tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782996301838206855.post5137569736345504746..comments2024-03-28T22:31:26.789+01:00Comments on Mail Adventures: The Book LoftMail Adventureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17574231572383527950noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782996301838206855.post-72290818503420267362017-05-25T12:06:49.777+02:002017-05-25T12:06:49.777+02:00I need you to know this "false friend": ...I need you to know this "false friend": "Is there a better language false friend going than the English-German one where the English word GIFT means the German word POISON?" (Read <a href="https://twitter.com/eddus/status/865588178903851008" rel="nofollow">here</a>)Mail Adventureshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17574231572383527950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782996301838206855.post-8879696227958834512017-05-24T13:25:33.210+02:002017-05-24T13:25:33.210+02:00Of course you can. Because... aren't they wick...Of course you can. Because... aren't they wicked? ;)<br />Mail Adventureshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17574231572383527950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782996301838206855.post-16713876914055005382017-05-24T13:16:32.423+02:002017-05-24T13:16:32.423+02:00"Wicked words that want you to make mistakes&..."Wicked words that want you to make mistakes", I love it! Can I borrow your explanation for my lessons?Latahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09435813654990633001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782996301838206855.post-49107706279207519982017-05-22T19:24:57.696+02:002017-05-22T19:24:57.696+02:00Now I wonder if there is another word for "fa...Now I wonder if there is another word for "false friends".Mail Adventureshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17574231572383527950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782996301838206855.post-84869371178799858322017-05-22T13:01:43.602+02:002017-05-22T13:01:43.602+02:00I love the photographer series (as I love b&w)...I love the photographer series (as I love b&w)<br />Interesting discussion above, too. I will remember that term 'false friends' :)violet shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12394243443725107623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782996301838206855.post-83623347855644377212017-05-22T11:37:23.825+02:002017-05-22T11:37:23.825+02:00Voilà, tua as eu de la chance!
L'auteur de la...Voilà, tua as eu de la chance! <br />L'auteur de la photo ne vient pas indiqué sur la carte, mais au site web (<a href="http://www.metroscapecollection.com/columbus-black-and-white-photos.php" rel="nofollow">MetroscopeCollection</a>) il dit que le photographe est Jason Wilson, inconnu pour moi jusqu'à ce moment. Mail Adventureshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17574231572383527950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782996301838206855.post-60920086935568315122017-05-21T18:46:41.767+02:002017-05-21T18:46:41.767+02:00You guessed: it is "biblioteca", both in...You guessed: it is "biblioteca", both in Spanish and Catalan.Mail Adventureshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17574231572383527950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782996301838206855.post-17524286976798830392017-05-21T18:38:52.876+02:002017-05-21T18:38:52.876+02:00Aujourd'hui je suis allée au centre Georges Po...Aujourd'hui je suis allée au centre Georges Pompidou à Paris voir l'exposition du photographe Américain Walter Evans ,vraiment très intéressante ! A l'exposition"jardins" du grand palais ,il y avait une photo de Man Ray,superbe !Magnifique tous ces timbres et la photo de la librairie est vraiment belle ,qui l'a prise ? Bon dimanche!<br /> fafahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16736967179502820837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782996301838206855.post-89536224549924502872017-05-21T18:36:21.697+02:002017-05-21T18:36:21.697+02:00They are among my favourites!They are among my favourites!Mail Adventureshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17574231572383527950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782996301838206855.post-86285426401969479772017-05-21T18:35:55.986+02:002017-05-21T18:35:55.986+02:00Both series are very interesting, better in person...Both series are very interesting, better in person.Mail Adventureshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17574231572383527950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782996301838206855.post-81955690701964198002017-05-21T18:33:41.411+02:002017-05-21T18:33:41.411+02:00As Heleen wrote, it is a normal expression on Gram...As Heleen wrote, it is a normal expression on Grammar books. But I like it: wicked words that want you to make mistakes... :) Mail Adventureshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17574231572383527950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782996301838206855.post-90251191181236690522017-05-21T17:43:43.928+02:002017-05-21T17:43:43.928+02:00Can't fault this series of stamps; good to see...Can't fault this series of stamps; good to see these photograph stamps.Bob Scotneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00662958579705940009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782996301838206855.post-67331361748209175602017-05-21T17:22:12.534+02:002017-05-21T17:22:12.534+02:00The building of a nation stamps are always a favou...The building of a nation stamps are always a favourite with me. Love the interesting shapes on the American photography set. Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00253875352864018195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782996301838206855.post-91195038501909459462017-05-21T17:19:00.819+02:002017-05-21T17:19:00.819+02:00Beautiful stamp serie!
And here we name same wor...Beautiful stamp serie!<br /><br /><br />And here we name same words with total different meaning in different languages 'false friends' ('valse vrienden'), too :-) I love them, because often they are surprising and/or funny.<br />I knew the Spanish 'librería' for bookstore, too. What is the name for library in Catalan, something like 'bibliotheek'? (= library in Dutch, bookstore we just translate literally, 'boekwinkel').Heleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18206346242374113741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782996301838206855.post-80937790299123923802017-05-21T16:57:47.965+02:002017-05-21T16:57:47.965+02:00I like your expression, 'false friend'! Yo...I like your expression, 'false friend'! Your English is excellent, to the point where I thought I must have made the mistake, and not you :)FinnBadgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17623312291708136478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782996301838206855.post-78625814468697514462017-05-21T16:16:45.522+02:002017-05-21T16:16:45.522+02:00Actually I had more stamps, but I wished to show t...Actually I had more stamps, but I wished to show this because I love them :) It didn't occured to me that you might choose the same!<br /><br />Oh, and you explained it well. It is just my English! In Catalan, <i>llibreria</i> means 'bookstore', so <i>library</i> is a false friend... I just mixed both words :|Mail Adventureshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17574231572383527950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782996301838206855.post-44138593349612961452017-05-21T15:25:07.996+02:002017-05-21T15:25:07.996+02:00And maybe I didn't explain very well in the no...And maybe I didn't explain very well in the note, The Book Loft is an independent bookstore. FinnBadgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17623312291708136478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782996301838206855.post-23139519830352232712017-05-21T14:59:43.647+02:002017-05-21T14:59:43.647+02:00I wondered if you might show this today - at least...I wondered if you might show this today - at least you have a few extra photographs compared to my post.FinnBadgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17623312291708136478noreply@blogger.com