07-23-2015, 10:31 AM | #22576 |
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Still reading Arianna Huffington, but it's slow going... politics aren't my favorite, and it's so damn depressing.
Meanwhile I have started The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way by Bill Bryson. Once finished with Huffington, I my go on to some fiction; maybe a thriller I picked up as a freebie of the month... |
07-23-2015, 11:48 AM | #22577 |
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The Mother Tongue is very un-depressing and it should be a great relief. Among other things, you'll learn the single most understood word in the whole world; spoken in every language in every country.
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07-23-2015, 12:53 PM | #22578 |
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If you mean the word "ok", I rather doubt that it's used in every language in the world.
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07-23-2015, 12:56 PM | #22579 | |
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I think Tarkin was pretty good. I never read Darth Plagueis for comparison though. I love my Star Wars but I usually stay away from the "prequel era" stuff. |
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07-23-2015, 01:08 PM | #22580 | |
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07-23-2015, 03:48 PM | #22581 |
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07-23-2015, 04:04 PM | #22582 |
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I'd like to see Mr Bryson's supporting evidence. Do remote tribes in the Amazon rainforest who have had virtually no contact with the outside world really go around saying "ok" to one another? I seriously doubt it!
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07-23-2015, 04:09 PM | #22583 | ||
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I'm more offended by the copyedit job, myself... but I'm weird that way. When it has "a women" hiding out in the "lady's room" instead of "a woman" in the "ladies' room", I start grinding my teeth. |
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07-23-2015, 04:34 PM | #22584 |
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I would think the word "No" is more universal... although it certainly isn't universal. Not sure what the base language is for Amazonian Tribes.
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07-23-2015, 11:12 PM | #22586 |
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Hey!! Let's get some action going! What are we reading?
I read all three Wayward Pines books by Blake Crouch, and the way the Fox television series ended was a far cry from the way any of the books ended.
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My apologies to anyone who followed my advice and watched the tv series. Spoiler:
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07-24-2015, 02:06 AM | #22587 |
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I read the first book, Ross Poldark, in Winston Graham's Poldark series and now am reading the 2nd book, Demelza. I've been watching the series on PBS.
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07-24-2015, 03:43 AM | #22588 |
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Which was up to scratch. Then I read "A Braver Thing", a novelette by Charles Sheffield, a first person fiction in reminiscence of how they got where they were - about to receive a Nobel prize. An interesting little story.
And now onto Putting Up Roots by Charles Sheffield. A YA and shows it a bit. Last edited by pdurrant; 07-24-2015 at 01:03 PM. |
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