...and why is f22 a slow lens when a fast one is only f1.4? 
English is a crazy language!
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Hippopotamus is also river-horse in Latin (or Greek, one of the ancient languages).
But remember folks, a picture is worth a thousand words (whatever the language)
But remember folks, a picture is worth a thousand words (whatever the language)
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.....and, why a BOAT is the only (or one of the rare) english word that has a gender ?
J-P.
J-P.
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And then there are those pesky silent letters--Knife, Pneumatic, Lama, doubt, damn, island. . . . .
In Holland we have: Als vliegen achter vliegen vliegen,vliegen vliegen vliegensvlug.
Or:Als twee echtparen echt paren,hebben vier echtgenoten echt genoten.
I think English is much easier than correct Dutch. Learn to speak Dutch is difficult,but wait till you have to put it on paper.Perhaps you have heard from "double Dutch"? well ..believe me it exists. F.I.'handelbars'are Handvatten.But Handvaten is used more often.While handvaten means as much as barrels with hands.
Ik hak hout (= i chop wood)
Hij houd van haar (= he loves her)
Hij houdt het vast (= he holds it )
Hout/d/dt it is pronouced the same,but means somenthing way different.
The t/d/dt is only one of the problemchilds in Dutch.
Not strange that we have teachers that flunck for Dutch language.
I have learned my English at home.My father was working for a international shipping agency,so it was not unusual that when the phone ringed we had the other side of the world on our ear.
On school i learned German and French . German,I do understand it,but dont dare to speak it cause i hate to look foolish.French?? Ahh qui.Je vai ou cie le chason de confiture!!:redface
never made it further than exersise duex= lesson two)
Why do we call it a driveway when we park cars there?
Why do we call it a parkway when cars drive through?
Why do we call it a parkway when cars drive through?
You WHAT ?..............French?? Ahh qui.Je vai ou cie le chason de confiture!!:redface
...been trying hard, but didn't get it
!:wink:
J-P.
OK, so all/most/many/several languages are crazy!
Let's go back to pictures as a way to communicate!:wink: There is no confusion and ambiguity or strange rules there, is there?:biggrin:
Let's go back to pictures as a way to communicate!:wink: There is no confusion and ambiguity or strange rules there, is there?
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a hamburger is called a hamburger as it was invented in Hamburg
Rob, I spent some time with a little Dutch girl in Jamaica a few years. She wanted me to learn Dutch words and she learned English words.
First day we sit down to breakfast, I say Fork - she says some unpronouncable word as long as my arm - and that was the end of THAT!
First day we sit down to breakfast, I say Fork - she says some unpronouncable word as long as my arm - and that was the end of THAT!
I must say, though, one of the reasons I love the Cafe is that I read the posts in English with the accent of the place the person writing them is from in my head!
I thought I was the only weirdo that did that!!!!!
:tongue::tongue::biggrin: It actually does make them easier to read!
I can also see it affects your own use of English :wink: I had to read your sentence twice!
Three prepositions in a row! Yippeeee for me!
(My English teacher is rolling in her grave... :biggrin
Three prepositions in a row! Yippeeee for me!
(My English teacher is rolling in her grave... :biggrin
lol Pia :biggrin:
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