Because the å is always a full “Oo” sound, while the o can be “Oeh” or softer “oh”. Silly Finn.
always thought it was Cht-oo-lu or k’thoo loo
THEY’RE BOTH O
Finns are not allowed to talk the weirdness of other languages.
True, one’s complaining rights are kind of invalidated when every other word one’s language has 16 letters.
snap, guess i’ll just ää out of here
(you still have one too many letters)
Here’s something. Why are the and thread both spelled “th” if they start with two different sounds (even if they’re similar)? I’ve also suddenly gotten an urge to learn Vietnamese for some reason.
But I kind of like how Finnish does things. Where they start with pretty simple words and then just add prefixes to them to form other words.
I’ve heard the pronounced as both ‘thuh’ and ‘thee’, and I have no idea which is correct.
english makes very little sense in pronounciation
U.N. General Assembly votes to recognize Palestine as State.
'bout time.
I don’t think it’ll resolve much, though.
It resolves a decades old problem, the realization of a 2 State solution, which was supported by most of the world, but couldn’t move forward because of certain disputes, such as Gaza, Golan Heights, and the West Bank. Israel would not support the 2 State agreement without resolution of these issues, and from their perspective, resolution meant Israeli control of the three. So, with the US, UK, Canada, etc, supporting, Israel, the 2 State solution couldn’t go forward.
The vote was about 20 minutes ago - 138-9 in favor. US and Canada opposed, UK abstained. UN recognition of Palestine creates a de facto 2 state solution, which is what has been sought for more than 30 years. Certain issues, particularly the issue of Jerusalem being administered as an international city, have not yet been resolved. But by recognizing Palestine as a sovereign state, the process that has been stalled essentially for more than 30 years has been radically moved forward.
I hope this is a step forward I just hope those 2 will live beside the other in peace one day… I really hated that the German Ministry was in favor of Israel, which means to NOT recognize palestine as a sovereign state (Israel feared that palestine will arraign them before the International Court in Den Haag because of human right violations and the ongoing israeli habitation building and occupation of land).
I’m not trying to say here that palestine is only a victim, both states have skeletons in the closet, but counting the human loss and overall living conditions, palestine suffered a lot more me thinks.
Still, I hope for a peaceful solution, but the warmongers of both states (I really hate aggressive approach of the current Israel government) won’t retreat I fear… Next Conflict, maybe war in the future! stay tuned [sarcasm off]
Right, this is one of the issues surrounding Palestinian statehood - that they do now have a right as a sovereign state to bring charges of war crimes against Israel.
I also agree with your use of the descriptive “current” Israeli government. There was a thread in the old Masdebating Hall about Israel-Palestine, and the opinions I read were all very simplistic and black-and-white, with commenters strongly supporting one side while vilifying the other. This paints both Palestinians and Israelis as being discretely homogenous with monolithic political thoughts, and nothing could be further from the truth.
The Israelis, for example, have elected Likud, the Far-Right, Conservative, militaristic party, but half the Israeli population do not support Palestinian subjugation, militarism, or the Likud’s stances on negotiating with Palestine. Likud’s stance is not to negotiate at all, but do so begrudgingly because of pressure from the North American and European Allies that fund Israel.
And in Palestine, the reaction of Palestinians to the aggressive militarism of the Likud-led Israel, was a loss of confidence in the PLO, which lost elections to the militaristic Hamas. So, you have the leadership of both countries being the militaristic douchebags. Meanwhile, about half of each population do not support the ruling parties, the other half being scared of the enemy and ceding power to the tough-talking war hawks who offer them safety and protection from the threat of the enemy.
Peace would mean a radical shift in power for those who now hold it, and so, I do not see this as an unsolvable, difficult issue, but rather as a common and traditional acquisition and maintenance of power through the fear of an enemy and the promise of safety from that enemy.
The news stories I’ve read are kinda sketchy. Don’t take the general news stories at face value, they’re not accurate. Here are some better sources:
Here’s the actual press conference:
https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html
https://messenger.jhuapl.edu/news_room/presscon12_multi.html
Here are the actual papers:
https://www.sciencemag.org/content/early/2012/11/28/science.1229764.full.pdf
https://www.sciencemag.org/content/early/2012/11/28/science.1229953.full.pdf
https://www.sciencemag.org/content/early/2012/11/28/science.1231106.full.pdf
I was merely relaying information. If someone cared enough about it, they could find the actual papers and other shit on their own.
Also, the article wasn’t wrong as far as I can see.
OK - you’re the expert.
Funny
Both are. You can use either, but sometimes one pronunciation “flows” better with the preceding and proceeding syllables for the words around it. And sometimes the “thee” pronunciation can be used for emphasis, such as “The danielsangeo”.
