"We'r e going to d iscuss this." An d up w e went. I' d spent th e n in e years sinc e her birth getting ready for thi s day, th e day we' d hav e th e conversation abo ut this horribl e word."How woul d you feel i f someon e m a d e fun of you for...
The Danish like their meat, especiallypork. For special occasions, many will prepare pork in a special way that makes the skin salty and brittle – calledflæskesteg(pronounced something like “FLESS guh sty“). Other typical foods includeopen-faced sandwiches on rye bread. And you’ll fin...
What was considered inappropriate speech 50 years ago is now common parlance (including a few Anglo-Saxon cuss-words); The language of people 200 years ago and more would barely be understood by many if they had to read a long tract of 18th-19th century English today. Take a look at the...
Dr. Richard Stephens, senior lecturer in psychology at Keele University in the UK, explained to one of his students that when you utter a curse word or do something similarly unacceptable, your body releases adrenaline, the fight or flight hormone. This small boost of adrenaline makes you feel...
but it’s a nightmare for computing systems to understand mixed languages. On this podcast with Kalika Bali and Monojit Choudhury, we discuss codemixing and the challenges it poses, what makes codemixing so natural to people, some insights into the future of human-computer interaction and...
“I didn’t know” card, but either way I could tell you it would be a pretty stupid risk to take. Eventually, 99% of the times at least, it always comes back and they figure out whatever mistake it was they made. And when they go to pull back all that money, you better hope ...
Worth makes the man, and want of it, the fellow. Fellow An equal in power, rank, character, etc. It is impossible that ever RomeShould breed thy fellow. Fellow One of a pair, or of two things used together or suited to each other; a mate; the male. When they be but heifers of...
s. My Grandfather had a couple of basic rules to cover if you wanted to get into politics. He said you needed a close group of friends and “you need to raise a little money.” Trump has no friends that I’ve seen, so he turned to his family and paid employees, who he owns and...
Vexation of spirit is a waste of time Negative thinking, don't you waste your thoughts Verbal conflict is a waste of word Physical conflict is a waste of flesh People will always be who they want And that's what really makes the world go round Unconditional love is scarce. —Damian Marle...
makes them quite emotional, and they don’t know where to put those feelings. and look, as much as those feelings are about the hundreds, they’re really about fairfax. and as much as they’re about fairfax, they’re really about a chapter of people’s lives associated with a certain ...