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In NZ it is Waitangi Day on Feb 6th. It recognises when a treaty was signed between the British Crown and Maori tribes, basically creating one nation and ending the land wars (1840).
How different are local accents and dialects in your country (unless you live in England :))
Lol. A lot to tell.....The most annoying are the Moldovans. They pronounce ce/ci like she/shi and pe like pi. They sound really funny. Moldova is the poorest region of the country so if you also add the terrible accent, the Moldovan is perceived like an uneducated peasant ( good.....no Moldovans here on the forum to be offended). Then we have the proudly transylvanians ( like Ioan) who speak slowly with a lot of regionalisms and tend to use annoying pronunciations ( ex. s-o dus instead of s-a dus ). Generally they can't stand people from Book a Rest who they call "southerners". They start a phrase by saying interjections like'' ioi ''or ''no'', etc.
In Banat te may become ce, and de may become ge. In Oltenia they speak very fast and use a specific tense of the verb called simple perfect. Etc etc. What is simply wonderful about romanian language is that despite all these differences we speak the same language and can understand each other no matter the region we come from.
What foreign language do you think that sounds really good?
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Originally Posted by schmenke
(a) It has to be either Taiwan or Thailand, both of which I have visited in the course of my work, whichever is further from Britain.Quote:
Originally Posted by gadjo_dilo
(b) The language depends who is speaking - compare Marlene Dietrich and Adolf Hitler. Having said that, I think Italian sounds good
Do you love or loathe Christmas?
Don't loathe it but it can't bring me the joy it used to do în the past. Fair to say that I fear this year Christmas. It would be the first time I'll be alone at home just with my sick mum. Santa won't come, as usual, and I can't enjoy the traditional food sitting alone at the table.
To answer the q, for me Christmas still remains an important tee of the year, an important target for all my actions ( like „I have to finish....until Christmas”).
Have you ever played the role of Santa?
No. Not fat enough, not jolly enough, no reindeer in sight (and I'd probably put reindeer steaks on the grill if I had one of those animals), and I don't own a red suit though I do have a beard.
Do the decorations for Christmas go up too early where you live?
The beard should be white :laugh:Quote:
Originally Posted by Starter
Yes. Too early in my opinion. The malls are already full of decorated Christmas trees. The city christmas lights were lighted last weekend. However the small shops in the center of the city are still "clean".
What have you dreamed last time?
Nobody answers my question. I refuse to think that none of you dreams.......
I'll take it as if either you're ashamed to admit it or ashamed of what you dream.
:s :s
Well I considered answering but thought it was a boring answer.
I dream a lot. I can only remember a few snippets of the last dreams till early that morning unless it is some spectacular and memorable dream. Last night one of my dreams was about my sis-in-law's back problem and a visit to the doctor (she had a MRI scan done yesterday and we talked about it).
Not a very interesting last dream.
do you dream a lot or remember things clearly the next day?
For two months I sleep about 4 hours/night and then I sleep like a log so no time for dreams. I don't even hear anymore the phone notifications of mail, forum posts or fb.
But generally I forget the dreams unless they're very intense and have an emotional impact. Happily(or sadly?) my dreams never come true.
Do you snore?
No.
Do you read before going to sleep?