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https://www.mariokart64.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl Historical >> Karter Contest 2K16 >> A good ol' boy with a little something extra. https://www.mariokart64.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1463283955 Message started by Saint Nicholas de la USA on 05/14/16 at 19:45:55 |
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Title: A good ol' boy with a little something extra. Post by Saint Nicholas de la USA on 05/14/16 at 19:45:55 I'm entering this Karter Contest representing a certain demographic that I feel isn't represented much in the Kart community. You know which one. It's those of us who drink ice-cold sweet tea, from a drinking glass with the American Flag stars 'n stripes on it. It's those among us who will only do work on Sunday, the Sabbath, if it is absolutely necessary. It's the people who devote Sunday to worship and family. We either go to church on Sunday morning, and those who don't watch John Hagee on the Trinity Broadcasting Network, well... religiously! I stand for people who have the rest of eternity in mind, and not just their time on this Earth, who thank the Lord for everything good in their lives and turn to Him when things aren't as good. I speak for all of those who keep a gun in their home to defend their family and property, and for those who still believe in disciplining children properly-- with a belt or a switch-- and make sure that at an early age they say "Yes ma'am" and "Yes sir", "No ma'am" and "No sir". To say "Please" when they ask somebody to do something for them, and "Thank you" when somebody does something for them. I represent all of those who highly respect the United States armed forces, if they aren't part of it themselves. I'm here for those who are not afraid to express their social or political opinions through their T-shirts, bumper stickers, or what have you, and those who take pride in voting for their favorite political candidates in November because not everybody in the world has the right to vote or to express their opinions. I also stand for everyone who is proud and thankful to call America home and proudly displays the American flag in front of their home. I stand for the people who want to keep Christ in Christmas, and exercise freedom to deny a marriage license or whatever to a same-sex couple... should they feel as though it conflicts with their personal beliefs. I stand for anybody who wants to bring prayer back into public schools and, failing that, raise their child in a religious private school that will make sure they know how to worship the one person who can give them eternal life. I stand for the everyday American. But, in many other ways, I am not an everyday American. The everyday American may not be able to find nearly every country and territory on a map and identify its capital and flag. The everyday American might not be able to complete a Saturday New York Times crossword... in 10 minutes. Nor has the everyday American probably completed 10,000 New York Times crosswords in six years. Or own more than 100 issues of National Geographic. The typical American doesn't have a Top 40 PAL timesheet on the SMK player's page and Non-NBT site. The average American isn't listening to a German radio station online, playing a song in German, as they write a post on this message board, and probably can't convert Cyrillic, Greek, or Japanese text into our Roman alphabet (and vice versa) or read it out loud. They probably can't tell whether a foreign text is written in Basque, Estonian, Welsh, or Georgian, instead just dismissing it as "some weird foreign language". Or describe the highway-numbering systems of countries as diverse as the UK, Spain, or Thailand. ("You mean they have Interstates in Turkey? Oh, excuse me, otoyol.") The average American probably doesn't watch Jeopardy! every single time it's on, and can't solve 90% of the "bonus round" puzzles on Wheel of Fortune. The average American probably also isn't looking forward to the return of the game show 500 Questions later this month, and doesn't often watch Idiotest or The Chase on the Game Show Network (and probably can't name all five "Chasers" on the UK version of the latter). The average American probably didn't score 165 on an IQ test at age 10, memorize the entire Greek alphabet at that same age, or win their district spelling bee at age 13. The average American kid doesn't get straight 99-percentile scores on standardized tests. Le plupart des americains ne peuvent pas liser cette phrase. Le plupart des americains peuvent liser et écrire seulement anglais, s'ils sont nés dans les États-Unis. Un americain typique prend un cours d'une langue étrange en lycée (parce qu'il faut), et oublie la langue rapidement. Un americain typique n'écrit pas à leurs amis étranges en français ou une autre langue que n'est pas anglais. Le plupart des gens mondiale peuvent employer deux (ou plus) langues. Mais, le plupart des gens americains (qui sont nés ici) ne peuvent pas. Mais je peux! I strive to have all the good qualities of a good American citizen, but keep an eye open to the world outside-- even though I have never even left this country-- and try not to be just another "stupid" American. A good old boy... with a little bit extra. 8-) |
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Title: Re: A good ol' boy with a little something extra. Post by eoJ on 05/14/16 at 21:50:04 Quote:
The majority of Americans cannot read this sentence. The majority of Americans can read and write only English, if they are born in the United States. A typical American takes one class of one different language in [I don't know this word] (because he does?), and forgets the language quickly. A typical American can't write to their friends in French or another language that isn't English. The majority of people in the world can use two (or more) languages. But, the majority of American people (who are born here) cannot. But I can! That should be pretty close, non? [smiley=beer.gif] |
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Title: Re: A good ol' boy with a little something extra. Post by Saint Nicholas de la USA on 05/14/16 at 22:03:29 Joe I didn't expect somebody to spoil it so soon :-X But I thought you'd at least know what lycée and il faut meant... ;) (Note: "he does" is il fait.) |
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Title: Re: A good ol' boy with a little something extra. Post by ラサヤ Ζα€ on 05/14/16 at 22:06:42 i can read a little bit of that but thats because i'm canadian...... they both share some unique words and phrases ö |
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Title: Re: A good ol' boy with a little something extra. Post by eoJ on 05/14/16 at 22:10:56 785F555E595A5745697E574440534F360 wrote:
Ah, dang. Similar looking words trip me up a lot. And I have never seen the word lycée before. Typically I use école for all things related to school, but my French isn't nearly as good as yours. [smiley=thumbsup.gif] |
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Title: Re: A good ol' boy with a little something extra. Post by Saint Nicholas de la USA on 05/14/16 at 22:49:35 That's a surprise. I thought you'd be a much better French speaker especially if you've actually been to France for the CDM. I don't claim to be very good at French at all. Just good for an American. 8-) I can't understand a French movie worth shit without English subtitles, I wouldn't consider my speech "fluent" at all (lots of hesitation-- and yes, I've tried speaking French with people from France, Lebanon, and Madagascar), and I still need to whip out a French-English dictionary sometimes when I write, and especially to read. I can write without one, and did in the above post, but my vocabulary just isn't that great, I may misspell something (but not too often), and I can have trouble with some verb forms as well. I think my pronunciation is okay, though, and I can do the nasalized vowels as well as making that "u" sound that distinguishes au-dessus from au-dessous, or chevaux from cheveux. Any Moroccan, Algerian, Tunisian, or Lebanese can probably use French as a second language better than I can, and probably lots of Flemish/Dutch-speaking Belgians, German-speaking Swiss, and yes, English-speaking Canadians too. Heck, a huge chunk of Africa's population probably speaks pretty good French despite not being native speakers (African languages are preferred at home), since it is an official language in numerous African countries, though they probably started learning it at a much earlier age than I did (especially if French is the medium of instruction in the schools, which it very well may be, as would be the case with any school in France itself whose students may largely speak Breton, Corsican, Basque, Catalan, etc. at home). But, it's really not like the average American to be showing any interest at all in learning to use a second language skillfully. There's virtually no incentive for someone in a place like Mississippi to want to be multilingual, especially with French, so I'm entirely self-motivated. N'est-ce pas? |
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Title: Re: A good ol' boy with a little something extra. Post by Chrono Krysster on 05/14/16 at 23:10:38 7C5B515A5D5E53416D7A534044574B320 wrote:
I'm a Frenchman born and raised in France and I understand nothing :-? ::) La plupart des américains ne peuvent pas lire cette phrase. La plupart des américains peuvent lire et écrire seulement l'anglais, s'ils sont nés aux États-Unis. Un américain typique prend un cours d'une langue étrangère au lycée (parce qu'il faut), et oublie la langue rapidement. Un américain typique n'écrit pas à leurs amis étrangers en français ou une autre langue qui n'est pas l'anglais. La plupart des gens au monde peuvent employer deux (ou plus) langues. Mais, la plupart des gens américains (qui sont nés içi) ne peuvent pas. Mais je peux! Ok it's clear now ^^ and your French is very good ;) 795E545F585B5644687F564541524E370 wrote:
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Wait U did it??? No BS? I'm not ok with everything you say/think but it's the reason I like you, so I wish you a merry KC! ;) http://img110.xooimage.com/files/d/8/3/dp-4f6106d.jpg |
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Title: Re: A good ol' boy with a little something extra. Post by Saint Nicholas de la USA on 05/14/16 at 23:30:26 Damnit, I forgot that lire was the base form of "to read". :P I was only thinking of je lis (which is the correct way to say "I read") but somehow overlooked the other forms of this verb. I told you I could get verbs wrong sometimes.... [smiley=lolk.gif] I can see why a lot of non-native speakers would have a lot of trouble with this. French has a ton of irregular verbs, just like English, often having lots of different forms that have to be learned by heart. (The verb meaning "to see" is another that gives me a ton of trouble, but I think its base form is voir.) Some verbs even look regular in their base form, such as prendre or mourir, but become completely different when you conjugate them. Heck, even the regulars (of which there are three kinds: -er, -ir, and -re) have a lot of versions that have to be learned if you want to have any kind of French proficiency. You have to learn how to suffix the verbs for present, past, and future tenses, and there's a special "tense" for each verb when I/you/he/she/it/we/they "would" perform an action; French doesn't actually have a word that means "would", nor is there one for "will". They're both verb suffixes in French, which change depending on the subject as well as the kind of verb, whether it's -er/-ir/-re (not to mention that irregulars often become completely different words) I imagine that Spanish and other Romance languages (Portuguese, Italian, etc.) behave similarly. In Spanish, where speakers usually drop subject pronouns, you have to know the suffixes in order to know who or what is performing an action. e.g. hablo = I speak; habla = he/she speaks You know how many suffixes regular verbs can have in English? Three. -s, -ed, -ing. |
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Title: Re: A good ol' boy with a little something extra. Post by Rhodechill on 05/14/16 at 23:32:01 Your IQ isnt 165 |
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Title: Re: A good ol' boy with a little something extra. Post by Antistar on 05/14/16 at 23:42:04 He said it was at 10, but didn't said this still stands. |
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Title: Re: A good ol' boy with a little something extra. Post by Saint Nicholas de la USA on 05/15/16 at 00:12:42 724B404A4A4D5C4B0E0E0E390 wrote:
I know it's strange for an English-speaking American to correct a Frenchman's French, but maybe you just mistyped. Do you ever need a cedilla under the c when it's already "soft" (i.e. S sound; preceding e, i, or y)? As far as I know, the cedilla is only used when the c precedes a, o, or u, which would normally give it a "hard" (K) sound. Often this happens when a suffix beginning with a, o, or u is added to a word containing a soft C (e.g. France -> français). Note that in Sami Çetin's last name, the Ç serves a different role, since it's Turkish; it denotes a "ch" sound, and is considered a separate letter in the Turkish alphabet. (S can also get a cedilla in Turkish, giving it the "sh" sound.) |
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Title: Re: A good ol' boy with a little something extra. Post by Chrono Krysster on 05/15/16 at 01:09:48 0D2A202B2C2F22301C0B223135263A430 wrote:
I know it's strange for an English-speaking American to correct a Frenchman's French, but maybe you just mistyped. Do you ever need a cedilla under the c when it's already "soft"[/quote] I know it's very confusing for you but ici is the correct word you right. I need to put a cedilla under this c it's a habit, and it's more than a figure of speech (style) now, it's a compulsion [smiley=lolk.gif] and I will never change my içi. |
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Title: Re: A good ol' boy with a little something extra. Post by Kleenex on 05/15/16 at 01:22:37 Lol, this helped me realizing how hard is French for foreigners lol. Je pense aussi que les Américains mériteraient d'avoir une majuscule étant donné que c'est un nom de peuple :P |
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Title: Re: A good ol' boy with a little something extra. Post by Chrono Krysster on 05/15/16 at 01:35:28 4C6B626269627F070 wrote:
Sait trait dificile pour les Français ossi, tu c'est ?! ;D |
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Title: Re: A good ol' boy with a little something extra. Post by Kleenex on 05/15/16 at 02:01:26 7A43484242455443060606310 wrote:
Sait trait dificile pour les Français ossi, tu c'est ?! ;D[/quote] dit pas sa ses pas genti de ce moqué EDIT: Wow I acutally wrote lol twice... lol. [smiley=lolk.gif] |
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Title: Re: A good ol' boy with a little something extra. Post by TvK on 05/15/16 at 02:01:35 Non, non, rien n'a changé. Tout, tout a continuééé, ééé, ééééh. |
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Title: Re: A good ol' boy with a little something extra. Post by Kleenex on 05/15/16 at 02:03:53 5D400B0 wrote:
Viens boire un petit coup à la maison ! #eoj [smiley=beer.gif] |
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Title: Re: A good ol' boy with a little something extra. Post by Humanoidgale on 05/15/16 at 02:59:47 4F6862696E6D60725E496073776478010 wrote:
This post would give Trump a big ole red, white and blue boner [ch127867] |
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Title: Re: A good ol' boy with a little something extra. Post by Mick on 05/15/16 at 03:57:56 0423292225262B3915022B383C2F334A0 wrote:
In my experience, this is far from true. Most people in the world will not even bother learning another language in their life, since well... they have no reason to for their daily lives (I took on English myself very early because of video games, that weren't widely translated back then). For the example of my country, I've seen so many people outright hating to learn English language, deeming it as useless for themselves and too different from French, even though we actually have borrowed a truckload of English words into our vocabulary. And for mediterranean countries (Spain, Italy...) it's even worse. Even for Canada, for which French is the official second language, the people from there I met in real life didn't know a once of French beyond "Bonjour" and "Au revoir". The french language seems exclusively restricted to Québec in that case. Donc tu peux être fier de savoir écrire dans une autre langue que la tienne, que nous pouvons comprendre, surtout une langue assez complexe et truffé d'exceptions comme le français. Et moi aussi parfois j'ai quand même besoin de sous-titres pour les "shows" en anglais, certains accents sont incompréhensibles... |
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Title: Re: A good ol' boy with a little something extra. Post by Kleenex on 05/15/16 at 09:26:40 0E282D382F04322E35346C5D0 wrote:
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Title: Re: A good ol' boy with a little something extra. Post by Saint Nicholas de la USA on 05/15/16 at 11:02:11 0325203522093F23383961500 wrote:
In my experience, this is far from true. Most people in the world will not even bother learning another language in their life, since well... they have no reason to for their daily lives (I took on English myself very early because of video games, that weren't widely translated back then).[/quote] Mick, this is the entire world we're referring to, not just the parts of North America and Europe that you've visited. 8-) Taking into consideration places like Africa, India, or Indonesia (as I've said in another thread, places that Western media cares little about, but which have a surprisingly huge chunk of the world's populaiton) it becomes understandable that over half of the world's population speaks a second language. I mentioned Africa earlier. In India, where there are over 20 national official languages, anybody whose native language isn't already Hindi (which is the majority of Indians) has to know Hindi, since it's the de facto lingua franca* of India, and English is highly important in India's job market, as well as being another of India's nationally official languages. In Indonesia, over 1,000 languages are spoken, no doubt due to the geographically fragmented nature of this country. Bahasa Indonesia is the official language of the country, but most Indonesians aren't native speakers, so... guess what? Let's not forget about all the people in former Soviet Republics who had to know Russian in addition to their Republic's language. I don't know how much prestige Russian still has in the former USSR outside of Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine, due to it practically being forced upon them by Russia during Soviet times, but I imagine that any ex-Soviet Republic native over the age of 30 or so can speak Russian, and may still use it to communicate with residents of other SSRs. (that's a useful "word" to know in crossword puzzles) Younger citizens may prefer to learn English, but Russian is probably still taught in schools from Estonia to Krygyzstan because historically it's been an important language to unify this 9-million-square-mile region of the world. Mick have you travelled all over your own country? In France itself, as I mentioned earlier, there are regions where the first language of many is Breton, Catalan, Basque, Alsatian, Corsican, or Occitan. Since they all have to know French, any native speaker of one of those languages is by definition multilingual, in addition to people like you who are native French speakers capable of using English. In Spain, speakers of Catalan, Basque, Galician, Asturian, Leonese, and Aragonese make up 20% of the country's population; because Castilian Spanish is the only nationwide standard, this fifth of Spaniards must know at least two languages-- Castilian and their regional language. That, and any Spaniard who has learned English, French, German, or another major European language. I'm sure there are quite a few of those-- considering Spain's location in Europe, and the number of British and German tourists the country no doubt gets, I would imagine that these three languages, and possibly Italian or even Latin, are very widely taught in the high schools across Spain. Italy's pretty linguistically diverse as well. German, Piedmontese, Genoese, Venetian, Friulian, Sicilian, and Sardinian are spoken by sizable numbers, but standard Italian is taught to all of them, as Italy has no other national official language. And as usual, plenty of Italian-speaking Italians are happy to pursue English, German, or French in their high school education, because of how useful these languages are for communicating with the rest of Europe and the world. Let's also give some thought to the Welsh and Scottish speakers in the UK, or the Irish speakers in Ireland. Frisian speakers in the Netherlands and Germany, Sorbian speakers in eastern Germany, and speakers of any other language in Europe that isn't official at the federal level, whether it's Romansch in Switzerland, Silesian in Poland, Hungarian in Romania/Slovakia/Austria, Sami in upper Scandinavia, or Ruthenian (aka Rusyn) in the Ukraine. Also, what about China. Over a billion people, and the Chinese language has numerous dialects that are not mutually intelligible. We all know Mandarin is the national standard, but how many Chinese (outside Beijing) are first-language speakers? Cantonese speakers in the south of the country also need to know Mandarin. So do the speakers of Tibetan in Tibet, or the Uyghurs in the Chinese Northwest. I'm guessing hundreds of millions in China can speak two or more languages, because from a speaking standpoint, Cantonese and Mandarian are different languages. They are simply written with the same Chinese characters. *Speaking of the phrase lingua franca, any guesses on the literal meaning of this Latin phrase? Yep, that's right. Historically French was a very important language to know anywhere, more important than English. Making it a literal lingua franca. English probably didn't become the main world language until America rose as an economic superpower within the last century or so. For much of European history, English was looked down upon as a "peasant's language" and this is why even today, English has taken so many words and phrases from French. |
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Title: Re: A good ol' boy with a little something extra. Post by Jet Stevens on 05/15/16 at 21:53:01 Let's sign a petition to get this man on Jeopardy! I can see it now, Alex Trebek: MS state champion of SMK/ current Jeopardy champion is back for his 60th straight day on the show! |
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Title: Re: A good ol' boy with a little something extra. Post by Saint Nicholas de la USA on 05/24/16 at 14:35:44 I just bought a new bottle of barbecue sauce today. It's called Saucy Q and it was made in Mobile. On the label it said, "We believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God." Now that's a company that deserves my money. I just hope the sauce is good too. 8-) |
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Title: Re: A good ol' boy with a little something extra. Post by Jet Stevens on 05/24/16 at 15:05:01 Is it good Nick? I'm not a religious man, but if its high fructose corn syrup free, I would def give it a try. |
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Title: Re: A good ol' boy with a little something extra. Post by Saint Nicholas de la USA on 05/27/16 at 18:28:04 Thanks to everyone who nominated me this year! I just finished listening to this song, by the way. It's more or less a reworking of the Hank Jr. classic "A Country Boy Can Survive". I remember this one from when I was a little kid and relived that magic with the 45 record of the song that I recently bought. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f7nGWPvnKw[/media] The lyrics are just as relevant now as they were in 1989... |
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Title: Re: A good ol' boy with a little something extra. Post by Humanoidgale on 05/29/16 at 00:21:46 Well since you posted that song then I guess this is an appropriate time to ask, can you skin a buck and run a trotline? |
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