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minkhollow1) If you were to magically become Super Fluent in any language that has ever existed ever, which language would that be? Why?
...Too many choices!
::dithers::
I don’t know for sure, but probably some really really obscure thing wot hardly anyone (if that) knows anymore. just because I’m strange like that.
2) Turtle or tortoise?
I think turtle. I mean, they’ve both got their Discworld moments but turtles have more. (And the ones in Finding Nemo were cool, too.)
3) Three-is it a magic number? If not, what is your favorite number? Any particular reason, or just one of those Because It Is things?
I don’t think magic as such. I sort of adopted 12 as my lucky number at one point - don’t recall the reason, and don’t really think of it in that respect these days. 42 is probably my *favorite* favorite number due to the whole Answer thing, i is fun times (‘cause, dude. It’s IMAGINARY.), and five is a good number for comments, for some reason. Don’t know why I think that.
4) Describe one poster you have in your room. (Unless you don’t have any in which case I will write you a new question.)
Actually I was just considering changing most of my posters, since they’re nearly all old Miami basketball things. But the one that’s not going anywhere (is framed, even) is my BNL poster. It’s blue and the band’s all just sort of standing there, and only one of them’s looking at the camera.
5) Name one children’s author whom you would dearly love to either preserve for all time, possibly as a zombie (special fish and some sort of veg, I believe) or revive from the dead, also possibly as a zombie.
...Okay, that has to be the weirdest question ever. XD
I’ll have to go with Louis Sachar, seeing as the Wayside School books are sheer brilliance.
Morgan, I saw your request for some - am trying to think some up. No, really. I've got one so far. (ETA: They're done, and posted where you asked for them.) Anyone else who wants questions, just say so - I'll do what I can. (Might take a while, though.)
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Date: 2004-01-31 02:25 pm (UTC)So like...Aramaic or something? I only mention Aramaic because if you spoke it then possibly you would be Jesus.
3) Of course, forty-two! I should have known. Heh. i is nice. Except for working in fours. (i negative one negative i one! <-good chant) Because four is teh Evil Number of Deeeath.
5) I'm very proud of that question and its reception as the weirdest question ever. And Wayside School is brilliant. Although that one book what was all math made my head hurt.
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Date: 2004-01-31 02:44 pm (UTC)3) Yes, you should have known. And four is not evil!
5) I remember that one. Don't own it, but I remember it.
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Date: 2004-01-31 02:52 pm (UTC)3) Four is evil in my head? Also China, Korea, and Japan.
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Date: 2004-01-31 02:57 pm (UTC)3) Did you ever see that one 'Axis of Just as Evil' thing that was going around? This was... last year, two years ago, I dunno. Couldn't tell you where to find it either, but your list of countries there reminded me of it.
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Date: 2004-01-31 03:03 pm (UTC)3) No, I don't think so. I only listed those because those are the only countries I know for sure where four=death.
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Date: 2004-01-31 03:13 pm (UTC)3) ...?
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Date: 2004-01-31 03:18 pm (UTC)But I probably haven't explained right. Er.
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Date: 2004-01-31 03:39 pm (UTC)Re:
Date: 2004-01-31 04:07 pm (UTC)(Probably Japan borrowed the pronounciations (adapted somewhat) along with the characters.)
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Date: 2004-01-31 04:12 pm (UTC)(And yes, probably. The Borrowers! ...er.)
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Date: 2004-01-31 04:30 pm (UTC)I'm not really sure about Mandarin's origins, though. Is it a constructed language? 'Cos I think I remember something about it being a conglomeration of different Chinese languages to make a standard language. Or something. Which would change everything.
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Date: 2004-01-31 04:38 pm (UTC)Re:
Date: 2004-01-31 05:12 pm (UTC)'Shi' in Japanese is the pronunciation for the kanji death, and is also one of two pronunciations for the number four (shi and yon). It is therefore an unlucky number. They skip the fourth floor and the fourth door in every hospital for that reason. Also, just completely randomly, white is the colour of death and mourning, not black.
Does that help anyone?
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Date: 2004-01-31 05:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-01-31 05:31 pm (UTC)Apparently this applies to China, too. The skipping the fourth floor and white being the color of death/mourning, that is. (We learnt about it in Mandarin class.) Cultural plagiarism!
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Date: 2004-01-31 05:53 pm (UTC)