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The english verb sit apparently has two meanings. One is the terminal action of sitting down (usually indicated by "down"), the other is to be seated, i.e. the process.

I walked into the room and sat on the whoopey cushion = action, sit down
I sat on the grass all afternoon = action
We walked down the road and sat on the grass = ambigious! or ...

Every time I listen to some of his songs I come to the same conclusion: he is not an average musician, he is not an average poet - he is a living legend!
Because you are so greate, I like to share with you one of my favorite songs. Enjoy!

Orpheus

Standing firm on this stony ground
The wind blows hard
Pulls these clothes around
I harbour all the same worries as most
The temptations ...

http://www.greenapple.com/~jorp/amzanim/cross12a.htm

I couldn't resist.

These really are wonder llamas

Dear all, once again I show my internet ingnorance:
Where can I get an avatar out side of this site? :oops:

hey all ! :D

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i refuse to acknowledge or credit tbawa ntini, mputhe selico, richard clayderman, robbie krieger........... for their absolut ingenuity in creating the newest ...

in the rules it said i should introduce myself

1. i live in england (that's all you're knowing)

2. i design web, publishing etc

3. i choose to learn latin because i was always a fan of romans and it sounds so cool

4. um...please visit my site (below) because we have four members!

any q's?

Hello,

I am a Greek myself and the reason I am writing you is because I have some questions for the people who learn ancient Greek.
1) Do you know how does what you write sound like?
2) Why do you use all the (/- symbols between the words? What do they mean?
3) Hopefully I can understand what you write in "ancient Greek" but why don't you use Greeks fonts? That way you will ...

From Mark Goodacre's Blog:

http://www.ntgateway.com/weblog/2004_02 ... 3036911895

The remarkable resource that is Textkit .....

I'm new here, just thought I'd introduce myself! I'm trying to learn Koine (NT) Greek and Latin both, so reccommendations on texts for NT Greek study would be greatly appreciated. Oh, and I already have D'ooge's text for Latin, so I'm working on that. I have a little experience with Greek, and none with Latin (just started today.) Hope to hear from all of you guys soon!

Kyle

Hi everyone,

Very glad to have found this forum today. Long ago in high school I studied Latin and liked it, but haven't taken it up since then - just the odd word
looked up, and some English translations of poetry, and of writings of Caesar and Hadrian. As a retired architect I now just follow my nose so to speak, and recently have been studying some Shakespeare ahead of the performances this summer at ...