This. Couldn't have said it better myself.
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I like this one, yet I mildly disagree. In my opinion, being that English spelling is already a complete disaster, standardized orthography is important in order for the widest range of persons to maintain comprehension.
However, I do believe that correcting people's spoken English is ridiculous, especially if it's their mother tongue. Language evolves, not everyone is meant to sound like some asshole from Cambridge.
In my experience, my French relatives are even worse for this, correcting their young children to always say oui instead of ouias, or asking us to say fais attention ! (written form) instead of fais gaffe ! (Informal, how people talk in familiar settings) when in the presence of their child. Nah bro I'm not going to pretend to be bourgeois just so you can feel superior.
That's interesting because in my limited experience, Berlin and Frankfurt are verrry different cities within the context of Germany. Personally, as a foreigner looking to integrate, I would pick Berlin 100%, but maybe that's just me.
Switzerland (Fribourg) or Norway, I'd try each before making a final decision.
I love it when people think Europe is this car-less utopia... Cities usually have excellent public transport, but in the countryside you still have to drive to get your groceries. Hell, there aren't even sidewalks on half the roads here, just pavement-ditch-field.
Hmmm, I never thought of that. I'll try it out, thanks!
I wish I knew.
I have two Linux systems: a laptop with Fedora and home media PC with Ubuntu. Bluetooth works great on the laptop, no issues whatsoever.
Completely different story with the media PC. I've never been able to get it working properly, and I've spent hours googling things to throw into the terminal hoping to get it fixed. I'm no IT guy but I know the basics, and it's not an old PC or anything (Asus NUC 14 Pro I think), but I can't get the stupid thing to stay connected with my Xbox controllers for the life of me. My wife wants to play games god damnit!
My Windows box, while rife with other problems (even though I'm on 10 LTSC) also never has Bluetooth issues, and it isn't the first time I've had said problems with Linux distros (had Mint installed on a box at one point but I managed to fix the issue by changing drivers). There must be a better way!
Plumbing, since I've been a professional plumber in both North America and Europe. Not the most interesting knowledge base but alas, it is what it is. Other than that, Age of Empires II maybe?
Literally the only name I could think of.
What. The. Fuck.
As a circumcised male, please don't. Like countless others have said, it's a bizarre cultural practice that leads to a desensitized tip, and most of the world thinks it's fucked up. There's literally no benefits.
France is the absolute worst for this. I once spent ten minutes in a bar trying to figure out who 'Kenny West' was... I kept asking my friends if they're sure that's how the name is pronounced.
It was Kanye. He even says his name in most of his own songs...
In this case, how far do we go through? Do we basically eliminate the letter 'c'? Do we re-add thorn and eth? So many possibilities, but I doubt we will ever see it come to fruition in our lifetimes. There are too many people who are obsessed with tradition in the world.