Urmas Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, Proposition 7:Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zlim Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Ah, nicht is not. My non-German is even worse than suspected! Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent. That's never stopped me.And notice, "Wovon man nicht sprechen kann..." it says man very clearly in that phrase so that really means that only men have to be silent, not women. :hysterical:I hope I've added to your supply of useless information today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urmas Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 And notice, "Wovon man nicht sprechen kann..." it says man very clearly in that phrase so that really means that only men have to be silent, not women. Further trivia: the German "man" (note the lower case "m") is a pronoun... a "one-size-fits-all" for "all things passive". In English you'd use one, you, we or they... for enample: man sagt = they say. A male chauvinist pig (aka a man in English) is "Mann" (note the upper case... it's a noun).Furthermore: A bear will attack a man, huh? :'( The English language doesn't have a GENDER-NEUTRAL word for "human being" (nor does French)... in Swedish, there is "människa", in German "Mensch"... and in Finnish "ihminen". And, finally... when it comes to third person singular pronouns... in Finnish, "hän" is gender-neutral. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeber Posted April 22, 2008 Author Share Posted April 22, 2008 I've been single for so long I fear I'm becoming gender-neutral. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urmas Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 I've been single for so long I fear I'm becoming gender-neutral. HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoardFlak Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Jeber, from what I was just reading on your Jeber Central link, does that mean that your Furballs link is no longer valid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeber Posted April 28, 2008 Author Share Posted April 28, 2008 Yes, there was a slight problem, and that domain is no longer mine. Very frustrating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Umm... trees consume carbon. I'm confused here. Or maybe you are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crp Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Umm... trees consume carbon. I'm confused here. Or maybe you are. trees do consume carbon (though not as much as most people think) and they can also increase temperature of local area. than again, they can also decrease temperature of local area. tricky thing , trees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 I love trees. I hug mine often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crp Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 I love trees. I hug mine often. you are in FL, you should. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Forests globally, trees locally in communities, and plants/trees in general in our homes help keep the carbon dioxide levels down in the air we breathe. Question: How do trees make oxygen? - Ask a Scientist - Binghamton University Since this is a column for really bad advice, I would assume having more people and animals and less plants and trees in the environment would be best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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