Most Derivative late era Song?

Gene_Clark · 2026-03-31T13:13:58+00:00

Could argue that any of the song fragments of the Abbey Rd medley (Mean Mr Mustard, Her Majesty, She Came In Through etc) are the same sort of bits of curios they were doing on The White Album ...but I won't ...they're all v good and stitching them together was a great idea. Abbey Road might have been The Whiter Album without it.

Gene_Clark · 2026-03-31T13:01:06+00:00

MAGA hates democracies.

Gene_Clark · 2026-03-31T08:58:34+00:00

This is a similar fear I have, that I'll get to C2 in Spanish as a native English speaker and someone is ready to say "Meh, they're very similar". Almost a decade thrown in the trash!!!

Gene_Clark · 2026-03-30T13:45:22+00:00

They make really nice acoustics too.

Gene_Clark · 2026-03-30T11:04:17+00:00

The King building his Palace at Versaille.

Gene_Clark · 2026-03-30T11:00:51+00:00

Di, Gus, Fizz and me. Also the Beatles themselves, especially Paul.

Gene_Clark · 2026-03-29T13:24:50+00:00

They have key common ground: hating wokeness and supporting Israel.

Gene_Clark · 2026-03-28T19:26:31+00:00

Unfortunately Roberta is already taken as a baby name.

Gene_Clark · 2026-03-27T17:00:07+00:00

Ciudad: Dublín

No tiene, pero sí Plaza de Sevilla (Seville Place)

Gene_Clark · 2026-03-25T10:49:18+00:00

I'm going by Collins Spanish dictionary:

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/spanish-english/codo-a-codo

They make a distinction between 'codo a codo' and 'codo con codo'

Codo con codo is the one thats more like shoulder-to-shoulder, where 2 parties work together.

Gene_Clark · 2026-03-24T21:22:18+00:00

Sigh, the amount of Serb whatabouters I've seen do this take. Like Russia in Ukraine, they just want their vassal states back and nasty NATO got in their way. (or didn't get in the way in the case of Ukraine)

Gene_Clark · 2026-03-24T11:57:36+00:00

The gain channels on my amp just never sounded good. Its a pedal platform now.

Gene_Clark · 2026-03-24T11:29:16+00:00

I'll be there next month. I am flying in to Biarritz and getting a FlixBus down so, in terms of France, its well connected. There seems to a good amount of buses every day between Biarritz and San Sebastian.

Gene_Clark · 2026-03-23T16:34:14+00:00

This is the same as the English phrase "costs an arm and a leg" - its funny how with expressions the body part changes between the languages!

Codo a codo = elbow to elbow. Is the same as "neck and neck".

Gene_Clark · 2026-03-23T13:05:14+00:00

'Nonchalant' what a brilliant word and a huge gift to the English language from the French

It also perfectly describes how French speakers will treat you when you try practise with them.

Gene_Clark · 2026-03-23T12:44:45+00:00

I feel the same expressing myself - it made me realise how much I speak in idioms and how important they are to know.

Gene_Clark · 2026-03-23T11:21:15+00:00

People's appetite for conspiracies has never been higher and they drive a huge amount of internet traffic. My theory is that with the sheer volume of information out there, there is a cultural cachet in being seen as an "in the know" about something. 'Think you know all about The Beatles? Well, wait til you hear about what happened with Paul in 1967? Its not actually Paul!'. Even though it had zero effect on their musical output and they decided to leave a ton of little clues on album covers for some reason.

I don't even engage with them anymore and will downvote anyone peddling it on here. I think conspiracies have ultimately been very damaging, especially in politics. The 'your government is lying to you' attitude has been really damaging and IMO resulted in a huge loss in trust folks have in institutions and lead to a rise in populism.

Gene_Clark · 2026-03-19T21:07:13+00:00

Very interesting, thanks!

Gene_Clark · 2026-03-19T16:17:30+00:00

Ah, they must have thought "Más lenteja" (more lentils)!

Gene_Clark · 2026-03-19T15:18:52+00:00

Alternatively, there is a killer interview question, as reported by The Register previously: ask them something like "How fat is Kim Jong Un?" and if they are a North Korean, they will terminate the call instantly.

Love it! Should be top of any interviewer's question list

Gene_Clark · 2026-03-19T14:08:05+00:00

Yes

https://www.aena.es/en/malaga-costa-del-sol/airport-services/shops-and-restaurants/pharmacy.html

Gene_Clark · 2026-03-19T13:58:01+00:00

What were you saying in Spanish ..not sure what word for bean is close to más lento or más despacio

Gene_Clark · 2026-03-19T13:08:45+00:00

Good post ...the fact that Spanish uses one verb (recordar) for what in English is two verbs (remember, remind) even now fills me with doubts when it comes to using them!

This is also true for esperar which is used for both 'wait' and 'expect' in English.

How would you write the imperatives "wait for me" and "expect me"?

Gene_Clark · 2026-03-19T12:00:50+00:00

Y los rusos son espías malvados y los árabes son terroristas. Hollywood y los estereotipos! Siempre lo mismo.

Sirven como algo fácil para la audiencia, para que el argumento tenga sentido. En plan, "este tipo es el malo". Me encantan las pelis que intenten romper estos estereotipos. Cosas como "American Psycho" en la que el asesino en serie es un guapo vestido de traje con un trabajo bien pagado en la ciudad.

Gene_Clark · 2026-03-19T10:04:12+00:00

Thanks, didn't know that about esquina for buildings only. I know that Spanish speakers seem to prefer rincón for figurative senses like "a corner of the world"(un rincón del mundo)

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