Long before the Ingles, became
"The English", the language was called 'Frieze' . It was one of the spoken languages of the Germanic peoples.

here's one uche, how do you pronounce this...

photi.............?

uche --- a photier of men...

We give this world a language, amongst lots of other things and people complain.

So please don't go there, or is it their, or they're


One saying that has crept in in recent years is

The dogs bollocks, or, a load of bollocks

The dogs being something good, the load being something bad

And don't forget, the longest sentence in the English language is 'I do'

Speaking as a literal master of the subject:
English is crazy as hell, this is true.
But most other languages are even crazier. For example, in English you'd never mistake the word "horse" for the word "mother", like I hear you easily can in Chinese.
In English, you have many more streamlined words that cut out unnecessary vowels and gender signifiers that don't change the meaning or function of the word, but merely make them harder to spell and decline/conjugate. (It takes the French 4 separate letters to make one vocalized sound: "-eaux" sounds "oh".

In order to understand things like why something can "burn up" while it is burning down, or why we always have two words to describe one thing (synonyms for the win!), you have to realize that English is the bastard child of two separate language groups: French, which is derived from Romantic/Latin languages, and German, which is derived from Germanic languages. (Both of these languages are even crazier than English. If you don't believe me, take an introductory course in either.)

From French we take our love of diphthongs, triphthongs, and quadraphthongs (two, three, or four letters that make one different sound than either of them alone). For example, "-ng" or "-nk", "-sh-","-ph-", and "-th-", Interestingly, the word "diphthong" contains three different diphthongs ("ph", "th", and "ng"). Many of our multisyllabic words are taken directly out of French, but converted into words that are easier to spell and pronounce. You'll notice in English, we often have LOTS of letters in longer words that we don't pronounce separately, like anything that ends in "-tion", which is "shun" instead of "tee-on".

From German we take many of our monosyllabic words, or words that describe everyday things. "Milk" <==> "Milch", "bread" <==> "Brot", "God" <==> "Gott". You'll notice in the latter two examples, Ts are turned into Ds and vice versa. This is a common change when you look at cognates between English and German (a cognate is a word that sounds similar and has a similar meaning in two or more languages). Most of these words go back a thousand years or more, when various Germanic-speaking peoples invaded England and settled there. In 1066, William "The Conqueror" invaded England and brought French culture and language, which reigned for several centuries. (You weren't "cool" unless you spoke French and ate with French silverware.) English as a language was thought of as the poor man's choice - spoken by the peasants and rabble.

Then came some guy you've probably never heard of and don't care about, but if you've really managed to read this far, you should take a look at this timeline of the English language.

http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~kemmer/Words/chron.html

You can see from the sheer number of changes inflicted on the language, all the abuse and trauma it's gone through, it's still pretty sane as far as languages go. It's an alloy, a mixed breed, and generally stronger and more efficient for it.
The keen-eyed among you will noticed that the timeline of the English language ends with the advent of the internet, "leet-speak", and texting. This is the way many scholars of the language feel about that.

Not just cowgirls ride cowgirl.....

uche9aa:

As a fellow Christian, I must tell you that the scientific evidence does not support the belief by "Young Earth" believers, that the earth was created a mere 6,000 years ago. The reality is that the Judeo-Christian Bible does not explain how long the six "Creative days" lasted.


NeutralZone2


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... be swift about hearing, slow about speaking, slow about wrath...." (James 1:19-20)

Hmmmm some women go to prostitutes and escorts and strip clubs too

Sex is NOT a "basic necessity." Thinking and acting as though it is, kills or prevents more relationships than almost anything else.

You said all men are pigs not me...there you go putting words into my mouth once again.

For men procreation and sex are the same thing, so if you know biology then you know men wanting sex is natural. Prostitutes provide this service to men without all the stuff that normally comes after sex/procreation, because those things are women's issues and men don't really want to deal with that just for sex. So, they'd rather pay for just sex.

Maybe they'be been eating mashed potatoes

Based on my life experience to date the 'hubby' in gay relationships are as follows;

For Lesbians...The one who wears the plaid lumberjack shirts/jackets, has a close cropped haircut, and lines up for sales on power tools at Home Depot.

For Gay Men...The one who is the picky perfectionist. He's constantly correcting/berating his partner and is usually the less 'flamboyant' of the two. Tends to be into art and wine, while the 'wife' tends to be more the decorator/fashionista.

Just my opinion however. I'm sure there are couples who flip that paradigm out there, and that the 'hubby' is simply 'fah-bu-lous'.

I 'know' you trust me 'my friend'! After all, it's 'trust' that has kept this world from 'falling apart'

'Usually' I don't 'swear' for the 'only' reason that I would find it 'arduous' to 'swear' upon something else to 'support' my 'swear' of the 'present' issue & this 'nesting' would carry on and on and on and on... (For 'those' who are familiar with the Art of Computer Programming With a Language like C/C++/Java, it's something similar to recursion... the 'recursive' chains continue unless the 'base criterion' is 'met'!) Am I speaking 'Latin'? (Wish I 'knew')


I'll clarify with the help of an 'example' (just in case you aren't 'one' (a C/C++/Java Programmer)):

Suppose: I swear upon 'my best friend's life' saying: 'Go NORTH, Go SOUTH, Go EAST, Go West - You'll discover that Uchea is the very best!

And then, 'someone' might ask me to 'swear' that whatever I 'said right now' is true. And then will I proceed further saying/swearing:

I swear upon my 'very own life' that the 'person I had in my mind as my best friend was NOT actually my 'best friend' but 'an enemy/an 'able' adversary of my 'best friend'!


Can 'you' see the level of complication/complexity that 'these' 'nested' swearing bring forth? Trust me - Recursion (nested OR otherwise) is far 'less' complex and complicated!


The final point ('Panting'):

I appreciate your 'humor' I won't 'swear' (reasons I have explained above) I would say, look into the eyes of a prostitute and 'you' will 'know' it all.

As 'they' say: The best and the most beautiful things in this world, can neither be 'seen' nor 'touched'.. 'They' can 'only' be 'felt' by the 'heart' (Of course, if I possess 'one' such 'heart')!

'Prostitutes', my friend, are devoid of 'hypocrisy'.. You may take my 'word' for it. And merely to 'ensure' that none tend to draw the incorrect conclusion, allow me to emphasize this: All prostitutes are devoid of hypocrisy..BUT All those who are devoid of hypocrisy, are NOT necessarily prostitutes!

If I had to define pure sex, I would say it was sex done for the sole purpose of procreation....

To Uchea:

Only '2' 'kinds' can (and affirmatively 'YES') provide you an 'impeccable' explanation:

(a) A lady who's a 'prostitute' by profession

(b) A man who frequents 'those' places


PS (You may consider me to fall in 'neither' of the 'above' 'kinds'):

I do not know why 'men' actually patronize 'prostitution' (or 'prostitutes' for that matter) [maybe 'secrecy'... 'different art forms of sex'... 'the woman's lack of expressing her 'utter distaste' towards the man's 'macabre' way/sense of having 'sex', as a token of 'gratitude' in lieu of 'being handsomely paid'...etc ?).. I really dunno the 'reason' BUT what I do know is:

Prostitutes, do I hold in 'high esteem', for the very sole (and 'simple') reason that they do not cause any harm to the society. They only cause 'harm' to their very own selves.

One 'final' point:

It's because of 'prostitutes' (or 'men patronizing prostitutes') that millions of 'women' from 'morally & ethically' richer backgrounds stay untouched (not raped) till today, in several countries (and 'societies') of this world.

I (and am sure that many more) express my sincere 'gratitude' towards 'those' ladies ('prostitutes') who have been instrumental in 'channelizing' the 'amorous' intentions of 'studs'.. harnessing their 'human' (or is it 'inhuman'?) needs.. holding 'them' at 'bay'....

Uche, you keep that up, I may reconsider that swirl.

Hold on. I like to consider myself flexible and open minded.

Ima thinkin you should pay us Uche ...First of all, it wasn't a he who said it, it was a she...Don't know if that will have any affect on your analysis of "her" comment or not, but based on the analysis you might want to pretend it does ..Second, how could you possibly know what married, engaged or significant other women will or won't do in the privacy of their bedroom? ....And third, what Ms. Estelle probably meant is that sex with a prostitute is pure in the sense that there are no hidden agendas...The sexual act is strictly business...A service for a price...Pure, simple and on the house Uche...