I don't doubt that Katy knows this, but I suppose I would have reacted in a similar way if somebody had called me, 62, "kid" or "boy". Or, maybe, we should regard such labels as praise of our still being young at heart?Chica = girl, mon amie.. . .Dude? "chica?"
Katy
trick questions and other entertaimnments
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- Grand Panjandrum
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"Actually", she says drily, "I do know this", which is Why I said it the way I did.I don't doubt that Katy knows this*,Chica = girl, mon amie.
thanks for the vote of confidence.
Katy
I speak more Spanish than I can spell, but I get along fine in the hispanic community.
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Well, I speak no Portuguese, so the original came from the SYSTRANet link on the AlphaDictionary site, which has this admonishment:O comedor de vegetais, vai com carne?O comedor de Vegatable, vai com carne!
Brazilian dude
Remember, only trained human professionals can provide perfect translations.
Then again, a friend of mine told me that long ago, an early translation of a Japanese motorcycle manual had the following admonition:
Which is actually a pretty poetic way to put it!Beware the wet curve, for therein lurks the skid demon.
Regards//Larry
"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee
"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee
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By way of review:
It's a simple question of geography, latitude, longitude, and map-reading skills. Many people think in terms of the Continental or Coterminus United States, not the 50 United States, so they pick Maine for North and East, Florida for South, and Califorina, Oregon, or Washington for West, but the correct answers are:
Northernmost: Alaska, Barrow is above the Arctic Circle, much father North than Maine.
Southernmost: Hawaii Hawaii is farther south than Cuba. In this case, the OneLook Dictionary is wrong!
Westernmost: Alaska
Easternmost: Alaska
Now the question is: How can Alaska be both the Easternmost and the Westernmost state?
The Aleutian Island chain in Alaska crosses the 180 degree meridian, so some of the Aleutians have an Eastern Longitude, placing them East of the Atlantic coast states.
And the answers are:OK, here's a geography question.
Name the northernmost, southernmost, westernmost, and eastermnost states of the United States of America.
Answers will be posted in a day or so to give time for guesses.
It's a simple question of geography, latitude, longitude, and map-reading skills. Many people think in terms of the Continental or Coterminus United States, not the 50 United States, so they pick Maine for North and East, Florida for South, and Califorina, Oregon, or Washington for West, but the correct answers are:
Northernmost: Alaska, Barrow is above the Arctic Circle, much father North than Maine.
Southernmost: Hawaii Hawaii is farther south than Cuba. In this case, the OneLook Dictionary is wrong!
Westernmost: Alaska
Easternmost: Alaska
Now the question is: How can Alaska be both the Easternmost and the Westernmost state?
The Aleutian Island chain in Alaska crosses the 180 degree meridian, so some of the Aleutians have an Eastern Longitude, placing them East of the Atlantic coast states.
Regards//Larry
"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee
"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee
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