speak and understand multiple languages.
We are getting snow in the mountains but just a skiff on the desert. I
hunted in the snow last week but it was very wet and alternated between snow
and rain. These links are to some pictures of us packing out elk meat in
the snow. The little guy is my grandson that climbed up the mountain for two
miles to "help" us with the horses. We got three elk last week and are
hoping for two or three more to provide some good low-fat protein.
http://myweb.cableone.net/jmac25/Assets/Images/Hunt05_005_w.jpg
http://myweb.cableone.net/jmac25/Assets/Images/Hunt05_007_w.jpg
http://myweb.cableone.net/jmac25/Assets/Images/Hunt05_008_w.jpg
These were taken with a small weather resistant Oly Stylus Digital.
/jmac
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From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Willie Wonka
Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 8:24 PM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: USA Southwest
Jim,
I am probably the wrong person to answer this question as I am no authority
on the subject. The only advantage I have over most non-native speakers is
that I learned English the way you did ie I did not translate each word in
my head to Bulgarian.
I think Andrew D gave a good answer (although he still calls the Bulgarian
alphabet Cyrillic...:), but here are few observations:
The everyday vocabulary is much larger, with the absent of any vagueness.
The language is structured in a way that leaves any doubt about the intend
of using the words, which makes life easier, especially on the Net...:).
Part of it comes from being gender oriented, but also there is room for the
introduction of new words sometimes via slight modifications.
It is much easier to paint vivid pictures using less words and keeping the
attention of the listener at the same time. (part of it goes back to the
larger vocabulary...to illustrate, the use of the word "great" comes to
mind. Here one can refer as great to an event that affects the fate of
humanity and "great" is also used when it comes to very trivial matters.
overthere you have several words for great, a few for each instance, but
they are not interchangeable)
Now here where the fun begins:
Slight modifications of the words make the best jokes ever told. If I come
up with a good example, I would share, but has been a long week and my mind
is cloudy...you got snow there? I can't wait for the winter to come, miss
the loooong winters from my childhood.
Boris
From: "James N. McBride" <jnmcbr@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [OM] Re: USA Southwest
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 08:21:56 -0700
It would seem to limit linguistic creativity. /jmac
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