Comments on: Two thoughts (and one answer) http://system13.org/2007/03/29/two-thoughts-and-one-answer/ Sun, 10 Jul 2011 21:12:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Josh http://system13.org/2007/03/29/two-thoughts-and-one-answer/#comment-953 Josh Fri, 06 Apr 2007 15:05:43 +0000 http://system13.org/?p=299#comment-953 pelf: I don't know, but that'd make sense. I've never had water in a glass container taste odd, whereas lots of the water I've drank from plastic containers have had that odd tinge to it. pelf: I don’t know, but that’d make sense. I’ve never had water in a glass container taste odd, whereas lots of the water I’ve drank from plastic containers have had that odd tinge to it.

]]> By: pelf http://system13.org/2007/03/29/two-thoughts-and-one-answer/#comment-956 pelf Wed, 04 Apr 2007 13:53:18 +0000 http://system13.org/?p=299#comment-956 Is that why (I've read somewhere) we're encouraged to use glass containers instead of plastic water bottles? Is that why (I’ve read somewhere) we’re encouraged to use glass containers instead of plastic water bottles?

]]> By: Josh http://system13.org/2007/03/29/two-thoughts-and-one-answer/#comment-954 Josh Fri, 30 Mar 2007 13:00:18 +0000 http://system13.org/?p=299#comment-954 Zeitlos: Interesting note about sign language. I've never studied it at all. Fig: Four. Zeitlos: Interesting note about sign language. I’ve never studied it at all.

Fig: Four.

]]> By: Fig http://system13.org/2007/03/29/two-thoughts-and-one-answer/#comment-955 Fig Thu, 29 Mar 2007 23:15:25 +0000 http://system13.org/?p=299#comment-955 Here is a random thought back at you. How many tabs do you have open on your screen right now as you read this? Here is a random thought back at you. How many tabs do you have open on your screen right now as you read this?

]]> By: Zeitlos http://system13.org/2007/03/29/two-thoughts-and-one-answer/#comment-957 Zeitlos Thu, 29 Mar 2007 19:07:47 +0000 http://system13.org/?p=299#comment-957 about point 1: the dead aunt of my boss got a letter from the telphone company saying "We recorded in our files that you have passed away". And my own aunt even got a letter from the retirement pension instituition saying that she had died, although she is pretty much alive. And another random thought for you language geek :-) When I started learning a new language, I first understand written texts, then understand the spoken word and then slowly start forming sensible sentences myself. But with sign language it is just the other way around. Although I haven't learned any vocabulary in the last year, I still know a whole lot of words. But when I saw two deaf people talking in sign language on the train twoday I didn't understand a word. about point 1: the dead aunt of my boss got a letter from the telphone company saying “We recorded in our files that you have passed away”. And my own aunt even got a letter from the retirement pension instituition saying that she had died, although she is pretty much alive.

And another random thought for you language geek :-)
When I started learning a new language, I first understand written texts, then understand the spoken word and then slowly start forming sensible sentences myself. But with sign language it is just the other way around. Although I haven’t learned any vocabulary in the last year, I still know a whole lot of words. But when I saw two deaf people talking in sign language on the train twoday I didn’t understand a word.

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