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elysesewell

discussion post

Jan 03, 2009 21:12

The more I learn of idiom-rich but neologistically resistant Mando, the more I think, like, this language is not as expressive or precise as English. But my beloved Russian ex-roommate Nellie used to dis the shit out of English, claiming it was not as expressive or forceful as Russian ("I would never say to Eugene 'I love you.' In English, it has ( Read more... )

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abusing_sarcasm January 4 2009, 04:16:45 UTC

kiss the herpetic lips of a male model

Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww...

My sympathies! :D

elysesewell January 4 2009, 04:20:28 UTC

The worst is having to gaze adoringly into their eyes for three hours straight. One of them once muttered, "You're getting me hard." Go to hell, dude, I'm trying to model a damn dress here.

apothecaries January 4 2009, 04:22:07 UTC

ew.

abusing_sarcasm January 4 2009, 04:22:33 UTC

Welcome to the glamorous world of modeling, folks! Lol...

He must be HARD UP if adoring staring is doing it for him!!! *snork*

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aftertheteacups January 4 2009, 04:17:50 UTC

i speak 7 languages, and the one with the most shades-of-grey is definitely arabic.

i'm a french teacher, and man, french vocabulary is dull.

oops; the seven i speak are german, english, french, spanish, italian, japanese & arabic.

greenlandgem January 4 2009, 04:22:30 UTC

I've heard Arabic is wonderfully subtle and descriptive!

I, sadly, am a monoglot - the result of growing up in a small town in Canada. I can get by in French, know a few random words of Danish and Greenlandic (which I pronounce hilariously poorly), but that's my limit. Very sad.

elysesewell January 4 2009, 04:23:55 UTC

I love Danish; I think it sounds hilarious.

nebula1500 January 4 2009, 04:57:01 UTC

The Swedes say that Danish is Swedish with a throat disease.

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spilledfiction January 4 2009, 04:19:44 UTC

It's always nice to see new interpretations of Priapus, Greek god of the man-bits!

sweet_pessimism January 4 2009, 04:40:24 UTC

Is he weighing himself in that picture? Talk about obsession.

punkybrister69 January 4 2009, 06:09:35 UTC

He's forever weighing himself. It's kind of his thing.
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No pun intended.

spilledfiction January 4 2009, 17:14:10 UTC

Yes, he is! (However, I'd like to note that in school my class all assumed it was a crane.)

apothecaries January 4 2009, 04:21:44 UTC

Oh lord. That last photo lol.

I want that for my lawn, then maybe my neighbors would leave me the fuck alone.

anonymous January 4 2009, 04:27:02 UTC

definitely has to be Arabic, such a poetic language!