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eldin raigmore
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| Kiri wrote: | I don't want to be a fun-ruiner, but I have an idea, that this conversation has gone far from being about resourses. :)
I would suggest to make a "conversation" thread in the Random Chat forum (if there isn't one already) ;)
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You're right. It should be split at about killerken's post Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 3:56 am and from there until the next "resources" one should be moved to Random Chat. IMO. Or something like that, IMHO.
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Speaking of resources:
Look at
http://languagelink.let.uu.nl/tds/main.html#home[0]
and at
http://stresstyp-test.leidenuniv.nl/form2b.htm .
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| Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 3:28 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | It should be split at about killerken's post |
Ooops... 
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eldin raigmore
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| Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 12:35 am Post subject: |
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| killerken wrote: | | Ooops... |
Don't feel embarrassed or guilty. It had been gradually drifting for some time. It's just that that post is the earliest post for which it, and all subsequent posts, were not-at-all about the original topic.
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| Here you go. ^_____^ =D |
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| So... does anyone here celebrate the summer solstice? |
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| Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 2:42 am Post subject: |
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| In America, it mostly goes unnoticed. |
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| Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 5:52 am Post subject: |
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| Kiri wrote: | | So... does anyone here celebrate the summer solstice? |
No, but I celebrate the winter one. Summer isn't really my favorite season. |
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Well yeah, it would kinda take an awful lot of effort to go without noticing the Jāņi (John's day) in Latvia - it's the national day of getting drunk, eating cheese and having text in the ferns ("looking for the fern bloom")  Many people hate this day, to be honest (aside of them, who use this chance to officially get drunk ) |
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| Interesting, I've never heard of that! Is Jāņi the summer soltice celebration in Latvia? If so, why is it named John's Day? |
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eldin raigmore
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| Tolkien_Freak wrote: | | In America, it mostly goes unnoticed. |
The 4th of July is 12 days after the summer solstice.
Flag Day is 8 days before the summer solstice.
Lots of wedding days are near the summer solstice.
So summer-solstice time, if by that we mean "a week or two around the summer solstice", definitely doesn't go un-celebrated.
The day itself -- June 22 (or June 21 or whenever) -- doesn't get celebrated as "the summer solstice", though it is usually noticed.
So I disagree with T_F about it going "mostly unnoticed" in America; and I'd answer the O.P.'s question with "well, yes, in a rough sort of approximate way, it does get celebrated."
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I certainly celebrated the solstice, although I was alone in doing so. Nobody else seemed to care much.
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| Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 11:33 pm Post subject: |
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| eldin raigmore wrote: | | Tolkien_Freak wrote: | | In America, it mostly goes unnoticed. |
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So I disagree with T_F about it going "mostly unnoticed" in America; and I'd answer the O.P.'s question with "well, yes, in a rough sort of approximate way, it does get celebrated." |
I was not aware of that. I know I don't generally notice it, but I guess it sort of happens to get noticed. |
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I wished random people a "happy first day of summer," but I was inside playing video games most of that day so I didn't say it to many people. (^_^) I'd much rather celebrate summer than winter; though, I'm very fond of fall because of the lovely American tradition of controlling time, and we get that "extra hour" of sleep. Also I'm in school, and I like school. 
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Wait, you're in school in the summer?
*Oh, in fall. NVM.
I'd rather celebrate winter, I've lived in hot places (Arizona and Texas) for all of my life that I've been old enough to remember. I like coldness.
It's supposed to be friggin 102 F here in Austin today. (39 C) |
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| Tolkien_Freak wrote: | | It's supposed to be friggin 102 F here in Austin today. (39 C) |
I'm glad I don't have anything to do outside today.
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| Tolkien Freak wrote: | Wait, you're in school in the summer?
*Oh, in fall. NVM.
It's supposed to be friggin 102 F here in Austin today. (39 C)
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Actually, if they had 3rd year Japanese in the summer I'd totally be taking it right now. I'll be in school next summer, though.
That's hoooooooot... I think I would die, since I have to work outside. (^_^) Stay cool, T_F!
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| achemel wrote: | | That's hoooooooot... I think I would die, since I have to work outside. (^_^) Stay cool, T_F! |
I'll do my best. I'm glad I'm not an outdoors-sportsy kind of person, I really have nothing to do outside my house. Still better than Arizona, this is like April in Arizona.
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| Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 9:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Tolkien_Freak wrote: | I'll do my best. I'm glad I'm not an outdoors-sportsy kind of person, I really have nothing to do outside my house. Still better than Arizona, this is like April in Arizona.
What's it where you are? |
I wish I could escape indoors.  My apartment faces the sun with all windows and has no air conditioner, so it's basically 95 °F / 35 °C constantly here, and even hotter if I didn't have the window blinds closed all day. Now at midnight I can at least open my window to get some cold air. |
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That sucks. You don't have air conditioning? (Everywhere I've lived it's been practically necessary for survival, so I'm always surprised when I hear people don't have it.)
Where do you live? |
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| Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 11:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Tolkien_Freak wrote: | That sucks. You don't have air conditioning? (Everywhere I've lived it's been practically necessary for survival, so I'm always surprised when I hear people don't have it.)
Where do you live? |
In Sweden. Most of my neighbours don't have it either, as far as I know. Everyone I know who has air conditioning has their own house, nobody I know who lives in an apartment has it. But it seems their apartments are cooler than mine anyway, though not as cool as those who have their own houses. But I seriously consider to get an air conditioner the next spring. |
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