English Club

[DanilaMe 20]

I absolutely agree. Danila is the bear at the ball.

 

Well, if I am the bear, then you are for sure one of the creatures that were described in your orgy. No offence    

 

Molly, lets be friendlier to each other. Time after time you feel that your postings might sound offensive. If you feel so it might be nice not to write them at all. Let's be polite and respectful.

 

Once again, I apologize if you were offended by me.

 

We were having fun in the English club, then came the king and announced that everything we write/discuss etc. is chicken-feed and primitive rot

 

That's right! People love jokes, riddles and funny tasks

 

I never said that "everything we write/discuss etc. is chicken-feed and primitive rot". I would be grateful if you show me the links of your allegations.  And I love funny tasks and discussions - go on and propose one.

[DanilaMe 20]

As for royal names I came across an entertaining widget, that allows to generate royal baby name.

 

Since 1660, there have been more than 100 members of the immediate royal family. Between them, they've had about 80 names, including middle names. As I understand royal baby name will be chosen from these 80 names. Correct me if I am wrong since I am not a big fan of the royal family.

 

Mind that many of the children born into the royal family, including Prince Charles, Prince William, Prince Harry and King George VI, had four names.

 

I generated three possible name which are:

 

1). Francis Patrick Arthur Alfred

 

2). Andrew John Duncan Arthur

 

3). Philip Michael Edmund Christian

 

Try it out yourself right here: http://www.cbc.ca/news/yourcommunity/2013/07/you-choose-the-royal-baby-name.html

[Molly Malone 4 448]

 

Well, if I am the bear, then you are for sure one of the creatures that were described in your orgy. No offence

 

Yeah, you are right. I was a squirrel, but i didn't write about myself in the fable so that no one would know anything about my vices

[DanilaMe 20]

Yeah, you are right. I was a squirrel, but i didn't write about myself in the fable so that no one would know anything about my vices

 

Alright little squirrel, thanks for making yourself clear. Have some tasty hazel nuts. Hope you will like the treat.

 

[Molly Malone 4 448]

Thank you for the nuts!

 

Ok. At least now everyone knows what minced oaths are

 

So, let's talk about the films. Danila, why don't you write "guess the film"? But it should be the film that everyone is supposed to know, not for example 100 days of Sodom and Gomorrah by Paolo Pazolini (it's a joke)

 

Tell us about your favourite films.

 

Mine are: The Dreamers (by Bernardo Bertolucci), Welcome or Trespassers will be prosecuted, Moonstruck with Cher. And of course Petrov and Vasechkin

[MSC 2 637]

Actually I also never met "minced oath" expression before. I found an informative Wikipedia article when I became interested where the word "drat" which is used in children books came from. According to this article:

 

A minced oath is a euphemistic expression formed by misspelling, mispronouncing, or replacing a part of a profane, blasphemous, or taboo term to reduce the original term's objectionable characteristics. Some examples include "gosh" for God, "darn" for damn, and "heck" for Hell.

 

As you see from the definition, everybody uses these words, even little children. For instance, my good friend from the US uses minced oath expression "oh, my goodness"  quite often. That is not insulting or inappropriate in any way.

 

It's kind of interesting to know which words are more useful then the others. Hence I asked the fellow forum members to share their words.

 

I inferred that since there is a solid Wikipedia article it is worth to know minced oath expression. I wouldn't use the "soft words" here, because it has a different meaning.  Euphemism sounds much better and makes more sense to me then "minced oath". Thank you for your fruitful participation. 

 

  What a fruitful explanation! I wonder how could I leave without it, in my blissful ignorance! (aha-ha)  

 

Hey, DanilaMe, dear, please, do me a favour: never-never-never explain to me any meanings of words. As I've already mentioned, I pefer jokes, funny stories, riddles and so on.  If I need to know an explanation, I will check Oxford Dictionary or at least Wikipedia  I'm serfing on internet-sites for years and I was tought to read in my childhood, believe me, I'll hardly face a problem with this 

 

Hope, I'm not rude, no? I'm doing all my best to be polite. 

[DanilaMe 20]

Thank you for the nuts!

 

Ok. At least now everyone knows what minced oaths are

 

Finally! I thought one link in the initial posting would be enough. So after about five links to Wikipedia I did it. 

 

Tell us about your favourite films.

 

I am a big fan of Tarantino and Coen brothers movies.

 

Among my favourite movies are The Big Lebowski, Fargo, Burn After Reading, Pulp Fiction, Inglorious Bustards, Reservoir Dogs  and many other. This year favourite is Django Unchained, of course. 

 

What good movies did you see recently?

[MSC 2 637]

My favourite one is “the Thomas Crown affair”. I saw it many times, the impression is still the same - it’s amazing. The intrigue is simple, I cannot even call it the intrigue. But there is a lust for life in it, courage, love and happy end – a fascinating mixture. To my taste, of course.  And every time I see this film, I think: “Oh, yes!  Fortune favors brave!”

[MSC 2 637]

Now I'm in "Game of the Thrones". This is a screen of Georges Martin's book. Worth seeing. I even think to read a book once again to refresh my impressions.   

[Molly Malone 4 448]

Oh, I forgot about my favourite masterpiece, The Reader (Vorleser). It's a story about a 15-year-old boy who falls in love with a woman of 30, and then it turns out that she used to work for fascists during the war. She is sentenced to life imprisonment, and he reads out loud her favourite books and records them for her... What a story :plach:

[Molly Malone 4 448]

My favourite one is “the Thomas Crown affair”.

 

I've seen it twice, cool.

 

What about scary films? I mean thrillers, horrors.

 

I enjoy watching horros when I am alone in my country house, like now. But after watching them it's a problem for me to go outside in case of need when the moon is full...wolves around, and bears (at the ball)

[DanilaMe 20]

  What a fruitful explanation! I wonder how could I leave without it, in my blissful ignorance! (aha-ha)

 

I am delighted that you liked it. 

 

Hey, DanilaMe, dear, please, do me a favour: never-never-never explain to me any meanings of words. As I've already mentioned, I pefer jokes, funny stories, riddles and so on. 

 

Please note that I am not explaining anything to you, but  replying to your comment stating that "minced oath" expression is crap. That is already rude to start with. But I am not too sensitive so I don't really care. 

 

Besides,  it is certainly rude to address strangers and fellow neighbours by the "hey" word. If that's yours code of conduct consider changing it in order to be more polite in public conversations. I have no intent to lecture you, but we're here for friendly conversations, aren't we?

 

 

 If I need to know an explanation, I will check Oxford Dictionary or at least Wikipedia  I'm serfing on internet-sites for years and I was tought to read in my childhood, believe me, I'll hardly face a problem with this 

Hope, I'm not rude, no? I'm doing all my best to be polite. 

 

This is a public place visited by many different people who deserve quality reading. That is why I posted a reply that provided the explanation for those who are interested in working on their English language skills. Do not consider this reply to be directed at yourself only. It is not for you, but for anybody interested.

 

I am pretty sure that if you look up the phrase "soft words" in  Oxford Dictionary or even ask a native speaker you will have the same result. It is not applicable in the situation under discussion. Since you're a long time web surfer you probably know that all the dictionaries are on the web nowadays. Next time, please, provide a link to order to sound convincing.

[DanilaMe 20]

I've seen it twice, cool.

 

What about scary films? I mean thrillers, horrors.

 

I enjoy watching horros when I am alone in my country house, like now. But after watching them it's a problem for me to go outside in case of need when the moon is full...wolves around, and bears (at the ball)

 

The Thomas Crown affair is a very good one!  It seems that the sequel is going to be released in the future. Below there is useful info for those who like that type of movies.

 

Viewers who have seen The Thomas Crown Affair say that the plot, that of an insurance agent attempting to catch a master art thief, is very similar to the plot of Entrapment. They also recommend The Heist (1989), which features Pierce Brosnan attempting to heist the day's take at a racetrack, as well as Topkapi (1964), which is said to be the movie on which The Thomas Crown Affair 2 The Thomas Crown Affair 2is going to be based. Other movies involving heists of art works and museum artifacts include Gambit (1966) and its remake Gambit (2012), How to Steal a Million (1966), The Hot Rock (1972), and Incognito (1997).

 

Our conversation reminded me of a great horror movie called "Jeepers Creepers". It is interesting to know that it is again a form of minced oath or euphemism meaning "Jesus Crist". If was scared as hell when I watched the movie for the first time 

Изменено 23 июля, 2013 пользователем DanilaMe

[MSC 2 637]

Oh, I forgot about my favourite masterpiece, The Reader (Vorleser). It's a story about a 15-year-old boy who falls in love with a woman of 30, and then it turns out that she used to work for fascists during the war. She is sentenced to life imprisonment, and he reads out loud her favourite books and records them for her... What a story :plach:

 

The Reader was SOMETHING, I agree. I was also crying. 

I thought you could make it the "guess film", Molly

As too horrors, well I'm not enough brave to see horror movies. I feel scared and close my eyes mostly every minute. You are really a brave spirit, Molly!

Изменено 23 июля, 2013 пользователем MSC

[DanilaMe 20]

So, let's talk about the films. Danila, why don't you write "guess the film"?

 

 

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Here is an easy one to guess.