I am simply mad! :(alex_kraineJanuary 26 2009, 12:37:43 UTC
"thoughtful" in this context is rather "взвешенный/продуманный". :) You see, my friend, actually, I didn't do any analysis of the text. My response is rather emotional because I am all against when a non-specialist is arrogantly interfering with the field of knowledge he/she has not a slightest idea of how it all works. This example is very bright here, when the SF-writer in his essay is trying to speculate on athymology of certain words picking up morphemes from various languages, in random order - here and there - not caring about their functioning in the language environment etc. and comes up with delirious conclusions of his own. :( And to make things worse, there are going to be plenty of unthinking readers who will read this and will take it for truth - that maddens me most of all!
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заботливая - thoughtful/careful
действительно, эти предметы - минное поле!
very interesting Alex:)
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You see, my friend, actually, I didn't do any analysis of the text. My response is rather emotional because I am all against when a non-specialist is arrogantly interfering with the field of knowledge he/she has not a slightest idea of how it all works. This example is very bright here, when the SF-writer in his essay is trying to speculate on athymology of certain words picking up morphemes from various languages, in random order - here and there - not caring about their functioning in the language environment etc. and comes up with delirious conclusions of his own. :(
And to make things worse, there are going to be plenty of unthinking readers who will read this and will take it for truth - that maddens me most of all!
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