Lancia: saying it all wrong
Discussion
I think that languages with fewer than one million speakers may have been left off for reasons of space.
https://www.theguardian.com/education/gallery/2015...
https://www.theguardian.com/education/gallery/2015...
JPvanRossem, many thanks for introducing the Tocharians. I had never heard of them before you mentioned them. A day without learning is a day wasted!
https://www.academia.edu/436107/Everything_You_Alw...
https://www.academia.edu/436107/Everything_You_Alw...
The Romans went postal on the Druids at Anglesey. The Romans usually gave not one toss about the religions of conquered peoples, but Druidism was political, and also practised human sacrifice, and that pissed the Romans off. Well, that's what the Romans told us, anyway. The Druids' version is unknown as they all get offed.
LunarOne said:
Lahn-sia to an English person; Lahn-cha to an Italian.
Porshh to an Englander; Por-scheh to a German.
Renn-ohh to a Biftek, Reh-No! to a Frog.
But it's always an Omega watch. The same mega in megabyte and megaphone. Because it means Big O in Greek. I'll never give in to the clueless idiots who say O-Meega - most of whom seem to work in jewellers. Thank goodness there's no longer a Vox-haul of the same name!
Load of old Rollex, mate.Porshh to an Englander; Por-scheh to a German.
Renn-ohh to a Biftek, Reh-No! to a Frog.
But it's always an Omega watch. The same mega in megabyte and megaphone. Because it means Big O in Greek. I'll never give in to the clueless idiots who say O-Meega - most of whom seem to work in jewellers. Thank goodness there's no longer a Vox-haul of the same name!
I stayed at the Yeatman in Porto during the financial crisis. The five star rooms cost buttons, and mid 1960s Taylor's was about 30 Euros a bottle. Noms.
I recommend, post lockdown, Bar Douro at Flatiron Square SE1, owned by one of the Churchills (the Port ones, not the political ones).
I recommend, post lockdown, Bar Douro at Flatiron Square SE1, owned by one of the Churchills (the Port ones, not the political ones).
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