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Alright, that's cool. Either way, at least somebody should be able to find what they want! :D:D

Is that for both fora? I hope it works, too! :-)

I remember seeing statistics that linked women's literacy rates and education to steady or negative population growth. It even had a higher connection than economic prosperity. The reasoning was that if they can read and are educated, they will be able to get better jobs as well as learn about...

Question to SVF: do you think that the declining population rates in Europe and Japan are too slow?

Yeah, I'm trying to remember where I heard that now...

That's pretty interesting. It looks from that like there's at least a morphology at work there. Who knows, that may not be the extent of it.

They can only communicate on a small scale compared with humans, though. Human language is different than animal communication. There are characteristics in human language that don't exist as far as we know in animal communication. I'll have to find the list for you if you want it. But...

They don't have the equipment for speech on the level of humans. Our organs are set up so that we can form hundreds of sound combinations, as opposed to a few hundred calls. If they were to ever develop speech they would need a physiology that would allow it as well as the cognitive ability.

That article had too much facts, not enough heart. Steven Colbert has me down for saying he a great president.

No, they won't.

Reminds me of this article.

I agree with Reiku on that point. However, Mycernius has made me think a little deeper about this. I still think that Hitler is the most infamous, but if Mao's actions were to be as well known as Hitler's, would he surpass him? It's mere speculation at this point, but interesting to think...

I go with Hitler, too. He's the most well-known and well-referenced of all of them. That's the reason that there's the theory that the first person to bring up Hitler in an argument automatically loses, and there's the theory that says that the longer an argument goes on, the more likely...

Yes, unless they've put you on their ignore list.

Haha, yeah, 63 years is a long time to live somewhere. I could see how he could forget a lot. I have trouble remembering sometimes too. It's always fun to go back home and here people throw them out again, though. I'd like to give you some Hawaiian ones, too, but I really don't know many...

I thought of some more: "bateau(x)" -- not sure it it's spelled with an "x"; I've never seen it written either. It means a flat-bottom boat, usually 14-16 ft. long. "pirogue" -- pronunciations vary on this one. I say "piroh," others say "pirog" (where the "rog" is like "log"). This is...

I always use "a" before words that start in a consonant sound and "an" before words that start with a vowel sound. So like Nicky said, "an hour," but "a historic site," and "a one dollar bill." Whether it's "thuh" or "thee" depends on stress. Usually it's unstressed and gets the schwa...

Interesting read. The part about the differentiation of dialects due to creating social groups and the lack of a distinct Japanese influenced variety of English makes a good point about how studying dialects can show us who people identify themselves with. I think it's a bit funny that...

That happens a fair amount where I'm from too. Come to think of it, I think I pronounce them like "moun'n" and "Lay'n."

I realized that I made a couple of mistakes (at least) in my above post. 1) Technically it's not "dis," "dat," "dese," and "dose," those "d"s are actually flaps, not the voiced alveolar stop (if anyone cares). 2) I meant they become "nis," etc. after "n," not before it. It doesn't make much...