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[deptfordmarmoset]

Les conjugaisons de verbes français sont difficiles!

Actually, instead of "conjugaisons", that should have been "Les conjugaisons".

When I was learning French (as opposed to now, when I'm forgetting it) I used to marvel at the madness of dividing nouns arbitrarily into two genders and then having to remember which was which. The only reason I could ever come up with was that it wouldn't be French otherwise....

 

[Illaveago]

Morning, it is grey and raining here. It's a good job I went out for a ride yesterday .

 

[Illaveago]

We had big rolls on the floor and tummy tickles first thing this morning! Schrodie that is , I don't get pampered in the same way.

 

[mybike]

The lawn and thank God it's only a small one.Has had it's first cut and has also been edged.It is a lovely day here in Leeds.Going to check out the weather for Tuesday i might get my first ride in.Otley may be on the cards.

Looked at mine and thought it might be time. However the paving at the front needed a clean and I had some Jeyes Fluid. Forecast said rain overnight and it's been right!

 

[Accy cyclist]

On this day in 1966,Pickles the Border Collie found the stolen Jules Rimet trophy.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35872662

 

[ianrauk]

I assume there is a point to this exercise, or was it just boredom?

Fenton Stack has moved in

 

[Illaveago]

Greetings from Brisbane

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The old git is on the Singha.

Are you the old pub Singha. ?

 

[Accy cyclist]

Where's that thread about things that have annoyed you for a while? I want to have a rant.

 

[Accy cyclist]

If no one finds the ranting thread i'm on about for me,i'm going to have to start a whole new thread,just to have my rant!

 

[Maverick Goose]

Greetings from Brisbane

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The old git is on the Singha.

G'day mate!

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Greetings from Brisbane

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The old git is on the Singha.

Crikey! You're almost in my neighbourhood (very relatively speaking).

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

It was mostly the feeling that something wasn't right but my sinuses are giving me gyp, my eyes are all blurry and I feel like I need to sleep for a month. But no worse this morning so I'm not dying yet.

Meanwhile, this rain outside feels like Atlantic rain. It feels like the first Atlantic weather we've had this year.

There was a report on a news show by a doctor that said due to high pollen count from trees, a lot of people who believe they are getting colds (rhinovirus) are not, and are in fact have a type of hay fever. Take an antihistamine and you’ll feel better. I suppose if you take one and it doesn’t work, you know you have a cold.

When I was learning French (as opposed to now, when I'm forgetting it) I used to marvel at the madness of dividing nouns arbitrarily into two genders and then having to remember which was which. The only reason I could ever come up with was that it wouldn't be French otherwise....

It’s not just French. Spanish, Italian, German, Portuguese, etc., etc.

 

[Reynard]

When I was learning French (as opposed to now, when I'm forgetting it) I used to marvel at the madness of dividing nouns arbitrarily into two genders and then having to remember which was which. The only reason I could ever come up with was that it wouldn't be French otherwise....

The bit that got me was all the grammar rules. And then all the exceptions to said grammar rules... I think the French do it that way just to be obtuse in a weird back-handed superior sort of way.

 

[Reynard]

I'm off to have some lunch.

Feel ghastly, 3 hours' worth of sleep just doesn't hack it...

 

[Deleted member 1258]

One specially for the regular's on here

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