Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 3]
Discussion
Vipers said:
Bearing in mind the way Chinese, Japanese, and those Middle eastern countries write, which seem to be quite big icons if you get me, do they have crosswords, just thinking that as I am standing here doing the daily paper crossword, where single letters fit in small squares.
China and Japan - not really. The glyphs they use represent concepts & sounds rather than letters so crosswords are very difficult to produce, that's one of the reasons why Japan ended up with Sudoku instead. Some language schools do use a form of crossword to teach the glyphs.Jonboy_t said:
Why, on the list of ingredients for some things, do they list 'aqua' instead of 'water'? Or is aqua not actually water?!
You've been reading shampoo bottles! (or similar). It's water, and it's a way of disguising that most of what you're paying for is water. It works on a lot of women, but not so much on men. It's the "science bit" Jonboy_t said:
Why, on the list of ingredients for some things, do they list 'aqua' instead of 'water'? Or is aqua not actually water?!
Presumably so that punters do not know that most of what they have purchased, possibly at some significant expense, could instead have been obtained from a tap for free.78% of the current populace do not know that aqua = water.
83% of statistics are made up
marshalla said:
Vipers said:
Bearing in mind the way Chinese, Japanese, and those Middle eastern countries write, which seem to be quite big icons if you get me, do they have crosswords, just thinking that as I am standing here doing the daily paper crossword, where single letters fit in small squares.
China and Japan - not really. The glyphs they use represent concepts & sounds rather than letters so crosswords are very difficult to produce, that's one of the reasons why Japan ended up with Sudoku instead. Some language schools do use a form of crossword to teach the glyphs.marshalla said:
Jonboy_t said:
Why, on the list of ingredients for some things, do they list 'aqua' instead of 'water'? Or is aqua not actually water?!
You've been reading shampoo bottles! (or similar). It's water, and it's a way of disguising that most of what you're paying for is water. It works on a lot of women, but not so much on men. It's the "science bit" Aqua is latin for water, parfum is latin for perfume etc.
Moonhawk said:
I always thought it was just marketing bks - but I just read something that suggests they are required by law to use the latin names for the ingredients so that they are universally recognisable.
Aqua is latin for water, parfum is latin for perfume etc.
Aqua is latin.Aqua is latin for water, parfum is latin for perfume etc.
Parfum is french.
The names come from an industry body defined database : https://www.essentialwholesale.com/library/inci-na...
(There may well be law involved, but I can guarantee there was a lot of industry lobbying to get the "right" law on labelling to help with marketing)
Vipers said:
marshalla said:
Vipers said:
Bearing in mind the way Chinese, Japanese, and those Middle eastern countries write, which seem to be quite big icons if you get me, do they have crosswords, just thinking that as I am standing here doing the daily paper crossword, where single letters fit in small squares.
China and Japan - not really. The glyphs they use represent concepts & sounds rather than letters so crosswords are very difficult to produce, that's one of the reasons why Japan ended up with Sudoku instead. Some language schools do use a form of crossword to teach the glyphs.I don't think they have them, though.
steveo3002 said:
is sign language differant for each country or could a deaf english person sign to a french person and chat
Deaf people have a native language, the language they read and write in. Sign language overlays this with some signs that may be transferable, but that's coincidence. Signs are part of the sign language, not the whole means of communication, "mouthed" words or even spelled out words are also important and they belong to the native language.That said I'll guess that two deaf people with no other language overlap could get by better than two non-deaf people in the same situation, though still not very far.
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