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Post by fixit on Jun 11, 2024 17:54:56 GMT -5
Like just one vowel and one consonant? Ra would you be suitable Annan is good.
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Post by xna on Jun 11, 2024 19:36:59 GMT -5
I don't understand not being able to read cursive or not knowing how to write it. I guess that's because that is how I learned. But, seriously, what is wrong with not knowing how to write in cursive? It's a new world and things change. I only use cursive to sign my name. I can read it, but today would struggle to write anything cursive as I haven't tried in 50 years. Typing is now being replaced with voice recognition like Google Voice Typing, & Apple's Siri. Spelling also is becoming less important with on the fly auto correct. Soon computers will read our thoughts just like god....
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Post by Annan on Jun 12, 2024 6:00:49 GMT -5
I have a long name and it takes forever to sign my name. I tell people to give their kids short names. Haha. Like just one vowel and one consonant? Hahaha... My first name has five vowels in it.
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Post by Annan on Jun 12, 2024 6:07:27 GMT -5
I don't understand not being able to read cursive or not knowing how to write it. I guess that's because that is how I learned. But, seriously, what is wrong with not knowing how to write in cursive? It's a new world and things change. I only use cursive to sign my name. I can read it, but today would struggle to write anything cursive as I haven't tried in 50 years. Typing is now being replaced with voice recognition like Google Voice Typing, & Apple's Siri. Spelling also is becoming less important with on the fly auto correct. Soon computers will read our thoughts just like god.... My daughter likes to post my texts as my talk and text constantly misunderstands me. It can be hilarious at times. I love to write in cursive. I find it relaxing, except there is little use to write anything these days. My problem with my phone is my eyesight worsening as the years go by. There there's my fat fingers. *sigh*
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Post by rjkee on Jun 12, 2024 8:02:27 GMT -5
The Japanese only have one consonant that can exist on its own - n. All words are composed of vowels, syllables, plus that one consonant.
Ho n da Ma zu da Ye n Ni ppo n Ya ma ha O sa ka Su ba ru A ri ga to Ju do So ny Ni ssa n Ca no n
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Post by BobWilliston on Jun 13, 2024 20:30:07 GMT -5
Don't feel bad -- some secondary graduates I know can't even read cursive writing. I don't understand not being able to read cursive or not knowing how to write it. I guess that's because that is how I learned. But, seriously, what is wrong with not knowing how to write in cursive? It's a new world and things change. These days I print my name because my handwriting is so terrible that no one can read it. Plus I have a long name and it takes forever to sign my name. I tell people to give their kids short names. Haha. Cursive is how one signs his name. Cursive is the fastest way to write without good typing skills. Cursive is the most common form of writing in primary historic documents between ancient and typeset ages.
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Post by BobWilliston on Jun 13, 2024 20:32:53 GMT -5
Don't feel bad -- some secondary graduates I know can't even read cursive writing. I don't understand not being able to read cursive or not knowing how to write it. I guess that's because that is how I learned. But, seriously, what is wrong with not knowing how to write in cursive? It's a new world and things change. These days I print my name because my handwriting is so terrible that no one can read it. Plus I have a long name and it takes forever to sign my name. I tell people to give their kids short names. Haha. One of my daughters was educated in French, and starting in first grade they learned cursive writing using both hands -- and later migrated to their stronger hand. It was quite fascinating -- they did it to music, and reading print in both languages came along really fast. In second grade she began reading the English newspaper.
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Post by BobWilliston on Jun 13, 2024 20:37:25 GMT -5
The Japanese only have one consonant that can exist on its own - n. All words are composed of vowels, syllables, plus that one consonant. Ho n da Ma zu da Ye n Ni ppo n Ya ma ha O sa ka Su ba ru A ri ga to Ju do So ny Ni ssa n Ca no n I see that Russian has the word "c" -- which is the English equivalent of "s". I still don't know what it means, though. I also have seen a Vietnamese name spelled "Ng". What vowel to apply?
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Post by BobWilliston on Jun 13, 2024 20:40:53 GMT -5
Wedding dresses In the years during and immediately following World War II, it was not uncommon for brides to wear wedding dresses crafted from repurposed parachutes. While a lot of wartime ingenuity was a result of limited resources and rationing, in many cases, the reason behind parachute dresses was more sentimental. One 1947 wedding dress that’s now in the Smithsonian’s collection was made from a nylon parachute that aided one Major Claude Hensinger in his escape from a bomber plane that caught fire; the parachute not only deposited him safely on the ground, but also served as a pillow and blanket while he waited for rescue. When he returned to the U.S., he proposed to his girlfriend Ruth, suggesting she use the parachute that had saved his life to make her gown. The elegant dress was modeled after the one in the 1939 film Gone With the Wind; Ruth hired a seamstress to make the bodice, then ruched the strings of the parachute to make a gathered skirt and train. Another dress acquired by the San Diego Air and Space Museum has a similar backstory: The parachute used to make it saved the life of groom Chuck Martin during a training flight on a bomber at the end of the war. His bride, Carolyn, altered it herself using the skills she learned in an eighth grade sewing class. A more elaborate dress in storage at the National Museum of the United States Air Force was made from strips of nine different parachutes used in combat. Of course, sometimes the parachute fabric (usually nylon) was simply what was available — but it still made for a good story. When two Holocaust survivors got married in 1946 at a displaced persons camp run by Allied forces in Celle, Germany, groom Ludwig Friedman purchased a parachute for fabric, and bride Lilly Lax hired a seamstress using her cigarette rations. The dress was worn by two more brides in similar camps afterward, and is now among the artifacts at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. ~~ historyfacts.com/us-history/fact/wwii-parachute-wedding-dresses/
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Post by BobWilliston on Jun 18, 2024 17:46:33 GMT -5
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Post by rational on Jun 18, 2024 19:53:40 GMT -5
Third from the sun? They seem to come and go.....
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Post by snow on Jun 20, 2024 13:15:03 GMT -5
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Post by BobWilliston on Jun 21, 2024 17:27:32 GMT -5
I know a few people who could just be some of these fake humans. They walk among us.
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Post by curlywurlysammagee on Jun 21, 2024 18:15:44 GMT -5
I know a few people who could just be some of these fake humans. They walk among us. Here's an example of them.
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Post by BobWilliston on Jun 21, 2024 22:24:15 GMT -5
I know a few people who could just be some of these fake humans. They walk among us. Here's an example of them. The American home schooled are coming of age.
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Post by curlywurlysammagee on Jun 21, 2024 23:46:24 GMT -5
Here's an example of them. The American home schooled are coming of age. Fortunately they only breed within their family.
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Post by snow on Jun 23, 2024 12:30:49 GMT -5
I know a few people who could just be some of these fake humans. They walk among us. Here's an example of them. Damn I was kind of hoping these non human aliens were actually smarter than us humans! If this is what aliens are like there is no hope ha! But she does have a point. If this is the level of reality these people live with there is very slim chance that they will understand subjects like climate change. I too like having my own personal sun
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