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LOL @ Kaftan & Launch.

Yeah, I know it's best just to laugh at extremists like these, but they simply always manage to get under my skin, which is probably their only purpose in life anyway. I'm glad the rest of you could ignore it and just laugh though, personally I'd just like to grab her by those goldie locks and fling her into space. Alas, a man can dream can't he?

Punch, and right in the kisser too! FFS. This is the conservative, who said that the US should just invade nations in the middle east and convert them into Christianity. What's not to love about this woman? Check her out at this moment of outmost denial. Poor Ann

I'm going to see the flick in exactly one week, best freaking tickets in the biggest cinema in Scandinavia located in the heart of Copenhagen... but still, it's a whole seven day wait when it's seats like these.

Yeah I thought it was quite refreshing as well, and I see it bothered you too that Sen. Coleman just ignores Galloways entire speech and just moves on. I mean, what arrogance! But at any rate, I think his point came through as all major US TV networks was broadcasting this live, despite the lack of a decent rebuttal by Coleman. In fact, it just makes him stand out as the loser even more.

In his defence, the senators question was rather rethorical, and he just didn't want to say what the senator wanted him to say. But yeah, burnage indeed!

**POLITICS** If there ever was a can of whoop ass opened before those senators, it was by Galloway. A truely well spoken, anti-war, pissed off Scotsman defending slander caused by the US Senate. Here's a link where you can read and also see the hearing on webcast: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4553601.stm It's fairly long, but if you skip the initial 6 minutes of introduction (which I didn't, mind you) it'll get interesting rather quickly. Enjoy!

Indeed, that particular sentence looks a lot like German. But does that mean that German haven't evolved that much in the past 1000 years? Or is it just purely coincidential that it now reminds you of Old English at times?

Well a 'mark' is essentially a piece of land. So that makes sense I think. Also, quite an interesting language, never read any of it before. Some of the words seems familiar. Especially the letter "

Sweoland is an old name for Sweden? And what would be old English for Denmark then?

Which town was that then? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> In some dark vally town in the area of Rjukan, can't remember its name, was some four years ago while in high school. ^_^

Looks like the weather is kinda ****ty, for spring that is. On the note of sleeping, I've once been to the city with the highest suicide rate in Norway, it's located between a set of mountains causing almost perpeptual darkness.

I second that Meta (assuming Darth wasn't second, that is. )

Military is all three branches, so you got it right. Or do you mean Armed Forces? It's the same in the Danish army (I was in the actual army), we would just say "yes sir, major"... sound silly in English, in Danish it would be "ja hr. major", and if it's a female then you're not allowed to say 'hr' (sir) or 'fru' (ma'am), you'd have to spot the name of the female officer and pronounce it in full with title and everything... talk about sexist (against us males, that is) <_< Also, here we don't say mother nature, we just call it 'mother earth'. But it's still one of the few exceptions where we use gender for something non living. (or is it living? dunno) But we certainly don't call oceans "her", they too are neutered.

No, I'm obsessed with truth! I have been trying the get the facts! So you would say "Denmark is a mighty nation. It's navy is large and powerful. ..." You heartless germanic b*****. j/k Yeah, we would use 'its' at all times instead of applying a gender in cases such as this. Don't ask me why though, the Germans apply genders to everything ffs! Hence all those capital letters popping up in the strangest of places. Some also do it when writing in English too because it comes natural to them, kinda cute really. ^_^ Oh and don't call the Dutch Germans, it would be the same as calling me a Swede, only worse. Meh, historical issues I guess, nationalism at its best.

No, we don't mention genders at all really (except for living things). You're obsessed with the gender thing!

As Imperialist said, individual ships yes, but one would never say "her navy" or "her army".

I agree Meta, for me, the sequals seemed like the brothers had just realized how well recieved this philosophical thing had become with their first film, and then proceeded to go COMPLETELY over the top with it in the sequals, slamming us in the face with it at every possible moment, often resulting in long drawn out dialogues that completely turned me off. Could as well have been a Christian fundie beating me in the head with a bible. It takes a lot to make me bitchy about a film, but these two made it happen. <_<

I fear this one more than yours Kaftan. Killer boots btw.

LOL :D

When all is said and done, us Danes own your language, Vikings pwned it and took your gold to boot. :ph34r: "On day all Nordic lands were in your power And England too - no longer your domains. A tiny land, but in the world you tower - There ring the song and chisel of the Danes. You windswept Danish strand, The ploughshare finds past treasure; God bless your future too in golden measure! 'Tis you I love - Denmark, my native land!"

Oh and I just want to actually add something to the thread about English; I personally prefer the English way of spelling, as in words such as 'favour' and 'armour' as opposed to 'favor', 'armor' which is a US thing, no?

I would think it's the same as the German das vaterland which is a neuter term saying "the land of my father", since Scandinavian languages are essentially Germanic, I would guess the same goes here. But I must admit, never given it much thought. ^_^ Also, in Denmark at least, I have never heard anyone refer to the nation by gender. Except for ships though, but that's not what you meant was it?

Straight up.

Just FYI Meta, it's called "F