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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
-t - May 24, 2007 2:08:56 pm PDT #9112 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Ginger - May 24, 2007 2:13:44 pm PDT #9113 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
It might be "the new bath fun."
amych - May 24, 2007 2:14:26 pm PDT #9114 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
nah, "Spass" (or "Spaß") is related to fun - I've generally heard it more in the sense of a joke, but it looks there are meanings that are closer to simple fun, having fun, enjoyment, and so on. [link] is my favorite online German dictionary when it comes to shades of fairly colloquial speech, but I can't link directly to a search...
(x-post because I was being all wordy while Ginger said it better anyway)
(and while I'm eta'ing, I want glimmer-optik!)
bon bon - May 24, 2007 2:18:41 pm PDT #9115 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
In Germany passports are fun.
Jesse - May 24, 2007 2:18:57 pm PDT #9116 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Ah -- fun makes more sense. I was thinking maybe there was something -- I can't think of the word, but like colloquial or not-quite-literal -- with the "passport" thing.
It is the new fun in my bath, with the glitter and all!
-t - May 24, 2007 2:20:40 pm PDT #9117 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, right, verbs.
Glimmer-optik uber alles.
Pix - May 24, 2007 2:27:20 pm PDT #9118 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Alternate English teacher perspective on new SAT: it's really nice to be able to clearly link writing skills to that oh-so-important test.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 24, 2007 2:29:42 pm PDT #9119 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
What with all the paper writing that my academic college classes required (and even some of the art classes with lecture components), I can see how having some indication of an incoming student's skill level would be very handy.
And, likely, depressing as well.
amych - May 24, 2007 2:30:42 pm PDT #9120 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Alternate English teacher perspective on new SAT: it's really nice to be able to clearly link writing skills to that oh-so-important test.
I agree that writing was shamefully ignored before, but if it's true that SAT writing scores don't correlate well with students' actual writing ability, I don't think it's the right instrument.
signed,
still bitter about tanking the GRE writing section
Pix - May 24, 2007 2:34:59 pm PDT #9121 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Oh I agree--I'm not talking about the effectiveness of the test itself; I'm talking about the usefulness of high school English teachers being able to say "You'll need this on the SAT."