http://www.translatorscafe.com/cafe/MegaBBS/forum-view.asp?forumid=31 ТС форуми за дискусии Copyright ANVICA Software Development 2002-2012. All rights reserved. TC RSS Generator 10 Feb 2012 12:57 GMT http://www.translatorscafe.com/cafe/images/SteamingCup40.gif http://www.translatorscafe.com/cafe/MegaBBS/?showall=true /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread10025msg242962.htm#242962 Jacek K.: [QUOTE]Originally written by Nanna Mercer on May 23, 2009 5:30 PM How could it happen? [...] 2) in a state of dissonance, people will avoid information and situations that might increase the dissonance. ... 8 Feb 2012 22:00 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread9295msg242768.htm#242768 Jacek K.: [QUOTE]Originally written by Jacek K. on February 2, 2011 3:49 PM Translation Prizes 2011 The Times Literary Supplement, together with the Translators Association of the Society of Authors, is pleased to announce the winners of this year's Translation Prizes [/QUOTE] [QUOTE]Originally written ... 7 Feb 2012 20:09 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread935msg242698.htm#242698 Pierre Demaere: Thank you for the interesting article. I find these people dinosaurs who hold on to their past and their knowledge like a cat, its kittens, laughable. These people are so anti-progress that they are probably still using the typewriter! I doubt that they are still fetching the water at the well or ... 7 Feb 2012 03:31 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread935msg242683.htm#242683 S. R.: This delightful article embraces various threads in the EN forum, incl spelling "reform" and...um..."good" writing. http://www.weeklystandard.com/author/jack-lynch Repudiating the dictionary in question (and all other American dictionaries save the Oxford American ) is the ... 7 Feb 2012 02:29 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread120msg242509.htm#242509 Nanna Mercer: [QUOTE]Originally written by Jacek K. on December 21, 2011 5:14 PM kettling [/QUOTE] Might this, perchance, have anything to do with black pots and pans calling kettles... ;-) 5 Feb 2012 00:41 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread120msg242506.htm#242506 Jacek K.: [QUOTE]Originally written by Jacek K. on November 17, 2011 4:10 PM The discussion on bring/take and the parallel come/go continues on http://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2011/11/bring-take.html : New Yorkers aren’t the only ones who stray from the traditional rules for using “bring” ... 5 Feb 2012 00:35 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread935msg242320.htm#242320 Nanna Mercer: [QUOTE]Originally written by d f on February 3, 2012 2:26 PM ...will probably just keep biting my "elitist-senior-set-in-my- ways"'s tongue ;) [/QUOTE] :-O I just dragged 15KG of birdseed home in my very senior, but not the least bit elitist, arms that now hurt and shake so much that ... 3 Feb 2012 19:37 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread935msg242316.htm#242316 d f: [QUOTE]Originally written by Nanna Mercer on February 3, 2012 2:14 PM Two almost identical words: thrive and strive. [/QUOTE] Thank you, Nanna, for posting this. It hurt my eyes too when I saw 'strive' used and quoted instead of your earlier 'thrive' on another thread. Almost feel ... 3 Feb 2012 19:26 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread935msg242313.htm#242313 Nanna Mercer: Two almost identical words: thrive and strive. Thesaurus Legend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms Verb 1. thrive - grow vigorously; "The deer population in this town is thriving"; "business is booming" flourish , expand , boom revive - be brought back to life, consciousness, or ... 3 Feb 2012 19:14 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread5221msg242268.htm#242268 Jacek K.: U.S. Press Freedom Is Now 47th in the World Here are a few of the countries that, according to watchdog Reporters Without Borders, currently enjoy greater press freedom than the United States: Ghana, South Africa, El Salvador, Niger, Mali, Jamaica, Slovakia, Uruguay, and virtually all of the ... 3 Feb 2012 14:54 GMT