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Chief Broom

Chief Broom

Veteran
Afternoon folks :okay: Think i'll do some painting so have been musing about colours...I used to go for really bright shades but have opted to start one room with a rather conservative 'Apricot White'....i guess thats outrageous compared to Magnolia :laugh:
Im very glad im not in my cabin with all the storms brewing up ^_^
 
ColinJ

ColinJ

Puzzle game procrastinator!
Location
Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
My mind is well and truly boggled... :wacko:

I was reading about tonal languages and watched a video about Mandarin Chinese. It was very interesting - four different ways of saying 'ma', all having completely different meanings. One of those meanings is in fact 'mother', and another is 'horse'. The implications of this are both potentially funny and scary. Imagine accidentally using the wrong tone and saying that you would like to ride a stable owner's mother! :eek: :laugh:

A 4 tone language sounds confusing enough to me but apparently Vietnamese has 6 tones (and one person was making a case for that actually being 8)... I watched an introductory Vietnamese video (which was explained in English!) but still didn't have a clue what was going on!

I think if I were young again and had the acute hearing I had back then I would love to have a go at learning Mandarin, but now I can't even hear the differences between the tones, let alone understand them!

Another thing occurred to me... Singing songs in tonal languages - how does that work! The individual parts of words have to rise and fall in pitch to have the right meaning, so what happens when the words have to follow a tune?

Maybe I have too much time on my hands... :whistle:

Exlaser2 said:
Evening all . Just dropped in to ask , as I am watching the end of todays stage of the tour of the algarve.

Would anyone like to know who wins ? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😀
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Ha ha - NO! I have actually been slacking and forgotten to watch any cycling recently, so that has reminded me to stick Eurosport on this evening. :okay:
 
Tenkaykev

Tenkaykev

Guru
Location
Poole
An email from the council popped it to my inbox earlier to warn of tomorrows high winds. It asked that people not put their wheelie bins out as they are not doing collections and are focussing on any tree falls. Understandably they've closed both Piers and are warning people to avoid the quay, The lifting bridges will be assessed for safety though I can't imagine any yachties heading out. We've cancelled our planned visit to the Tap Room at the Brewery, there's always next week.
 
classic33

classic33

Leg End Member
Tenkaykev said:
An email from the council popped it to my inbox earlier to warn of tomorrows high winds. It asked that people not put their wheelie bins out as they are not doing collections and are focussing on any tree falls. Understandably they've closed both Piers and are warning people to avoid the quay, The lifting bridges will be assessed for safety though I can't imagine any yachties heading out. We've cancelled our planned visit to the Tap Room at the Brewery, there's always next week.
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Just so long as it doesn't get blown away this week.
 
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Dirk

Dirk

If 6 Was 9
Location
Watchet
How do you do that blurring thing?
 
ColinJ

ColinJ

Puzzle game procrastinator!
Location
Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
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