Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

https://t.me/MkNotes/96

How Morality Changes in a Foreign Language
Fascinating ethical shifts come with thinking in a different language
By Julie Sedivy on September 14, 2016

Operating in our non-native language cues our cognitive system to prepare for strenuous activity

Differences arise between native and foreign tongues because our childhood languages vibrate with greater emotional intensity than do those learned in more academic settings. As a result, moral judgments made in a foreign language are less laden with the emotional reactions that surface when we use a language learned in childhood

Languages acquired late in life, especially if they are learned through restrained interactions in the classroom or blandly delivered over computer screens and headphones, enter our minds bleached of the emotionality that is present for their native speakers.

When using a foreign language, muted emotional responses—less sympathy for those with noble intentions, less outrage for those with nefarious motives-diminished the impact of intentions.

Our moral compass is a combination of the earliest forces that have shaped us and the ways in which we escape them.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-morality-changes-in-a-foreign-language/?WT.mc_id=SA_FB_MB_NEWS#

English is for everybody, Liz Jacobs
Jun 19, 2014
The United States is legendarily a meeting point for cultures and languages from around the world. Some came voluntarily, others forcibly. Almost 40% of New York’s population is foreign-born, making it the most linguistically diverse place in the world. The city is home to thousands of languages, dialects and hybridizations like Spanglish. And as such, the language we use to communicate is fluid and unlike French or Spanish, there is no official academy defining the English language. It’s not even the official language of the United States.
This gives American English speakers the power and flexibility to take language into their own hands, to help it grow and evolve. Language gives us power to shape our world, a power we all share.
http://ideas.ted.com/english-is-for-everybody/

What makes a word "real"? Anne Curzan March 2014 at TEDxUofM

One could argue that slang words like ‘hangry,’ ‘defriend’ and ‘adorkable’ fill crucial meaning gaps in the English language, even if they don't appear in the dictionary. After all, who actually decides which words make it into those pages? Language historian Anne Curzan gives a charming look at the humans behind dictionaries, and the choices they make.

1:09 A couple of weeks ago, I was at a dinner party and the man to my right started telling me about all the ways that the Internet is degrading the English language. He brought up Facebook, and he said, "To defriend? I mean, is that even a real word?"

1:28 I want to pause on that question: What makes a word real? My dinner companion and I both know what the verb "defriend" means, so when does a new word like "defriend" become real? Who has the authority to make those kinds of official decisions about words, anyway? Those are the questions I want to talk about today.
One could argue that slang words like ‘hangry,’ ‘defriend’ and ‘adorkable’ fill crucial meaning gaps in the English language, even if they don't appear in the dictionary. After all, who actually decides which words make it into those pages? Language historian Anne Curzan gives a charming look at the humans behind dictionaries, and the choices they make.

1:56 I think most people, when they say a word isn't real, what they mean is, it doesn't appear in a standard dictionary. That, of course, raises a host of other questions, including, who writes dictionaries?
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16:11 So how does a word get into a dictionary? It gets in because we use it and we keep using it, and dictionary editors are paying attention to us. If you're thinking, "But that lets all of us decide what words mean," I would say, "Yes it does, and it always has." Dictionaries are a wonderful guide and resource, but there is no objective dictionary authority out there that is the final arbiter about what words mean. If a community of speakers is using a word and knows what it means, it's real. That word might be slangy, that word might be informal, that word might be a word that you think is illogical or unnecessary, but that word that we're using, that word is real.

https://www.ted.com/talks/anne_curzan_what_makes_a_word_real?language=en

I Promise Myself...
To be so strong that nothing can disturb my peace of mind.
To talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person I meet.
To make all my friends feel that there is something worthwhile in them.
To look at the sunny side of everything and make my optimism come true.
To think only of the best, to work only for the best, and to expect only the best.
To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as I am about my own.
To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future.
To wear a cheerful expression at all times and give a smile to every living creature I meet.
To give so much time to improving myself that I have no time to criticize others.
To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.
To think well of myself and to proclaim this fact to the world, not in loud words, but in great deeds.
To live in the faith that the whole world is on my side, so long as I am true to the best that is in me.
Christian D. Larson, http://christianlarson.wwwhubs.com/

Bob Dylan wins Nobel Literature Prize
US singer Bob Dylan has been awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature.
The 75-year-old rock legend received the prize "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition".
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-37643621
And here is my favorite.
Enjoy!

How many roads must a man walk down, Bob Dylan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSSjM6-fUFE

How many roads must a man walk down
Before you (they) call him a man?
How many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, an' how many times must the cannon balls fly
Before they're forever banned?

The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind

Yes, an' how many years can(must) a mountain exist
Before it is washed to the sea?
Yes, an' how many years can some people exist
Before they're allowed to be free?
Yes, an' how many times can a man turn his head
And pretend that he just doesn't see?

The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind

Yes, an' how many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
Yes, an' how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
Yes, an' how many deaths will it take till he knows
That too many people have died?

The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind

The Greatest Democracy in the World Backfarts!
One may argue that the illusion of the US being “The Greatest Democracy in the World” is just a pretty front for the World Powers led by the US to go on with their nasty “Locker Room” business where being obnoxiously rude, immoral and of course “logically diplomatic” are the keywords.

Watching the US presidential campaign and its allies in the Middle East makes swallowing the shit and living in Iran tolerable; the kind of shit served by “The Greatest Democracy in the World” and its Western Allies. Although Iranians had a fair share of blood and death for eight years, they are now lucky that the shit they are eating is not mixed with the blood and lives of their dearest as it is still sadly true for many of their neighbors in the Middle East region.

Do people in the Western World realize that most of the ancient civilizations followed by great histories and cultures were formed here. Take a close look at the map and do some googling for goodness sake. The resumes of these people don’t match the savagery and the atrocity they are facing.

Let us remember, despite the biggest anti-war protests (show) in the history of the US and the UK preceding the invasion of Iraq, George Bush and Tony Blair were easily voted back into office by their people following the invasion. I suppose, people were just partying (not protesting) in the streets and when it came to “national” and therefore “personal interests” had to vote them back in. Consequently, the shit Iranian people are(were) eating gets more and more and the blood and the misery of the very innocent people in the Middle East gets worse and worse . Those who are for “The Greatest Democracy in the World”, justifying the shit, blood and death for others, should bear up and inhale the backfart (backfire). It’s just the “Locker Room” gas and let’s hope that it won’t be followed by diarrhea and the shit won’t fly.

Leonard Cohen gave his thoughts on Dylan’s award. “To me,” he said, “[the award] is like pinning a medal on Mount Everest for being the highest mountain.”
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/oct/14/leonard-cohen-giving-nobel-to-bob-dylan-like-pinning-medal-on-everest?CMP=fb_gu

TAKE FRIENDS(PEOPLE) FOR WHAT THEY ARE NOT FOR WHAT YOU WANT THEM TO BE!
Stop categorizing(labeling) people, anyone can be one or any combinations on the list, 1 to 36 of them.
36! = 3.7*10**41.
World Population is 8.0 *10**9

https://t.me/MkNotes/111

Stop categorizing friends, a friend can be one or any combinations on the list, 1 to 36 of them.
36! = 3.7*10**41.
World Population is 8.0 *10**9

https://t.me/MkNotes/111

The shit has yet to hit the fan!

Sadeeia, Who Knows English Never Dies!

NEVER END A SENTENCE WITH A PREPOSITION
"Excuse me, where is the library at?"
"Here at Harvard, we never end a sentence with a preposition."
"O.K. Excuse me, where is the library at, asshole?"

USA, A "LOCKER ROOM" IN DISGUISE

Follow CNN but do double check with other sources.....

"The perception of Donald Trump in capitals around the world is shaped, in many ways, by CNN. ..."

"One of the things I think this administration hasn’t figured out yet is that there’s only one television network that is seen in Beijing, Moscow, Seoul, Tokyo, Pyongyang, Baghdad, Tehran and Damascus — and that’s CNN," Zucker said.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/01/19/cnns-president-has-fired-a-warning-shot-at-donald-trump/?postshare=561484858144309&tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.a3fc70b75933

Zucker was born into a Jewish family[7][8] in Homestead, Florida, near Miami.[9] His father, Matthew, was a cardiologist, and his mother, Arline, was a school teacher.

7. "Stars of David: Prominent Jews Talk About Being Jewish" By Abigail Pogrebi P. 367 | Zucker grew up in Miami where he was bar mitzvah and confirmed at Temple Israel - "the most Reform synagogue in South Florida." His family's weekly tradition was Hebrew school and football....He's currently a member of Temple Emanu-El in New York City.
8. Jewish Virtual Library: "Jeff Zucker" retrieved March 10, 2015

There were two beggars sitting next to each other on the street in Vatican city, one had a large cross around his neck, the other had the star of David. It was a lovely day, the sun was shining, there were thousands of people walking past the two beggars, but everyone was giving the man with the cross around his neck money, while the man with the star of David got nothing. One morning a high priest walked by the beggars and said to the beggar with the star of David " my friend, you are in Vatican city, all these people that pass you by will give to the man with the cross, they will never give money to a man with a star of David, in fact they will give to the man with the cross just to spite you... The beggar with the star of David, turned to beggar with the cross and said " hey, Moshe, this shmuck is trying to teach the Cohen brothers about marketing.

https://t.me/MkNotes/120