In Spanish, or in English also? :O
No fair, that's Turkic too!
And much more difficult to find resources for too!
You're well ahead of me then Vinayaka.
Of course, you do have some years on me in this field.
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What is wrong with those people who worship spirits?
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In Spanish, or in English also? :O
And much more difficult to find resources for too!
You're well ahead of me then Vinayaka.
Of course, you do have some years on me in this field.
No, I'm off my game.
Bob Hope used to say he knew one word of Welsh... Raquel. Of course the spelling and sound is different but jokes in the 1960s were dumb anyway. Wait... they still are.
No, just Spanish. I pick up a Texas accent in English. No idea why.. I've lived in NJ all my life.
Maybe I was from Texas in a past life. I mean, I must like cowboys for some reason. I have a funny story about that for another thread (it's clean).My friend who works at the temple is the same way. She turns her accent on and off like a light switch. She can be talking to me without any accent, then answers the phone and goes full-on Hinglish. It's hilarious.
No, I'm off my game.
Bob Hope used to say he knew one word of Welsh... Raquel. Of course the spelling and sound is different but jokes in the 1960s were dumb anyway. Wait... they still are.
You're not even going to try and insult the Welsh? That's very rude, I was just gearing up to defend them.
They're on their own next time.
No, just Spanish. I pick up a Texas accent in English. No idea why.. I've lived in NJ all my life.
My friend who works at the temple is the same way. She turns her accent on and off like a light switch. She can be talking to me without any accent, then answers the phone and goes full-on Hinglish. It's hilarious.
That's pretty surreal, wonder how that happened. A clean story about your cowboy thing?
Hahaha, yeah there's some name for that, when you revert back to your old accent when you talk to people from back in the day. Like you get people switch from thick Yorkshire to Scottish accents when they talk to their parents and stuff
Ooh wait, I got one! In A Man For All Seasons, when Sir Thomas More is on trial, he tells Richard Rich, who became Lord Chancellor of Wales under Henry VIII, and betrayed More that it's one thing to sell one's soul for gold, "but for Wales!?"
It's purely a way of describing things that occured outside our direct control or intent. 'Luck' itself does not exist. You cannot be, for example, a lucky person.
Yes, really.
OK, you twisted my arm...
I used to sport the cowboy persona... black Stetson, boots, jeans, ornate belt buckles, Jeep Wrangler. Where I worked, a large corporate campus, most people only knew me as "The Cowboy". I was in the cafeteria one day, and one of the Hispanic employees asked me, out of the blue:
Him: Where are joo fron?
Me: uh, building C.
Him: No, I mean joo fron Texas?
Me: No, Newark NJ. This [the cowboy thing] is just an affectation [I don't think he knew what that meant].
Him: Oh OK, joo like rodéo?
Me: Why, yes I do.
Him: Oh OK, joo like cowboys?
Me: Ohhh yeahhh, I sure do!
Well, it was probably funnier if you were there.
Code-switching.
Yes, really.
OK, you twisted my arm...
I used to sport the cowboy persona... black Stetson, boots, jeans, ornate belt buckles, Jeep Wrangler. Where I worked, a large corporate campus, most people only knew me as "The Cowboy". I was in the cafeteria one day, and one of the Hispanic employees asked me, out of the blue:
Him: Where are joo fron?
Me: uh, building C.
Him: No, I mean joo fron Texas?
Me: No, Newark NJ. This [the cowboy thing] is just an affectation [I don't think he knew what that meant].
Him: Oh OK, joo like rodéo?
Me: Why, yes I do.
Him: Oh OK, joo like cowboys?
Me: Ohhh yeahhh, I sure do!
Well, it was probably funnier if you were there.
Hahaha, I wanna know his reaction. And if he got what you meant.
(That took the least possible amount of arm-twisting)
Nah that's sutn else, that's when you switch languages during a sentence or conversation innit? Like 'Que is it?'
sovietchild
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Why are you guys chatting about some thing else altogether?
Reggie Miller
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There is no God but one God, the One who brought the Israelites out of Egypt with a mighty hand. Appealing to any other spirit is strictly forbidden, evil and wrong. Good spirits (angels) will always direct you to God while evil spirits will deceive you and attempt to destroy you.
That's it in a nutshell.
Would it, for example, be wrong to appeal to Gabriel?
What do you make of Christians appealing to saints, such as the Virgin Mary or St Francis?
Reggie Miller
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It would be wrong to appeal to Gabriel. Gabriel answers only to God and not to any man or woman.
There is much debate about appealing to saints, such as the Virgin Mary or St Francis. If you are praying to anyone besides God, then I think it is wrong. If you are praying to God, hoping that one of the saints will help you, then maybe that's okay, I'm not sure.
Nothing. It's the way of things in public discourse. Conversations always take a jog to the left or right, then come back on track.
Hmm, OK. I guess it depends on the tradition to an extent. People in Catholic traditions are more likely to be open to it than someone from a Lutheran tradition.
Reggie Miller
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True. I am Catholic but I don't believe everything other Catholics do is right.