Oh, sorry, "Vokal" means "vowel" in German. There's a babel of tongues in my head. :)
In modern Hebrew they use consonants and seldom vowels. For example:
דג (DaG - "fish")
מחברת (MaHBeReT -...
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Oh, sorry, "Vokal" means "vowel" in German. There's a babel of tongues in my head. :)
In modern Hebrew they use consonants and seldom vowels. For example:
דג (DaG - "fish")
מחברת (MaHBeReT -...
I'm a creep. I'm a weirdo.
No. I assume modern Hebrew, for example. There aren't vocals in it. Newspapers in Israel haven't vocals, and words are 2x shorter than English ones.
And if we further reduce the term "language" to "writing system", we will have to admit, that semitic languages, which haven't vocals in their writing systems, are faster than Latin. I'm not sure...
I'm sure linguists will ask you what do you mean when you say "faster".
German und Russian words are longer than English ones, but Germans (and Italians, of course) speak fluently than both Russian and English speaker. But that what is right for speech, doesn't make it...
Congratulations! Thanks for posting.
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Question: What is the opposite of faith?
Not disbelief. Too final, certain, closed. Itself a kind of belief.
Doubt.
(Salman Rushdie. The Satanic Verses)
Is the name of Bertrand Russell...
But, in contrast to Emma, who is good (without quotation marks)? at least, in this novel?
Moustaches? Don't forget Salvador Dali !!! (and his collaboration with WD - Destino)
There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold :D
As for me, it's fairly often that by reading one or another book I stumble upon the next author or next book to read. Then I'm going to library (Apropos, it's almost fascinating to find marginal...
What a beautiful writing! Thanks for sharing!
(Nevertheless, before starting to write a story, I would think about generally accepted meaning of orchid. Yes, it signifies perfection or blood of...
Agree.
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KEYWORD "GAS"
"Browne is everywhere," said Aunt Kate, lowering her voice.
Mary Jane laughed at her tone.
"Really," she said archly, "he is...
"The Dead" by James Joyce
I'm not sure, that Ernest Hemingway, Romain Gary, Virginia Woolf, Yukio Mishima, Stefan Zweig, Heinrich von Kleist, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Kurt Tucholsky and many other writers would agree with you....
There is a brilliant screen version of the book. Quite authentic (especially Parfen). Sorry for original language without subtitles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THcP5CkhNp0&feature=related
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Paul Auster. The Brooklyn Follies
Paul Auster. In the Country of Last Things
Joseph Conrad. The Shadow-Line
I've read last month about him too. "The Plot Against America" - alternate...