Spoken: French, almost anything Germanic other than modern English and German. Written: Thai, maybe not the "most beautiful" but definitely the...
Japanese does have Hiragana and Katakana in addition to the Kanji--even though these are syllabaries rather than alphabets, it is still possible to...
Oh, that's one I haven't heard in a while! :) Yes, it does mean the same thing as "ass" in the US, but a much milder version of it (like saying...
Personally, when I meditate I either percive very vague sensations (such as spidergoat described) or fall into a sort of lucid dreaming where I both...
If you have not read the book "Siddhartha", I strongly recommend it. I do not think that you will attain enlightenment by emptying your mind of all...
It seems like this is basically saying that no system of beliefs can be considered true unless it works in acordance with science. One of the most...
If one believes in reincarnation, then there is the possibility of Karma extending across multiple lives. In that case, perhaps the good person who...
Latin is an important piece of the linguistics puzzle in that it has strongly influenced most European languages, and in that because of its...
I do not think it will ever reach "perfection" because languages are constantly and rapidly changing, so that very little that is accurate in a...
You question the definition of the word "meaning", but not the meaning of the word "life", which you give as "a group of groups". I think that in...
This is interesting, I wonder if it might relate to "sky out", a phrase I have often heard with the same meaning. I have never heard "skive off"...
I had wondered if this was the case, especially after reading the altered version "Gyptians" in His Dark Materials. I never realized that the "Roma"...
This is a question which has bothered me for some time, more so because researching online did not find a definite answer...I know that energy can...
I was going to say something like the spanish amable, but Fraggle already got it.
I learned a little bit of German a while back, and my teacher commented that I had a "high german" r-- instead of the glottal r I make a kind of...
I speak English fluently and EspaƱol fairly well. I'm in my third year of high school Spanish class, not so much because I like Spanish (although I...
It's definitely not "maintainance", but I don't know the correct spelling off the top of my head. I always pronounce it "MAYNT-nuhns" but I think...
Me too, although I've never been entirely sure which one is correct. From looking at the spelling I've always assumed it was "MISS-chih-vuss", but...
Oh gods, that pisses me off to no end. There are plenty of others, like "epitome" (pronounced "eh-PIT-uh-me" not "EH-pih-tohm"). I sometimes...
Irregardless: This is not even a word, but if it was it still wouldn't make sense in the most common context. It's usually used in place of...
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