air conditioning may be making us fat
in [Europe]
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From: Dave Frightens Me on 20 Jul 2006 17:20 On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 07:39:27 -0500, barney2(a)cix.compulink.co.uk wrote: >Not really - purely on the basis of English and a couple of half-known >Romance languages, I can pretty well understand the first Esperanto >sentence I managed to find on the Web just now: > >La Akademio de Esperanto estas sendependa lingva institucio, kies tasko >estas konservi kaj protekti la fundamentajn principojn de la lingvo >Esperanto kaj kontroli gian evoluon. > >(The Academy of Esperanto is an independent linguistic institution, whose >task is to conserve and protect the fundamental principles of the >Esperanto language and control its evolution.) They chose 'kaj' for 'and'? What language does that come from? -- --- DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com --- --
From: Dave Frightens Me on 20 Jul 2006 17:22 On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 09:07:17 -0700, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <evgmsop(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > > >Martin wrote: > >> On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 11:58:41 +0200, Dave Frightens Me >> <deepfreudmoors(a)eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote: >> >> >>>On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 04:15:12 GMT, carolea7(a)comcast.net (Carole Allen) >>>wrote: >>> >>> >>>>On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 08:39:24 +0200, Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> >>>>wrote: >>>> >>>>>I don't know who the Aspergers are. >>>>> >>>>>-- >>>> >>>>Asperger's Syndrome: >>>>Individuals with AS can exhibit a variety of characteristics and the >>>>disorder can range from mild to severe. Persons with AS show marked >>>>deficiencies in social skills, have difficulties with transitions or >>>>changes and prefer sameness. They often have obsessive routines and >>>>may be preoccupied with a particular subject of interest. They have a >>>>great deal of difficulty reading nonverbal cues (body language) and >>>>very often the individual with AS has difficulty determining proper >>>>body space. Often overly sensitive to sounds, tastes, smells, and >>>>sights, the person with AS may prefer soft clothing, certain foods, >>>>and be bothered by sounds or lights no one else seems to hear or see. >>>>It's important to remember that the person with AS perceives the world >>>>very differently. Therefore, many behaviors that seem odd or unusual >>>>are due to those neurological differences and not the result of >>>>intentional rudeness or bad behavior, and most certainly not the >>>>result of "improper parenting". >>>> >>>>By definition, those with AS have a normal IQ and many individuals >>>>(although not all), exhibit exceptional skill or talent in a specific >>>>area. Because of their high degree of functionality and their naivet, >>>>those with AS are often viewed as eccentric or odd and can easily >>>>become victims of teasing and bullying. While language development >>>>seems, on the surface, normal, individuals with AS often have deficits >>>>in pragmatics and prosody. Vocabularies may be extraordinarily rich >>>>and some children sound like "little professors." However, persons >>>>with AS can be extremely literal and have difficulty using language in >>>>a social context. >>> >>>Damn, he's a textbook case. >> >> >> A whole bookshelf of them. > >Actually, he fits the description so well, I feel guilty >about baiting him! If it's an illness, the poor man can't >help it, so perhaps we should be urging him to seek >treatment, instead? I have damn well be trying to get him to do that! As he apparently can't help himself, what else is there left to do? -- --- DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com --- --
From: JohnT on 20 Jul 2006 17:31 "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <evgmsop(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message news:e9o7q90b09(a)news2.newsguy.com... > Your're crawling out onto another shaky limb, Mixi - why not stop talking > about things you know nothing about? > Pigs might fly! JohnT
From: EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) on 20 Jul 2006 21:27 The Reid wrote: > Following up to Carole Allen > > >>By definition, those with AS have a normal IQ and many individuals >>(although not all), exhibit exceptional skill or talent in a specific >>area. Because of their high degree of functionality and their naivet, > > > there was an autistic chap on the radio who could speak 10 > languages and recite pie to 2000 places but didnt know left from > right. I can relate to that! ;-)
From: dgs on 21 Jul 2006 00:51
Mxsmanic wrote: > As I have explained again, and again, and again, the symptoms of a > cold come from the immune response to the virus, not the virus itself. So? Who cares, you tedious long-winded dipshit? What does this have to do with traveling to or in Europe? -- dgs |