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by Zarkenis Ultima » Sat Apr 26, 2014 11:39 am
Astrolinium wrote:Nightkill the Emperor wrote:Both terms work.
No, they're two different concepts.
A cognate has to come from the same etymological root -- false cognates are two words that look the same and may share a meaning, but do not share a root, such as day and día -- they look similar, but they are etymologically unrelated, as day is Germanic in origin (ultimately from PIE *dʰegʷʰ-: to burn) and día is Latin in origin (ultimately from PIE *dyew-: sky). False friends look the same and share a root, but have acquired different meanings over time, such as molest and molestar (and possibly embarrass and embarazada, though their etymologies are uncertain).
by Astrolinium » Sat Apr 26, 2014 11:40 am
Nightkill the Emperor wrote:Astrolinium wrote:
No, they're two different concepts.
A cognate has to come from the same etymological root -- false cognates are two words that look the same and may share a meaning, but do not share a root, such as day and día -- they look similar, but they are etymologically unrelated, as day is Germanic in origin (ultimately from PIE *dʰegʷʰ-: to burn) and día is Latin in origin (ultimately from PIE *dyew-: sky). False friends look the same and share a root, but have acquired different meanings over time, such as molest and molestar (and possibly embarrass and embarazada, though their etymologies are uncertain).
I stand corrected.
Zarkenis Ultima wrote:Astrolinium wrote:
No, they're two different concepts.
A cognate has to come from the same etymological root -- false cognates are two words that look the same and may share a meaning, but do not share a root, such as day and día -- they look similar, but they are etymologically unrelated, as day is Germanic in origin (ultimately from PIE *dʰegʷʰ-: to burn) and día is Latin in origin (ultimately from PIE *dyew-: sky). False friends look the same and share a root, but have acquired different meanings over time, such as molest and molestar (and possibly embarrass and embarazada, though their etymologies are uncertain).
Eh, alrighty then. I was taught bullshit again. What's new?
by Nationstatelandsville » Sat Apr 26, 2014 11:41 am
Astrolinium wrote:Nightkill the Emperor wrote:I stand corrected.Zarkenis Ultima wrote:
Eh, alrighty then. I was taught bullshit again. What's new?
It's a fine distinction that a lot of people miss or are ignorant of because they don't have a passionate interest in linguistics and etymology the way I do.
by Astrolinium » Sat Apr 26, 2014 11:42 am
by Nude East Ireland » Sat Apr 26, 2014 11:42 am
Astrolinium wrote:Nightkill the Emperor wrote:I stand corrected.Zarkenis Ultima wrote:
Eh, alrighty then. I was taught bullshit again. What's new?
It's a fine distinction that a lot of people miss or are ignorant of because they don't have a passionate interest in linguistics and etymology the way I do.
by Zarkenis Ultima » Sat Apr 26, 2014 11:44 am
Astrolinium wrote:Nightkill the Emperor wrote:I stand corrected.Zarkenis Ultima wrote:
Eh, alrighty then. I was taught bullshit again. What's new?
It's a fine distinction that a lot of people miss or are ignorant of because they don't have a passionate interest in linguistics and etymology the way I do.
by Astrolinium » Sat Apr 26, 2014 11:49 am
Agritum wrote:Astro, did you ever try Duolingo?
by Agritum » Sat Apr 26, 2014 11:55 am
Astrolinium wrote:Nude East Ireland wrote:Astro has made love while listening to Rosetta Stone's Latin tape.
No, but I have made love to Bob's Burgers.Agritum wrote:Astro, did you ever try Duolingo?
Yes. I eventually abandoned it because it doesn't give me enough structure as an environment and so I don't have the proper amount of motivation. It's good, though, for those who can get by without a classroom-like structure.
by Zarkenis Ultima » Sat Apr 26, 2014 11:56 am
by Nude East Ireland » Sat Apr 26, 2014 11:57 am
by Norvenia » Sat Apr 26, 2014 12:03 pm
by Astrolinium » Sat Apr 26, 2014 12:09 pm
by Nightkill the Emperor » Sat Apr 26, 2014 12:16 pm
Norvenia wrote:Night: very solid work. Now I know a bit more about where the last Sabbatanos is at, I suspect. Jose as comic relief was a good idea, but I'd advise you to use him sparingly; he vents the tension out of the story a little too well. I very much appreciate the "ordinary folks" quality of the protagonist - though I suspect that he may prove not to be quite as ordinary as he appears. The long backstory at the beginning does mess with the pacing a bit, though not seriously. Were it to do again, I might advise you to parcel the backstory out over the course of the story rather than concentrating it at the start, but it's not worth the effort of rewriting just for that. So on the whole: I like it a lot, and I look forward to seeing what happens next.
Nat: Night's always in some bizarre state somewhere between "intoxicated enough to kill a hair metal lead singer" and "annoying Mormon missionary sober".
Swith: It's because you're so awesome. God himself refreshes the screen before he types just to see if Nightkill has written anything while he was off somewhere else.
by Nightkill the Emperor » Sat Apr 26, 2014 12:38 pm
Nat: Night's always in some bizarre state somewhere between "intoxicated enough to kill a hair metal lead singer" and "annoying Mormon missionary sober".
Swith: It's because you're so awesome. God himself refreshes the screen before he types just to see if Nightkill has written anything while he was off somewhere else.
by Nude East Ireland » Sat Apr 26, 2014 12:42 pm
Nightkill the Emperor wrote:http://www.ibtimes.com/life-wildlife-nuclear-wasteland-28-years-after-chernobyl-disaster-1576660
"Three hundred firemen stationed in the Exclusion Zone would be the first line of defense should any problem arise. They would follow in the tradition of the first six firemen who died in the immediate aftermath of the explosion and who prevented, unbeknownst to them, a larger disaster. According to physicist Vassili Nesterenko, had the atomic core ignited, Minsk, the capital of Belarus with two million inhabitants, would have been obliterated and much of Europe would have been rendered unlivable."
I never knew it was that close.
by Nightkill the Emperor » Sat Apr 26, 2014 12:42 pm
Nude East Ireland wrote:Nightkill the Emperor wrote:http://www.ibtimes.com/life-wildlife-nuclear-wasteland-28-years-after-chernobyl-disaster-1576660
"Three hundred firemen stationed in the Exclusion Zone would be the first line of defense should any problem arise. They would follow in the tradition of the first six firemen who died in the immediate aftermath of the explosion and who prevented, unbeknownst to them, a larger disaster. According to physicist Vassili Nesterenko, had the atomic core ignited, Minsk, the capital of Belarus with two million inhabitants, would have been obliterated and much of Europe would have been rendered unlivable."
I never knew it was that close.
In other words, we lucked out.
Well, I say "we", but none of us were in Eastern Europe at the time of Chernobyl.
Nat: Night's always in some bizarre state somewhere between "intoxicated enough to kill a hair metal lead singer" and "annoying Mormon missionary sober".
Swith: It's because you're so awesome. God himself refreshes the screen before he types just to see if Nightkill has written anything while he was off somewhere else.
by Zarkenis Ultima » Sat Apr 26, 2014 12:44 pm
by Nude East Ireland » Sat Apr 26, 2014 12:45 pm
by Nightkill the Emperor » Sat Apr 26, 2014 12:45 pm
Nat: Night's always in some bizarre state somewhere between "intoxicated enough to kill a hair metal lead singer" and "annoying Mormon missionary sober".
Swith: It's because you're so awesome. God himself refreshes the screen before he types just to see if Nightkill has written anything while he was off somewhere else.
by Nightkill the Emperor » Sat Apr 26, 2014 1:13 pm
Nat: Night's always in some bizarre state somewhere between "intoxicated enough to kill a hair metal lead singer" and "annoying Mormon missionary sober".
Swith: It's because you're so awesome. God himself refreshes the screen before he types just to see if Nightkill has written anything while he was off somewhere else.
by Nightkill the Emperor » Sat Apr 26, 2014 1:20 pm
Nat: Night's always in some bizarre state somewhere between "intoxicated enough to kill a hair metal lead singer" and "annoying Mormon missionary sober".
Swith: It's because you're so awesome. God himself refreshes the screen before he types just to see if Nightkill has written anything while he was off somewhere else.
by Nude East Ireland » Sat Apr 26, 2014 1:42 pm
by Norvenia » Sat Apr 26, 2014 1:50 pm
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