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One thing that stupefies me here is some people's complete lack of appreciation for other bands and artists than the Stones. Especially bands that have been around for a long time and work on the same foundation as the Stones (blues roots or whatever). Examples: Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, Iggy Pop/Stooges, several progressive rock bands, U2 ...

Same here. I see it often, that as soon as another band or artist is merely mentioned, it instantly sets off an avalanche of hateful, humiliating, even aggressive posts by them self-appointed defenders of the true faith.

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when some posters -there are a few of them -don't put their signature between "" so I always think it's part of their post

LOL Swaystones, you mean like this ?

I am a Frenchie ,as Mick affectionately called them in the Old Grey Whistle Test in 1977 .

haha ,Rolling Hansie .
No,I didn'd mean the "I am a Frenchie" because 1st of all,it's under the photo of my signature,and secondly, it's not a quote from a Stones 'song :it's true I am a Frenchie .
You have good eyes though



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those signatures or whatever they're called that some people have on every single one of their messages.

Oh no ,that's too bad ! I was just thinking to add another pic to my signature :





youneedadrink,I understand how it can bother you.
When I need to post several messages on a same thread -like now- I try to post them without a signature ,but most of the time I forget to uncheck /untick the "add my signature" check box .

In another hand,it could be much more worse for you though.Intead of the 72's plane you could see a photo of Jagger's crotch on my signature

Swaystones...I hope you don't mind...a small English lesson for you...It's on the other hand...............,Eddie

it's a mixture between "In Another Land" and on the other hand
well, I suppose...

The lady's dreaming of Mick, I presume.

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it's a mixture between "In Another Land" and on the other hand
well, I suppose...

haha ! Bien trouvé .

Actually it's one of the chronic mistake I make in English .Don't know why .It took me a while to understand that "you teach someone ,you don't learn someone"

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The lady's dreaming of Mick, I presume.

Not even close ..I was dreaming of another land ...

I humbly beg your pardon, Miss. Here's to you, Sway:-

In Another Land

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it's a mixture between "In Another Land" and on the other hand
well, I suppose...

haha ! Bien trouvé .

Actually it's one of the chronic mistake I make in English .Don't know why .It took me a while to understand that "you teach someone ,you don't learn someone"

Believe me I've even heard that in Britain...ie. "He learned me how to drive"..............Oh God!...."He taught you how to drive you dumbass, taught!" From an English person it really does sound chronic...........



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Can't say I am stupefied by anything. Now if you asked me what irritates me the most on this forum, I might have an answer.

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Believe me I've even heard that in Britain...ie. "He learned me how to drive"..............Oh God!...."He taught you how to drive you dumbass, taught!" From an English person it really does sound chronic...........

I once asked a British person, whose mother tongue was Gaelic, where he'd learnt English. His answer was: "Oh, my mother teached me English."

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Believe me I've even heard that in Britain...ie. "He learned me how to drive"..............Oh God!...."He taught you how to drive you dumbass, taught!" From an English person it really does sound chronic...........

I once asked a British person, whose mother tongue was Gaelic, where he'd learnt English. His answer was: "Oh, my mother teached me English."

Well her teaching wasn't 100%...it's definitely taught..'My mother taught me'......funnily enough the people from Britain I mentioned who I've heard (On more than one occaision) say 'I learned it' were actually from Wales (The west side of Britain) who are mostly Celts who have a lot of cultural and identity crossover with the Gaels esp. Irish but every schoolmaster in Britain or Ireland will tell you it's 'taught'. Past tense of teach is taught.



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Swaystones...I hope you don't mind...a small English lesson for you...It's on the other hand...............,Eddie

Of course I don't mind !
Feel free to correct my mistakes whenever you want


Another one for you if you don't mind :
how would you say " Je ne demande qu'à apprendre " ?

"I want to be teached" or "I want to learn "?
Cheers ,Sway



I am a Frenchie ,as Mick affectionately called them in the Old Grey Whistle Test in 1977 .

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Swaystones...I hope you don't mind...a small English lesson for you...It's on the other hand...............,Eddie

Of course I don't mind !
Feel free to correct my mistakes whenever you want


Another one for you if you don't mind :
how would you say " Je ne demande qu'à apprendre " ?

"I want to be teached" or "I want to learn "?
Cheers ,Sway

"I want to be teached" is wrong......should be "I want to be taught by you" (for example) or could be "I want you to teach me"

I want to learn is O.K......ie."I want to learn from you" or...could be "I want to learn this poem before tomorrow."

"I want to teach my dog to rollover" (for example) is O.K. but never be teached. I've been wracking my brain to think of a possible context that teached might be O.K. but drew a blank...I don't think teached is an English word

I'm not much up on the technicalities of English but have a fair idea of what sounds right if not why....(Sometimes I know why but not always)...anyway..hope that helps...Eddie

I suppose one way to think about it is this;
Think of I learn as an act of absorbtion like I eat,
I eat...you absorb food
I learn...you absorb knowledge

Equally think of I teach as an act of giving like I feed
I feed...you give food to someone else
I teach...you give knowledge to someone else.......



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n/a, already at max stupid capacity. i can't be stupefied no mo'.

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already at max stupid capacity.

Cool, how do you do that ?

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Re teaching and learning: EddieByword has it right. Teaching is the verb for giving knowledge, learning is the verb for receiving or absorbing it. Past tense is "taught", never "teached".

"I was taught French at school, but I never learned to speak it well."

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Re teaching and learning: EddieByword has it right. Teaching is the verb for giving knowledge, learning is the verb for receiving or absorbing it. Past tense is "taught", never "teached".

"I was taught French at school, but I never learned to speak it well."

There is also the future usage of course..."I want to be taught" or "I will be taught"...............Oh..we've done that one......I will teach..........

meltdown



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Posts that get on long tangents that have nothing to do with the subject/question.

I taught her everything, I taught her how to dream
I taught her everything, I'm going to teach her how to scream
I taught her all she knows, I taught her how to lie
I taught her everything, I'm going teach her how to cry

................................................ Gunface - Jagger/Richards



ROCKMAN

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I taught her everything, I taught her how to dream
I taught her everything, I'm going to teach her how to scream
I taught her all she knows, I taught her how to lie
I taught her everything, I'm going teach her how to cry

................................................ Gunface - Jagger/Richards

Fair dues.............

Getting back to the subject...

When someone has a really good idea for a new thread - but within a day it has spawned a dozen or more cheap imitations.

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Getting back to the subject...

When someone has a really good idea for a new thread - but within a day it has spawned a dozen or more cheap imitations.

Ha! I was going to say the same thing... People who post something that was just posted the same day, and then say, "sorry if this was already posted, but this is great".

It stupefies me that some people here really care if the Rolling Stones go on yet another stadium world-wide tour. I mean the Stones were great 40 years ago, 20 years ago, but now?


Let's have Joe Namath play football with today's New York Jets. It just doesn't make any sense.



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twenty years ago the Stones were still a pretty good live act - agreed?

They were also in their late 40s at the time even then.

Would Joe Namath have been able to play to NFL standards at that age?

Stupid analogy.

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twenty years ago the Stones were still a pretty good live act - agreed?

They were also in their late 40s at the time even then.

Would Joe Namath have been able to play to NFL standards at that age?

Stupid analogy.

You're not making any sense.

All the silly beetles posts. Now THAT is annoying

I taught I taugh a putty cat



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That must be mickscarey on the back, dancing on Help from The Beetles

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