"Temporary" Venting Thread - Page 7

***Earniel*** · 10-15-2005, 12:13 PM

Well, I doubt you'll notice anything of it in South-Africa. But they bloody well changed some of the Dutch spelling rules again. (Intermediate 'n' mostly) While it already was a horrible complicated bog of silly rules with gazillion exceptions and fixed expressions, they went at it again. Not that they're doing such a good job at actually improving or simplifying it either.

I saw about three spelling changes when I was still in school. They were NO FUN. No fun at all! Stuff of nightmare and traumas, believe me.

I feel sorry for all those school kids too, who now can't resell their school books to the successive batch of students because the books can't be resold with the old spelling. I've been there. Bleh.

Andúril · 10-15-2005, 01:38 PM

Oh, I see. Terrible.

***Rían*** · 10-15-2005, 05:26 PM

Sounds like the Dutch bureaucrats have too much time on their hands! Sheesh! (Sheash?)

***Earniel*** · 10-15-2005, 05:41 PM

Not nearly too much time on their hands than barely enough sense in their head. *mutters darkly* There's a lot of criticism already on the new spelling and she hasn't even been implemented yet.

Pray you never enter the hell that is Dutch spelling. You do not know the peril you're in.

Linaewen · 10-15-2005, 07:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eärniel

While it already was a horrible complicated bog of silly rules with gazillion exceptions and fixed expressions, they went at it again. Not that they're doing such a good job at actually improving or simplifying it either.

What's the point of a spelling reform if it doesn't actually simplify/improve the system? Why have so many exceptions?

(As if the original spelling wouldn't have been full of enough exceptions!)

Vent: So little time left..so many exams. Sigh. I think I've already been so saturated with what I'm studying that I've started dreaming about surds.

+ some other things I have to think about...

trolls' bane · 10-16-2005, 06:33 PM

Well, this sorta reminds me of what happened while I was passing through Yucca Valley today.
All my life, I've been spelling it Restraunt, but now I have doubts as to it's correctness, because I saw a sign that spelled it something like Resturaunt (well, I don't really remember, but it was different from the way I'm used to it being spelled).

Linaewen · 10-16-2005, 07:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by trolls' bane

Well, this sorta reminds me of what happened while I was passing through Yucca Valley today.
All my life, I've been spelling it Restraunt, but now I have doubts as to it's correctness, because I saw a sign that spelled it something like Resturaunt (well, I don't really remember, but it was different from the way I'm used to it being spelled).

As far as I know, it's only spelt the one way: restaurant. Btw, if you pronounced it 'restraunt' in my Aussie accent, you'd sound really weird

, though I suppose it's ok in the American accent.

trolls' bane · 10-16-2005, 07:43 PM

It sounds the same either way, in fact the similarity influenced my spelling of it.

***HOBBIT*** · 10-16-2005, 07:46 PM

there is only one way to spell restaurant. lol. We do pronounce it "restraunt" though.

trolls' bane · 10-16-2005, 08:00 PM

Well, I'll re-adjust my ways as best I can.

Andúril · 10-17-2005, 03:06 AM

Just when I thought I had it in the bag, a buddy goes and posts this:

"Strawberry Jaguar"

trolls' bane · 10-17-2005, 10:06 PM

Wow! Still good photography! You've beat'm before!

Linaewen · 10-18-2005, 06:45 AM

Ooooh, that picture is beautiful... sorry.

VENT: I think I'm coming down with a friggen cough. I haven't even had asthma in ages. Nice time to crop up - damn exam time!!

I've been trying to de-stress myself so this doesn't happen!

Mercutio · 10-18-2005, 04:41 PM

People just can't tell me at a meeting (scheduled 5 days in advance that I've made an effort to attend) that most people couldn't come to it so there's another meeting ...surprise...tomorrow! less than 24 hour notice for a meeting when I've had something else scheduled then for weeks?? and I can't change it (yes I even made the effort).

You'll just have to miss me...but I better not be punished for missing it.

I have so many issues with this extracurricular (mock trial) and scheduling (usually music lessons)...and it almost always is because the teacher/coaches decide and change things at the last second. Then when I can't come because I have a prior commitment (and why should I make someone else change their schedule so much to fit me?) it's my fault and I'm not making a big enough effort ("You're missing to many meetings" or "oh...you weren't here then, were you")

They should be happy I try as hard as I do to make the meetings and that so far my music teachers have been willing to change my lessons so last minute to fit mock trial.

I told my mom meetings for Nov & Dec will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays (we decided that today.) She said...is that definite? My response "as definite as it ever will be. Tuesdays and Thursdays until they decide the day before to make it Wednesday or Monday or Saturday"

ohhhhh

trolls' bane · 10-20-2005, 01:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mercutio

People just can't tell me at a meeting (scheduled 5 days in advance that I've made an effort to attend) that most people couldn't come to it so there's another meeting ...surprise...tomorrow! less than 24 hour notice for a meeting when I've had something else scheduled then for weeks?? and I can't change it (yes I even made the effort).

You'll just have to miss me...but I better not be punished for missing it.

I have so many issues with this extracurricular (mock trial) and scheduling (usually music lessons)...and it almost always is because the teacher/coaches decide and change things at the last second. Then when I can't come because I have a prior commitment (and why should I make someone else change their schedule so much to fit me?) it's my fault and I'm not making a big enough effort ("You're missing to many meetings" or "oh...you weren't here then, were you")

They should be happy I try as hard as I do to make the meetings and that so far my music teachers have been willing to change my lessons so last minute to fit mock trial.

I told my mom meetings for Nov & Dec will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays (we decided that today.) She said...is that definite? My response "as definite as it ever will be. Tuesdays and Thursdays until they decide the day before to make it Wednesday or Monday or Saturday"

ohhhhh

Once again, I know what you're talking about...

***Tessar*** · 10-21-2005, 10:36 AM

I hate math.

I have a test today, and I know how to start most of the problems, but I've got NO clue how to finish them.

I am -so- screwed. I've been to tutoring and everything but I still don't get it.

brownjenkins · 10-21-2005, 11:08 AM

what level of math?

***Tessar*** · 10-21-2005, 11:23 AM

The easy stuff

. Algebra with Calculus for Business.

***Tessar*** · 10-21-2005, 04:00 PM

Well I -think- I got three answers right. :rolleyes

The rest I was only able to start the formulas for--I couldn't remember what do to once I'd set them up and worked them half-way through. Argh.

I'm going to be very lucky to walk away with a D. -VERY- lucky.

Mercutio · 10-21-2005, 06:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tessar

Well I -think- I got three answers right. :rolleyes

The rest I was only able to start the formulas for--I couldn't remember what do to once I'd set them up and worked them half-way through. Argh.

I'm going to be very lucky to walk away with a D. -VERY- lucky.

What exactly is Algebra with Calculus? I'm wondering how you can add a little calculus to algebra without having to know the algebra in the first place to do the calculus?

Sorry about it, Tessar

10-15-2005, 12:13 PM	#121
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Well, I doubt you'll notice anything of it in South-Africa. But they bloody well changed some of the Dutch spelling rules again. (Intermediate 'n' mostly) While it already was a horrible complicated bog of silly rules with gazillion exceptions and fixed expressions, they went at it again. Not that they're doing such a good job at actually improving or simplifying it either. I saw about three spelling changes when I was still in school. They were NO FUN. No fun at all! Stuff of nightmare and traumas, believe me. I feel sorry for all those school kids too, who now can't resell their school books to the successive batch of students because the books can't be resold with the old spelling. I've been there. Bleh. __________________ We are not things.

10-15-2005, 05:26 PM	#123
*Rían* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	Sounds like the Dutch bureaucrats have too much time on their hands! Sheesh! (Sheash?) __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva!

10-15-2005, 05:41 PM	#124
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Not nearly too much time on their hands than barely enough sense in their head. mutters darkly There's a lot of criticism already on the new spelling and she hasn't even been implemented yet. Pray you never enter the hell that is Dutch spelling. You do not know the peril you're in. __________________ We are not things.

10-16-2005, 06:33 PM	#126
trolls' bane Entmoot Secretary of the Treasury Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Campsite-by-Giraffe Posts: 5,408	Well, this sorta reminds me of what happened while I was passing through Yucca Valley today. All my life, I've been spelling it Restraunt, but now I have doubts as to it's correctness, because I saw a sign that spelled it something like Resturaunt (well, I don't really remember, but it was different from the way I'm used to it being spelled). __________________ KI6PFA Amateur Radio Operator

10-16-2005, 07:43 PM	#128
trolls' bane Entmoot Secretary of the Treasury Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Campsite-by-Giraffe Posts: 5,408	It sounds the same either way, in fact the similarity influenced my spelling of it. __________________ KI6PFA Amateur Radio Operator

10-15-2005, 01:38 PM	#122
Andúril The Original Corruptor Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,881	Oh, I see. Terrible.

10-16-2005, 07:46 PM	#129
*HOBBIT* Saviour of Entmoot Admiral Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: NC/NJ (no longer Same place as bmilder.) Posts: 61,986	there is only one way to spell restaurant. lol. We do pronounce it "restraunt" though. __________________ President Emeritus (2000-2004) Private message (or email) me if you need any assistance. I am here to help! "I'm up to here with cool, ok? I'm so amazingly cool you could keep a side of meat in me for a month. I am so hip I have difficulty seeing over my pelvis" - Zaphod Beeblebrox Latest Blog Post: Just Quit Facebook? No One Cares!

10-16-2005, 08:00 PM	#130
trolls' bane Entmoot Secretary of the Treasury Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Campsite-by-Giraffe Posts: 5,408	Well, I'll re-adjust my ways as best I can. __________________ KI6PFA Amateur Radio Operator

10-17-2005, 03:06 AM	#131
Andúril The Original Corruptor Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,881	Just when I thought I had it in the bag, a buddy goes and posts this: "Strawberry Jaguar"

10-17-2005, 10:06 PM	#132
trolls' bane Entmoot Secretary of the Treasury Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Campsite-by-Giraffe Posts: 5,408	Wow! Still good photography! You've beat'm before! __________________ KI6PFA Amateur Radio Operator

10-18-2005, 06:45 AM	#133
Linaewen Fair Dinkum Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 2,319	Ooooh, that picture is beautiful... sorry. VENT: I think I'm coming down with a friggen cough. I haven't even had asthma in ages. Nice time to crop up - damn exam time!! I've been trying to de-stress myself so this doesn't happen!

10-18-2005, 04:41 PM	#134
Mercutio Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Narnia Posts: 1,656	People just can't tell me at a meeting (scheduled 5 days in advance that I've made an effort to attend) that most people couldn't come to it so there's another meeting ...surprise...tomorrow! less than 24 hour notice for a meeting when I've had something else scheduled then for weeks?? and I can't change it (yes I even made the effort). You'll just have to miss me...but I better not be punished for missing it. I have so many issues with this extracurricular (mock trial) and scheduling (usually music lessons)...and it almost always is because the teacher/coaches decide and change things at the last second. Then when I can't come because I have a prior commitment (and why should I make someone else change their schedule so much to fit me?) it's my fault and I'm not making a big enough effort ("You're missing to many meetings" or "oh...you weren't here then, were you") They should be happy I try as hard as I do to make the meetings and that so far my music teachers have been willing to change my lessons so last minute to fit mock trial. I told my mom meetings for Nov & Dec will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays (we decided that today.) She said...is that definite? My response "as definite as it ever will be. Tuesdays and Thursdays until they decide the day before to make it Wednesday or Monday or Saturday" ohhhhh __________________ Mike nodded. A sombre nod. The nod Napoleon might have given if somebody had met him in 1812 and said, "So, you're back from Moscow, eh?". Interested in C.S. Lewis? Visit the forum dedicated to one of Tolkien's greatest contemporaries.

10-21-2005, 10:36 AM	#136
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	I hate math. I have a test today, and I know how to start most of the problems, but I've got NO clue how to finish them. I am -so- screwed. I've been to tutoring and everything but I still don't get it.

10-21-2005, 11:08 AM	#137
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10-21-2005, 11:23 AM	#138
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	The easy stuff . Algebra with Calculus for Business.

10-21-2005, 04:00 PM	#139
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	Well I -think- I got three answers right. :rolleyes The rest I was only able to start the formulas for--I couldn't remember what do to once I'd set them up and worked them half-way through. Argh. I'm going to be very lucky to walk away with a D. -VERY- lucky.