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According to Memory Alpha, 'Star Trek Nemesis' director Stuart Baird did no research whatsoever before directing the film, and had never seen an episode of the show. Apparently, he thought that the characters Jean-Luc Picard and Geordi LaForge were aliens, and referred to actor LeVar Burton as "Laverne" throughout production.This explains a lot.
Because French people obviously come from outer space, apparently.
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Because French people obviously come from outer space, apparently.According to Memory Alpha, 'Star Trek Nemesis' director Stuart Baird did no research whatsoever before directing the film, and had never seen an episode of the show. Apparently, he thought that the characters Jean-Luc Picard and Geordi LaForge were aliens, and referred to actor LeVar Burton as "Laverne" throughout production.This explains a lot.
It's about as plausible as them having English accents :)
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Ignatius Loyola (the founder of the Jesuits) once fought a duel against a Moor to prove the divinity of Christ and won, luckily for him.
And just to be absolutely clear, when I say 'Moor', I do mean a bloody great hill and not a North African Arab.
Ignatius Loyola (the founder of the Jesuits) once fought a duel against a Moor to prove the divinity of Christ and won, luckily for him.
And just to be absolutely clear, when I say 'Moor', I do mean a bloody great hill and not a North African Arab.
And here I thought you meant an Amizagh (or Berber, to use a more common term).
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(1 Ga, for giga-annus)Tee hee. I bet this is the butt of a lot of jokes.
So many that it's been recorded in the anals of history.
Ignatius Loyola (the founder of the Jesuits) once fought a duel against a Moor to prove the divinity of Christ and won, luckily for him.
And just to be absolutely clear, when I say 'Moor', I do mean a bloody great hill and not a North African Arab.
he..fought a hill? That doesn't prove the divinity of christ so much as his lack of sanity.
he..fought a hill? That doesn't prove the divinity of christ so much as his lack of sanity.Ignatius Loyola (the founder of the Jesuits) once fought a duel against a Moor to prove the divinity of Christ and won, luckily for him.
And just to be absolutely clear, when I say 'Moor', I do mean a bloody great hill and not a North African Arab.
I was being silly - no hills were harmed during that particular fight.
New York's Central Park was opened in 1876.
My wife was born 100 years later.
Today is the 78th birthday of Bertil "Bebben" Larsson - we'll remember you through all our days.
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This better be the end of it.
Oh butt it isn't.
This better be the end of it.Oh butt it isn't.
Alass, I believe he's correct.
I can't believe you tukhes word for it...
A whale's penis is colloquially known as a pink floyd. And is prehensile.
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The only word with all the vowels in reverse order is subcontinental.
There's no ü, y, å, ä, ö, or Welsh w in that!
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The only word with all the vowels in reverse order is subcontinental.
Uncomplimentary.
Whenever someone posts that "[X] is the only word in the English langauge that [Y]," we need an unconscious caveat: "...that my lame inernet source was able to quickly name of off the top of his head, and without bothering to look around or think about it any more."
What about 'y'?
Whenever someone posts that "[X] is the only word in the English langauge that [Y]," we need an unconscious caveat: "...that my lame inernet source was able to quickly name of off the top of his head, and without bothering to look around or think about it any more."
They didn't even specify that it was alphabetical order; this thread has gone to the dogs in your absence, Kirth. :P
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What about 'y'?
Until it makes up its mind as to whether it's a vowel or a consonant, I think we can safely ignore it.
I also motion that ambiguous letters like "C," whose functions are easily superseded by more decisive letters (like "K" and "S") be abolished forthwith and without delay.
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I thought it was a Part-Time Employee of Vowel Corp.
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Why stop there?
Strawman, though -- the end spellings are largely impenetrable because (a) of the bizarre vowel changes/substitutions, which appear to have been made solely to make the spelling look more garbled, and (b) the use of existing letter symbols to mean things totally unrelated to their current usage.
If you followed a reasonably logical rule for vowels (like using sumbols over them to indicate long vs. short or dipthongs), and made up new symbols for "th" and so on, then the whole thing would be a lot more clear and intelligable. And you could get rid of lowercase letters entirely.
As far as "nobody except enthusiasts" speaking Esperanto, I cite no less a personage than James Bolivar ("Slippery Jim") diGriz.
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Why stop there?Strawman, though -- the end spellings are largely impenetrable because (a) of the bizarre vowel changes/substitutions, which appear to have been made solely to make the spelling look more garbled, and (b) the use of existing letter symbols to mean things totally unrelated to their current usage.
Isn't that how satire is supposed to work?
Isn't that how satire is supposed to work?
Maybe; I still tend to find the "humorous exaggeration" kind to be more effective on me than the "wholesale misrepresentation" kind.
There's no ü, y, å, ä, ö, or Welsh w in that!Did you know that cwm is a valid English word?
Thanks to a random cwm outside an elven city in the Forgotten Realms, yes.
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Thanks to a random cwm outside an elven city in the Forgotten Realms, yes.There's no ü, y, å, ä, ö, or Welsh w in that!Did you know that cwm is a valid English word?
Hey now! What happens in Forgotten Realms, stays in Forgotten Realms.
That "A World of Ice & Fire" is considered the most and least detailed Fantasy World at the same time with over 12 Millennium of History Laid out. But only the Major Events laid out.
Uncomplimentary.The only word with all the vowels in reverse order is subcontinental.
That dumb facts website lied to me!
That dumb facts website lied to me!
To paraphrase Carl Sagan, skepticism can function as a baloney-meter.
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This makes Cadderly's adamantine yo-yo a little more believable.
A substantial part of the settlers in New Sweden, founded on March 29th 1638, were Finns. According to at least one source they bonded with the local Native Americans over their love of saunas/whatever the local Delaware version was called.
And the penultimate governor of New Sweden had the last name "Papegoja" (Parrot).
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Honey will take on a bit of the flavor of whatever nearby plant life the bees are making use of. For example, if the hive is next to a stand of orange trees, the honey might have a slight citrus flavor.
On a similar line, red, green, and blue honey was produced by bees in France last year, making everyone perplexed. It was later discovered that the cause was a nearby M&M processing plant.