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They are not barred from contention, they just dont appear on the ballot. So if people want to vote for them they must pencil in the name themselves, I think.
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They are not barred from contention, they just dont appear on the ballot. So if people want to vote for them they must pencil in the name themselves, I think.
Sharwood
Rich, doctor nephew
That's a little bizarre, but maybe more practical, if there are an ungodly amount of small indy parties. There doesn't seem to be though.
You need a certain number of state residents' signatures on a petition to get on the ballot in most states, IIRC.
Ulyaoth
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Yeah, where I voted we have this big machine that has a bunch of little levers in lines with one level for each position, a line for each party, so you can't pencil things in. I got mad when I saw this and just voted for Nader.
Sharwood
Rich, doctor nephew
Did the little machine say you voted for Bush anyway?
Super0chicken
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Hey so one of my friends is going to Spain for a year for her schooling and I was going to go with her just to get out for a bit. I was wondering any price ranges for 1 bedroom places in Grenada? Whats the job market like for a guy with no real college education but I am least in the U.S. nationally certified as a Pharmacy Tech. What would be the first steps to moving to a different country for a period of time? Didn't know if this was worth a whole topic kinda inbetween.
jessiecat
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I think you mean Granada. How long do you plan to stay? Do you speak Spanish? Have you applied for a work visa as a non-EU resident? If not, and you can't speak the language, who's going to employ you, whatever your qualifications? As for accomodation, Granada isn't cheap. Probably at least US$200/week for what you're looking for, if you can find anything going. Better to stay in a pension/ small bed and breakfast hotel and see if the weekly or monthly rate is cheaper. Granada is a great city to visit for a couple of weeks. Any longer could be very expensive and boring if you're not working. You can see everything you want to see in a week, believe me. I've done it several times.
Bigfoot3814
Deity
How come the "I before E" rule doesn't apply to the word "protein"?
Because English is a bastard language and has no consistent roots.
Mowque
Hypermodernist
Hence why it is so great?
Accident of history
We don't speak English because English is a logical language. But it is a logical language to use because of historical accident. That, and the fact that English is a very adaptable language: It's still evolving. And the things language is used for are still evolving, to a language that easily keeps pace with that is a logical choice for the one to use. There are many thousands of words in English that didn't exist a century ago. And if you look at the words for the same things in a number of other languages, they are often variations of the English word that was invented for it.
teléfono
televisión
radio
automóvil
Just a few Spanish words.
Bigfoot3814
Deity
You forgot the sofa. It's El sofa!Just a few Spanish words.
Godwynn
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It is also das Sofa.
Mowque
Hypermodernist
That was kinda what I was trying to say Cutlass. Thanks for agreeing and making me feel smart Cutlass.
Edit- And putting it better them I could myself
Edit- And putting it better them I could myself
GoodGame
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The King made it so. If the French, Spanish, and Dutch had been tougher overseas, English might not have enjoyed such a spread.
But surely the USA's adherence to English, and the rise of the USA in the 20th C. helped make English even more important.
Super0chicken
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Yeah sorry thats what I ment never seen it written just heard her say it. I speak it average I wouldn't say fluently but alright. Where would I apply for a work visa like that? Any smaller places outside the city where it might be cheaper?
Mirc
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Accident of history
We don't speak English because English is a logical language. But it is a logical language to use because of historical accident. That, and the fact that English is a very adaptable language: It's still evolving. And the things language is used for are still evolving, to a language that easily keeps pace with that is a logical choice for the one to use. There are many thousands of words in English that didn't exist a century ago. And if you look at the words for the same things in a number of other languages, they are often variations of the English word that was invented for it.
teléfono
televisión
radio
automóvil
Just a few Spanish words.
You must be joking. Tele -> Greek for "far away", "not close", loaned into English
Phonos -> Greek for "sound" loaned into English
Vision -> Latin for "vision", loaned into English
Radio -> from Latin "radius" (ray, spoke of a wheel), loaned into English
Auto -> Greek for "self", loaned into English
Mobil- -> Latin for "mobile"
This kind of words are some of the most un-English you're likely to find...
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