| Learning English, not American |
[Jan. 8th, 2010|03:11 pm] |
I'm an English speaker that likes to play with accents. Recently, I've been wanting to pick up an English accent - British English, I suppose it's called? - but I'm aware of a completely different vocabulary is used. Are there any links you kind and wonderful people may be aware of to learn a few of those differences? Or of other general and notably different dialects? It seems silly that I work on learning other languages, but not knowing enough of my language's other dialects. |
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| Vegan Chocolate Cake |
[Jan. 8th, 2010|12:56 pm] |
It's suppose to be Red Velvet cake, but sadly I never am bold enough to put in enough beet juice,
and I don't have / want to use red dye. So, if you would like to experiment yourself with the coloring, feel free!
Otherwise, it makes a very nice, simply sweet chocolate cake.( Recipe and directions underneath ) |
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| Multivitamins? |
[Jan. 8th, 2010|12:04 pm] |
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Hello all--scanned through the tags and didn't see one for vitamins. Do you think they're necessary for the vegetarian/vegan diet? Does anyone take them and can you all recommend a good one for me? Thank you so much! |
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| support site |
[Jan. 8th, 2010|12:39 pm] |
i have a support site you all can use, it has topics on a lot of mental health issues. even if you dont need support, feel free to support other members. i want to help as many people as i can.
the link is http://selfhelp.yuku.com |
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| Dalek! |
[Jan. 8th, 2010|06:59 pm] |
Dalek - dahl with leeks and a nifty sauce. Yes, I looked very hard on how to get leeks into a dahl just so I can call it Dalek, so what?
( How to make a Dalek ) |
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| (no subject) |
[Jan. 8th, 2010|11:43 am] |
If you speak a language where nouns carry a grammatical gender, is there any logic behind what gender is assigned to completely new words? I'm curious about this, because the word cámara in Spanish is feminine, and uses the definite articles la and las. However, I was listening to a Daddy Yankee song where he uses the word webcam, but uses the masculine article despite it being a type of camera.
I've also noticed this elsewhere; at my workplace, there were a few items that people would refer to using the English word even when speaking Spanish, and they would become masculine in the transition. La impresora became el printer, la computadora became el computer, and so on... how does this work in your language? Because it seems like in Spanish, all new words are masculine, regardless of any other considerations. At least from what I've seen. |
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| Chickpea Salad |
[Jan. 8th, 2010|11:01 am] |
Okay, so basically I'm just excited about this chickpea salad I made last night and wanted to share it. =) Hope that's okay.
I got one those little chickpea salad things at the grocery store yesterday for a snack and I forgot how awesome it is. So I got the urge to make it for myself (and my gf loves it, so that's plus) =)
How hard could it be right? I checked the ingredients on the container and used that to make up this recipe. I used the same dressing I use to make tabouli bc I had to try 4 dif dressings before I found this awesome one. So I know how hard it is to find a good recipe for that.
Anyway, it turned out fantastic. Besides, can you really go wrong with chickpeas? lol They are by far my fav bean and source of protein. =)
( My Chickpea Salad Recipe ) |
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| royal titles |
[Jan. 8th, 2010|11:22 am] |
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Would it ever be appropriate, in modern times, to refer to Charlemagne as a Roman emperor? That seems pretty misleading -- 'Roman emperors' are Nero and Caligula in my opinion. Would he maybe have referred to himself as a Roman emperor? |
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