http://www.translatorscafe.com/cafe/MegaBBS/forum-view.asp?forumid=66 منتديات TC للمناقشة Copyright ANVICA Software Development 2002-2012. All rights reserved. TC RSS Generator 10 Feb 2012 12:49 GMT http://www.translatorscafe.com/cafe/images/SteamingCup40.gif http://www.translatorscafe.com/cafe/MegaBBS/?showall=true /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread724msg242662.htm#242662 Jacek K.: ...But who cares anyway? From http://nancyfriedman.typepad.com/away_with_words/2012/01/slutty-in-a-good-way.html : "... Eggslut’s the name, and the proprietors aren’t ashamed about it. Eggslut truck, via Yelp . Slut has been getting around in brand names. I’d already known ... 6 Feb 2012 23:01 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread724msg242661.htm#242661 Jacek K.: I love this one because the Polish slang word syf (plural: syfy ) (short for syphilis ) is used for things that suck, i.e., are crap. Also, when you have syfy on your face, you've got pimples. There must be something internationally sucking about all that (regardless of the fact that Polish ... 6 Feb 2012 22:56 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread2827msg242606.htm#242606 Jacek K.: What about the language of thought (LOT) hypothesis whereby we think in a mentalese? Would such an internal cognitive language influence our minds? 6 Feb 2012 01:37 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread2827msg242579.htm#242579 Marcel Gomez Galarza: [QUOTE]Originally written by Dodo Kaipdodo on August 27, 2010 1:07 PM [QUOTE]Originally written by Jacek K. on August 27, 2010 12:48 PM Does Your Language Shape How You Think? [/QUOTE] No, it does not. It is languages, partly. And I do not like opposing language against culture. Yet, I`m not sure, ... 5 Feb 2012 10:36 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread167msg242513.htm#242513 Jacek K.: [QUOTE]Originally written by Jacek K. on May 11, 2011 2:39 PM [QUOTE]Originally written by Jacek K. on April 15, 2011 11:51 AM This pattern of decreasing diversity with distance, similar to the well-established decrease in genetic diversity with distance from Africa, implies that the origin of ... 5 Feb 2012 00:53 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread1233msg242036.htm#242036 Jacek K.: Glossary of journalists’ jargon . 1 Feb 2012 20:25 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread13147msg242027.htm#242027 Jacek K.: Dictionary of Slang 1 Feb 2012 20:03 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread20161msg241972.htm#241972 Dodo Kaipdodo: [QUOTE]Originally written by Nanna Mercer on January 31, 2012 6:32 PM Perhaps the topic is connected to iconicity? [/QUOTE] Might well be, as well, but what I`m curious about is there's another sign, also mostly used by kids, which consists in sticking your thumbs in your ears and waggling your ... 31 Jan 2012 23:56 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread20161msg241971.htm#241971 Nanna Mercer: For those of you who do not know, why are these ASL signs for boy and girl the way they are? To do the sign for "boy ," grab an imaginary baseball cap on your forehead. This sign also can mean MALE and is one of the versions of MAN. BOY: The sign for "Girl" is made by forming ... 31 Jan 2012 23:32 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread20161msg241959.htm#241959 Dodo Kaipdodo: A curious thing... A phenomenon (a thing) exists, but there`s no word (noun) to define it. Seems every language has (not?) some such. I do believe it worth discussing. With sincere thanks to Alison, I give you this . Anything of the kind? Thank you! 31 Jan 2012 21:02 GMT