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Tova:
Today I learned that French composer Hector Berlioz, composer of much religious music, given a religious upbringing but became an avowed agnostic, remarked that Catholicism was "charming now that it no longer burns people."
If only he knew what was still coming.
Akima:
--- Quote from: Case on 10 Jul 2019, 09:26 ---This is unacceptable - I shall not rest until I have mastered the wedding ring, for the glory and honour of the Fatherland!
--- End quote ---
Imaginary pickelhaube intensifies!
Case:
--- Quote from: Akima on 25 Jul 2019, 16:38 ---
--- Quote from: Case on 10 Jul 2019, 09:26 ---This is unacceptable - I shall not rest until I have mastered the wedding ring, for the glory and honour of the Fatherland!
--- End quote ---
Imaginary pickelhaube intensifies!
--- End quote ---
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNKzPmUHelo
Akima:
Thanks to the German (probably Prussian ;)) officers who trained the Chinese National Army during the 1920s and 30s, you might say that it parrots that marching style:
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbWA51VwTHU
--- Quote from: Case on 10 Jul 2019, 09:26 ---Hmmmmh - I possess my peoples' innate aptitude for opening beer-bottles with practically anything lying around (actually, it's just visualizing the forces & a firm grip), but I've never heard of this one.
--- End quote ---
There's a link on that page to "German maths witchcraft", which is just the same as Chinese and Australian maths as far as I can tell (that is certainly how I was taught to do subtraction in junior school), with the exception of the thousands-separator and decimal point conventions. So not so much German magic of Nibilungs, as just ordinary outside the USA?
And LOL! I noticed this question, while googling for a link about German training of the Chinese army: "Why did China join World War II?" I would reply "We didn't! WW2 joined us!"
Akima:
It might be that everyone else already knew this, but I only just learned that if you move your mouse-cursor over the IPA pronunciation guides on Wikipedia pages, a tip pops up prompting you with the pronunciation of each letter.
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