Ye Olde Pub (The English Pub)

[Nerf]

Just a little something I've been wondering about:

Could someone tell me what's the difference between "break" and "brake"? In Norwegian, I mean.

[edge]

Break=Pause

Brake=Bremse

 

Also break can mean "gjennombrudd".

[Skogli]

Just a little something I've been wondering about:

Could someone tell me what's the difference between "break" and "brake"? In Norwegian, I mean.

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break: pause

brake: bremser

 

That is what I have learned.

[Simon Aldra]

Happy kill an indian day

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Kill-an-indian-and-run-from-the-prosecution-for-robbing-a-bank-and-making-a-mock- thruth-for-all-Americans-to-believe-for-centuries-day.

[Nerf]

Just a little something I've been wondering about:

Could someone tell me what's the difference between "break" and "brake"? In Norwegian, I mean.

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break: pause

brake: bremser

 

That is what I have learned.

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Then I was right And, "to break" kan also mean "å ødelegge, å knuse" am I right?

 

The reason I am asking, is because I was taking the train to Oslo on monday, and noticed the instructions next to the emergency hammer hanging on the wall. In norwegian it said something like: "Knus vinduet ved evakuering", and right under it it was translated to english: "Brake window for evacuation". (I might not remember it correct) And started thinking about it, and I seemed to remember that "brake" was bremse.

 

Would be kinda funny if the translation was wrong, wouldn't it? Imagine the poor englishmen taking a trip with NSB, trying to "Bremse" the windo during an evacuation. :!:

[Rampage]

Even though that was a nasty little typo. I believe the English would have no trouble understanding it`s meaning.

 

To take a break. "Å ta en pause"

To break something. "Å ødelegge noe"

 

Lot`s of English words have multiple meanings. You have to use it in a sentence to know which means what =)

 

And brake is to "bremse" indeed.

 

 

Simon Aldra

Kill-an-indian-and-run-from-the-prosecution-for-robbing-a-bank-and-making-a-mock- thruth-for-all-Americans-to-believe-for-centuries-and-to-celebrate-each-year-day.

[Skarstard]

I'm writing a short essay about religion, and I would like some feedback on one particular part of the text.

 

They are proposing to stop teaching children about the creation of the universe as we know it, in favour of brainwashing them with lies created by power hungry men who lived many, many hundred years ago.

[Rampage]

Thats a nice piece of text. But, who are "They"? If they are not mentioned right before this sentence, I would maybe think of adding just who they are. I.e. "Certain Roman Catholics are proposing to stop..."

[Simon Aldra]

Interesting views Skarstad, but I find them a bit cathegorical. You should probably tone it down a bit, you are not discussing the situation, you are condemming something from your view, with an etnocentered view, and that is never good.

 

The sentence, which you just presented, in my mind, is just as ignorant and unsupported as the attempts from Neo-conservative Christians, to push through the teaching of non-creationism. You don't back your views with facts, and you are using way too much "personal oppinion", if you wish to be taken serious visa vi argumentation made with the support of good arguments.

 

What you might try to do, is point out, that what they are trying to push through has no scientific backing, while creationism and Darwinism has. And, not to forget, the idea of "Intelligent Design", is something relying on belief in christianity, not in science. That would, in my mind, improve the whole point quite a bit.

 

Simon

Endret 23. november 2006 av Simon Aldra

[Skarstard]

Thats a nice piece of text. But, who are "They"? If they are not mentioned right before this sentence, I would maybe think of adding just who they are. I.e. "Certain Roman Catholics are proposing to stop..."

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Well, who "they" are is quite obvious when you read the whole text. I didn't add it in my post because it didn't feel I needed it checked for errors.

 

Interesting views Skarstad, but I find them a bit cathegorical. You should probably tone it down a bit, you are not discussing the situation, you are condemming something from your view, with an etnocentered view, and that is never good.

Yes, I thought of that myself, but seeing that this is supposed to be a contribution to a debate, and I am supposed to express my own views, I felt that is was only fitting to try to provoke a bit.

Endret 23. november 2006 av Skarstad

[Rampage]

It`s really not a very objective text. That is truly correct, but I presume he takes up their point of view at some point? Even though I wholeheartely agree to the current text.

 

I guess this is some sort of introduction to the subject? It has a lot of potential as a starter you put in the "ingress".

 

 

Edit:

Nice constructive critisicm Simon, just had to do some spellchecking for ya, opinion is spelled with one p. =) Don`t know if it was a typo or just a bad habit. Just thought I`d put it out there.

Endret 23. november 2006 av Rampage

[Simon Aldra]

I often get some words wrong. I won't spellcheck you, since I don't much of a point in it. But if I may, you need to work a bit on the composition of your sentences.

 

Enough of that, I apreciate the situation, Skarstad.

 

Your argument is a very good starter, as stated above. But give it the edge of objectivity, and it will become even better.

 

Simon

Endret 23. november 2006 av Simon Aldra

[Skarstard]

Your argument is a very good starter, as stated above. But give it the edge of objectivity, and it will become even better.

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I have toned it down a bit now, and added some more scientific facts to back up my side of the story. Thanks a lot for the suggestions, I think the text is far more objective now, and therefore also better. When I write or talk about certain subject I tend to get a bit carried away sometimes.

[Rampage]

Yeah, no, I just thought, while we are having an English discussion we could learn more as we go along. I mean, several times I`ve written some English words a certain way just because I thought that`s the way they were written. But if you don`t want me to correct you, I won`t, Scouts Honor (Even though I`ve never been a scout =P)

 

But I noticed one thing about your little signature (?), you`ve seen "Dark Side of the Moon"? Or Opèration Lune which is its original title? What do you think? Myself, I would have to say one of the best goddamn documentaries I`ve seen. It really blew my mind.

Endret 23. november 2006 av Rampage

[Skogli]

Right now I hate Sygate Personal Firewall.

I can't find any good solution to how I am going to delete it.

I can't find any Uninstall, nothing on "Add/Remove Programs", don't even "Add_Remove Pro", (a program I dowloaded to see if I could delete SPF), dosen't work....

[Skarstard]

Finally, all done with my text. I found some really nice quotes to use in it as well.

 

Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?

- Douglas Adams

 

All thinking men are atheists.

- Ernest Hemingway

 

All bibles are man-made.

- Thomas Edison

 

Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it, you'd have good people doing good things and evil people doing bad things, but for good people to do bad things, it takes religion.

- Steven Weinberg

 

EDIT: To the above poster: "A dialog is better than monological and trivial message posting." You should probably try in the software category.

Endret 23. november 2006 av Skarstad

[Heilage]

What a bunch of idiots. A girl in my class had a presentation about Apples design in monitors, and after that my teacher asked about the history of the computer. I mentioned that it might be a good idea to say that Apple released the first computer with a GUI, and I got yelled at. Seriously, I got yelled at for trying to help.

 

They're just a bunch of ignorant self-gratifying morons.

[Simon Aldra]

Your argument is a very good starter, as stated above. But give it the edge of objectivity, and it will become even better.

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I have toned it down a bit now, and added some more scientific facts to back up my side of the story. Thanks a lot for the suggestions, I think the text is far more objective now, and therefore also better. When I write or talk about certain subject I tend to get a bit carried away sometimes.

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It was a joy.

 

Yeah, no, I just thought, while we are having an English discussion we could learn more as we go along. I mean, several times I`ve written some English words a certain way just because I thought that`s the way they were written. But if you don`t want me to correct you, I won`t, Scouts Honor (Even though I`ve never been a scout =P)

 

But I noticed one thing about your little signature (?), you`ve seen "Dark Side of the Moon"? Or Opèration Lune which is its original title? What do you think? Myself, I would have to say one of the best goddamn documentaries I`ve seen. It really blew my mind.

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I have the DVD, and yes, I find it to be seriously good. I watch it once and again, really good docu.

 

Doesn't beat the album, though, but then again, what does?

[jojo123]

I had english mock exam (?) today. I am not very satisfied.

[kverna]

I had english mock exam (?) today. I am not very satisfied.

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A english test exam ? Don't understand your fanzy smanzy english typo

I just had a sandwich, I am very satisfied. 2 1/2 hours till I'm going to work, I'd rather stay at home surfing the internet and stuffing my face with cake