Thu, Jan. 8th, 2004, 06:30 pm
angļu valodas īpatnības

How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites?



Reasons for why the English language can be quite hard to learn


  • The bandage was wound around the wound.

  • The farm was used to produce produce.

  • The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.

  • We must polish the Polish furniture.

  • He could lead if he would get the lead out.

  • The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.

  • Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.

  • A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.

  • When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.

  • I did not object to the object.

  • The insurance was invalid for the invalid.

  • There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.

  • They were too close to the door to close it.

  • The buck does funny things when the does are present.

  • A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.

  • To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.

  • The wind was too strong to wind the sail

  • After a number of injections my jaw got number.

  • I shed a tear when I saw the tear in the painting

  • I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.

  • How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?



Gribi vēl?


  • There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple.

  • English muffins weren't invented in England or French fries in France.

  • Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat.

  • Quicksand works slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.

  • And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham?

  • If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth beeth?

  • One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese?

  • Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend.

  • If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it? Is it an odd, or an end?

  • If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught?

  • If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?

  • In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital?

  • Ship by truck and send cargo by ship?

  • Have noses that run and feet that smell?

  • How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites?

  • You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out and in which, an alarm goes off by going on.

  • English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race, which, of course, is not a race at all.

  • That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible..



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Mon, Jan. 12th, 2004, 04:36 pm
[info]swf

o, paldies britishcouncil baigi labs!

man te uz eng valsts olimpiādi jāiet un tāpēc pāris dienas vēl ķeru un grābju visu vocabulary, ko vien redzu. :)

Mon, Jan. 12th, 2004, 04:57 pm
[info]pzrk

khmm, jaunā, perspektīvā valodu zinātāja? :)
Kādi plāni atiecībā uz studiju jomu?

Ne pūku, ne spalvu olimpiādē!

Mon, Jan. 12th, 2004, 08:17 pm
[info]swf

mhm. ne pūku, ne kā :)

bet, ja nopietni, tad man visi borē, ka ar valodām vien nopelnīt nevar, bet man jau ļoti labi klātos angļu filoloģijā vai kā tur to studiju prog. sauc.

Mon, Jan. 12th, 2004, 09:34 pm
[info]pzrk

[nu ir pienācis īsa triumfa brīdis] ;)

es esmu dzīvs piemērs tam, ka ar valodām var nopelnīt, lai gan arī man tā nešķita. :)

es biju jaunais perspektīvais matemātiķis ;) bet aizgāju uz valodām, jo iestājeksāmeni parādīja, ka es varētu būt arī jaunais perspektīvais valodnieks (šajā jēdzienā ietverot daudz un dažādas apakšnozares). Mans pamatojums "kāpēc neiet uz ekonomistiem (juristiem utt utjp)" bija un ir: tāpēc, ka es būtu tikai viduvējība starp n-tiem tūkstošiem; labāk es eju uz nozari, kur es esmu above average, līdz ar to kļūstot par vērtīgāku un labāk apmaksātu speciālistu. Galu galā, dzīve pamazām iet uz augšu un nu jau nopelnīt (ar godīgu darbu!) var daudzās sfērās. Galvenais ir atrast savu nišu.
Un vēl viens arguments - var iestāties diezgan boring dzīve, ja diendienā jādara kaut kas garlaicīgs un neinteresants ;)

Mon, Jan. 12th, 2004, 10:20 pm
[info]swf

es ekonomistos ne par kādu naudu nestātos, jo viņi, kā tu jau teici, ir pietiekami latvijā (tāpat kā juristi un psihologi). bet nu šito es nesaprotu - es teiksim paņemu un izstudēju to anglistiku un pēc 4 gadiem ar savu diplomu un eju strādāt par kaut ko.. nu nezinu ko. it kā valoda ir palīglīdzeklis piem. starptautiska biznesa attīstībai utt., bet ja nav tās biznesa zināšanas tad.. ai bāc es vairs neko nesaprotu..

anyway, ko tu studē?

Mon, Jan. 12th, 2004, 11:16 pm
[info]pzrk

njā, mani arī nodarbina tādi jautājumi (tie pirmie) :)
Nevarētu teikt, ka šobrīd man pašam par to būtu baigā skaidrība, bet man, piemēram, bija plāns papildus esošajai tulka/tulkotāja izglītībai apgūt vēl arī kaut ko citu (piemēram, mārketingu). Ne jau sākt no paša sākuma, bet, kombinējot kredītpunktus, kaut ko bīdīt. Gatava plāna gan vēl nav :(
Nu jā, kaut kādas pamatzināšanas tai ekonomikā tomēr būtu vajadzīgas