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Subject: English language - discussions

2011-03-30 00:39:15
Yup, this word had this nasty 'air' around it...should've checked it better before using it, thanks! Also, I blame my thesaurus.

@jaize
I bet that you also wear gay clothes, just because they attract women...;)
2011-03-30 09:32:42
LOL
2011-03-30 11:39:26
homophile is a perfectly normal word to use but it normally only surfaces in scientific papers nowadays.

as for the clothes mainly Ted Baker, Paul Smith and Saville Row... so yes.
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2011-03-30 12:19:51
You should be down at primarks with us "normal" blokes !
2011-03-30 14:21:18
but I only have two arms and a normal sized body and don't like tracksuits as daywear.
2011-03-30 14:25:47
calm daawn!
2011-03-30 14:30:18
sorry, I don't speak Burberry.
2011-03-30 20:12:22
What's wRong with Burberry? Love their trench coats and macs. I'd love to afford a saville row suit
2011-03-30 20:15:25
I see he is one of 'em southeners..
2011-03-30 21:47:53
Burberry is generally OK but proper chav now innit.
Try Aquascutum for your macs and trench.
2011-04-18 21:51:56
The greek guy you referred to, is called Plato.
2011-04-18 22:45:29
Quite possible, I'm not really into the Greek philosophy.
2011-04-30 14:09:23
Is someone able to think synonyms or other English words suitable for the ones in bold text. I am trying to translate sharpening and leveling to estonian, but just can`t find the right words for it. I understand what leveling and sharpening mean, but just can`t find the right word for it. Maybe someone tries to think and help me out.

Sharpening might mean to exaggerate!? But to level or levelling?

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The process of sharpening a memory is when a person recalls the memory and exaggerates selected characteristics of the original memory. This sharpening may occur to create emotions, avoid embarrassment or avoid a certain topic.


The other type of retrieval is the leveling of a memory. Leveling is weakening or downplaying details or selected characteristics of an event, different form the actual original event. Leveling also occurs for the same reasons that sharpening does. A person may be trying to avoid a sensitive subject or trying to avoid embarrassment.
2011-04-30 15:07:21
sharpening a memory - confabulate?
2011-05-01 08:36:24
Right. First of, this is English so levelling has 3 L's in it! If you want to learn Yankee 'phone Colonel Sanders.

Sharpening - I have never heard of this being used in the contect of exaggerating. I would perhaps use "hone", "train" or, if writing a more serious piece, "acuminate". All are acceptable but "hone" is universally used for all skill improvements, memory or otherwise.

Levelling - WTF?! I assume this comes from Bachelard, particularly his work, "The Poetics of Space" in which he possits - very simply put - the theory that memory is actually a superimposition of what really happened and your preferred version of it. This is highly technical and theoretical stuff and as such I am fairly sure hardly anyone would have even heard of "memory levelling" outside of the meaning of filling all the RAM slots in your PC or printer, let alone chuck it into everyday conversation! However is it perfect for SK as he suggest that to achieve memory levelling, our brains construct a "place" for the memories to live in that is an entirely oneiric point. Somewhere I think most SK managers dwell nearly all the time! ;-)

I think that therefore we have to go with either "synthesis" or "superimposition". Neither feel right and a phrase like "being economic with their memory recall" might be more appropriate depending upon the situation being described. I would also question the original piece making the assumption that Bachelard was correct, his theory has more holes in it than a tramp's vest!

2011-05-01 13:03:15
Hello, friends. In order not to open a new topic, I'll post my request in here.
I have to do a comparison between an english/american institution (broad sense) and a romanian one. I'd gladly appreciate some materials, links, etc, from where to take some ideas about english institutions :) An already done comparison will save me from a couple of hours of working :)

Thanks.

edit: actually, a comparison between english/american legal system and romanian legal system would do well too :)
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