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Post by hondobrode on Mar 2, 2016 17:47:16 GMT -5
Never been to France, but I plan to go to Angouleme at least once and then tromp through Germany and Denmark, countries my family came from.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2016 17:49:38 GMT -5
Essayez le logiciel Rosetta Stone , il est tout à fait bonne . |
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Post by hondobrode on Mar 2, 2016 17:51:20 GMT -5
Some of those bande dessinee (comic strips) are being translated and offered on Comixology.
One of the best I've read is an incredible 7 volume collection called The White Lama.
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Mar 2, 2016 17:55:28 GMT -5
Essayez le logiciel Rosetta Stone , il est tout à fait bonne . It needs some slight improvements though, because the second part of that sentance made no sense  French is really really difficult to learn, don't do it unless you plan to read Proust, Camus or Balzac in original language, of fall in love with a french person, no other good reason to inflict yourself that ghastly learning... |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2016 18:07:49 GMT -5
I took first-year Spanish & second-year French (having taken an introductory course in high school) the same semester in college. I made A's in both, but looking back that might not have been my wisest move.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2016 18:11:59 GMT -5
I took first-year Spanish & second-year French (having taken an introductory course in high school) the same semester in college. I made A's in both, but looking back that might not have been my wisest move. I only took two years of highschool French, and the first year was stretched out in Junior High. I know the alphabet, how to count to, like, a million if I concentrate hard enough, and how to introduce myself. Oh, and the colors. |
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Post by Prince Hal on Mar 2, 2016 18:50:04 GMT -5
I would say, however, that intervening, which more than implies an event of temporary duration, as for example the two world wars, is far different from empire-building and colonizing less powerful states, as we did in the Philippines in the early 1900s, and overthrowing another nation's freely elected government, as we did in Iran in the early 50s and Chile in the 70s. And then there's that little matter of the Viet Nam war, a small event that kind of shaped the modern world and the USA for the past 50 years... Oh, yes, my examples were not meant to be comprehensive. We should have learned from the French and what happened at Dienbienphu. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2016 19:15:39 GMT -5
Never been to France, but I plan to go to Angouleme at least once and then tromp through Germany and Denmark, countries my family came from. I have been in France and been in Angouleme it's one of the most picturesque areas in France. You will loved it when you get a chance to visit it. I've spent 4 days there and it's one of my highlights in my visit in France back in 2003. |
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Post by Confessor on Mar 2, 2016 19:54:00 GMT -5
Aside from visiting the U.S. on holiday, one pipe-dream possibility to get myself over to the States is that perhaps my girlfriend's company, who are based in Denver, will send her to work over there for a year. This has actually happened to a handful of people from the London offices and my girlfriend has asked me on occasion whether I'd be prepared to up sticks and move there for a year if she was ever offered the chance. My answer is always, "you bet!" Obviously she'd be earning a crust working for her company, but I make my living as a musician and singer, and can pretty much support myself anywhere that they have venues for live music...and Denver has a lot! So that shouldn't be a problem. I'd bill myself as an Englishman playing authentic-sounding American music, in tribute to your great country (you yanks would lap that up!)  Anyway, it's only a pipe-dream really, but it's nice to think about.   |
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Mar 2, 2016 19:56:38 GMT -5
And then there's that little matter of the Viet Nam war, a small event that kind of shaped the modern world and the USA for the past 50 years... Oh, yes, my examples were not meant to be comprehensive. We should have learned from the French and what happened at Dienbienphu. Yes, the tail end of colonialism and its prophecies (we still had the algerian war, in which my father lost 3 years of his life and a lot of candeur). I still struggle to find a definitive clear official motivation behind that US "intervention" or whatever that was. Alan Moore and Bill Sienkiewicz GN about it taught me a lot about the actual reasons and the "use" for the war, but the reason given to the people on day one of the war, I'm not sure what it is and I'm curious to know if it is just a lack on my part or if many americans also don't really know, beyond that vague communist threat argument... It's not like they would have been talking about WMD back then... |
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Mar 2, 2016 19:59:14 GMT -5
Aside from visiting the U.S. on holiday, one pipe-dream possibility to get myself over to the States is that perhaps my girlfriend's company, who are based in Denver, will send her to work over there for a year. This has actually happened to a handful of people from the London offices and my girlfriend has asked me on occasion whether I'd be prepared to up sticks and move there for a year if she was ever offered the chance. My answer is always, "you bet!" Obviously she'd be earning a crust working for her company, but I make my living as a musician and singer, and can pretty much support myself anywhere that they have venues for live music...and Denver has a lot! So that shouldn't be a problem. I'd bill myself as an Englishman playing authentic-sounding American music, in tribute to your great country (you yanks would lap that up!) Anyway, it's only a pipe-dream really, but it's nice to think about. Does your british citizenship grant you a kind of work permit there? |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Mar 2, 2016 20:00:36 GMT -5
Well I've never been to Spain, But I kinda like the music
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Post by Confessor on Mar 2, 2016 20:09:34 GMT -5
Aside from visiting the U.S. on holiday, one pipe-dream possibility to get myself over to the States is that perhaps my girlfriend's company, who are based in Denver, will send her to work over there for a year. This has actually happened to a handful of people from the London offices and my girlfriend has asked me on occasion whether I'd be prepared to up sticks and move there for a year if she was ever offered the chance. My answer is always, "you bet!" Obviously she'd be earning a crust working for her company, but I make my living as a musician and singer, and can pretty much support myself anywhere that they have venues for live music...and Denver has a lot! So that shouldn't be a problem. I'd bill myself as an Englishman playing authentic-sounding American music, in tribute to your great country (you yanks would lap that up!) Anyway, it's only a pipe-dream really, but it's nice to think about. Does your british citizenship grant you a kind of work permit there? Ha! Not as far as I know! I'd have to apply for a temporary work visa, I guess. Not sure how that would work though because the U.S. will usually only offer visas if you have a specific offer of employment. Being a musician, I'm not sure how that'd work, because obviously I'd be playing in various places for various companies, and it's highly likely that I will get more bookings in places that I've not heard of when I arrive. Still, it must be possible because I know other musicians who I'm friends with that have gone out there and lived in, say, New York or San Francisco and worked as both studio and jobbing live musicians. I guess I'd have to ask them what the crack is. Not that it's likely to happen, of course. But if it does, I'll just have to cross that bridge when I come to it. |
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Mar 2, 2016 20:23:55 GMT -5
Well I've never been to Spain, But I kinda like the music That question has bugged me for a long time : Beyond 17th century religious music and flamenco, what is spanish music? I have a few records of weird industrial music and some minimal synth tapes from spanish bands, but beyond that, it's I know of almost nothing more. I've encountered much more portuguese music form any time then spanish, weirdly enough, and both countries had very strong dictatorships around the same time. |
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Post by Confessor on Mar 2, 2016 20:26:26 GMT -5
Oh, yes, my examples were not meant to be comprehensive. We should have learned from the French and what happened at Dienbienphu. Yes, the tail end of colonialism and its prophecies (we still had the algerian war, in which my father lost 3 years of his life and a lot of candeur). I still struggle to find a definitive clear official motivation behind that US "intervention" or whatever that was. Alan Moore and Bill Sienkiewicz GN about it taught me a lot about the actual reasons and the "use" for the war, but the reason given to the people on day one of the war, I'm not sure what it is and I'm curious to know if it is just a lack on my part or if many americans also don't really know, beyond that vague communist threat argument... It's not like they would have been talking about WMD back then... The Gulf of Tonkin incident was the one thing that finally dragged the U.S. into the Vietnam War. Pinpointing "day one of the war" is kinda tricky though, because there had been a small U.S. presence there since around 1955, I believe. But the Vietnam War, as most people understand it nowadays, began in August 1964, when the destroyer USS Maddox was attacked by North Vietnamese torpedo boats. A few days later, another U.S. ship was also attacked by North Vietnamese ships. These clashes resulted in the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which allowed the U.S. government to considerably escalate their military presence in South Vietnam in 1965. Of course, in later years, there was a lot of controversy around whether or not the "incident" had been fabricated, in order to justify sending more troops to Vietnam to the American public. Even Robert McNamara, who was Secretary of Defense at the time, later stated that parts of the "incident" were indeed fabricated. But, if you're looking for the "official reason" or official start date, as it was perceived by the American public back in 1964, the Gulf of Tonkin incident is your best bet. The Vietnam War is something of a hobby-horse of mine. |
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