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  1. Thank you for sharing the link.

    I looked up:" A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush". It means that it's better to have lesser, but the probility of having more could be greater or nothing at all.

    The historic meaning refers to the mid-evil Falconry where the bird is a valiable asset and certainly worth more than two in the bush.

  2. Yes, it's very important to learn the profanity. This is so you can make a choice to remove yourself from the situation if you are uncomfortable with it or redirect someone to another topic.

    Then if you like it, you will be able to take part in the discussion. An added advantage, if you are mad at someone who doesn't like profanity, you can cuss them out in another language that they don't know.

    Learning the profanity, allows you the speaker to make informed decisions.

  3. This is very interesting.  I haven't moved out of the USA. While I live in NJ, I once lived in AL. I lived in Alabama for eight months in 1979-1980. When I moved back to NJ, my home state, people thought and still think that I speak with a southern withdrawal. Now in the South states, they think I have a southern withdrawal with a northern accent. Yes, you lose some of your original accent while you pick up others.  :love:

  4. In MO if you watch them without the subtitle, you may learn the language better. For subjects that interest me like Martial Arts, I will choose the films in Spanish or Chinese to pick up the flow of the language.

    This is a good start, although I really would have to learn the verbs and nouns later. By the way, I know of some people who live in Portugal, who speak better Native American English as their second tongue, more clearer than me. :-)

  5. "There is nothing to fear, but fear itself". Eleanor Roosevelt

    "Don't be afraid of failure, because your failure is what you are going to turn into your success".

    "We got the tail wagging the dog, instead of the dog wagging its tail".

    "Raise the cards one higher".

    "Forgiveness removes you from being the victum".

    "Power and Strength are from within".

  6. American English is my native tongue. In grammar school, my parents bought me, "The Three Bears" in English, French, Spanish and German. There were four books.  In each of the books, the top line the sentence was written in the language to learn. The second line was the translation of it in American English so that you can the other language. I had fun studying how to use the verbs.

    Then in high school, I was required to take a language for credits for graduation. We had the choice between French and Spanish.  I took Spanish I and II.

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