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Jan 12, 2011 22:16

I was looking at the the pictures of the devastation in Queensland today; places I've lived in and worked in have been evacuated, and the BBC are attempting to persuade me that the road myself and Teh Australian drove along exactly a year ago is not only utterly impassible, full of snakes, bull sharks and crocodiles. It's all a bit scary. I hope ( Read more... )

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craigoxbrow January 12 2011, 23:21:04 UTC

You do realise that when the apocalyse comes I'm going to be hiding behind you, right?

At a pinch, I can provide witty comments and get smacked around by the monsters.

fluffworld January 13 2011, 01:05:40 UTC

They have steered the enormous walkway I loved down the river to see. /sadface
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/amazing-tug-work-saved-day-with-floating-boardwalk-20110113-19ot6.html

Also, on a happier note, French is also useful in many African countries. Hint. Hint.

fluffworld January 13 2011, 01:06:23 UTC

obviously enough.

They didn't just decide to challenge themselves to do it in major flooding.

Fin du monde, round here, that's a beer! sasori January 13 2011, 01:28:29 UTC

Si tu veux pratiquer ton français ecrit, on peut ensemble. Mais, fait attention, je parles plus quebeçois que le vrais français! Mais, j'ai besoin de practiquer le français ecrit.

Re: Fin du monde, round here, that's a beer! mr_orgue January 13 2011, 02:42:11 UTC

le singe est dans l'arbre
le quebeçois est dans l'internet

Re: Fin du monde, round here, that's a beer! fluffworld January 13 2011, 04:57:25 UTC

le chapeau est dans la chat

...or not.

Re: Fin du monde, round here, that's a beer! craigoxbrow January 13 2011, 11:00:03 UTC

Mais.. où est le singe?

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call_waiting January 13 2011, 05:56:33 UTC

The Swiss do German.

Not that that counts for anything. But still...

0olong January 13 2011, 19:54:38 UTC

They mostly do crazy-weird German, anyway.

But let us not forget the Austrians!

alaimacerc January 13 2011, 21:19:10 UTC

The Prussians regard anything south of Frankfurt as crazy-weird/not real German, though, the Austrians being the veritable heresiarchs. (Actual conversation while being driven by native in Germany: "Let's stop to eat at somewhere Traditional German." "OK." [wait] "What about that place we just went past?" "That was Bavarian, not German!") Though equally, too far north and you're Plattdeutsch, if not outright tainted by association with the Dutch, though those areas seem to conform more to "standard" German in their formal speech.

There are some German-speaking minorities elsewhere, including the Netherlands, Belgium, and Poland. But that'd be a bit like learning Irish/Scots Gaelic in case you needed to speak to someone in Ireland or Scotland. (ducks, covers, runs!)

grumpyolddog January 13 2011, 20:12:20 UTC

es salaam aleikhoum would be a good start.

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