Here is a great example of the more confusing aspects:

the word Mata has two distinct meanings depending on if one properly glotalizes the "t" sound, and depending on regional dialects, many Amharic speakers do NOT glotalize as harshly as others..

(mata) መጣ ~ come here/in

(mata) መታ ~ hit

So if someone says, "Zare yemetah." it can mean either "today he came here" or "today he got punched"..

Want to get even more confused?

"Zare mata yemetah" could mean either "tonight he is coming" or "tonight he is getting punched" or "tonight will you punch him?" depending on exactly how the "t" sound in "meta" is pronounced ;)

That exact same expression could also be a question, "Is he coming tonight?" or "Is he getting punched tonight?" or "Tonight will you punch him?" if there is "uptalk" at the "yemetah"...

No if you READ all these the difference is totally obvious (because of the 256 letter alphabet things are very very precise) but if you are listening? Need to be a very fluent speaker..

i appreciate that being punched is the alternative meaning, tee hee. that's so fascinating. how is sarcasm approached in those type of languages? or do they use body language more?

!@#$%!- if i had the energy/resources for a dog, i'd love one. my folks are taking care of our neighbors' doberman for a few months, and she's precious

Oh my Lord, you don't even want to now how ritualistically complex sarcasm, being facetious, or ridicule is. Indeed, there is a very very complex literary art form called "Wax and Gold" which is built on the concept of hidden meanings and double entendre where the hidden or "gold" meaning of a poem is obviously discernible only when read but the art form is being able to figure it out strictly by listening and thinking about the word play..

i lovethem

So I used to be friends with this guy. We got along but he made shitty art. Like, he had a thing for the Grateful Dead dancing bears.

I made the mistake of telling him one drunk, thoughtless night. Things ended.

Just found out he died a few hours ago. 42. An asthma attack sent him into a coma, and four days later...

No idea how to process this.

Sucks yo.. we got your back

i don't know man... he's on his own on this one... HE'S GOING TO HELL!

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ha ha, sorry to joke about this, but wakes are for jokes. yes?

that reminds me of a close friend my grandma had years and years ago (i was a small kid) who would come over, and had this cockney accent and still used the rhyming slang some 30-40 years after emigrating to the states. i was enchanted by it because it was like a secret code to me, and she was this small old lady talking about going up the apples and stuff.

sorry to hear, evollove.

Thanks.

You guys should know I posted anticipating a not-chilly response and I wasn't disappointed. Not bad for one leg.



Probably. I do feel some guilt.

I think what i said was, "You have ability so I don't know why you waste your time no this popart shit." So I could've been worse.

Hey, I didn't know he was going to die tragically young!


Here's a good one: his girlfriend told me last night that the family will be selling his art. I'm socially clumsy, but I think when someone says that, you're expected to buy something.

So, I'm going to be pressured into buying the very art that ruined the friendship in the first place.

And with that, my life becomes a Maupassant story!

Indeed! Oh the sweet sweet irony

eh, if it's any consolation i believe you didn't kill him. it's not your fault.

and it doesn't sound like you were trying to be a dick to him--it's more like you were trying to help him and it backfired because of narcissism. you attacked his ideas not him-- people get too narcissistically attached to their ideas and when the world proves them wrong they can't fucking handle it. their fault. you're exonerated of all crimes. case closed.


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that's rich. i guess buy the least worst thing you can. then hock it to goodwill, maybe. i buy a lot of kitschy crap there or see it (i have a series of weird mime painting/etchings on my desk... i should take a photo because i dont' know the proper word for the form) and hey, someone buys it.

Just finished three straight days of Mothers Day flower deliveries. I'm so tired and score......getting in and out of a vehicle 50 times each day can wear you out!

After delivering all day, went over to our daughters for dinner. Now I'm at my job staring an eight hour shift......slerp will come in the morning.

shit, try and eat to keep your energy going!

i'd love to get flowers for my mom but i won't be seeing her til next week. maybe when i'm home.

i just remembered when chabib changed my name on here for a good few months. holy shit that was years ago now.

hah!

why do orphans suck at tennis? they have no concept of love
why do orphans suck at baseball? they don't know where home is
why do orphans suck at basketball? no real reason

it is already half 9? bollox. early start tomorrow. better go to bed.

hahaha. oh zing. I'm genuinely curious how they'll do this year

They will genuinely suck.

scatter like roaches when the lights cut on. but you'll be back, like me. time and time again.

eat that clipped toenail like a watermelon rind. ain't it good!!

Thanks - we survived another Mother's Day :D

Only having three drivers Saturday made for an extra long day.

Felt a little sorry to two ladies as they seemed extra lonely, one of them I could have talked with all day long as she was a fantastic story teller.

The girls and I gave my wife a bottle tree:

whoa, that's super cute! i like that.

I have to go to a damned company retreat today. All day. Crap.

Finding out today if I have gotten that new job I interviewed twice for. I was supposed to find out Friday or today. I was nervous all weekend!

ah, good luck, rob!!

gmku- oh how fun, hah. is there free food at least?

FUCK DEFLATEGATE

come off it, you patsies fanboys and fangirls surely more than AANYONE deep down inside knew they were guilty. We Ravens folks know EVERY detail about Ray Lewis murder trial or the Deer Antler Spray shit or how stupid Ray Rice was. Saints knew all about Bountygate.. you KNOW inside Patriots are guilty. Accept it, youll feel better

oh i know, it's just the bullshit "vacate their SB win" or "ban for life" type bullshit from people who like... don't even watch sports that's really frustrating. i hate the argument that sports/athletes are held to some fucking moral pedestal or sorts.

I have to hear "ray lewis is a murderer" every season so i know entirely how you feel.. but too many Pats fans are putting their fingers in their ears and/or asses so..

hahaha. i'm actually kind of excited to see garoppolo, given that he's essentially the future... and on a shallow note (sorry), he is absurdly attractive to a comical extent, so i'm eager to see the hilarious goatroppolo puns on /r/nfl

oh, there's already a gofundme for the $1 mil fine going, which is embarrassing. cmon guys. these are the same people who complain about only winning by a td or something, too

The Patriots will SAVE 1 million dollars. Brady gets paid $2million for the 4 games he is suspended, the Pats would not have to pay that, and once they pay the 1 million fine they actually come out one million ahead.

Nice to be the wealthy and powerful...

Patriots fans should raise money for the two 20+ year employees who got fired because Tom Brady is a lying fuck who cannot own up to his stupid and nearly meaningless cheating.

Exactly rob..

so what happened? are you still going to be working side by side with the viejita, or are you moving on?

still no word.

Hopefully today.....

damn

I am hoping that what is holding this up is that they cannot decide whether to give me a 20% raise or a 25% raise. hahahahah!