09 Aug 2012, 8:02 pm
Sininen means blue in Finnish. I could say blue is my "favourite colour" but it is more to me than that. 
10 Aug 2012, 6:39 am
sininen wrote:
Sininen means blue in Finnish. I could say blue is my "favourite colour" but it is more to me than that.
How does a Finnish speaker end up living in Egypt?
Just out of curiosity.
10 Aug 2012, 6:52 am
Descartes wrote:
elderwanda wrote:
Descartes wrote:
I wanted to give myself a username that made me sound intelligent and philosophical, so I was pondering over people who have made scientific/philosophical breakthroughs in the past. Isaac Newton and Einstein both came to my mind, but then Rene Descartes all of a sudden popped into my head. I then thought that Descartes had a nice ring to it, so I made it my username.
I'm sorry, but I can't hear "Rene Descartes" without getting a certain Monty Python song stuck in my head, part of which goes :
"...Rene Descartes was a drunken fart. I drink therefore I am!...."
Well, I've never heard of that song, nor anything else from Monty Python for that matter. I certainly hope this does not give you preconceived notions about who I am personally.
Thats the trouble with media. Young folks hear the spoof before they learn about the thing being spoofed.
If you have even a superficial aquaintence with Decarte ( who said "i think therefore I am"- a blow against silopcism) then the Python song is hilarious.
But if you see the Python thing first in your growing up you dont get the sketch ( or laugh it for the wrong reasons) and it sabotages your view of Decarte when you do encounter him in school.
10 Aug 2012, 9:52 am
naturalplastic wrote:
sininen wrote:
Sininen means blue in Finnish. I could say blue is my "favourite colour" but it is more to me than that.
How does a Finnish speaker end up living in Egypt?
Just out of curiosity.
I'm an Egyptian and I'm learning Finnish, as weird as that could sound.
11 Aug 2012, 4:14 am
