July 2007 Stundie Nominations

[SpitfireIX]

Nevermind a stundie, that one was worthy of an oscar.

There's been some discussion of Malcolm's deserving a "lifetime achievement" stundie. Time will tell, but he's definitely on pace for one.

 

[Horatius]

From our friend Malcolm, in yet another post of his in the United 175 did not hit the south tower thread:

Let's put him in a room with Rev91, and see who wins.....

 

[HeyLeroy]

In Stundie's passionate defense of Gordon Ross's use of the phrase "avoided like the plaque" as an actual Scots idiom as opposed to a spelling error, things devolved into a donnybrook over whether or not Scots was an actual language:

You have said that scottish is not english...it's a different language....you have not provided any proof of this. If it uses the same alphabet, then it's the same language using a different dialect.
linky

Sí, él está para verdadero.

 

[SpitfireIX]

Let's put him in a room with Rev91, and see who wins.....

My money's on Malcolm. "Youth and skill are no match for old age and treachery."

 

[332nd]

In Stundie's passionate defense of Gordon Ross's use of the phrase "avoided like the plaque" as an actual Scots idiom as opposed to a spelling error, things devolved into a donnybrook over whether or not Scots was an actual language:



Sí, él está para verdadero.

That made my cat retarded!

 

[LashL]

In Stundie's passionate defense of Gordon Ross's use of the phrase "avoided like the plaque" as an actual Scots idiom as opposed to a spelling error, things devolved into a donnybrook over whether or not Scots was an actual language:

You have said that scottish is not english...it's a different language....you have not provided any proof of this. If it uses the same alphabet, then it's the same language using a different dialect.

linky

Sí, él está para verdadero.

Oh, my! Then I guess that makes this English, too: il est un personne déséquilibrée qui délire.

 

[Belz...]

In Stundie's passionate defense of Gordon Ross's use of the phrase "avoided like the plaque" as an actual Scots idiom as opposed to a spelling error, things devolved into a donnybrook over whether or not Scots was an actual language:

Wow. So German, French, English and all those other languages are the SAME ONE ?

Oh, my! Then I guess that makes this English, too: il est un personne déséquilibrée qui délire.

A person is feminine in French, Lash. "Une personne".

 

[SpitfireIX]

A person is feminine in French, Lash. "Une personne".

Damn, I was about to say that, but I was beaten to the punch by the expert. Just when I thought I was going to get to put my high-school French to use for the first time in about 15 years.

 

[William Rea]

Stundie sets the bar high right from the get go! Top this!
http://screwloosechange.xbehome.com/index.php?showtopic=1493&st=140

I don't think it's a particularly good one, no wonder the Stundies are drifting away from the front pages if this is considered to be a high bar.

What real and obvious link does this have to CT anyway? Or is it just another excuse for an Ad Hom against Stundie?

 

[Alareth]

In Stundie's passionate defense of Gordon Ross's use of the phrase "avoided like the plaque" as an actual Scots idiom as opposed to a spelling error, things devolved into a donnybrook over whether or not Scots was an actual language:



Sí, él está para verdadero.

Oh, my! Then I guess that makes this English, too: il est un personne déséquilibrée qui délire.

In studies defense (Though I can't think of why I should defend him) English doesn't use the silly accent marks, tildes and umlat's. Therefore it's a different alphabet. Unless it isn't.

 

[Mobyseven]

In studies defense (Though I can't think of why I should defend him) English doesn't use the silly accent marks, tildes and umlat's. Therefore it's a different alphabet. Unless it isn't.

Eh, it's pretty much the same alphabet - they're all Latin based, just with different diacritical marks. The only difference I can think of is the ß in German, also from the Latin alphabet, but dropped from use in other languages.

But if it makes you feel any better, Stundie is still suggesting that Esperanto is English with his remark.

 

[fachverwirrt]

Eh, it's pretty much the same alphabet - they're all Latin based, just with different diacritical marks. The only difference I can think of is the ß in German, also from the Latin alphabet, but dropped from use in other languages.

But if it makes you feel any better, Stundie is still suggesting that Esperanto is English with his remark.

ß is really just "sz" in German Gothic script, which is more an orthographic difference than a true difference in alphabet. It's being phased out in modern German.

 

[Mobyseven]

ß is really just "sz" in German Gothic script, which is more an orthographic difference than a true difference in alphabet. It's being phased out in modern German.

My Opa always taught me that it was to be pronounced identically to "ss" (i.e. "weiß" <---> "weiss"). A "z" is usually pronounced "tz", so "sz" would sound like "stz". My language coach for singing has always told me the same thing for leider.

But your username suggests that you may know more about this than me...

 

[fachverwirrt]

My Opa always taught me that it was to be pronounced identically to "ss" (i.e. "weiß" <---> "weiss"). A "z" is usually pronounced "tz", so "sz" would sound like "stz". My language coach for singing has always told me the same thing for leider.

But your username suggests that you may know more about this than me...

It is indeed pronounced "ss"; the phasing out I spoke of earlier involves replacing it with double "s" (it's not really a phasing out, just reducing its usage in some situations). It's metamorphized a bit over the years.

However, its origin is "sz". The name, Eszett, literally means "sz".

Here's a wiki article on it: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eszett.

In the interests of full disclosure: I am not German. But I've studied it a bit, and use it quite a bit in my profession (classical vocalist).

 

[Mobyseven]

It is indeed pronounced "ss"; the phasing out I spoke of earlier involves replacing it with double "s" (it's not really a phasing out, just reducing its usage in some situations). It's metamorphized a bit over the years.

However, its origin is "sz". The name, Eszett, literally means "sz".

Here's a wiki article on it: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eszett.

In the interests of full disclosure: I am not German. But I've studied it a bit, and use it quite a bit in my profession (classical vocalist).

Oh, very cool! Thanks for the info!

So, another classical vocalist on the boards! I'm only young yet as a singer, but if you don't mind me asking - where are you from? What productions have you been involved with? PM me the details if you don't want to post publicly.

 

[chipmunk stew]

Killer, killer material from Mr. 3rd-person!

Cartoons?... Myths?...

Why did NIST fail to produce these?

 

[JonnyFive]

Eh, it's pretty much the same alphabet - they're all Latin based, just with different diacritical marks. The only difference I can think of is the ß in German, also from the Latin alphabet, but dropped from use in other languages.

But if it makes you feel any better, Stundie is still suggesting that Esperanto is English with his remark.

Hell, I suppose we're all really speaking Latin, following Stundie's logic.

 

[HeyLeroy]

Imbibo, ergo sum.

 

[LashL]

A person is feminine in French, Lash. "Une personne".

Correction duly noted, thank you

 

[Dave Rogers]

You are attempting to deem all racial stereotyping as racist.

I hardly know what to say to this.

Dave