FUNNY / RANDOM / WEIRD Pictures...
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TheMercenary
Ancient Mariner
Catlexander the Great !! 
The_7th_one
Ancient Mariner
he or she is like my lovely cat
____no5
Free Man
he or she is like my lovely cat
So what is your lovely cat he or she?
Bonus regarding the he or she argument.
MindRuler
Ancient Mariner
A He or a She, cat´s the question.
MindRuler
Ancient Mariner
On Pinterest most likely.
Black Abyss Babe
I live for my dreams and a pocket full of gold
____no5
Free Man
^Mandarin's killer feature are the accents there are 4 or 5 ways to pronounce each sound, and there are many parent sounds (around 40 I think). Many sounds are not distinguishable in my ears but make a huge different for them.
Second most killer (if you ever manage to speak) are the letters. Though there are more than 80,000 of them, they still use the same letter (and sound) for many different meanings, sometimes as much as 10 with completely different meanings for each letter.
And if this was not enough many times two letters are combined into one, with a different sound and meaning.
In a way it's a primitive language: no articles, inclinations, tenses, just rigid letters like lego. On the other hand each letter is a symbol and this can be extremely rich in other forms of expression such as calligraphy or poetry. Calligraphy is a big thing in China. And pretty much everyone (in my eyes) writes in a very controlled way, producing beautiful and well defined strokes. Quite impressive to see.
There is no way to know the sound of a word if you haven't memorised it before. You need to know ~15,000 -20,000 characters i.e. University degree.
As a result of a completely different language structure their education (too much memorisation) and the way they think are pretty different than us in Greek -Latin language family. I see similarities in behaviour in Koreans (had Chinese letters until recently) and Japanese (they still do). Typically they don't challenge the authority as we do, authority meaning your line manager, the elder anything. They don't say plain no as we do. Nevertheless there is some depth and wisdom in their ways.
Second most killer (if you ever manage to speak) are the letters. Though there are more than 80,000 of them, they still use the same letter (and sound) for many different meanings, sometimes as much as 10 with completely different meanings for each letter.
And if this was not enough many times two letters are combined into one, with a different sound and meaning.
In a way it's a primitive language: no articles, inclinations, tenses, just rigid letters like lego. On the other hand each letter is a symbol and this can be extremely rich in other forms of expression such as calligraphy or poetry. Calligraphy is a big thing in China. And pretty much everyone (in my eyes) writes in a very controlled way, producing beautiful and well defined strokes. Quite impressive to see.
There is no way to know the sound of a word if you haven't memorised it before. You need to know ~15,000 -20,000 characters i.e. University degree.
As a result of a completely different language structure their education (too much memorisation) and the way they think are pretty different than us in Greek -Latin language family. I see similarities in behaviour in Koreans (had Chinese letters until recently) and Japanese (they still do). Typically they don't challenge the authority as we do, authority meaning your line manager, the elder anything. They don't say plain no as we do. Nevertheless there is some depth and wisdom in their ways.
The_7th_one
Ancient Mariner
It could be better with The Constanza's Wallet
I thought the line went 'brandy and cigars'?
Lampwick 43
Barstool Warrior
____no5
Free Man
Art studies? Really? Like Fine Arts or History of Arts?
I’ve done quite a few jobs, some of them being desperate options. Nevertheless, I had some of the best times in my life doing some of those 5th tier jobs…
I’ve even played music on the streets for a few months, though I consider this a first tier job!