tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post266114367395108661..comments2023-08-27T10:10:30.032+02:00Comments on Laws of Silence: A man, a plan, a canal: Apocalypse!Dauradehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-81404633956418386502011-05-12T09:28:34.114+02:002011-05-12T09:28:34.114+02:00Hey Gid. Yer right, Occitan and Catalan are quite...Hey Gid. Yer right, Occitan and Catalan are quite close. I've read that some linguists even them consider them dialects of the same language, but in comparisons I've seen one is as different from the other as Spanish and Portuguese. I guess one sense all the Romance tongues are extreme variations upon the other.<br /><br />Catalan is thriving though. It's a relatively small group Dauradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-37402541241732199672011-05-12T05:16:48.603+02:002011-05-12T05:16:48.603+02:00"Italians will evacuate Rome on Wednesday ove..."Italians will evacuate Rome on Wednesday over fears that a giant earthquake is coming following a seismologist's 1915 prediction that "the big one" would hit the capital on May 11, 2011."<br /><br /><a href="http://www.leaderpost.com/news/roads+lead+Rome+earthquake+prediction+empties+Rome/4758693/story.html" rel="nofollow">are the stone trying to touch?</a>The Gidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04222098025692029885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-76518092147808201142011-05-12T05:14:26.805+02:002011-05-12T05:14:26.805+02:00and here, this is hope, right?
http://en.wikipedi...and here, this is hope, right?<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aranese_languageThe Gidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04222098025692029885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-82094671327084536562011-05-12T05:13:01.712+02:002011-05-12T05:13:01.712+02:00oh, but I enjoyed that there comment, so ba plà, t...oh, but I enjoyed that there comment, so ba plà, two birds of a feather.<br /><br />my history's actually quite terrible, and I have a hard time picturing what is currently france/spain before it was so. not to mention the low lands. all the languages & separate peoples there? it astounds me.<br /><br />so pardon my ignorance & i'm pleased to hear these things.<br /><br />but The Gidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04222098025692029885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-46959912336486447022011-05-11T18:35:01.927+02:002011-05-11T18:35:01.927+02:00And sorry for being such a pedant in that there co...And sorry for being such a pedant in that there comment.Dauradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-45500929355705342852011-05-11T17:43:00.575+02:002011-05-11T17:43:00.575+02:00The Yellow Rose of Texas. I never knew it honored...The Yellow Rose of Texas. I never knew it honored a mulatto woman and that it was about a "darky" in love. I've heard the work "high-yellow" for light-skinned (presumably mixed race) blacks, but never linked it to the song. Thanks for that fact, Gid. Tucked away until needed again!<br /><br />The train of thought you have there raises a lot of issues. I think losing Dauradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-40941092829589347772011-05-11T16:54:34.309+02:002011-05-11T16:54:34.309+02:00Anonymous:
As much as I fancy a nod and a wink
I&...Anonymous:<br /><br />As much as I fancy a nod and a wink<br />I'd rather the universe buy me a drink!<br /><br />Gid:<br /><br />Yeah, that NOAA thing just struck me out of the blue. Do you suppose that's just a coincidence? If not, does it constitute a violation of church and state? ;) <br /><br />BTW, the flag for NOAA ships features a circle within a triangle, within a larger Dauradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-23671020995521557882011-05-11T06:28:50.040+02:002011-05-11T06:28:50.040+02:00Don't forget "The Yellow Rose of Texas&q...Don't forget <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Yellow_Rose_of_Texas_%28song%29" rel="nofollow"> "The Yellow Rose of Texas"</a>The Gidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04222098025692029885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-34805811291969112172011-05-11T06:00:58.010+02:002011-05-11T06:00:58.010+02:00OK - totally riffing of a string of "this-lea...OK - totally riffing of a string of "this-leads-to-that" thoughts:<br /><br />* You wrote: "Alzona could have worked its way from Iberia into the Occitan language which is still spoken today in a tiny corner of Catalonia and Italy and is the traditional (but dying) language of the Midi."<br /><br />* Wikipedia didn't make Occitan look dying until I read under <a href="httpThe Gidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04222098025692029885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-7102304317361777002011-05-11T05:40:48.263+02:002011-05-11T05:40:48.263+02:00NOAA, Noah -- ha, ha! Never made that connection.....NOAA, Noah -- ha, ha! Never made that connection...The Gidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04222098025692029885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-72135624271659565482011-05-11T02:16:41.844+02:002011-05-11T02:16:41.844+02:00"(It also just struck me that the US agency r..."(It also just struck me that the US agency responsible for monitoring weather and the oceans is NOAA; I just visited and the lead story says "Be safe about floods". I can't make this stuff up.)"<br /><br />That's just Universe winking at you. Don't be alarmed. <br /><br />-|Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-71670022066047688782011-05-10T18:00:18.624+02:002011-05-10T18:00:18.624+02:00For those who read French: http://polymathe.over-...For those who read French: http://polymathe.over-blog.com/article-la-legende-des-pierres-de-naurouze-montferrand-aude-52861693.htmlDauradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.com