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19/Mar/07 Filed in: MyBlogLog Sunday
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The 34th most popular Web 2.0 website on the internet is a haven to the top bloggers. The Pisstakers have a small MyBlogLog community, and occasionally other bloggers call by this site to see what is going on. We appreciate their interest and as it is Sunday, why not pay a little homage to some of them.


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With SCAM software you're only one step away from financial freedom, courtesy of Trading Goddess.



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I followed the links to Blog juice from Harry HNetka's post and felt the need to give up blogging



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After reading this post from Qureyoon about children's misplaced beliefs, we should all be taught not to take anything at face value from an early age.


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Digital I.T, gave me a tip about translation options for a blog. I blogged on BAYB about internationalising a blog and the fruits of the experience are in the sidebar!

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English 101 is a method for teaching everyday English to non-native speakers. Phantastisch and worth a look if you think anywho is a word.


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The video review over at Top Funnies features comedian, Ari Schiffer and the issue of copying (stealing) other people's jokes..


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Little Lolita is one of those saucy spammers over at MyBlogLog, or is it MySpace?



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Fair & balanced commentary from a reasonable conservative. Nominated for a 2006 Weblog Award for Best Humor Blog, Jon Swift is a clever humor writer.


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Si vous aviez faites vos devoirs ( an horrendous grammatical error from a French teacher on The Craft who should have done his homework) (Daily quote.)


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Linguistic snobbery or justifiable criticism?

I was horrified at how bad the research had been in The Craft, a crappy but multi-million dollar film, ie letting the French teacher say and write something which translates into "If you had do your homework" Come on peuple, what would the French Academy have to say to that coq-up? And what would the parents of kids studying French at that school think? No wonder standards in education are dropping.

Continuing the French theme, Kate at aprivoise-moi was perplexed at the accent in glacéau vitamin water. It just doesn't need an accent. Pretentious, moi? No, but accents sell, and if a language suffers in the process, oh well!! But sometimes, poor use of language backfires big time and money is lost or not made.

The makers of a lovely orange drink called Pschitt sell their product by the mega-gallon in France. But which English-speaking supermarket is going to sell that? And the Chevy Nova died a death in South America. No va means No go! Stellar research there folks!

Details or justifiable snobbery? Personally I think language just has to work, but work well and efficiently, and with some class. Where I come from, un carro, is the thing with wheels you push round a supermarket. In Latin America, un carro has an engine and seating for 4 people! What is next, Un smil-o for the camera -o? Which brings us full circle to a class-less linguistic cock-up in a film. Hasta tomorrow, bébé.

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