GammaGlobulin

When I remember being at PENN, I recall that the students closed the campus in 1970s, for a short period of time, or sporadically. I guess some might recall this scene at College Hall, for example. Now THIS was a good and deserved action! (Those were very uncertain times.) PENN Students have a history of protesting what needs to be protested. So...Let the Protests BEGIN, in earnest now! Who is that Senator with the Tats? Queequeg? I would rather be an Ishmael than a Queequeg, any old day... Call me Ishmael. Nice to see PENN Students getting a bit of BACKBONE... After all these years. It's about time!

Nice stuff! And, I really LIKE the website.... (I wonder if the webhosting server for this site can be improved in some way so that the site is more responsive. Why? Because the site includes many interesting images, and it would be nice if they would load faster. Very nice website!) If I bought many of the designs available from this company, then I would need to quickly buy a new house. It's not that I do not have wood floors, but I would prefer my house to be of more-traditional construction. (Such a beautiful Website)

I have spoken to a few young students out of China who come to Thailand to study at local International Schools in Phuket and other places. The kids cannot help themselves, but.... When their teachers open their mouths, and begin to speak, especially the teachers from Manchester, ... All of the Chinese students fall over laughing, and roll around on the classroom floors, in helpless mirth. Some teachers from Manchester might mistakenly hold the belief that their efforts to speak RP is successful....but... The Chinese students are NEVER fooled. I have heard many interesting stories, replete with examples, which the students enjoy relating to anyone who will listen. Fortunately, students never roll around on the floor when I lecture. https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/magazine/opinion/lets-talk-about-accent/#:~:text=The Mancunian accent%2C for example,general' sounding accent in between. Note: So, now, Pronunciation is Society's Problem, is it?

Swahili?

Can anyone answer this simple question: Why do so many in the UK, such as in Ireland and Scotland, and elsewhere, refuse to use the past participle? Also, on the Forum: It just, sometimes, seems as though the past participle had never been invented. Why is this? https://kpu.pressbooks.pub/effectiveenglish/chapter/__unknown__/ I find the refusal, by some on this Forum, to use the past participle, when needed, to be quite jarring. Surely, this oversight cannot be due to laziness....! Nobody's asking anybody to do anything irregular, after all.

I love Nylons on a woman. It's ok of men wear Nylons, too. Nylons on a man....don't make me Hoover, Strangely enough. What some people do not realize is that nylon (not Nylons) is tough. And, men should be free to wear anything, including Nylons, or nothing at all. Men are tough, and so is pantyhose (Nylons) made from nylon. Namath, just as Aluminum, was once a household name. Due to the British Pronunciation, this English-language teacher, and indeed ALL English who teach almost any academic subject, always sound far more learned using a British pronunciation. This is why many English children receive such a well-rounded classical education.

Not sure why condo is spelled with the 'o', instead of my preferred.... conduminium, which is more 'congruent' with aluminum.

I seem to recall reading about the renovations/building going on about two years ago, or more. Will Keep this place in mind, to go. So, Keep Kalm, and Karry on..... KUDOS! (There is another Chiang Mai Thai textile shop whose owner also is a teacher at CMU. I wonder if there might be a connection, although the FT article mentions none.)

Fortunately, we can, both, properly pronounce the word conduminium.

Please, don't give up that easily.

Geeeze! I cannot BELIEVE I said pants, when I know that I should have said trousers for the British-sentence example! Such negligence....

Will this make things even speedier, up to about 3.141592 time 10 raised to the 39th power? The speed would then be: the value of π but with 39 zeros behind it. Such speed can be considered, TRULY EXPONENTIALLY Fast!

You can, if you can find one in this heat. Why would you want one, anyway?

As at least one other commenter has already informed you, the phrase INSATIABLE DRIVEL is nonsensical and does not mean ANYTHING. If you insist upon using the word insatiable as the first word of the phase, then why not just say something like this: "This good student has an insatiable appetite for knowledge, and his curiosity about the world around him will lead to his future success, and, perhaps, a teaching career at UW, UWASH, University of Washington."

Although no one usually likes to buy overseas and import furniture for their personal use, still this might be the best/lowest-cost way to get what one wants at a more affordable price. I once purchased furniture from ZhongShan, China, where there are many furniture factories. If one can find an import broker, then maybe contact some companies in ZhongShan, and have the stuff one likes shipped over to Thailand. Dealing with Chinese companies, these days, is not as difficult as it once was, in the days of TELEXES.....

Call Centres represent one of the most effective strategies for improving the English-language skills of young people in any developing country.

Looks as if you have the start of a beautiful syllogism....

Maybe refer to this link, and then search for importers in BKK which might have pieces already imported to Bangkok in showrooms: https://www.chinadesigncentre.com/works/jeff-dayu-shi-bamboo-furniture-master-who-designs-with-kindness.html https://www.chinadesigncentre.com/cdc_features/best-contemporary-chinese-furniture.html

Yes. But, as of yet, I have been unable to think of the word that sounds like the one, INSATIABLE, that you mistakenly used. Maybe, in fact, there IS no word we can use to replace insatiable, and which sounds the same as insatiable, and which makes sense in a two-word phrase that ends with the word DRIVEL. ======= Therefore, maybe we will be unable to keep the word drivel, if we are going to use the first word insatiable, and still be able to call your INSATIABLE DRIVEL a malapropism. And, in this spirit: I think that what you really meant is that I, GammaGlobulin, have what people call.... Insatiable Drive So, thank you! Note: Still, I am now getting used to, and even rather fond of, the phrase INSATIABLE DRIVEL. As of this week, the two-word phrase has zero nonsensical meaning. But, this could change with time. We can only hope....

Thank you for the clarification. And, thank you for your implied suggestion, as well. I am glad that the GitHub arrow-voting idea is not being considered for now. Because, if the Forum were to use this Democratic System, the Old Gits here might become agitated and confused. I am old...but... Not THAT old.

So, I am not crystal clear about what you are actually looking for. However, you just state Chinese Modern... So, is this what you mean? Well.... I LOVE this... And, it's to die for. But, do you think I can afford it?

Also, submitting long Topics and long Comments is super fast. Maybe a millisecond or a microsecond, or even a PICOsecond, maybe....

Concerning the idea of up-down voting on a forum such as this: I am all for Democracy. Will we become a truly Democratic Forum, the first in the world, besides one or two? And, in the near future, the Forum will run itself, and moderators will be able relax on the beach with Long Island Iced Teas? https://meta.discourse.org/t/on-the-necessity-of-up-down-vote-based-reputation-systems-on-boards-involving-subjective-discussion/41442 And, also, what about BEHAVIOR MODification techniques, ala BF Skinner? Will we become nothing more than glorified lab rats in this new Forum experiment? So, let's get ready for some of that good old Positive/Negative reinforcement, coming our way soon? We can only hope, I guess.....

So then... TV will have the up arrow? Just like GitHub? Note: But then... What will happen to us old gits????

Thank you for the very helpful information. (You can be sure that I will post (on TV) the results of my next FULL and COMPREHENSIVE test panels in a forthcoming Topic to be submitted soon. The cost, as you have just informed me, is super low! So then, why not? (The only thing I do not like is the requirement to fast for the hepatic function panel, etc.)) If I meet any famous people while visiting the lab in Chiang Mai, I will post her photo, too! Before Blood Test: After Blood Test: