please bear with me
did you know that 'omg' means "oh my god"
and 'lol' means "laugh out loud"
and having read all of proust and joyce, nin and sappho
makes you 'literati sans pareil' (mucho literary)
hey i'm just learning These in's and out's
so please snicker a little more softly
i may be a naïf... but, hey...
this dog (me) is hoping to learn new Tricks...and
Genres
motifs
modes
styles
paradigms
idioms
Symbols
subtleties
gestalten
Weltanschauungen
la vie literaire
les belles lettres
la vida preciosa
la casa de la intelligentsia
l'imprimatur de la yada yada
l'insignificance de l'ennui
y mas yada yada
so please, s'il vous plaît,
bear with me
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ya looks like france may actially take the cup.. would be fitting for zidane though.. being his last match and all
LEAZWELL
Thanks...all encouragement welcome!
france all the way...
zidane is way too good this time.. and he deserves to end his career with a world cup
VITHAL
I'm cheering for Italy, so I can celebrate with a nice bowl of pasta and a glass of Chianti...ciao.
VIVE LE WORLD CUP!
Oh. I adore this one. You are SO much more forgiving of these offenses against language than I am.
That was some impressive OED twisting!
I guess I need to learn a couple of new tricks, too. What's Weltanschauungen?
Hi Patry
Weltanschauungen is how they say 'world view' or 'life perspective' in Germany...
Hey...thanks for dropping by my porch...I'm thinking of painting the porch: whaddaya think?
I have to get my kid to translate netspeak for me all the time. And I never thought I would be learning another language at my age.
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